TECHNOLOGY
India's cyber agency warns about bugs in Google Chrome for desktop
The multiple vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and Security restriction bypass on the targeted system, according to an advisory by CERT-In, that comes under IT Ministry. "These vulnerabilities exist in Google Chrome due to use after free in FedCM, SwiftShader, ANGLE, Blink, Sign-In Flow, Chrome OS Shell; Heap buffer overflow in Downloads, Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Intents, Insufficient policy enforcement in Cookies and Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API," the cyber agency said.
Xiaomi cuts over 900 jobs amid global downturn: Report
According to the South China Morning Post, the layoffs affected nearly 3 per cent of Xiaomi's workforce. As of June 30, 2022, the company had 32,869 full-time employees, 30,110 of whom were based in mainland China, primarily at its headquarters in Beijing, with the rest primarily based in India and Indonesia.
Apple's Shazam app turns 20, surpasses 70 billion song recognitions
For more than 225 million global monthly users, to 'Shazam' is to discover something new, Apple said in a statement. Shazam was acquired by Apple for reportedly $400 million in 2018. According to the company, Drake is the most 'Shazamed' artist of all time with over 350 million Shazams across songs the artist has led or featured on.
Google blocks world's largest web DDoS cyber attack ever
"To give a sense of the scale of the attack, that is like receiving all the daily requests to Wikipedia (one of the top 10 trafficked websites in the world) in just 10 seconds," Satya Konduru, Technical Lead, Google Cloud, said in a statement late on Friday.
Twitter to put a label on phone numbers of verified user profiles
App researcher Jane Manchun Wong discovered this new feature that is aimed at bringing more authenticity and much-needed credibility to the platform. This comes at a time when Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken Twitter to court over the alleged unaccounted presence of bots on its platform after cancelling the $44 billion takeover deal.
Questions raised on Elon Musk's bot claims on Twitter
Using the tool, the Tesla CEO's team estimated that 33 per cent of "visible accounts" on the social media platform were "false or spam accounts", as against Twitter's claim that spam accounts represent less than five per cent of its daily active users.
TikTok in-app browser on iOS may monitor your keystrokes, taps
Felix Krause, Founder of Fastlane that was acquired by Google, said that when the user opens any link on the TikTok iOS app, it's opened inside their in-app browser. "While you are interacting with the website, TikTok subscribes to all keyboard inputs (including passwords, credit card information, etc.) and every tap on the screen, like which buttons and links you click," Krause claimed in a blog post on Thursday.
Twitter avoiding sharing information on bot accounts: Musk
Elon Musk's legal team subpoenaed two ad tech firms -- Integral Ad Science (IAS) and DoubleVerify -- to provide documents or communications regarding the audit of the user base on the platform, the media reports said. Both the advertising technology firms are based in New York.
Apple adds two new Top Charts for podcasts
The new charts are available in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia on iPhone, iPad, and Mac for listeners on iOS 15.6, iPadOS 15.6, and macOS 12.5 or later. "Listeners can find Top Shows, Top Episodes, Top Subscriber Shows, and Top Subscriber Channels on the Browse tab, or by navigating to the Charts page. Both charts are refreshed throughout each day," Apple Company said in a statement.
Google to reduce 'low-quality, unoriginal' content in Search results
A search ranking update called the "Helpful Content Update" will start rolling out globally to English language users on August 22. This update will help make sure that "unoriginal, low-quality content doesn't rank highly in Search, particularly for online-educational materials, entertainment, shopping, and tech-related content, he said in a blog post late on Thursday.
Don't Miss
Advertisement