TECHNOLOGY

Global cybercrime losses to exceed $1 trillion: McAfee report
IANS -
Two-thirds of surveyed companies reported some kind of cyber incident in 2019 and the average cost was more than half a million dollars per incident.
Google Pay: No fee for instant money transfer from Indian users
Newsmen News Desk -
A notice released on the web app notifies users that the site will no longer work from January next year. The online payments platform is set to kill the peer-to-peer payments facility on its web app in January and is going to add a fee for instant money transfers, reported 9to5Google.
Google Pay: No fee for instant money transfer from Indian users
Newsmen News Desk -
A notice released on the web app notifies users that the site will no longer work from January next year. The online payments platform is set to kill the peer-to-peer payments facility on its web app in January and is going to add a fee for instant money transfers, reported 9to5Google.
WhatsApp to roll out new feature that mutes videos before sending
Newsmen Tech Desk -
The feature to mute videos has already rolled out in the WhatsApp beta version and is under development. In a screenshot shared by WABetaInfo, WhatsApp features tracker, an option to mute the video along with the trimming option is visible. 
NPCI approves WhatsApp to go live on UPI
Newsmen Tech Desk -
As per NPCI, starting with a maximum registered user base of 20 million in UPI, WhatsApp can expand its UPI user base in a graded manner.
Global wearable, TWS device market to rise
IANS -
The wearable bands market will see shipments of 200 million units and the TWS devices shipments is likely to exceed 350 million units next year – and the global smart accessories market is projected to grow at a healthy rate of 32 per cent in 2020.
Lee Jae-young to be richest stockholder in South Korea
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Lee Kun-hee, Samsung Electronics chairman and chief of South Korea's top conglomerate Samsung Group, died on October 25 at age 78, more than six years after being hospitalized for a heart attack.
Facebook shielded conservative group
IANS -
Facebook fact-checkers avoided punishing conservative groups for breaking the rules over the past few months and the goal was to avoid the perception of being biased against conservative groups.
Hackers attack 100 key people to collect intelligence: Microsoft
IANS -
Microsoft has detected and worked to stop a series of cyber-attacks from hackers masquerading as conference organisers to target more than 100 high-profile individuals, including former ambassadors and other senior policy experts, for intelligence collection purposes.
New zero-day bug puts Windows OS at threat, reveals Google
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A team of Google security researchers has revealed a zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows operating system that is under active exploitation.
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