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- India
Hacker ‘selling’ 3.12 cr Star Health customers’ data for $150K, company responds
New Delhi: After reports surfaced that customers’ data of Star Health, one of the largest health insurers in the country, was available on Telegram, a hacker has now put the entire 7.24…
- Hyderabad
AHEAD opens new office in Hyderabad; to hire 500 IT professionals
Hyderabad: AHEAD, a US-based provider of cloud, data, and engineering solutions valued at $4 billion, announced the opening of a new facility in Hyderabad on Thursday, August 22. The company plans to…
- Business
India witnessed over 30 pc rise in diversity hiring over the past 5 years: Data
New Delhi: Despite ongoing macroeconomic challenges, India is setting a new precedent with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) hiring (LGBTQIA+, women, and persons with disabilities), as the country witnessed 30 to 35…
- India
Atmospheric data collection tool Radio-Sonde launched from ISRO centre at Samba
Samba: Centre University of Jammu (CUJ) on Wednesday announced that its Radio-Sonde, a crucial tool for atmospheric data collection, was launched successfully from its ISRO centre in Samba district of Jammu and…
- Business
Global data traffic hit 59 exabytes in 2023, equivalent to over 46 cr smartphones
New Delhi: Global data traffic in 2023 reached 59 exabytes, a remarkable 23 per cent increase from the 48 exabytes recorded in 2022, a report said on Friday. In simpler terms, 59…
- Technology
AI companies may need to disclose copyrighted training data
San Francisco: The AI Foundation Model Transparency Act, filed by two lawmakers in the US, aims to make it clear if artificial intelligence (AI) models used copyright data for training. The Bill,…
- Lifestyle
How risky is it to give card details over the phone and how do I reduce the chance of fraud?
Leicester: (The Conversation) Paying for things digitally is so common, most of us think nothing of swiping or tapping our card, or using mobile payments. While doing so is second nature, we…
- India
Taj Hotels’ data breached, around 1.5mn customers at risk
New Delhi: Around 1.5 million people may have had their personal information compromised in a recent data breach at Taj Hotels, owned by Tata, as per reports. “The perpetrator, known as ‘Dnacookies’,…
- Technology
Nearly 95% of Internet users now on social media platforms globally
New Delhi: Nearly 95 per cent of all Internet users are now on various social media platforms, 4 per cent more than last year, a report showed on Wednesday. As of October,…
- Technology
Cybercriminals merging voice phishing with OTP grabbers to steal data: Report
New Delhi: Cybersecurity researchers have discovered that cybercriminals are increasingly merging ‘vishing’ techniques (voice phishing) with new OTP grabber services to amplify their malicious activities, a new report said on Monday. According…
- Business
Ease of cross-border data flow to push data centre investments in India: Report
New Delhi: Driven by friendly cross-border data flow, the data centre capacity in India, Indonesia and Malaysia is likely to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of between 10-25 per…
- Business
Airtel to buy 23,000 MWh of renewable energy for 6 Nxtra data centres
New Delhi: Bharti Airtel on Monday announced it will purchase 23,000 MWh of renewable energy for its data centre company Nxtra by the fourth quarter (Q4) of FY23-24. With this addition, the…
- Business
Apple tightens App Store rules on APIs to safeguard users’ data
San Francisco: In another bid to safeguard users’ privacy on the App Store, Apple will require developers to explain under a new policy why they need access to select data, to prevent…
- India
Cabinet clears Personal Data Protection Bill
New Delhi: The union cabinet is learnt to have cleared the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill. Sources aware of the development, said that it was cleared during the cabinet meeting, held earlier…
- World
OpenAI sued for stealing data from public to train ChatGPT
San Francisco: Sam Altman-run OpenAI has been sued in a class-action lawsuit in the US for allegedly stealing data from the public to train its AI chatbot ChatGPT. The lawsuit, filed in…
