• NEWS
    The big news: Investigation ordered after data leak on Indian submarines, and nine other top stories

    Image credit: Reuters/Shailesh Andrade A look at the headlines right now: More than 20,000 pages of secret data about Indian Navy’s French submarines leaked: The fleet manufacturer, DCNS, said the fault was not theirs, but added that their national security authorities will initiate an investigation into it.l One killed in renewed fighting in Kashmir’s Pulwama, hours […]

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    USA to issue a stamp to honour Diwali festival after seven-year-long campaign by Indian-Americans

    Image credit: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters The United States of America will unveil a commemorative Diwali stamp on October 5, the result of a seven-year-long campaign by Indian-Americans and influential American lawmakers to have a stamp that pays tribute to the festival, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney announced in New York on Wednesday. The stamp, which will be issued by […]

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    SwiftKey Suspends Sync Services After Some Users Report Privacy Breach

    HIGHLIGHTS Several users reported unexpected predictions SwiftKey says majority of its users are not affected by the issue Microsoft acquired SwiftKey earlier this year SwiftKey keyboard app has been leaking email addresses and mobile numbers of some users, and as a countermeasure, the Microsoft-owned firm has turned off its cloud sync service. Several SwiftKey keyboard […]

  • COMPUTERS
    Adobe Issues Emergency Update to Flash After Ransomware Attacks

    Adobe Systems Inc issued an emergency update on Thursday to its widely used Flash software for Internet browsers after researchers discovered a security flaw that was being exploited to deliver ransomware to Windows PCs. The software maker urged the more than 1 billion users of Flash on Windows, Mac, Chrome and Linux computers to update […]

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    Chipmaker Micron to Cut Jobs After Turnaround Plans Dashed

    Memory-chip maker Micron Technology Inc said it would lower costs, including by cutting jobs and focusing on fewer programs, after its hopes of reversing its fortunes this year were thwarted by a persistently challenging market. Demand for Micron’s DRAM chips for personal computers has continued to fall, while it faces stiff competition from rivals such […]

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    Facebook Activates Safety Check After Istanbul Ataturk Airport Attack

    Social networking giant Facebook activated its safety checkfeature for users after the a suicide attack killed 36 people at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport on Tuesday night, a media report said. The bombing dominated social media on Tuesday, with #Istanbul trending worldwide on Twitter, along with #terorelanetolsun (a cursing condemnation of terrorism in Turkish) and Ataturk Havalimani’nda […]

  • COMPUTERS
    Adobe Issues Emergency Update to Flash After Ransomware Attacks

    Adobe Systems Inc issued an emergency update on Thursday to its widely used Flash software for Internet browsers after researchers discovered a security flaw that was being exploited to deliver ransomware to Windows PCs. The software maker urged the more than 1 billion users of Flash on Windows, Mac, Chrome and Linux computers to update […]

  • COMPUTERS
    Chipmaker Micron to Cut Jobs After Turnaround Plans Dashed

    ‘ Memory-chip maker Micron Technology Inc said it would lower costs, including by cutting jobs and focusing on fewer programs, after its hopes of reversing its fortunes this year were thwarted by a persistently challenging market. Demand for Micron’s DRAM chips for personal computers has continued to fall, while it faces stiff competition from rivals […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    Chipmaker Micron to Cut Jobs After Turnaround Plans Dashed

    Memory-chip maker Micron Technology Inc said it would lower costs, including by cutting jobs and focusing on fewer programs, after its hopes of reversing its fortunes this year were thwarted by a persistently challenging market. Demand for Micron’s DRAM chips for personal computers has continued to fall, while it faces stiff competition from rivals such […]