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Case filed in India against Cambridge Analytica for stealing Facebook data

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Case filed in India against Cambridge Analytica for stealing Facebook data A case has been filed in India against the British company Cambridge Analytica for stealing the data of an Indian Facebook user. In India, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a case against Cambridge Analytics for stealing data from Facebook. Cambridge Analytica has been providing political advice in particular. According to the CBI, the company claims to have stolen the data of more than 562,000 Indian Facebook users. Earlier, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had said that the CBI had been tasked with investigating Cambridge Analytics, which was accused of stealing Facebook's data. Based on that, the CIB has filed a case against the company. Another company, Global Science Research (GSRL), has also been sued in the same incident. A study by the CBI found that Global Science Research had stolen data from 5.62 million Facebook users in India and that the data had increased with Cambridge Ana

Tired of full phone storage? Do this.

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Tired of full phone storage? Do this. After the phone, it will have many necessary apps along with photos and videos. Mobile has become an important part of our lives today. But sometimes we are surprised by this phone. It starts to hang again and again. And many times storage causes problems. If you are bothered by phone storage every time, today we are telling you about the solution. Use the cleaning app As the phone's memory fills up, users are often using a cleaning app. Instead, use Google's File app. It also works as a cleaning app. It contains junk files, duplicate files, mimes, large files, and more. Using it can free up a lot of storage. Delete the temporary file You can even empty the phone's storage by deleting the cache files on the phone. To do this, open the app by managing apps from the phone's settings and go to Clear Data and clear the cache. You can even clear the cache of all the apps at once by going to the phone's storage. Use cloud storage Phot

Google redesigns Google search engine on mobile

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Google redesigns Google search engine on mobile Google is going to give a new design to the search results in Google search in the mobile version. Google made the announcement in a blog post on Friday. According to Google, Google search on mobile will be made easier. This will allow users to easily find what they are looking for on Google. "The new design will have a larger font size," the blog said. Besides, the new design will have a lot of information related to the content searched at the beginning when searching Google on the screen of the mobile. So you don't have to scroll down for general information. https://blog.google/products/search/mobile-redesign-2021

Not allowed to advertise on social media in Turkey

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Not allowed to advertise on social media in Turkey The Turkish government has banned advertising on social media, including Twitter, Periscope, and Pinterest. The regulatory body, the Information Technology Authority, has banned advertising on such platforms. Earlier, Turkey introduced a law on social media. The law also bans advertising on Twitter, Periscope, and Pinterest. According to the information, advertisements on such social media will have to be done only by the local representatives of those platforms. This means that Twitter, Periscope, Pinterest will have to appoint local representatives in Turkey. The companies have not yet made public any plans to have representatives there. YouTube is currently the only local representative in Turkey. Facebook has also said it will immediately have a local representative in Turkey.

The use of hidden cameras for the porn industry is on the rise, with women directly affected

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The use of hidden cameras for the porn industry is on the rise, with women directly affected Last month, Maryam Sharif, daughter of former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and vice-president of her party Pakistan Muslim League, made a serious revelation. While in custody for some time after being arrested in the Chaudhary Sugar Mill case, she alleged that some officers fitted a hidden camera in her wood and bathroom. Similarly, last year, a housewife was found wearing a hidden camera in the room of a young woman living in a rented house in Tamil Nadu. The incident was revealed after the camera in the plug socket of the hairdryer suddenly exploded. These are some of the incidents in neighboring countries. There are examples in Nepal where videos made by mutual understanding have suddenly gone viral. The use of hidden cameras in public places, such as toilets and dressing rooms, is even more alarming. The camera doesn't just capture your private life. Things get even worse when t

Thousands of users' passwords stolen through phishing in Google search

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Thousands of users' passwords stolen through phishing in Google search Hackers involved in a phishing campaign targeting the construction and energy sectors have made public all the stolen credentials. The hackers have made all those credentials visible from a simple Google search. Checkpoint Research released a blog post on Thursday. In which the campaign is explained. In which all the stolen credentials and information was dumped in a compromised WordPress domain. The phishing attack was carried out using various fake email templates. In the subject line, the names and titles of the employees of the target company as well as Xerox and Xerox scan notifications were mimicked. The phishing messages were generated from a Linux server and hosted on Microsoft Azure and sent from PHP Mailer and One and One Email servers. Even then, spam was sent from email accounts used by hackers to pretend to be legitimate sources. The attackers of the phishing scam also put some JavaScript code in an

Forgot your mobile password or pattern? Do this

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Forgot your mobile password or pattern? Do this Nowadays, most of us keep passwords or patterns on our mobiles. From which no one else can see private chats and photos. But sometimes it happens that we forget our passwords and patterns. Then we have no choice but to go to the service center. In this way, both our time and money are being spent. But today we are telling you a way by which you can easily unlock your phone even if you have forgotten your password or pattern. Here's how to do a factory reset on an Android phone First, switch off the phone you want to unlock. Wait at least a minute after closing. Now press the volume down button, power on button simultaneously. (Which button to press may vary from company to company) Then the phone recovery mode will open. Click on the factory reset button. Click on Wipe Cache to clear the data. Wait another minute and turn on your Android mobile. At the same time, your phone will be unlocked. How to unlock mobile from website You can e

Now Facebook and Instagram will give appropriate captions

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Now Facebook and Instagram will give appropriate captions Now, captions will appear on the photos posted on Facebook and Instagram. A recent feature will analyze the image and recommend appropriate captions. This type of system is targeted at visually impaired users, according to Facebook. So that in the future those users can find their picture soon. Alt-text is a field in image metadata that describes any image content in detail. For example, 'A man is standing in a field with a horse' or 'A dog is sitting on a ship'. With the help of this, even people who cannot see with their eyes can read the interpretation of the picture and imagine everything. The technology, developed by Facebook and Instagram over the past few years, is now accessible to all. Facebook launched its 'Automatic Alt Text' system in 2016. This was a long-running project in the field of machine learning. So far, the company has made many revisions. The company has mentioned that it has made i

Here are 6 tricks of Google search that many may not know.

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Here are 6 tricks of Google search that many may not know.  With increasing access to and use of the Internet, we are now using Google search to find anything. Many of Google's 'hidden tricks' are not known to most users by a simple search. Today we are going to tell you about 6 such tricks of Google, you may not even know those tricks. These tricks will definitely make your Google search easier and more useful. 1. Each link in a new tab If you are searching for something on Google, not just one, you are clicking on different links. In this case, you go to each link and right-click on the Open in New tab. This process is very long and tedious. When you open each link, you have to right-click and open it in a new tab. There is a trick to make this work easier, which opens a new tab with just a click of a link. To do this, open Google.com in the browser and click on Settings in the bottom right corner. Now click on the search settings in it and tick in the open it selected re

Is someone running your Google Account? Find out how.

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Is someone running your Google Account? Find out how. As soon as the computer is out of your control or out of sight, everyone is afraid that someone is gaining access to my computer. Sometimes we leave our Gmail account open on our computer or mobile. In this case, someone may be accessing your account. If you want to secure your account, first change the password. Then use two-factor authentication. You can also enroll in Google's Advanced Protection Program. Following these steps will help keep your account secure. But if you just want to make sure that someone has access to your Google or Gmail account, follow the procedure below. 1. Gmail lets you view recent email access activity in the desktop web browser. To do this, click on 'Details' at the bottom right of the email. A separate window then opens. There you will see your recent account activities. It shows where your device was unlocked and how long it was open on which devices. There is information about where you

Sports-related tweets increased by 75 percent

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Sports-related tweets increased by 75 percent The number of people tweeting about sports has increased by 75 percent in 2020. Many people have stayed indoors this year due to the lockdown and social distance provision imposed due to Covid 19. The number of people playing games and participating in gaming platforms has increased as a means of spending time at home. Because of this, gaming platforms have gained a lot of attention this year. Maybe that's why the number of sports-related tweets this year is over 2 billion. This is an increase of 75 percent compared to 2019. According to Twitter, 49 percent of sports-related tweets this year are new users. Thus, gaming is one of the most used sports-related words on Twitter. Gaming News, Esports, Gaming Influenza, and PlayStation, respectively. Similarly, Japan has the highest number of tweets related to sports. The United States, South Korea, Brazil, and Thailand are respectively. Earlier, Facebook had made a similar report public. Acc

There is a feature to buy favorite items by watching videos on YouTube

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There is a feature to buy favorite items by watching videos on YouTube YouTube is testing a feature that allows you to buy various products directly from the video. This means that if you are watching a video on a channel and like a product shown there, it will be easier to find and buy the product. Currently, this feature is being tested. It has been tested on a limited number of users in the United States. This feature is being tested on Android, iOS, and the web. This will allow creators to add product information to their videos. Which will appear in the shopping bag icon. It is mentioned that users can buy their favorite products by clicking on the icon.

The fortunes of the Signal shone, reaching 50 million downloads in a single week

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The fortunes of the Signal shone, reaching 50 million downloads in a single week A tweet from the world's richest man Alan Musk has been lucky for the Signals app. According to data from analytics company Sensor Tower, the number of signal downloads has increased by 4200 percent in the last week. On January 6, WhatsApp updated its privacy policy and revealed that it shares with other Facebook brands. Shortly afterward, on January 7, Elan Musk, a wealthy man advocating for privacy and data security, tweeted in support of the encrypted messaging app Signal. One week after that, the installation of the Signal app has reached more than 50 million in Google Play Store today. The app topped Apple and Google Play stores in the US and UK on Wednesday, according to data from analytics company App Annie. Alan Musk, the second richest man in the world, tweeted, "Use signal." With this tweet, it is said that the use of the Signal app has increased a lot. Although it went public in 20

What did Elon Musk say when the worldwide Signal went off?

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What did Elon Musk say when the worldwide Signal went off? Since January 7, the number of new users in the Signal app has increased dramatically. But last Friday, due to technical problems, the service of the signal was disrupted. Signal, meanwhile, wrote on its official Twitter handle, ‘This week we are adding new servers and additional capacity every day without a break. But today it has overtaken even the most promising launch. ' Signal also said that its technical team is working hard on this. Meanwhile, a tweet from Alan Musk, the founder of SpaceX and Tesla, sent shockwaves through the world. Recently Alan Musk wrote another tweet in favor of the signal. He said that the server-side code of signal vibration is doing a lot of work. The process of phone number verification was slowed down after an unprecedented increase in the number of signal switches after January. The non-profit Signal Foundation said on Twitter that verification codes from many providers were being delayed

Search engine 'DuckDuckGo' records after signals, 100 million search queries in a single day

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Search engine 'DuckDuckGo' records after signals, 100 million search queries in a single day The issue of privacy has been hotly debated online lately. Meanwhile, search engine DuckDuckGo, which focuses on user privacy, has also managed to set a new record this week. For the first time in 12 years of operation, this search engine has received 100 million search queries in a single day. Putting this new record on Monday, DuckDuckGo has proven that people are becoming more aware of privacy. The number of users of DuckDuckGo has been increasing for the last two years. Since August last year, more than 2 billion search queries have started coming every month. Following the popularity of DuckDuckGo, the search engine has launched a mobile app for Android and iOS in addition to its own site. People also believe in it because of the dedicated chrome extension. The company said that in September last year, more than 4 million users had installed these apps and extensions. Now, this num

The case against Amazon for arbitrarily increasing the price of e-books

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The case against Amazon for arbitrarily increasing the price of e-books A lawsuit has been filed against Amazon for allegedly raising the price of e-books in collaboration with five book publishers. A law firm called Hagens Berman has filed a lawsuit against Amazon in US federal district court. According to the firm, the retail price of the e-book increased as the publisher offered Amazon higher commissions as well as other expenses. E-books have been developed in collaboration with publishers such as Amazon and HarperCollins, Hatchet Book Group, Penguin, Random House, Simon & Suster, and Macmillan. These five publishers also account for 80 percent of the e-book market in the United States. It is mentioned in the writ petition that the huge commission paid to Amazon is also affecting the price of e-books sold in the market.

Fixed wireless or cable internet, which is right for you?

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Fixed wireless or cable internet, which is right for you? As far as the village is concerned, a lot has changed a decade ago and now. There was no internet in many places. There were several cybercafes. Such cyber cafes had left a different impression on the youth. But for most people, the Internet was a dream come true. But within a decade, the Internet has become commonplace. Older parents have started calling, chatting, and watching videos on YouTube. Children are studying in online classrooms. Let's not talk about youth. Therefore, the need for the internet has become mandatory for the villagers as well. But what kind of internet service would be right for you or what option do you have? It is also important to know about these. We now have three options for Internet technology. One is fixed wireless, the other is cable and the third is optical fiber technology. As optical fiber technology is the latest technology, it is not available in all regions. This technology that provid

The era of Windows 7 is over, upgrade to Windows Ten for free

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The era of Windows 7 is over, upgrade to Windows Ten for free Microsoft has just shut down Windows 7. Windows 7, which went public ten years ago in October 2009, is now dead. It is said that Windows 7 was a solid operating system, with millions of computers still running on it. What if you are still running Windows 7 on your device? So you can still run the computer on this operating system. But from a security standpoint, this is not going to be good. Because Microsoft will no longer bring any security updates and fixes for Windows Seven. Because of this, your computer will always be at risk. But Microsoft is still offering users a free upgrade to Windows Ten. The company has removed its special upgrade offer site but has activated Windows Ten's license for users upgrading to Windows 7 and 8.1. If your laptop or PC supports the minimum requirements of Windows Ten, it is possible to upgrade it from Microsoft's site. But upgrading from Windows 7 to Ten can erase your apps and se

6 Ways to Speed ​​Up an Old Laptop

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6 Ways to Speed ​​Up an Old Laptop If your Windows laptop is out of date, replacing it is not a good option. The look of a laptop alone is not enough to be happy. If its performance is sluggish, you will be the one to worry about. So if you want to make your laptop longer, you may need to replace some hardware and maintain the software. Then your work will be not only economical but also environmentally friendly. 1. Insert SSD i.e. Solid State Drive Sometimes a mechanical hard drive has to carry a large load of work and in such a case the other responsibilities of the computer cannot be rotated by this fun. In that case, remove your DVD drive and replace it with a solid-state drive SSD. Then your laptop will start working better. And the old drive can be used to store games, videos, and photos. Solid-state drives use flash memory. It is less volatile than part of a typical mechanical hard drive. All you need is a 2.5-inch solid-state drive, which is similar to a 500 GB Samsung Evo. You