Asia Pacific

Chinese Hackers Expanding Global Footprint Exploiting Common Vulnerabilities, Report Says

After the NSA published a list of 25 common vulnerabilities, cybersecurity research firm Check Point found that Chinese hackers have been exploiting them to expand globally

Oct 28, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity

Google Removes Popular Children's Android Apps for Stealing User Data

The apps which were targeted to children bundled Android ID and Android Advertising ID to track users' activity, violating Google's policy

Oct 27, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity

British Parents Can Be Separated From Their Kids if They Test Positive for Coronavirus in China

The deadly virus outbreak has created a major stir around the world in recent times infecting more than 42.1 million people worldwide

Oct 25, 2020

By Ishan Ghosh

Coronavirus

Pope Francis At Risk of Contracting Coronavirus After Meeting COVID-19 Infected Bishop at Vatican

The authorities in Australia said that a diplomat who flew into Sydney on October 9 tested positive for the deadly virus

Oct 23, 2020

By Ishan Ghosh

Coronavirus

People in Myanmar Hunting From Drains, Eating Rats as Nation Faces Food Crisis due to Second COVID-19 Lockdown

The deadly virus outbreak has left many people without work in the largest city of the Southeast Asian country

Oct 23, 2020

By Ishan Ghosh

Coronavirus

Fukushima's Radioactive Water Containing Carbon-14 Can Damage Human DNA, Says Greenpeace

The treated water that will be released into the Pacific Ocean, claimed to contain only tritium but Greenpeace found that it could not filter out Carbon-14, making it hazardous

Oct 23, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Is Kim Jong Un's Wife Not Well? Ri Sol Ju Disappears From Public Amid Fears Regarding her Heath

The wife of North Korea's Supreme Leader was last seen in public on Lunar New Year at a theater in Pyongyang

Oct 22, 2020

By Ishan Ghosh

Columbia University Study Says 130,000 Coronavirus Deaths Could Have Been Avoided if Trump Acted Right

The lead author of the study Dr. Irwin Redlener said the "president himself became a superspreader" adding that he has blood on his hands

Oct 22, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

Environment: 'Eco Bible' Explains the Link Between Hebrew Bible and Ecology

The new book called Eco Bible includes 450 verses, with commentary from over 100 rabbis and several Jewish experts

Oct 21, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

MH370 'Crash Site Found? Top Experts Call for Search of the Ocean Floor to Restart

The plane disappeared in March 2014 during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and is believed to have been intentionally plunged into the Southern Indian Ocean

Oct 21, 2020

By Ishan Ghosh

Married Teacher Allegedly Seduced Students for Sex and Asked 'Are My Breasts Too Big?'

The teacher allegedly gave cigarettes, alcohol to the teenagers as she tried to groom them for the illicit affairs

Oct 20, 2020

By Ishan Ghosh

Facebook Set to Create 'Biggest Dark Web' With End-To-End Encryption, Says Australian Minister

Facebook wants to introduce end-to-end encryption to Messenger and Instagram messaging services to secure users' privacy but the plans have met with opposition

Oct 20, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

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