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Chinese Customs Allegedly Block BTS Merchandise, 'BE Water' Promotion Linked to Hong Kong

After FILA, Samsung China, now custom officers block merchandise with BTS branding, claim fans on social media Weibo.

Oct 18, 2020

By Suman Priya Mendonca

Singaporean Blogger Amos Yee, Given Asylum in US, Faces Child Porn Charges; To be Deported?

Melissa Chen who helped Amos Yee get political asylum in the U.S., assisted officers in arresting Yee due to his illegal activities.

Oct 17, 2020

By Suman Priya Mendonca

Nokia Gets Contract from NASA to Set Up 4G Network on Moon, When 5G is Available; Here's Why

As NASA wants to return to the Moon by 2024 through the Artemis mission, it wants Nokia to set up a 4G communication network for reliable and efficient communication

Oct 17, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

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Chinese Hackers Targeting Biden Campaign Impersonating McAfee Antivirus, Says Google

Google's security research team identified the attacks on Joe Biden's campaign by Chinese hacker group APT31 and informed the FBI about it

Oct 17, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity

Facebook Altered Algorithm to Restrict News from Certain Websites on its Newsfeed, Alleges WSJ Report

Mark Zuckerberg's decisiion to alter Facebook's algorithm was in a bid to throttle traffic to left-leaning news websites on its news feed

Oct 17, 2020

By R. Ghosh

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Breakthrough: Scientists Discover Mysterious Material That Is Superconductive at Room Temperature

The material was created combining carbon, hydrogen and sulfur that became superconductive at around 15 degrees Celsius temperature

Oct 16, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Jack Dorsey, CEO of Square and CEO of Twitter, speaks during an interview

Twitter Changes Hacked Materials Policy After Republicans Threaten Jack Dorsey of Subpoena

Twitter will no longer block the links to hacked materials and instead label them after the controversy surrounding the Hunter Biden story erupted

Oct 16, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity Us election 2020 Us presidential election

Viral: Here is How Nambu's Youngest Firefighter Risked Life to Save Baby From Massive Ulsan Fire

Kim Geun Hwan brought the child down to safety from the 21st floor in just two minutes. The child had inhaled smoke and was struggling to breathe by then

Oct 16, 2020

By Suman Priya Mendonca

Twitter shares drop after fall in user numbers

Twitter Down: Massive Global Outage Bars Users from Posting on Social Media Platform

The outage comes just a day after Twitter made an unprecedented move to limit the spread of a controversial New York Post article criticizing US presidential candidate Joe Biden

Oct 16, 2020

By R. Ghosh

Cybersecurity

SM Entertainment Comes to Rescue of Trainee Yoo Ji Min Against Rumors of Insulting BTS, NCT And Exo

SM Entertainment stated that the messages doing rounds in social media in Yoo Ji Min's name are fabricated. Here is how the agency is protecting its trainee from malicious comments.

Oct 15, 2020

By Suman Priya Mendonca

Lee Min Ho's Next Work Revealed? Social Media Goes Crazy Over Guess Who Trailer [VIDEO]

Philippines e-commerce company Lazada has released a trailer asking people to guess its new brand ambassador and netizens think it is The King: Eternal Monarch star Lee Min Ho

Oct 15, 2020

By Suman Priya Mendonca

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