California, Feb 6: Unicode has announced a list of interesting new emoji which will make their debut on your devices in 2019. The list includes 59 new emoji with 171 variants for gender and skin tone, making the total count of 230. Some of the new emoji include mechanical arm, deaf person, drop of blood, waffle, ice cube, yawning face, pinching hand, among others. Making the emoji set more diverse...
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Google has deleted 29 malicious "beauty camera" apps that were sharing pornographic content and forwarding users, particularly in India, to phishing websites to steal their information. Some of these Android apps have been downloaded millions of times and a large number of the download counts originated from Asia -- particularly in India, said a report from US-based cyber security firm Trend Micro...
Berlin, Feb 2: Ahead of the roll-out of the advanced SG network protocol, researchers have revealed the sheer vulnerability in the network that allows for spying of data over airwaves. A research paper by researchers from the Technical University of Berlin, ETH Zurich and SINTEF Digital Norway details the privacy threat with the 5G network. The vulnerability affects Authentication and Key...
Mumbai, Feb 1: A 19-year-old man allegedly committed suicide at his residence in Kurla here on Friday, as he was apparently upset over not getting a mobile phone of his choice from his family, a senior police official said. The deceased, Nadeem Sheikh, hanged himself from the ceiling fan of the kitchen around 4 am, the official said. "Sheikh wanted a particular mobile worth Rs 37,000, but his...
Mangaluru: Jamiyyatul Falah, a state government award winning charity organization’s Mangaluru Corporation unit distributed fruits among patients of Lady Goshen Hospital, Kairiya Trust Thokkotu Girls School students and HIV care centre ‘Sneha Deepa’ home for children through a program as part of social responsibility of the society on the occasion of Republic day on 26th January 2019. The event...
Chamarajanagara, Jan 29: The Chamarajanagara District and Principal Sessions Court conducted the Sulwadi Temple tragedy case against four accused through video conferencing due to security reasons at the court premises here on Tuesday. In the food poisoning tragedy 17 devotees died and more than 100 fell ill after consuming 'Prasada' laced with pesticide on December 14, 2018 at Kichugutti Maramma...
Mysuru, Jan 29: No unusual monkey deaths, particularly of grey langurs, have been reported on the Karnataka-Kerala border adjoining H D Kote taluk, and this is being cited as a 'strong reason' to rule out KFD outbreak in the district. “Abnormal monkey deaths are considered major evidence for authenticating the outbreak of the disease, as in Shivamogga district where such deaths have been reported...
Mangaluru, Jan 28: Universal Welfare Forum (Uniwef), a city based Muslim organisation, will be conducting a programme on ‘Human Society and Spirituality in view of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)’ in Mangaluru. The event will be the valedictory programme of the Uniwef’s campaign “Know the Prophet of Mankind”. The programme will be held on February 1 at Town Hall at 6:30 p.m. Journalist Abdussalam Puthige...
Typically, if an accidental purchase happens from a minor, a company takes steps to ensure the refund is initiated. However, Facebook reportedly engaged in a 'friendly fraud' to allow children to spend thousands of dollars on games without their parents' permission. According to an investigation by Reveal, the social network orchestrated a multiyear effort that duped children and their parents out...
Belagavi, Jan 26: Belagavi will now be connected to 13 destinations across the country. The Union government cleared five airline operators to offer civilian air connectivity between the Sambra airport in Belagavi with 13 domestic airports. These are part of the 235 routes announced under the regional connectivity scheme (RCS). According to a social media post shared by Suresh Angadi, MP, the...