Microsoft’s LinkedIn is facing a class-action lawsuit for snooping on iOS users’ sensitive data and information without their knowledge. As per a report by Bloomberg, the lawsuit claims that LinkedIn programmed its iPhone and iPad applications to divert sensitive information. The apps use Apple’s universal clipboard to read and siphon the data and can draw information from other Apple devices, according to the complaint filed Friday in San Francisco federal court. As per the suit, the privacy violations LinkedIn caused were exposed by Apple and independent program developers. These developers found that Apple’s most recent mobile operating system, iOS 14…
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Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia made the announcement this morning that all the Delhi state university exams, including end term exams for final year students, stand cancelled due to the major health risks posed by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Delhi has been one of the worst-hit areas by the Covid-19 pandemic in India and educational institutes have been shut since March. University exams for final year students were supposed to be held as per UGC guidelines but now, the AAP government has decided against it. In his tweet, Manish Sisodia wrote, “In light of the major disruptions caused by…
Facebook and Instagram announced a ban on all gay conversion therapy content on the social media platforms. The conversion therapy attempts at forcefully changing an individual’s sexual orientation. The ban is an expansion of the recent change in policy that promotes conversion therapy, a spokesperson told The Verge. Tara Hopkins, Instagram’s public policy director for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa in a statement to CNN said, “We don’t allow attacks against people based on sexual orientation or gender identity and are updating our policies to ban the promotion of conversion therapy services.” She further said that Instagram has removed…
Day after the killing of gangster Vikas Dubey in an encounter, Maharashtra Police has arrested one of the accused in the Kanpur ambush case in which 8 police personnel were gunned down earlier this month. The Juhu ATS on Saturday launched a search on a hideout in Thane area after receiving a tip-off and nabbed Arvind aka Guddan Trivedi and his driver Sonu Tiwari. Initial probe has revealed Guddan was involved in many criminal cases along with Vikas Dubey, including the 2001 murder of UP minister Santosh Shukla, who was killed inside a police station. The Uttar Pradesh government had…
Newly discovered comet is streaking past Earth, providing a stunning nighttime show after buzzing the sun and expanding its tail. https://twitter.com/jasonoyoung/status/1280263208062894084?s=20 Comet Neowise — the brightest comet visible from the Northern Hemisphere in a quarter-century — swept within Mercury’s orbit a week ago. Its close proximity to the sun caused dust and gas to burn off its surface and create an even bigger debris tail. Now the comet is headed our way, with closest approach in two weeks. NASA’s Neowise infrared space telescope discovered the comet in March. Scientists involved in the mission said the comet is about 3 miles…
Chinese incursion into the disputed area between Finger 4 and Finger 8 along the Pangong Lake in Ladakh has been the focal point of the standoff between India and China for past few weeks. Latest high resolution satellite images reviewed by India Today suggest that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has commenced a partial withdrawal from the Finger 4 area. Images captured by commercial earth observation satellite SkySat on Friday confirmed a pullback by the Chinese troops from the road-level areas along the Pangong Tso, however, the bivouacs along the ridgeline are still visible in the imagery. Previous satellite images…
The World Health Organization said Friday that it is still possible to bring coronavirus outbreaks under control, even though case numbers have more than doubled in the past six weeks. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the examples of Italy, Spain, South Korea and India’s biggest slum showed that however bad a outbreak was, the virus could still be reined in through aggressive action. “In the last six weeks cases have more than doubled,” Tedros told a virtual press conference in Geneva. However, “there are many examples from around the world that have shown that even if the outbreak is…
The number of coronavirus cases in India has crossed eight lakh with 7,484 cases added in the last 24 hours. The cases went from seven lakh to eight lakh in three days and now stand at 8,01,286. Maharashtra has the highest cases with 2,30,599, followed by Tamil Nadu with 1,30,261 and Delhi with 1,07,051. Maharashtra is still grappling with a shortage of life saving drugs like Remdesivir and Tocilizumab which have been effective in the treatment of COVID-19. The state government says they are addressing the shortage and have been in touch with suppliers to boost supplies. India is the…
A rather hilarious moment that took place during a livestream session of the Canterbury Cathedral’s morning prayers left netizens laughing too hard recently. During the live session, a thirteen-year-old cat named Tiger joined the Dean and did something funny. Tiger the cat drank the milk meant for the Dean, and it was all captured on a video. Yes, you read that right. Take a look at the clip of the cat stealing the milk: https://twitter.com/ReutersIndia/status/1281490841760960512? ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1281490841760960512%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiatoday.in%2Ftrending-news%2Fstory%2Fcat-steals-priest-s-milk-hijacks-online-morning-prayers-in-viral-video-watch-1699093-2020-07-10 The video shows the Dean reading sermons as Tiger just casually walks into the frame without any care in the world. The cat then…
The 21-day long lockdown has forced all the members of a family into isolation. Being around everyone can sometimes make you wary about your privacy, especially that of your phone. If you are one of those that do not use a screen lock, maybe it is time for you to put one. Better yet, if the screen lock is a mere passcode, which is not very secure relatively, you might need a step-up. We are talking about iPhone today and how you can tighten the security on it. If you have an iPhone X or later, Face ID is much…