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Global media websites, including NYT, FT, CNN face outage
Dozens of high-traffic websites including the New York Times, CNN, Twitch and the UK government’s home page were down. Agencies could not immediately confirm the issue affecting the sites.
San Francisco-based Fastly acknowledged a problem just before 1000 GMT. It said in repeated updates on its website that it was “continuing to investigate the issue.”
Guj:Portal, mobile App launched for unorganised sector workers
Workers having the U-WIN cards are entitled to get benefits from several government schemes, such as insurance, ‘Ma Amrutam’ scheme for hospitalization, and affordable meals under the ‘Shramik Annapurna Yojana, the release said.
80 % Indians feel digital tech effectively used to respond to COVID-19: EY survey
They want the government to prioritize making certain services available online including pension planning, resources to help people set up businesses, and providing more ways for citizens to have an online say in government decision making.
Looking ahead to the future,81 percent of the Indian respondents think that technology will change the way they bank and shop,80 percent think that it will change the way they work/study, and79 per cent think that it will change the way they entertain themselves
SBI union, others urge Indian cbank to scrap digital payments plan-letter
In a bid to reduce concentration risks in the payments sector, India’s central bank (RBI) last year invited companies to forge so-called New Umbrella Entities (NUEs) to create a payments network that would rival the country’s flagship processor, the National Payments Council of India (NPCI).
Twitter seeks more time from government to comply with new IT rules
The rules also require significant social media intermediaries — providing services primarily in the nature of messaging — to enable identification of the “first originator” of the information that undermines the sovereignty of India, the security of the state, or public order.
Under the rules, significant social media intermediaries — those with over 50 lakh users — are required to appoint a grievance officer, a nodal officer and a chief compliance officer. These personnel have to be residents in India.
Global crackdown on organised crime after high-tech U.S.-Australia sting
The operation, which was conceived by Australian police and the FBI in 2018, saw officials in the United States take control of the ANOM messaging app, which is popular with organised crime networks.
When an Australian underworld figure began distributing customised phones containing the app to his associates as a secure means to communicate, police could monitor their messages. The gangs believed the system was secure because the phones did not have any other capabilities – no voice or camera functions were loaded – and the app was encrypted.
Delhi Police saves man’s life after Facebook alerts about suicide bid
At around 12.50 am, Cyber Prevention Awareness Detection of Delhi Police (CyPAD) received the alert from Facebook’s US office as part of the coordination framework established between CyPAD and international social media platforms.
Why Bitcoin’s wild ride bodes well for the future of digital cash
The mania and panic that have gripped decentralized cryptocurrencies are heightening the attraction of their coming rivals: digital cash, issued by central banks. These tokens will be staid, centralized and state-controlled. That’s exactly what users will want in an Internet of Things world where machines need to settle claims with one another all the time, instantaneously, but without contributing to global warming.
Average 13 lakh new demat accounts added every month since Apr 2020
But, a vast majority of these accounts are inactive. An industry study in March 2020 said only a fourth of then 4 crore accounts were active.
According to Sebi guidelines, a demat account that has not been operated for a year is considered inactive.
US to treat growing ransomware incidents as terror attacks
Christopher Wray, Director of the FBI, told The Wall Street Journal that the country is facing a similar challenge like 9/11, and the Bureau has identified about 100 different types of ransomware, several of them being traced to Russia.
“There are a lot of parallels, there’s a lot of importance, and a lot of focus by us on disruption and prevention. There’s a shared responsibility, not just across government agencies but across the private sector and even the average American,” Wray told WSJ on Saturday.