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Vodafone Group Quits Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency ProjectVodafone has become the latest big player who has decided to quit Facebook's controversial Libra cryptocurrency project.Vodafone joins PayPal, Mastercard, Visa, Mercado Pago, eBay, Stripe, and Booking Holdings in withdrawing from the controversial project -- and is the first company to exit after the...

The EU's proposal for a temporary ban on facial-recognition technology won backing from Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai on Monday but got a cool response from Microsoft President Brad Smith. While Pichai cited the possibility that the technology could be used for nefarious purposes as a reason for a moratorium,...

A hacker has leaked usernames and passwords of over five lakh servers, routers and Internet of Things (IoT) devices on the Dark Web which can be used to install malware on Internet-connected devices at home or at work.Attackers could use those credentials to gain remote access to the affected devices,...

Students who use digital technology excessively are less motivated to engage with their studies, and are more anxious about exam tests, according to a new research.This effect was made worse by the increased feelings of loneliness that use of digital technology produced, said the study, published in the Journal of...

Bharti Airtel and Google Cloud on Monday collaborated to boost productivity and digital transformation in India and cater to the evolving needs of millions of Indian businesses in a rapidly digitising economy.Beginning Monday, Airtel will offer G Suite to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the country as part of...

Amazon India on Monday announced that it has started rolling out its electric vehicle delivery fleet in the country, with the goal to have 10,000 such vehicles on the roads by 2025. The move comes as part of the company's global Climate Pledge, as announced in September last year. The...

An Israeli court on Thursday ordered closed-door hearings in Amnesty International's legal bid to stop NSO Group exporting surveillance software, which rights groups say is used to spy on journalists and dissidents worldwide.A Tel Aviv District Court judge cited national security concerns when she banned the public and the media...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party on Friday slammed editorial policies of billionaire Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post, even as his e-commerce firm Amazon announced plans to create a million jobs in the country by 2025.Vijay Chauthaiwale, the chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) foreign affairs department, said there was...

McAfee told Reuters on Thursday it has hired Peter Leav, the former CEO of BMC Software, as its new CEO, replacing Chris Young, who created the cyber-security company in its current form by carving it out of Intel four years ago. The move gives McAfee the option of pursuing an...

The US based tech Google has introduced a new "Google IT Automation with Python Professional Certificate" a program which is designed to provide job-ready skills in Python, Git and IT automation in under six months."Python is now the most in-demand programming language, and more than 530,000 US jobs, including 75,000 entry-level...