Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Karan Johar believes a lot of trolling he endured was unfair

Karan Johar

In a recent interview, Karan Johar discussed the online harassment that he has received while working in the Hindi film industry. According to reports, the filmmaker believed that much of the taunting and abuse that was directed on him was “unjustified.” When it comes to trolling and bashing in Bollywood for promoting nepotism, the head … Read more

US is adjusting sanctions to assist Iranians in avoiding online surveillance

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The U.S. Treasury Department issues guidance expanding the range of internet services available to Iranians. The move comes amid protests around Iran following the death of a 22-year-old woman in custody. Washington has long provided some internet-related exceptions to its sanctions on Iran. The US Treasury Department issued guidance on Friday expanding the range of … Read more

WhatsApp for iOS to let users hide ‘last seen’ & ‘online’ status

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  • A few of the features have already been released to beta testers in the general public.
  • The development team is also working on a chat reaction feature and an edit button for texts.
  • We don’t know when all users will be able to access these features, though.

Another sneak peek at what appears to be a future iteration of WhatsApp with enhanced privacy features is available according to WABetaInfo.

Users of WhatsApp for iOS will soon have the option to keep their recent activity status and even their online status hidden from certain users or from everyone.

You can, for instance, hide your “Last seen status” from contacts who aren’t in your contact list using the messaging app.

The same reasoning is used to determine your online status for a different option called “Same as Last Seen.”

The development team is also working on a chat reaction feature and an edit button for texts.

In fact, a few of the features have already been released to beta testers in the general public. We don’t yet know when all users will be able to access these, though.

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Online media fuelling divisions, global tensions: report

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According to a media watchdog, unregulated online content has propagated disinformation and propaganda that has exacerbated political divisions, stoked international tensions, and even led to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Reporters Without Borders, widely known by its French acronym RSF, presented its findings in the 2022 edition of its annual World Press Freedom Index. Democratic societies, … Read more

Police arrest 150 people globally in dark web sting: Europol

THE HAGUE: Police around the world arrested 150 suspects involved in buying or selling illegal goods online in one of the largest-ever stings targeting the dark web,Europol said on Tuesday. Operation DarkHunTOR also recovered millions of euros in cash and bitcoin, as well as drugs and guns. The bust stems from a German-led police sting earlier … Read more

Binance may go public in the US, according to its CEO

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Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao claimed Binance U.S. was “looking at the IPO route” at an online event on Friday.

Soon, Binance U.S. may list shares on a U.S. exchange through an initial public offering.

Despite the exchange’s ongoing regulatory issues, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, indicated that an IPO for its US-based division is in the process.

Zhao revealed the intentions while speaking at Siam Commercial Bank of Thailand’s online event REDeFiNE Tomorrow.

Zhao said the company was working with US regulators and instituting “structures” to make the IPO aspirations a reality.

“Binance U.S. is looking at the IPO route. Most regulators are familiar with a certain pattern or having headquarters, having corporate structure. But we are setting up those structures to make it easier for an IPO to happen” he said.

It’s important to understand that it is not the same as Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. Because Binance U.S. operates within the confines of the United States’ regulatory environment, it offers a different set of trading pairs and a lesser trading volume than its global version.

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SU digitalises data of 919,000 students from 60 universities

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HYDERABAD: The Sindh University (SU) has made history by digitalising data of 919,000 students from 2018 to 2020 batches of its 60 government-affiliated degree colleges. The students will now be able to deposit their fees, submit all forms, including admission and examinations online. The move will also allow the alumni to get copies of their … Read more

Netflix now lets you stop autoplay previews before they start! Here’s how

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Thankfully, Netflix now allows its users to disable auto-play videos entirely, so you won’t be forced to quickly jump between shows and movies on the services to avoid watching bits of programming you’re not interested in. A tweet posted by user Sarah Hollowellprompted the change: my entire kingdom for a way to turn off the autoplay while browsing Netflix … Read more

Facebook: personal data of 267 million users exposed on internet

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SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Thursday (Dec 19) said it is investigating a report that a database containing names and phone numbers of more than 267 million users was exposed online. The database was made available for download last week on an online hacker forum that apparently belonged to a crime group, according to a blog post … Read more

Over 800,000 birth certificate copies exposed online

Over 800,000 birth certificate applications exposed online

More than 800,000 U.S. live birth certificate applications have been found exposed online in Amazon Web Services, which is essentially a cloud based storage solution. The exposed data reportedly has no password protection, and the web address where the applications are held is ‘easy to guess’. The company is yet to respond to inquiries about … Read more

Punjab government to deliver grocery online

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Punjab government is to set up farmer markets and online home delivery system for providing food items, fruits and vegetables to the people of five mega cities According to statement, s meeting of Taskforce for Price-Control was held at CM Office on Monday with Provincial Minister for Trade & Industries Mian Aslam Iqbal in the … Read more

Saudi government permits to offer Umrah on tourist visas

The Saudi government has opened tourist gates in the country for people all over the world. Obtaining tourist visas has also been made very easy. Along with this, the Saudi government has given the added benefit that foreign Muslims coming to the state for tourism will also be able to receive Umrah on the same … Read more