30 Jan

Weekly Tech News Headlines – Jan 30 2021

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 Biometric feature for WhatsApp WebWhatsApp who was recently facing heat due to its revised privacy policy, is now all set to bring a new Biometric feature to its service. The new authentication layer will be provided for those using its web and desktop versions. So if a smartphone supports, users will not be able to add in a Biometric login, which will use different methods to sign in through fingerprint, face ID or iris ID.The additional layer of security will prohibit illegal logins to your WhatsApp account on the web. In order to link WhatsApp Web or Desktop to your…
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10 Sep

Huawei HarmonyOS 2.0 to be launched for all smart devices by Oct 2021

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 Huawei is continuously facing severe sanctions and lacks important access to US-developed software systems and hardware since 2019. This includes restrictions for not using any Google services in their smartphones and other Android platform devices. The lack of essential Google services such as Google Play Store, Google Maps in an Android device, is creating the distance between consumers and Huawei.Huawei in response has already started working on its own operating system named HarmonyOS to tackle this challenge. During the company's annual developer’s conference it is announced that HarmonyOS will be open source in a similar manner to that of AOSP…
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02 Sep

Indian Ministry of Information Technology banned PUBG mobile and other 117 apps – Full list here

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  Indian Ministry of Information Technology today has made its latest digital strike on China by banning hugely popular battle royale game PUBG Mobile including 117 other Chinese apps which are Prejudicial to Sovereignty and Integrity of India, Defence of India, Security of State and Public Order.The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, Ministry of Home Affaris has sent recommendation to MeitY for blocking these malicious apps after receiving credible inputs for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users' data in an authorized manner to server located outside India. This 2nd strike comes after Indian Govt. ban of 59 Chinese apps in the month…
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01 Jul

India bans 59 Chinese Apps including TikTok, Shareit, WeChat

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As per article published in Press Information Bureau of India,“The Ministry of Information Technology, invoking its power under section 69A of the Information Technology Act read with the relevant provisions of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking of Access of Information by Public) Rules 2009 and in view of the emergent nature of threats has decided to block 59 apps ( see Appendix) since in view of information available they are engaged in activities which is prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order. The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre,…
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