Category: Tech

RICHMOND, Va. (AP): The Biden administration announced Wednesday it is putting new export limits on Israel’s NSO Group, the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire company, saying its tools have been used to “conduct transnational repression.” The U.S. Commerce Department said NSO Group and three other firms are being added to the “entity list,” which limits their… Continue reading US puts new controls on Israeli spyware company NSO Group

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP): Facebook said it will shut down its face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than 1 billion people amid growing concerns about the technology and its misuse by governments, police and others. “This change will represent one of the largest shifts in facial recognition usage in the technology’s history,” Jerome Pesenti,… Continue reading Facebook to shut down face-recognition system, delete data

HONG KONG (AP): Yahoo Inc. said Tuesday it has pulled out of China, citing an increasingly challenging operating environment. The withdrawal was largely symbolic, as many of the company’s services were already blocked by China’s digital censorship. But recent government moves to expand its control over tech companies generally, including its domestic giants, may have… Continue reading Yahoo pulls out of China, citing ‘challenging’ environment

Kathmandu: Mobile phone brand OPPO, has announced itsspecial gift campaign “OPPO Tihar Offer 2078” targeting the grand festivals of Nepal; Tihar”. The “OPPO Tihar Offer 2078” campaign will provide its customers an opportunity to win numerous attractive gifts on the purchase of OPPO devices during this festivity season. Lucky winners will be chosen via lucky… Continue reading OPPO Announces “OPPO Tihar Offer 2078” Festival Campaign

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP): Like many companies in trouble before it, Facebook is changing its name and logo. Facebook Inc. is now called Meta Platforms Inc., or Meta for short, to reflect what CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday is its commitment to developing the new surround-yourself technology known as the “ metaverse.” But the social network… Continue reading In the middle of a crisis, Facebook Inc. renames itself Meta

Kathmandu: The ‘ICT IWARD 2021,’ announced among the top five in various categories. The finest five out of 11 distinct categories have been announced through the selection procedure of the jury committee for the sixth edition of the F1Soft ICT Award 2021. The best five in the Huawei Startup ICT Award, Product ICT Award, and… Continue reading Top five companies shorlisted for ICT Award 2021

New Delhi, India (AP): Facebook in India has been selective in curbing hate speech, misinformation and inflammatory posts, particularly anti-Muslim content, according to leaked documents obtained by The Associated Press, even as its own employees cast doubt over the company’s motivations and interests. From research as recent as March of this year to company memos… Continue reading Facebook dithered in curbing divisive user content in India

Kathmandu: Internal internet bandwidth consumption within Nepal has set a new record. According to Internet Exchange Nepal, internet traffic has set a new record while Nepal is playing in a SAAF championship with India on Sunday night. The match between Nepal and India broke the record set by Internet Traffic (NPIX) during the Exchange’s EuroCup-2020.… Continue reading Internet traffic hit a new record during Nepal-India football match

Kathmandu: As a part of its Digital Talent Development Ecosystem, Huawei launched Seeds for the Future – its global flagship CSR program for undergraduate level students from all ICT-related disciplines in Nepal. This year marks the first year that Huawei is introducing the program in Nepal. The program was first launched in 2008 in Thailand.… Continue reading Huawei launches global flagship CSR program for ICT students

Kathmandu: The service of all the apps of the company including the popular social network Facebook has gone down. The services of WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger along with Facebook were suddenly blocked after 9:15 pm on Monday. A large number of users in Down Detector have reported that Facebook is down. Within minutes of Facebook’s… Continue reading Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram down