Category: Tech

WASHINGTON (AP): The elite Russian state hackers behind last year’s massive SolarWinds cyberespionage campaign hardly eased up this year, managing plenty of infiltrations of U.S. and allied government agencies and foreign policy think tanks with consummate craft and stealth, a leading cybersecurity firm reported Monday. On the anniversary of the public disclosure of the SolarWinds… Continue reading Report says Russian hackers haven’t eased spying efforts

Kathmandu (Rashtriya Samachar Samiti): The government has revoked the license of Nepal Satellite Pvt. Ltd. (Hello Nepal). A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA) held last Friday has decided to revoke the license given to Hello Nepal saying that the outstanding amount has not been paid. After failing to… Continue reading Govt revoked the license of ‘Hello Nepal’

Kathmandu: Xiaomi has launched Mi Portable Electric Air Compressor and the new Mi Air Purifier 3.The Mi Portable Electric Air Compressor is a pocket-sized device to inflate flat tyre of car, motorbike or even a bicycle anytime, anywhere without the need of an external power supply and Mi Air Purifier 3 is the latest in… Continue reading Xioami launches Mi Portable Electric Air Compressor and Mi Air Purifier 3 in Nepal

Kathmandu: It has been revealed that Nepal Telecom has used ‘974’ range number in the mobile service (Global System of Mobile Communication (GSM)) without permission. After the range of 98 was ‘occupied’, the telco had started giving GSM number in the range of 97. However, the Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA) has instructed not to do… Continue reading NTA direct Nepal telecom not to use new number range

(BBC): Tesla drivers say they have been locked out of their cars after an outage struck the carmaker’s app. Dozens of owners posted on social media about seeing an error message on the mobile app that was preventing them from connecting to their vehicles. Tesla chief executive Elon Musk personally responded to one complaint from… Continue reading Tesla drivers left unable to start their cars after outage

PARIS (AP): Internet giants, including social media apps Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat, joined several world leaders to issue a global call to better protect children online at a Paris summit on Thursday. The call, initiated by France and the U.N. child protection agency UNICEF, acknowledges that “in the digital environment, children can come across… Continue reading Leaders in Paris call for protecting children online

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP): Four astronauts returned to Earth on Monday, riding home with SpaceX to end a 200-day space station mission that began last spring. Their capsule streaked through the late night sky like a dazzling meteor before parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida. Recovery boats quickly moved… Continue reading SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth, ending 200-day flight

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