Category: Tech

(BBC): Google applications including YouTube, email, and Docs have suffered a rare service outage, with users unable to access many of the company’s services. The outage started shortly before noon UK time, lasting more than half an hour before services were restored. Users around the world reported problems with Gmail, Google Drive, the Android Play… Continue reading Google outage: YouTube, Docs and Gmail knocked offline

WASHINGTON (AP): The giant tech companies whose services are woven into the fabric of social life are now the targets of a widening assault by government competition enforcers. Regulators filed landmark antitrust lawsuits Wednesday against Facebook, the second major government offensive this year against once seemingly untouchable tech behemoths. The Federal Trade Commission and 48… Continue reading US antitrust siege of tech widens with lawsuits vs Facebook

LONDON (Reuters): Personal data can be properly protected without forcing banks to build storage servers in every country they serve, which bumps up costs for customers and dents growth, a financial think tank said in a study on Tuesday. The London-based International Regulatory Strategy Group (IRSG) said data can be sufficiently protected without “localisation” –… Continue reading Study calls for streamlining of global data protection rules

Kathmandu: The Central Cyber ​​Bureau under Nepal Police has launched a special operation called ‘Hacker Hunt’. The bureau has arrested three hackers for spreading misleading messages through unauthorized access to government information systems. According to the bureau, information and petitions were received from various media outlets regarding unauthorized access to official electronic media. Based on… Continue reading Central Cyber ​​Bureau begins ‘Hacker Hunt’ operation

WASHINGTON (AP): The Trump administration is accusing Facebook in a lawsuit of discriminating against U.S. workers in favor of foreigners with special visas to fill more than 2,600 high-paying jobs. The Justice Department announced the suit Thursday, alleging that the social media giant refused to recruit, consider or hire qualified and available U.S. workers for… Continue reading Govt accuses Facebook of discriminating against US workers

WASHINGTON (AP): In a modern twist on old-fashioned war games, the U.S. military dispatched cyber fighters to Estonia this fall to help the small Baltic nation search out and block potential cyber threats from Russia. The goal was not only to help a NATO partner long targeted by its powerful neighbor but also to gain… Continue reading US, Estonia partnered to search out cyber threat from Russia

Kathmandu (RSS): Under the project launched by the Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA) with the aim of providing high speed broadband internet across the country, 69 percent connection has been completed by mid-November. According to NTA, 69 percent connection has been completed so far as the authority has implemented the project of providing broadband internet service… Continue reading Nepal Govt completed 69 percent internet connection

Kathmandu: The government has said that preparations are underway to introduce5G technology in Nepal as soon as it is introduced in other countries. The Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA) has informed that various preparations have been started to create an environment for importing the tested 5G in the world market. NTA has planned to test the… Continue reading Nepal begins preparations for 5G trial

Kathmandu: Nepal Telecom’s 4G service has reached all 77 districts. Nepal Telecom, a government-owned company that started 4G service from Kathmandu and Pokhara for the first time in 2016, has expanded 4G service in all 77 districts. According to the company, the quality of the service would not be consistent as the geographical and terrestrial… Continue reading Telecom’s 4G service reached all districts