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Home Satellite carrying Bhagavad Gita, PM Modi's photo among 19 launched by ISRO
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday successfully launched Brazil's Amazonia-1 satellite along with 18 other co-passenger satellites through PSLV-C51 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. It is ISRO's first mission of the year. One of the satellites has an engraved picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the top panel as well as a copy of...
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Home WhatsApp adds fingerprint, face lock authentication for Web, desktop app
WhatsApp has rolled out a new security feature that will ask users to undergo biometric authentication before linking their account to WhatsApp Web or desktop app. Users will have to use fingerprint or face unlock on their device and then scan a QR code to link their account. It will be enabled by default on devices with biometric authentication enabled.
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Home SpaceX launches 143 satellites on a single mission, breaks ISRO's record
SpaceX has launched its Transporter-1 mission with 133 commercial and government spacecraft, and 10 more Starlink satellites onboard, breaking ISRO's record. The launch is also SpaceX's first dedicated SmallSat Rideshare Program mission. ISRO's PSLV, on its 39th flight (PSLV-C37), had successfully launched 104 satellites on a single mission in 2017.
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Home We thank Parliamentary panel for letting us provide our views: WhatsApp
Following a meeting with the Parliamentary committee on Thursday, WhatsApp said it is thankful that the committee gave them an opportunity to provide their views. The standing committee on information technology had summoned Facebook officials over the misuse of social media. Earlier today, Reuters reported that Facebook officials would be questioned about WhatsApp's privacy...
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Home Govt writes to WhatsApp, asks it to withdraw new privacy policy: Report
The government has reportedly written to WhatsApp asking the messaging app to withdraw the recent changes in the privacy policy. The government said that any unilateral changes wouldn't be fair and acceptable. In a letter to WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart, the government said the proposed changes "raise grave concerns regarding the implications for the choice and autonomy...
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Technology OPPO launches Reno5 Pro 5G smartphone & Enco X wireless earphones
OPPO has launched Reno5 Pro 5G smartphone and OPPO Enco X True Wireless earphones in a Live event today. OPPO said that the 5G ready smartphone comes with industry-first AI Highlight Video feature and offers the Reno Glow design that makes the surface scratch and fingerprint resistant. The Reno5 Pro 5G is powered by a 5G-integrated MediaTek Dimensity 1000+ chipset.
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Technology Users might see errors in some chats: Signal after suffering worldwide outage
Signal app, which recently suffered a worldwide outage, on Sunday said, "As an unfortunate side effect of this outage, users might see errors in some of their chats." It added, "This does not affect your chat's security, but you may have missed a message from that contact." The next Signal app updates will fix these errors automatically.
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Home Signal app goes down worldwide after adding millions of new users
Messaging app Signal is facing a global outage after adding millions of new users in recent days following a change in rival WhatsApp's privacy terms. Users reported messages failing to send. "We've been adding new servers and extra capacity at a record pace every single day this week nonstop, but today exceeded even our most optimistic projections," it said.
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Technology WhatsApp delays privacy changes by 3 months, says 'No account to be deleted on Feb 8'
WhatsApp has announced it has opted to delay its new privacy policy changes by three months following user backlash over the company's data sharing practices. "No one will have their account suspended or deleted on February 8. We're also going to do a lot more to clear up the misinformation around how privacy and security works on WhatsApp," WhatsApp...
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Home WhatsApp and FB abusing monopoly, we should move to Signal now: Paytm CEO
Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma on Monday accused WhatsApp and Facebook of abusing their monopoly in India and taking away millions of users' privacy "for granted". "We should move on to Signal app now...It is up to us to become victims or reject such moves," he tweeted. He also added, "They say, market has power. We are the largest market."

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