SCI-TECH

Ransomware breach hits US dental insurance giant, loses data of 9 mn patients

The personal information of nearly nine million people in the US has been compromised in an apparent ransomware attack on one of the...

Apple to announce ‘several’ Macs at WWDC: Report

Tech giant Apple will reportedly announce "several" new Macs at its upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) which is scheduled to be held next...

Data on UFOs fragmented, says NASA in first public meeting

Data on objects or incidents in the sky has so far been "fragmented", said NASA in its first public meeting on unidentified flying...

Meta purges over 33 mn bad pieces of content on FB, Insta in April...

Meta said that it took down over 27.7 million pieces of content across 13 policies for Facebook and over 5.4 million pieces of...

Global SaaS platform Zendesk lays off 8% of workforce

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform Zendesk has announced to lay off 8 per cent of its workforce, about 320 employees, as macroeconomic conditions have not...

iPhone 16 Pro to feature 6.27-inch display: Report

The Apple iPhone 16 Pro smartphone will reportedly feature a 6.27-inch display. The information was shared by display analyst Ross Young, who also claimed...

Despite worries, 83% of Indian workers willing to let AI help at job

As artificial intelligence (AI) threatens to take away certain jobs, 83 per cent of Indian employees are willing to delegate as much work...

Meta threatens to block news on FB, Instagram if California bill passes

Meta has threatened to pull news from Facebook and Instagram if California's Journalism Preservation Act passes through. Once the bill is cleared, big tech...

Amazon Ring to pay $5.8 mn over unlawfully accessing consumer videos

Ring, the Amazon-owned maker of video surveillance devices, will pay $5.8 million in consumer refunds and will be prohibited from profiting from unlawfully...

WhatsApp launches global security centre to further safeguard users

Meta-owned WhatsApp on Thursday launched a new global security centre for users to learn more about how to protect themselves against spammers and...