India
India: Twitter moves court against government’s blocking orders
Twitter has moved the Karnataka High Court on 5 July in an attempt to set aside multiple blocking orders of the Union government as well as to amend their directions to identify specific violative content rather than imposing an umbrella ban on individual accounts.
Science & Technology
Kerala teenager corrects Apple; gets $2500 prize money, enters hall of fame
KS Ananthakrishnan, a computer engineering student from Kerala’s Alappuzha has been inducted into Apple's esteemed hall of fame for discovering a significant security flaw in the iCloud service and icloud email users were vulnerable to this flaw.
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India
Facebook failed to take action against fake accounts linked with BJP MP Vinod Sonkar
Facebook did nothing to stop fraudulent accounts linked to BJP MP Vinod Sonkar, who is currently the head of the Parliamentary Committee on Ethics, according to evidence given by the...
India
Rejecting new data law, VPN provider removes servers in India
With a recent data law introduced in India requiring all Virtual private networks (VPN) providers to store user information for at least five years, ExpressVPN has decided to remove...
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Science & Technology
Why the Apple and Google app store monopoly could soon be over
Greig Paul, University of Strathclyde
New rules on mobile app stores could trigger a wave of creative, cheaper apps with more privacy options for users. Every budding developer dreams of...
India
Supreme Court stays proceedings on new IT rules in High Courts
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the further proceedings in the High Courts in the petitions challenging the new Information Technology Rules, notified by the Union last year.
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Opinion
Sleep: here’s how much you really need for optimal cognition and wellbeing
Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian, University of Cambridge; Christelle Langley, University of Cambridge; Jianfeng Feng, Fudan University, and Wei Cheng, Fudan University
Most of us struggle to think well after a poor...
India
IPCC scientist warns India-Pakistan record temperature ‘testing limits of human survivability’
KENNY STANCIL
As record-breaking temperatures continue to pummel the Indian subcontinent—endangering the lives of millions of people and scorching crops amid a global food crisis—climate scientists and activists are warning that deadly public health...
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India
14-year-old Kerala student creates his own robot, names it Raspy
The 14-year-old Kerala boy Zidan Shanas has created a robot named Raspy which is tall as him, following an extensive research for about a year.
Science & Technology
FIFA launches FIFA+ to bring free football entertainment
FIFA has announced the launch of FIFA+, a digital platform created to connect football fans across the globe, for free.
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India
Activist moves Telangana HC; India’s first legal challenge to Facial Recognition Technology
Social activist from Hyderabad S.Q. Masood has filed a petition to Telangana High Court challenging the deployment of Facial Recognition Technology in Telangana.
Science & Technology
Internet Governance Forum promotes inclusive digital future for all
Leveraging the power of the Internet while tackling the risks of cyberspace is the focus of a UN meeting underway in Katowice, Poland, this week.
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