Microsoft has released a security patch to fix a flaw in its Windows Malware Protection Engine that, if left untreated, can exploit a memory corruption error in the malware scanning tool and hack your system. The bug in Malware Protection Engine was discovered by the UK's National Cyber Security Centre. The vulnerability (CVE-20...
Twitter's decision to do away with the 140-character limit a month ago seems to have struck the right chord with the users as early data suggests that people are liking and retweeting the longer tweets at a rate approximately double that of their shorter counterparts. The data seem to put to rest the theory that longer tweets might tax the attentio...
Facebook follows a zero tolerance policy on sexual harassment to keep the workplace safe, the the social network's Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg has announced. "We have a zero tolerance policy, and that means that when we are able to determine that harassment has occurred, those responsible are fired," Sandberg said while making...
Extending gains for the second consecutive session, key Indian equity indices on Friday traded on a higher note as positive cues from the Asian markets and value buying in metals, auto and banking stocks gave a boost to investors' sentiments. Top gainers on the BSE market breadth were Tata Steel, Maruti Suzuki, HDFC Bank, Bharti Airte...
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Stinking and non-functioning toilets on Indian Railways -- one of the world's largest rail networks -- may soon become a thing of the past. The national transporter is upgrading its bio-toilets to imported bio-vacuum toilets -- the kind found in aircraft -- an official said. The first 100 coaches with the ...
In a massive relief to Indian exporters, the government announced liberal incentives of Rs 8,450 crore ($1.3 billion) in its mid-term review of the five-year foreign trade policy (FTP) that was rolled out in 2015 and aimed at increasing the export of goods and services to $900 billion by 2020. Exports, meanwhile, declined from $468 billi...
As businesses widely use WhatsApp to communicate with their customers, particularly in Asia, the Facebook-owned service appears all set to launch a brand new app for them. In a new FAQ published on its site, WhatsApp has revealed more details about the upcoming Business accounts like how to identify verified Business accounts from non-verifi...
Taking a cue from global markets, the key Indian equity market indices opened higher on Friday. The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 32,949.21 points on Thursday, opened higher at 33,034.20 points. Minutes into trading, it was quoting at 33,104.06 points, up by 154.85 points, or 0.47 per cent. At the National Stock Exchan...
The US Congress has approved a stopgap budget that averts, for now, a partial government shutdown, which had been a strong possibility due to the failure of Republican and Democratic lawmakers to agree on a more comprehensive bill. The approval came after President Donald Trump met Democratic and Republican congressional leaders on...
This year's most viral video featured a man singing in an oyster costume. The masked performer, a contestant on Thailand's reality show "The Mask Singer", sang "Until We Will Become Dust" in the video, reports Xinhua news agency....
