Steve Wozniak, the apple co-founder is shutting down his Facebook account in the wake of the recent privacy issues. He is of the view that Facebook makes a lot of money using personal data of its users and the users are not paid back. In an email to USA Today, Woz said, ““Apple makes its […]
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Fire broke out at the Trump Tower in New York city on Saturday. One person, a resident of the Trump Tower’s 50th floor was reported killed in the fire. Six fire fighters were injured in the incident and the injuries are not life threatening. Cause of the fire is not yet known. President Trump tweeted, […]
Stephen Lanzo, an investment banker from New Jersey and his wife were won a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, with the Judge asking J&J to pay the couple $37 million in damages. Lanzo alleged that he has been using J&J baby talc powder since 1972 and has diagnosed with mesothelioma, a deadly cancer linked to asbestos. […]
The 29 year old UFC star, Conor McGregor was released on bail after he was arrested on charges of assault and criminal mischief. Videos that went viral, show that Irish man throwing a hand truck at a bus carrying rival fighters, injuring some fighters. The bail amount of $50,000 was paid by one of his […]
Reserve Bank of India announced today that banks and wallets regulated by RBI shall not deal with individuals or Businesses for cryptocurrency transactions. RBI has instructed that any existing Business relationships should be wound up within 3 months. With this instruction in place, it would be impossible for anybody in India to buy cryptocurrencies. RBI […]
Indian actor Salman Khan was sentenced to years in prison for killing two blackbucks, which are endangered. The Jodhpur trial court also slapped a penality of INR10,000 on the actor. Other accused actors in the case, Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu and Neelam were acquitted. Salman was taken to the Jodhpur jail and would […]
Novak Djokovic announced that he and his coach Radek Stepanek has decided to end their cooperation. The announcement comes days after his head coach Andre Agassi departed from his team. Djokovic has been recovering from his surgery and the announcement said “Novak remains focused and eager to come back stronger and more resilient from long […]
Under Armour Inc announced that about 150 Million accounts of it’s fitness tracking app MyFitnessPal was hacked earlier this year. Data stolen include username, passwords, email addresses. Payment details and Social security data were not compromised. Under Armour has taken necessary steps to inform its users via email and in-app notifications about the hack. Stocks […]
Three people were shot at Youtube’s Headquarters in California. The shooter, a women approached the dining courtyard and opened fire, critically injuring one, before killing herself. Investigation is underway to ascertain the identity of the shooter and the motivation behind the shooting. No known connection to terrorism, according to Reuters, quoting a US government security […]
Google announced on Monday that it would block all cryptomining chrome extensions from the web store, submitted for approval. All existing cryptomining extensions will be blocked in July. Google has taken a stand, as there was an explosion of cryptojacking in the last months, where computers of unaware users were targeted to mine crypto currencies. […]