Naga Pramod
Naga Pramod is a computer science major and tech news reporter with a passion for cyber security, networking, and data science. [email protected]
Senator Josh Hawley introduces SMART Act bill to curb addictive features of social media
Hawley has set his sights on big tech companies in recent months.
Thieves use phishing attempts to unlock stolen iPhones
A combination of hardware theft and phishing attempts is a sophisticated way of taking iPhone theft.
Google is paying people $5 for an image of all angles of their face
Google is using people’s entries to train its face authentication systems.
Research shows most young people keep away from Facebook
The Facebook platform itself is more popular with older people. Younger people do use Instagram, however.
Facebook and Amazon lobbying reach new heights amidst big tech criticism
Facebook is being criticized for Libra and Amazon wants to with a big government cloud project.
VISA wants your face to be your password
Biometrics are the future of authentication according to the payments company.
UK YouTube chief says government regulation could lead to censorship on the platform
Perhaps YouTube thinks it should be the ones to decide what’s allowed and that the government should stay away?
Australia’s draconian anti-encryption laws mean device makers blacklist Australian telecoms firms
Telecoms giant Telstra has made a plea to the government, showing them the harmful effects the law is having on their business.
59% of registered voters (including GOP, DEM and Indie) think tech company bias is a problem
The results showed that both sides of the political spectrum are concerned about censorship.
After 16-months of censorship, social media access is back online in Chad
Now that the president has been offered a long term in office, the internet has been switched back on.
Mass of Chinese marketing data left open online in leaked loan app database
It’s not the first time there’s been such a massive breach from an unsecured server online.
The entire adult population of Bulgaria compromised in cyber attack
The tax agency has been criticized for poor security.