A leading neo-Nazi website was sporadically accessible Monday despite efforts by website registration companies Google and GoDaddy to oust it after it mocked the woman killed in a deadly attack at a white nationalist rally in Virginia. Google said Monday that it was canceling the domain name registration of The Daily Stormer for violating its terms of service. The registration had moved there after GoDaddy tweeted late Sunday night that it had given The Daily Stormer 24 hours to move its domain to another provider, also because the site had violated the Scottsdale, Arizona-based company’s terms of service. GoDaddy spokesman Dan Race said the…
Author: Loknath Das
E-commerce giant Amazon is offering refunds to customers who purchased eclipse glasses from the platform and warned them not to use the spectacles to view the total solar eclipse that will occur on August 21. The company began notifying the buyers about the “unverified” glasses on Saturday. Those who did not receive a recall email are safe to use the ones they purchased, CNET reported on Sunday. “We recommend that you do not use this product to view the sun or the eclipse,” the email issuing the warning read. Amazon said it issued the recall over concerns with the quality of the glasses. “Safety…
A Russian hacking group “APT28” is targeting the hospitality sector globally and the Indian hotels and resorts must have strong Wi-Fi security in place to safeguard travellers’ data from being stolen, a cyber-security company said on Friday. APT28 has already attacked travellers in hotels throughout Europe and the Middle East in a campaign that dates back to July this year, according to the US-based company FireEye. APT28 uses various hacking techniques, such as “EternalBlue” and “Responder” sniffing passwords from Wi-Fi traffic. “One of the most concerning aspects of this operation is the victims included hotel guests who didn’t do anything wrong. They didn’t…
Karnataka Bank Ltd has ventured into social media by opening its official pages in social networking sites such as FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. Mahabaleshwara MS, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the bank, unveiled the official social handles of the bank in Mangaluru on Wednesday. The official social handle of the bank is @karnatakabank for Twitter and Facebook, and @officialkarnatakabank for Instagram. Source:-Businessline
It’s moments – read images – like these that the Internet just lives for. A seemingly regular picture of a couple is currently driving citizens of the online world crazy. The picture, posted on Instagram four days ago, has collected over 2,700 ‘likes’ on the photo sharing app while several versions of it are circulating all over social media. Chances are, you too will be confused about what exactly is happening in it. Posted by British boxer Joshua Kelly, the picture shows him and his ‘better half’ posing for a nice picture. However, what’s confusing everyone is the tree that…
The British car market is coming under increasing pressure as consumers turn away from buying new models after a squeeze on earnings, favouring secondhand cars instead. Figures show the number of used cars bought using finance increased by 7% in June compared with the same month a year ago, according to the Finance and Leasing Association, which represents about 86% of borrowing against vehicles in the UK. There was an 8% drop in lending extended for new vehicles, in a move that could alleviate concerns over a credit bubble in motor finance. Booming car sales helped by financing deals have…
The Delhi Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution to put on hold the recruitment of teachers till a criterion is readied to give weightage to guest teachers, in accordance with a Supreme Court ruling. The resolution was moved by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member Rajesh Gupta. The move came after the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB) released an advertisement for recruitment of teachers stating the existing guest and contract teachers would get “age relaxation” for the number of years they taught in government schools. The advertisement, however, did not talk about any weightage to be given to them…
The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) on Saturday declared the Intermediate or Class 12th arts, science, commerce and vocational compartmental examination results 2017. Steps to check the BSEB Intermediate compartmental examination results: 1)Visit the official website of Bihar board 2)Click on the link for ‘Results’ at the bottom of the page 3)Click on the link for arts/science/commerce or vocational compartmental result as desired 4) Enter roll code and roll number or name 5) Click on find result 6) Result will be displayed on the screen Or click here to directly go to the login page for arts/science/commerce compartmental result Or click here to directly go to…
With over 27 lakh seats lying vacant in various engineering colleges across the country, the AICTE on Friday said it has decided to close down those technical colleges which recorded less than 30% admissions in the last five years. Anil D Sahasrabuddhe, chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), which is the regulator for technical education in the country, on Friday said such colleges will be closed down from next year. “In the past few years, the ACRE has been actively working on reducing the quantity of engineering institutions across the country due to poor demand…
A US judge in Las Vegas set a $30,000 bail on Friday for a well-known British cyber-security researcher accused of advertising and selling malicious code used to pilfer banking and credit card information. Marcus Hutchins, 23, gained celebrity status within the hacker community in May when he was credited with neutralising the global WannaCry ransomware attack. His attorney, Adrian Lobo, told reporters Hutchins would not be released on Friday because the clerk’s office for the court closed 30 minutes after his hearing concluded, leaving his defence team not enough time to post the bail. Lobo told a local NBC affiliate that Hutchins would be…