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With Mistrust and Dwindling Efficacy, China's Vaccine Diplomacy Is Failing

China bet big on its vaccine diplomacy to befriend scores of poor nations but with poor records and failure to offer complete vaccine data, it is failing.

Dec 29, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

After SolarWinds Data Breach in US, Vietnam Targeted in Similar Supply-Chain Cyberattack

Suspected Chinese hackers infected two Vietnamese government digital certificate client apps with PhantomNet malware to create a backdoor

Dec 28, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity

Lin Qi Dead: Netflix Series Producer and Yoozoo Games CEO Poisoned in Tea By Colleague

Chinese producer on Netflix's 'The Three-Body Problem' was hospitalized on December 16 and he died on December 25.

Dec 26, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

What Is Adermatoglyphia? A Bangladeshi Family with No Fingerprints Faces Obstacles

The men in the Sarker family have no fingerprints due to a genetic disorder and often face a tough time getting a passport and other identity proofs.

Dec 26, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

New Mutated Strain of Coronavirus May Have Leaked from UK Laboratory

In a tweet, an Iranian official said that according to a British researcher the new strain of Coronavirus may have leaked from a UK vaccine research facility

Dec 24, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

If You Are in China, You Cannot Eat Big Portions Anymore; New Law Prohibits Food Waste

As a study found China's annual food waste was about 35 million tons, President Xi Jinping launched "Operation Empty Plate" and followed it with a new bill

Dec 23, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

India supports blockchain but not cryptocurrency

As Price of Bitcoin Surges, Criminals Turn to Crypto Kidnapping Once Again

As cryptocurrencies are difficult to track and prices are surging, criminals have shifted to demand ransoms in Bitcoins of late

Dec 22, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Naked Photos of Thai King Mistress Leaked; Were Explicit Pictures Clicked For King Himself?

The nude pictures were sent to the critics of the Thai royal family, in what is now being called as an act of revenge porn.

Dec 22, 2020

By Parwinder Sandhu

Israel Company NSO's Pegasus Spyware Used to Hack Middle East Journalists' iPhones

Canada-based Citizen Lab found that 36 journalists' iPhones were hacked exploiting a "zero-click" vulnerability in Apple's iMessage.

Dec 22, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity

Instagram Influencer Syed Syafiq Abuses Nurse Over 'Painful' Covid-19 Test, Threatens to Sue Her

Syed Syafiq confronted and threatened to sue the nurse who took his nasal swab that the influencer claimed was painful.

Dec 21, 2020

By Vishakha Sonawane

Coronavirus

AI Defeats Experienced Farmers in Chinese Strawberry Farming Competition

AI farming teams were able to produce more strawberries using precision farming technology, automated watering and fertilizing systems.

Dec 21, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Artificial intelligence

Russia or China Behind Hacks on US Government Systems? 'Putin's B**ch' Trump Trolled Viciously

The President's comments came after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the cyberattack was "pretty clearly" perpetrated by Russians.

Dec 20, 2020

By Parwinder Sandhu

Malaysian Muslim woman leave Islam to marry Indian hockey captain Manpreet Singh

Did Indian Hockey Captain Manpreet Singh Convert to Islam to Marry Malaysian Muslim? Minister Seeks Explanation

A Malaysian minister said that he read on social media sites that Indian hockey captain Manpreet Singh, who married Malaysian Muslim woman Illi Najwa Anuar Husin Saddique recently, converted to Islam, last year.

Dec 20, 2020

By David Johnson

Leaked Documents Reveal China Hired Army of Trolls and Ordered Media to Control Coronavirus Narrative

According to documents from the Cyberspace Administration of China, Hangzhou, the government hired internet trolls to control the narrative on Dr Li Wenliang and coronavirus.

Dec 19, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Coronavirus

China-Based Zoom Executive Xinjiang Jin Accused of Conspiring with CCP to Leak User Data

The accused Xinjiang Jin is yet to be arrested as he is still in China, but if convicted he can face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

Dec 19, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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