Articles by Bhaswati Guha Majumder

US space agency NASA developing its own cryptocurrency?

Based on a tweet, people started writing and talking about NASA's own cryptocurrency but the truth is very different from what was reported.

Sep 7, 2019

Nasa Fake news

Tuas Checkpoint faces 3-hour disruption; ICA informs about heavy traffic at Woodlands Checkpoint

The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) informed Singaporeans about the traffic jams at Tuas and Woodlands Checkpoint.

Sep 7, 2019

Hackers behind ransomware must take credit for driving up price of Bitcoin: Experts

Recent blog post revealed ransomware attacks are responsible for driving up the price of Bitcoin and cybersecurity experts explain why

Sep 6, 2019

Ransomware

Viral face-swapping app faces backlash over data privacy concerns

This Chinese Artificial Intelligence app faced backlash from the users as it looked like an example of deepfake and may cause data privacy issues

Sep 6, 2019

Artificial intelligence

Like modern animals, Y. spiciformis had a distinct front and back end: the fossil tapers towards the rear.

This 550 million-year-old worm may change animal life evolution theory

The animal life evolution is currently a debatable topic as a half-a-billion-year-old creature challenged this theory that says most animals appeared during Cambrian explosion.

Sep 6, 2019

Archaeology

School children practice anti-earthquake skill in Taipei

Angry parents approach police as their 12-year-old son caned in school without informing them

A primary school is currently facing police investigation after they caned a pupil without informing his parents as per regulations

Sep 6, 2019

Education

Singapore Polytechnic partners with YesWeHack to organize first bug bounty event

Singapore Polytechnic (SP) students participated in the workshop, where one group successfully penetrated and gained full admin rights to one of the applications.

Sep 5, 2019

SpaceChain-SSTA join hands to rewrite Singapore space industry

Singapore has already decided to put its name on the space sector but the new collaboration will help to boost those space-related projects in future.

Sep 5, 2019

Space

PM Lee sets up electoral boundaries panel, ahead of Singapore general elections

The time between forming of the committee and polling is 2-3 months and that means Singapore is going to have the election very soon.

Sep 5, 2019

NUS study disproves old belief, says apes too follow each other's gaze like humans

The researchers from the National University of Singapore and two more institutions conducted a new study to find similarities between human and apes gaze.

Sep 4, 2019

NUS Education

Ransomware attack on New York school computers disrupts opening day functions

Cyberattack on Orange County School district's network delays the first day of school after summer vacation.

Sep 4, 2019

Ransomware

Singapore: SMRT operating assets to come under new rail financing framework from Oct 1, says LTA

Singapore to increase train, bus fare but still affordable, says SMU economist

PTC said the decision on fares will be announced by the last quarter of 2019 but SMU economist believes that the increased fare will be still affordable.

Sep 4, 2019

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc takes maiden Grand Prix win in Belgium

After the mid-season break in Formula One, Ferrari showed significant progress and F1 now has a new race champion.

Sep 1, 2019

Hackers may target Tokyo Olympics to launch massive cyberattacks in Japan

Cybersecurity expert praised Japan for its attempt to fight the hackers targetting Tokyo Olympics but he is more concerned about the business in Japan.

Sep 1, 2019

Artificial intelligence

Assoc Prof Lim hopes the VCU will be a central point of contact for victims

NUS opens new unit to provide support to victims of sexual misconduct

After Monica Baey's incident NUS has taken a strong step and launched VCU mainly to provide all kind of support the victims of sexual misconduct.

Sep 1, 2019

NUS

The mysterious girl with Song Joong-ki, could be one of 'These' women

Recently divorced Song Joong-ki spotted with a woman and people still don't know who that new lady is but there are some options.

Sep 1, 2019

Song Hye kyo Song Joong ki

Singaporean elderly woman found dead in Toa Payoh, 82-yr-old man arrested

A 79-year-old woman was found dead and after conducting probe, the police arrested an elderly man in the case.

Sep 1, 2019

Singapore crime

Massive cyberattack disrupts popular online forum used by Hong Kong protesters

The cybercriminals launched distributed denial of service or DDoS attack against the to disrupts Hong Kong's key protester forum.

Aug 31, 2019

national university of singapore nanoelectronics converter

This NUS developed mobile app helps alumni achieve career goals

NUS career+ mobile application developed by the university and JobTech Pte Ltd is believed to become a booster in terms of achieving career goals.

Aug 31, 2019

NUS Artificial intelligence Education

Google Project Zero reveals malicious websites habitually attacked iPhones for years

Google's Project Zero researchers found that how over the years malicious websites could have hacked iPhones by exploiting software flaws.

Aug 30, 2019

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