Articles by Krishnendu Banerjee

Jack Dorsey, CEO of Square and CEO of Twitter, speaks during an interview

Twitter Changes Hacked Materials Policy After Republicans Threaten Jack Dorsey of Subpoena

Twitter will no longer block the links to hacked materials and instead label them after the controversy surrounding the Hunter Biden story erupted

Oct 16, 2020

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Chinese President Xi Jinping Asks PLA Troops to 'Prepare for War' But Who Is the Target Here?

Xi Jinping during a visit to PLA Navy Marine Corps base inspection asks the troops to focus on war preparedness as tensions with Taiwan and U.S. escalate further

Oct 14, 2020

New Species of Indestructible Water Bear Can Withstand Deadly UV Radiation by Using Fluorescence Shield

Discovered by the researchers in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru, the tardigrade species evolved fluorescent shield to protect from deadly radiation

Oct 14, 2020

Twitter Takes Down Network of Fake Accounts Pretending to be Black Trump Supporters

The fake accounts scalped pictures of "Black men" from news sources and managed to get over 250,000 retweets before they were taken down

Oct 14, 2020

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Hackers Can Use Fake Road Signs on Digital Billboards to Spoof Tesla's Autopilot

Researchers say that using phantom images and road signs for split-seconds, Tesla's and Mobileye's autopilot system can be fooled to push the brakes

Oct 13, 2020

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Youtuber 'Hacksmith' Makes Star Wars Plasma-Based Lightsaber That Can Cut Through Metal At 4000°F

The YouTube channel Hacksmith, which makes devices inspired by comic books and movies, built the lightsaber in-house using propane

Oct 13, 2020

Scientists Develop Sensors That Can Be Printed Directly on Skin Without Heat

The printed sensors will work like any wearable monitoring device and researchers hope that it can be altered to suit specific needs such as identifying COVID-19 symptoms

Oct 12, 2020

NASA Delays SpaceX Crew-1 Launch That Will Carry 4 Astronauts to ISS After Yet Another Problem

After noticing an excessive erosion of the Crew Dragon's heat shield, SpaceX observed an unexpected pressure rise in Falcon 9's first-stage gas generator

Oct 12, 2020

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Not Asteroid, NASA Detects Mysterious Object That Appears to be Old Rocket Launched In 1960s

The object named 2020 SO that was considered an asteroid could be a part of Surveyor 2 that was launched in 1966 for its low velocity and odd flight path

Oct 12, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence Will Not End Human Race But Will Keep Us as Pets, Scientist Says

The originator of the Gaia hypothesis, James Lovelock says super-intelligent AI overtake humans in the future but will work with us to save Earth from climate change

Oct 11, 2020

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What Message Is North Korea Trying to Send by Displaying Its 'Monster' Missile?

North Korea's new ICBM that is larger than Hwasong-15 may lead to another test-launch in coming months to dispel any doubts about its military capability

Oct 11, 2020

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Philippines Looking to Partner Ice Cream Manufacturers to Store Coronavirus Vaccines

The Philippines' cold storage facilities are not capable of storing millions of vaccines and a shortage has forced a senator to come up with the out-of-the-box solution

Oct 10, 2020

China's Tuber Browser App Lets Users Access Google, Facebook and Twitter Beyond Great Firewall

The browser that has been downloaded over 5 million times from Huawei's app store since its launch provides a free alternative to VPNs in mainland China.

Oct 10, 2020

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Sophisticated Android Malware Abusing Notification Access to Demand Ransom, Warns Microsoft

The MalLocker.B malware triggers an overlay screen with ransom note using an explicit image from the phone or a fake police fine notice that can not be bypassed

Oct 9, 2020

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Phishing Email Disguising as Google Info on Donald Trump's Health Downloads Malware

The phishing emails trick users to visit a Google Docs link to download a malicious file which when clicked can steal files and encrypt the system for ransom

Oct 9, 2020

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North Korea's Ambassador to Italy, Jo Song Gil, Who Disappeared in 2018, Has Defected to South Korea

Jo Song Gil and his wife disappeared from Rome days before he was supposed to go back to Pyongyang and there were reports that his daughter was kidnapped

Oct 7, 2020

Delivery During Coronavirus: Japan Post Goes Extra Mile, Tests Robots for Last-Mile Shipment

Following the footsteps of other countries, Japan Post testing DeliRo robots that can carry weights up to 30 kilograms and deliver packages within a kilometer radius

Oct 7, 2020

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From Kaspersky to MacAfee, Most Antivirus Solutions Have Security Flaws Easily Exploited by Hackers

Hackers can exploit antivirus software's bugs to gain elevated privileges in a system through symlink attacks and DLL hijacking

Oct 7, 2020

Cybersecurity

Why is Coronavirus Not a Problem for 600 Million Chinese Tourists Thronging Popular Tourist Spots?

China's popular tourist destinations came to life during the National Holiday as the government encouraged traveling following months of strict lockdown

Oct 6, 2020

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Chinese Hackers Using UEFI Malware That Cannot Be Removed by OS Reinstalls

Kaspersky Lab first noticed the malware in a series of cyberattacks on diplomats, NGO staff from Africa, Asia and Europe.

Oct 6, 2020

Cybersecurity

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