Irish Health Service Hit By Ransomware Attack
Ireland’s health service has temporarily shut down its IT system on Friday to protect it from a “significant” ransomware attack.
Disney+ Now Has 103M Paid Subscribers
Disney+ now has more than 103 million global paid subscribers, the company said in its Q2 earnings report
Samsung Expands Blockchain Support On Galaxy Smartphones
Samsung announced that blockchain users can now manage and trade virtual assets from third-party wallets on Samsung Galaxy smartphones. The update makes it easier for blockchain users to access and process transactions by importing virtual assets stored on select cold hardware wallets to the Samsung Blockchain Wallet available on most Galaxy smartphones.
Twitter Finally Adds DM Search To Android
The micro-blogging site Twitter brings a DM search bar to Android today, nearly two years after it first appeared on iOS.
Ethereum Founder Donates $1.14bn In Cryptocurrency To Covid-Hit India
Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of the Ethereum crypto network, has donated 500 coins and over 50 trillion SHIB meme coin worth around $1.14 billion to the India Covid-Crypto Relief Fund, as the country grapples with the lethal second wave of the pandemic.
YouTube To Distribute $100M Among Top ‘Shorts’ Creators
YouTube is creating a $100 million fund to pay people who make clips for Shorts
App Stopped Over $1.5 Billion In Potentially Fraudulent Transactions In 2020
Apple’s combination of sophisticated technology and human expertise protected customers from more than $1.5 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions, preventing the attempted theft of their money, information, and time — and kept nearly a million risky and vulnerable new apps out of their hands.
What Is A Botnet?
A botnet is a number of Internet-connected devices, each of which is running one or more bots. Botnets can be used to perform Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks, steal data, send spam, and allow the attacker to access the device and its connection.
How To Defend Against DDoS Attacks
In a DDoS attack, An attacker uses a number of machines across the internet (or what’s called a “botnet”). Those machines send a high volume of fake traffic to the target site, all in an attempt to overload server resources and bring the site down.
Instagram Will Let You Add Pronouns To Your Profile
Facebook-owned Instagram announced a new feature where people can add pronouns to their profile, the company announced.
Facebook’s Will Remind You To Read The Article Before You Share It
The social media giant Facebook is all set to start testing a new pop-up feature that will ask users if they are certain about wanting to share an article if if haven’t opened it.
Samsung Unveils Industry-First Memory Module Incorporating New CXL Interconnect Standard
Samsung unveiled the industry’s first memory module supporting the new Compute Express Link (CXL) interconnect standard. Integrated with Samsung’s Double Data Rate 5 (DDR5) technology, this CXL-based module will enable server systems to significantly scale memory capacity and bandwidth, accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads in data centers.
Clubhouse Is Now Available In The Play Store
Audio-based social media app Clubhouse released its Android app. It will be available in beta on Google’s mobile OS today, allowing users to sign up and participate in its audio-only chat rooms.
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