Google would pay Apple $15 billion (approximately Rs. 1,10,718 crores) to remain the default search engine on iPhone, iPad, and Mac in 2021. The cost of keeping Google as the default search engine for the Safari browser is believed to have risen once again, and it is expected to rise much further in 2022. It is commonly assumed that Google pays Apple a large sum of money each year to maintain the supremacy of its search engine, which includes outbidding Microsoft. According to an investor note obtained by Ped30, Bernstein…
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Microsoft Azure cloud vulnerability: Everything the company has to say
Microsoft has issued warnings to thousands of its Azure cloud computing clients, including several Fortune 500 companies, about a vulnerability that has left their data totally exposed for the past two years. A vulnerability in Microsoft’s Azure Cosmos DB database system allowed attackers total unfettered access to over 3,300 Azure customers. When Microsoft implemented a data visualization capability called Jupyter Notebook to Cosmos DB in 2019, it exposed the vulnerability. In February 2021, the feature was enabled by default for all Cosmos DBs. “This is the worst cloud vulnerability you…
Read MoreMicrosoft intends to raise the prices of most Office and Microsoft 365 subscriptions.
Microsoft has announced plans to hike the pricing of some Microsoft 365 and Office 365 premium services by up to 25%. The hikes will go into effect on March 1, 2022. The Redmond, Washington-based company justified the higher costs by asserting, then specifying in considerable detail, the changes to the plans since Office 365 debuted in June 2011. “This new pricing reflects the enhanced value we have given to our customers over the last ten years,” said Jared Spataro, corporate vice president for Microsoft 365, in an Aug. 19 blog…
Read MoreHacker has claimed responsibility for the T-Mobile attack.
A person claiming to be behind the T-Mobile data breach that exposed almost 50 million people’s information has come out to identify his name and attack T-security According to the Wall Street Journal. T Mobile’s John Binns informed the WSJ that he was behind the attack and provided evidence that he could access accounts linked with it, and he went into detail about how and why he conducted it. Binns claims that by scanning for unsecured routers, he was able to obtain customer (and past customer) data from T-Mobile. He…
Read MoreResearchers developed rechargeable batteries that can store tore six times more charge
An international team of researchers lead by Stanford University has developed rechargeable batteries that can store up to six times the charge of commercially available batteries. The breakthrough, described in a new paper published on August 25 in the journal Nature, could accelerate the use of rechargeable batteries and bring battery researchers one step closer to achieving two top stated goals of their field: developing a high-performance rechargeable battery that could allow smart phones to be charged only once a week rather than daily and developing electric vehicles that can…
Read MoreFacebook to launch digital wallet this year
Facebook confirms that the firm is preparing to create a digital wallet that would allow users to store cryptocurrency. The director of Facebook’s crypto team, David Marcus, told the information News site that company officials “feel pretty committed” to launching the Novi digital wallet this year. Marcus stated that he would have wanted to release Novi concurrently with Diem, a digital currency connected to the dollar that the company is also developing, but Diem’s release date remained unknown. “In theory, Novi could launch before Diem, but it would mean launching without Diem and…
Read MoreBending light for faster and cheaper internet: New research
Scientists at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) recently devised a method to protect the network and cut costs when the fibre goes down. Their “ARROW” technology reconfigures optical light from a broken fibre to healthy fibres while utilizing an online algorithm to proactively plan for future fibre cuts ahead of time depending on real-time Internet traffic demands. ARROW is based on two distinct approaches: “failure-aware traffic engineering (TE),” which directs traffic to where the bandwidth resources are after fibre breaks, and “wavelength reconfiguration,” which recovers failed bandwidth…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy M32 5G is launched with MediaTek Dimensity 720G SoC: Know the features
Samsung has just introduced another 5G phone to its lineup, this time a low-cost option in the shape of the Galaxy M32 5G, which is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 720 processor, runs Android 11-based OneUI 3.1 out of the box, and has a sizable 5000mAh battery pack. In India, the Galaxy M32 5G begins at INR 20,990 for the 6GB RAM and 128GB storage option. The 8GB+128GB model costs INR 22,999. The phone will be available in Slate Black and Sky-Blue colors on Amazon India, Samsung’s online shop, and…
Read MoreXiaomi acquires Chinese autonomous driving company
The Chinese autonomous driving startup Deepmotion has been acquired by Xiaomi for about $77.37 million The acquisition would assist “improve the technological competitiveness” of the company’s electric car business, according to the company. With this move, Xiaomi positions itself to compete with other autonomous driving and electric car companies, such as Tesla and Waymo in the United States and Baidu in China. The statement follows Xiaomi’s March announcement that it will invest $10 billion in its forthcoming electric car industry over the next ten years. “Xiaomi wants to deliver great smart…
Read MoreWhatsApp to feature Quick reactions in the platform
The popular messaging app WhatsApp is focusing on introducing quick reactions to the platform, according to WABetaInfo. The feature is not yet accessible, although it appears to function similarly to Signal. Users will be able to respond using emoticons. This will allow users to convey their emotions about a communication without having to write a follow-up message. As with other WhatsApp features, you will not be able to use this function if you are using an earlier version of WhatsApp, and you will need to upgrade to the most recent version. Which…
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