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Google is working on a new feature on Chrome that it will prevent users from filling insecure forms. This upcoming Chrome flag will stop information submission on any form that Google considers ‘insecure’ and is going to help save users from phishing attacks or security breaches. First reported by Techdows, the upcoming flags is called ‘Disable Autofill for mixed forms’ and once turned on it will configure that the browser settings to stop information like email IDs, addresses etc from being auto-filled into forms hosted on an https site but…

Cloudflare suffered an outage on Friday, disrupting some parts of the internet. The company said that it is identified the problem and fixed it. Cloudflare provides important services for the internet to function, such as load balancing, security, domain registration and video streaming. When the company experiences technical snafus, that can reverberate across the web. “This afternoon we saw an outage across some parts of our networks. It was not as a result of an attack,” the company said in a blog post. “This incident has been resolved.” The problems…

A new strain of Android malware has emerged that can steal data from at least 337 Android apps. Called BlackRock, this malware was first spotted in May this year and discovered by a mobile security company called ThreatFabric. Researchers at ThreatFabric said that BlackRock is based on the leaked source code of another malware strain called Xerxes (Xerxes itself is based on other malware strains). BlackRock, however, has been beefed up with additional features, especially ones that help steal passwords and credit card information, according to a report by ZDNet. BlackRock works…

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) hosted its 43rd annual general meeting (AGM) on Wednesday. At the event, which was held virtually for the first time in wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the company launched the Jio Glass. Jio Glass is a mixed reality (MR)-based holographic lens system that enables users to perform various tasks such as host conference calls, share and view presentations and hold discussions among other things. Design wise, Jio Glass comes with a plastic frame that has a camera in the front between the two lenses. At the back it…

Reliance Industries held its 43rd Annual General Meeting today. The company made some major announcements and developments on different products. Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani announced a new investment in Jio Platforms from Google. Jio and Google will also work on an entry-level phone for Indian users. Jio Glass, a Mixed Reality-based smart glasses was also unveiled at the event. Here are the highlights from the Reliance AGM : Net carbon-zero by 2035: Reliance aims to become net carbon-zero by 2035. JioMart grocery platform: Jio is currently piloting the beta version of JioMart…