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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…

Apple has reportedly paid Samsung a penalty amount of almost $1 billion for failing to purchase OLED displays as required. Samsung Display is Apple’s biggest OLED supplier for its iPhones. It was earlier reported that Apple paid Samsung around $745 million for not meeting the OLED display purchase requirement. But a new report from Display Supply Chain says that the penalty was actually around $950 million. This payment has also reportedly boosted Samsung’s Q2 revenue with the company estimated to have received a “one-time gain related to its display business”. Samsung didn’t…

Airtel on Tuesday announced a partnership with US-based telecom giant Verizon. As a part of this partnership Verizon is bringing its BlueJeans video-conferencing solution in India. Airtel BlueJeans, as the newly launched video-conferencing solution is called, it is available only to the enterprises. This is quite similar to video-conferencing platforms such as Cisco WebEx and Microsoft Teams that are available only to businesses. As far as from the features are concerned, Airtel BlueJeans comes with a host of features that make it make an ideal for the enterprises. For starters, it can…

Google is ‘shaking up’ the way you watch videos and listen to the music on Chrome and is soon going to let you control playback without having to switch tabs. Google Chrome is going to get a new floating panel soon that it will allow users to play, pause, stop and also skip media without having to go to the particular tab where the content is playing. You will not have to stop what you are working on to control the media you are looking at or listening to. First spotted…