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Image Source : FILE Users can operate two WhatsApp accounts on a single device WhatsApp users can now use two accounts on one phone without needing two separate devices. This feature was introduced in October 2023 for Android users, allowing them to switch between personal and work accounts within the same app. You don't need to download any extra apps or use WhatsApp…

The EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) is about to take effect. It’s not just iPhone sideloading that’s going to happen in Europe. Among other things, Meta’s WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger will work with other chat apps. And Meta will finally let you unlink your Facebook and Instagram accounts.The social giant announced the feature recently, but Meta hadn’t yet enabled it. Almost a month later, you can now decouple your Facebook and Instagram accounts. It’s incredibly easy to do, and Facebook will likely prompt you…

X, formerly Twitter, is once again restricting content in India. The company's Global Government Affairs account announced that the Indian government had issued an executive order mandating that X withhold specific accounts and posts or face penalties such as "significant fines and imprisonment." X further stated that it doesn't agree with the order and is challenging it.The designated posts and accounts will only be blocked within India, however, there's no clear list of those affected. "Due to legal restrictions, we are…

The government has asked social media intermediary X (formerly Twitter) to block certain accounts and posts on its platform, the company said. Failure to do so would result in “potential penalties including significant fines and imprisonment,” the company’s global government affairs team said in a post on the platform.“In compliance with the orders, we will withhold these accounts and posts in India alone; however, we disagree with these actions and maintain that freedom of expression should extend to these posts,” the…

X, formerly known as Twitter, said Wednesday it is withholding specific accounts and posts in India, action it said the firm disagrees with, in response to executive orders issued by the Indian government. Non-compliance with the executive orders, X said, would have subjected the firm to “potential penalties including significant fines and imprisonment.” X’s Global Government Affairs said legal restrictions prevent it from publishing the executive orders, but “we believe that making them public…

Image Source : FILE Representational Image X Corp, led by Elon Musk, has banned a record number of accounts in India, totalling 231,215 between December 26 and January 25. Most of these bans were for promoting child sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity. Additionally, 1,945 accounts were taken down for promoting terrorism in the country. Bans and…

In a concerning turn of events for iPhone users worldwide, iOS security has been rattled by the emergence of the first-ever banking Trojan tailored specifically for Apple devices. Dubbed…

There’s a first for everything, which includes an iOS trojan that steals Face ID data to access your bank accounts to rip it off. This banking trojan was first created to attack Android users and is now modified to target iPhones as well.This virus was discovered in a new report from Group-IB (via Tom’s Guide). Basically, this iPhone troajn collects facial recognition data, identity documents, and intercepts SMS. The researchers explain that “to exploit the stolen biometric data, the threat actor utilizes…

iPhones and Apple products, in general, have been the most secure devices that you can buy in recent years. It's even been a part of Apple's marketing, a reason you should choose an Apple product over something made by Microsoft or running Android. That means that it's always big news when there's a new virus that seems to exploit a weakness in Apple's devices — and this one seems to be a big one.Group-IB, the cyber security firm, has confirmed that there is a new threat for iPhone users, which brings a trojan called…

Written testimonies from the medieval period show sexual assault being successfully reported to the authorities, despite legal, social and even family obstacles. This took place, we must remember, in a society which had next to nothing by way of forensic measures, so reporting a crime of any sort often meant that people had to be taken at their word. Almost 30 years ago, pioneering research was carried out by medieval history…