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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The recent sudden end to the Bruce Lehrmann trial last month raises again whether the jury is fit for purpose in a 21st century hyper-connected world. That jury's service in the Lehrmann case ended peremptorily after it was revealed to the judge that material downloaded from the internet (which was…

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance was put into emergency mode this Thursday following a hack. The exchange was immediately on top of the event and issued a blog post today detailing the steps taken to mitigate it. All in all, the hackers got away with $110 million in the exchange's native cryptocurrency, $BNB. However, initial reports supported by blockchain analysis reported a much greater $570 million figure (you may still see some websites carrying that number). But a rapid response from Binance halted all transactions…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New large-scale research led by the University of Leicester shows that winning does not cause people to cheat, in stark contrast to a previous high-profile study. …

Pre-owned e-commerce platform Cars24 recently saw some high-profile exits, including its global CTO Jitendra Agrawal and business head Kingshuk Sanyal who have left the company to pursue other things.In a LinkedIn post, Agrawal who joined the company in July 2021, said he will be moving on from Cars24 in the next few months."I joined Cars24 with a specific goal to help the team scale multiple countries at once - a particularly challenging task because, as an eCommerce company with complex execution, we built each country…

Apple has announced Lockdown Mode, an "extreme" level of security designed for a "very small number of users who face grave, targeted threats." It’ll be available this fall. The company says it created Lockdown Mode to protect high-profile people who, because of their status or job, might be personally targeted by malware developed by the likes of NSO Group, which is behind , or other state-backed groups. Switching on Lockdown Mode will severely restrict the functions of an iPhone, iPad or Mac to limit possible entry…

has Lockdown Mode, an "extreme" level of security designed for a "very small number of users who face grave, targeted threats." It will be available this fall when the company rolls out , and . The company says it created Lockdown Mode to help protect high-profile people who, because of their status or job, might be personally targeted by malware developed by the likes of , which is behind Pegasus, or other state-backed groups. Switching on Lockdown Mode will severely restrict the functions of an iPhone, iPad or Mac to…

Image Source : FREEPIK Message Google has found strong evidence that enterprise-grade Android spyware called 'Hermit' is being used via SMS messages to target high-profile Android users. The tech giant has warned all Android victims and implemented changes in Google Play Protect. Cyber-security researchers last week unearthed 'Hermit' which is being used by the governments via SMS messages to target high-profile people like business executives, human rights activists, journalists, academics and government officials.…

Since 1977, Happy the elephant has lived in a one-acre exhibit at the Bronx Zoo. But a New York state court ruling has halted a year-long legal effort to address the elephant in the room – whether Happy is, well, happy.  In a 5-2 decision, the New York Court of Appeals rejected a lawsuit filed on behalf of the 51-year-old elephant from the Nonhuman Rights Project, an animal rights advocacy group, to get her re-homed to an elephant sanctuary.Happy is "a nonhuman animal who is not a 'person' subjected to illegal…

After facing the months-long Ashneer Grover saga, fintech platform BharatPe is witnessing some high-profile exits, and now, its founding member, Satyam Nathani, has resigned.Earlier, BharatPe's chief revenue officer, Nishit Sharma, and head of institutional debt partnerships, Chandrima Dhar, had quit citing personal reasons."This is to inform that Satyam Nathani has decided to move on from BharatPe to pursue his entrepreneurial ambitions. We will back him to build the next big tech disruption," the company said in a…

Elon Musk To Robert Downey Jr – Which Celebrity Is On Which Side In Amber Heard & Johnny Depp Case!(Photo Credit: Instagram/wikimedia) Johnny Depp and Amber Heard high-profile legal battle has left the tails wagging. The duo is involved in a $50 million defamation suit filed by the actor against his ex-wife. It is over an op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post back in 2018 accusing him indirectly of domestic violence. Jennifer Aniston, Jason Momoa, Winona Ryder, Elon Musk and many other celebrities…