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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.…

Star Wars fans are debating the theory that the films originally intended to have a political underpinning critiquing the Vietnam War. The fact that the movies are an updated take on the classic hero’s journey formula — something that has stretched back to humanity’s earliest examples of recorded literature, such as the Epic of Gilgamesh and Beowulf — is widely known by now. But the matter of whether Star Wars has political undertones is still debatable, partially due to the fact that the films take place “a long…

New vehicle sales in Vietnam surged by 78% to a new monthly high of 39,469 units in May 2022 from 22,151 units a year earlier, according to wholesale data released by the Vietnam Automotive Manufacturers Association (VAMA). The vehicle market continued to benefit from pent up demand following the recent covid lockdowns and the global shortage of semiconductors. The economy expanded by just over 5% year on year in the first…

Apple is staring at a potential $8 billion revenue loss in the June quarter, thanks, essentially to supply disruptions in China, where the government pursues a Zero Covid strategy and shuts entire localities, if not entire towns, down to contain the infection where it breaks out. Apple does not like playing hapless victim to policy caprice. It has started reducing the risk of shutdowns in China by shifting some production away from that country where an estimated 90% of the company’s production, leaving out…

In a first such move, Apple is reportedly planning to shift some iPad production out of China to Vietnam amid Covid-lockdowns in and around Shanghai, media reports said on Wednesday.According to a report in Nikkei Asia, the iPhone maker has asked multiple component suppliers to build up their inventories to meet future shortages and supply chain issues."The iPad will become the second major line of Apple products made in the Southeast Asian country, following the AirPods earbud series," said the report.Apple shipped 58…

Apple has told some of its contract manufacturers that it wants to increase production outside China, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.India and Vietnam, which are already sites of Apple production, are among the countries short-listed by the company as alternatives, the report added.Apple last month forecast bigger supply problems as COVID-19 lockdowns slowed production and demand in China.The report said that Apple is citing China's strict anti-COVID policy and other reasons for…

Many people occasionally travel for work.But for some, travel is at the heart of their jobs.CNBC Travel spoke with people from four industries about occupations where working from home — or an office for that matter — isn't an option.A year of travelName: Sebastian ModakJob: Former New York Times "52 Places Traveler"Modak was one of 13,000 people who applied for a role that sent one person to every destination on The New York Times' "Places to Go" list in 2018 — the first year the newspaper hired for the position. He…

New vehicle sales in Vietnam rose 44% to 38,134 units in April 2022 from 26,409 units a year earlier, according to wholesale data released by the Vietnam Automotive Manufacturers Association (VAMA). Sales last month continued to rebound to new highs against already strong year earlier volume, reflecting some degree of pent-up demand following widespread covid lockdowns last year. The economy expanded 5% year on year in the first quarter of…

Thich Nhat Hanh, the Zen master, activist and poet who taught mindfulness to people from all over the world after being exiled from his home country Vietnam, passed away on January 22, 2022, at the age of 95. After a week of memorial ceremonies in Vietnam, France and the United States, his casket made its journey to the cremation grounds on January 29, to the accompaniment of texts, poems and songs offered by his senior monastic disciples. The man, who was respectfully addressed as “Thay” (meaning ‘teacher’), is the…

Oppo F17 and Oppo A73 have started getting the ColorOS12 beta update, which is based on Android 12. As per the company, the Oppo F17 models in India and Oppo A73 phones in Vietnam are getting the beta version update. The news comes a few days after Oppo announced the global roll out schedule of ColoOS 12 beta version as well as stable version for the second quarter. As per Oppo, a chunk of the Oppo F19 smartphone users in India have already got the ColorOS 12 beta version.Oppo's ColorOS global Twitter handle has shared an…