Indo Asian News Service

Cyber arms race is likely to continue to elevate in 2020.

Hackers target 1 Indian firm over 1,500 times a week: Report

According to Check Point Research, 93% of malicious files in India were delivered via the web, compared to 35% of malicious files globally.
Facebook was down for users in the UK, the US and parts of Europe and Asia.

Facebook down across the globe due to degraded performance

Down Detector reported more than 4,000 reports from users across the globe.
English edition of Wikipedia hit the five million-mark in late 2015.

Wikipedia users can now read over 6 million articles in English

Wikipedia has crossed the milestone of having more than six million articles in English language. The feat comes roughly 19 years after the website was founded.
84% of urban Indians polled are confident of keeping their jobs using the skills they possess.

Over 80% Indians remain optimistic to retain their jobs despite automation: Report

India tops the list in terms of expectation of jobs automation, as around 71% respondents expect their jobs to be automated.
Jeff Bezos in February last year accused National Enquirer of blackmail and extortion.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ girlfriend may have leaked their personal text messages: Report

A new report claims that Jeff Bezos’ girlfriend, Lauren Sanchez, shared compromising texts about her affair with Bezos to her brother, Michael Sanchez.
Even as Sony has already confirmed that the company will be launching its next-generation gaming console ‘PlayStation 5’ soon, now a new patent has claimed that the upcoming console may feature a microphone on the controller for voice assistant on-board.

Sony PS5 to get support for smart voice commands

A new patent has claimed that the upcoming console may feature a microphone on the controller for voice assistant on-board
Chinese smartphone maker Vivo created history by grabbing the second spot in the Indian smartphone market for the first time in the fourth quarter of the calendar year 2019.

For the first time ever, Vivo is number 2 in the Indian smartphone market

Chinese smartphone maker Vivo created history by grabbing the second spot in the Indian smartphone market for the first time in the fourth quarter of the calendar year 2019.
Vodafone Idea faces an AGR due of Rs 53,038 crore, including Rs 24,729 crore as spectrum usage charges (SUC), and Rs 28,309 crore towards licence fees.

DoT against long-term staggering of telcos’ AGR dues payments

Vodafone Idea, Airtel and Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTL) jointly filed a modification application in the Supreme Court on Monday, seeking more time to pay their AGR dues to the government which stands at 1.02 lakh crore.
Global professional services firm Accenture which provides content moderators for big tech firms have asked them to sign a form, explicitly acknowledging that their job could cause post-traumatic stress disorder.

Facebook, YouTube content moderators have been asked to sign PTSD forms

The form says workers might review “disturbing” videos and that moderating “such content may impact my mental health, and it could even lead to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Google Search experiment for desktop hasn’t gone down well with users.

Google to rework on Search design for desktop after backlash from users

Google started testing favicons on Search for desktop which made all the sites look like ads. Google said it will test different layouts for Search results following the user backlash.

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