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Chinese Scam That Cheated 5 Lakh Indians Of Rs 150 Crore Busted: What We Know About It

In a major financial crackdown by Delhi Police, an elaborate money-laundering scam run by China-based entities is busted, as per TNN. Two CAs, a Tibetan woman along with 8 others have been arrested.  Around five lakh Indians have been cheated plus their sensitive data stolen through malicious “quick earning” apps running in the garb of an online multi-level marketing campaign. …

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Vivaldi browser now runs your email and calendar, too

Vivaldi has never been afraid to add new options, such as mouse gestures, split-screen tab tiling and customizable keyboard shortcuts, to its web browser. On Wednesday, the Norwegian company unveiled two enormous new features: email and calendar apps.  Vivaldi 4.0 sports an email app that lets you read, write and manage email from multiple accounts. It’s in beta testing for …

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MacOS Monterey: What you should know about Apple’s latest Mac software update

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. At its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Apple executives unveiled MacOS Monterey, the latest version of the Mac’s operating system, also known as MacOS 12. (Check out everything announced at WWDC 2021 here.)  MacOS Monterey follows last year’s MacOS Big Sur. It includes …

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Fastly internet outage explained: How one customer broke Amazon, Reddit and half the web

Tuesday will be remembered as the day the internet broke — before swiftly being fixed again. Early in the morning, websites including Amazon, Reddit, Spotify, eBay, Twitch, Pinterest and, unfortunately, CNET went offline due to a major outage at a service called Fastly. Everywhere you looked, there were 503 errors and people complaining they couldn’t access key services and news …

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Google subsea cable will handle data surge between US, Brazil, Argentina

Google is building a new subsea cable to shuttle your megabits between between the eastern US, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. The fiber optic line, called Firmina after a Brazilian abolitionist, is due to start operations in 2023. “Internet infrastructure is not in the cloud, it’s under the ocean,” said Bikash Koley, vice president of global networking at Google. Firmina is …

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Facebook to release a smartwatch next year, report says

A rumored smartwatch from Facebook could make its debut next summer. The social network plans to release a smartwatch with two cameras for taking photos and video, as well as health features like a heart rate monitor, according to a report Wednesday from The Verge, citing two people familiar with the project.  The first version of the smartwatch is expected to be …

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