Without Money, Struggled for food: Paytm founder Sharma said, after he received an Honorary Doctorate degree from Amity University Gurgaon, he confronted many difficulties even after completing his engineering but he never gave up. Sharma also said his parents tried to pressurize him to get married. Sharma who belongs from a Hindi Background, he said in the year 1998 he confronted many challenges after taking admission in English Medium Engineering course in electronics and communication in Delhi....

But for all the good it has done, there have been tons of problems. Like this scam that cost a user $5,000 through a bogus competition. And when you throw in jilted lovers or enamored stalkers, things can get downright dangerous. Keep reading to see how one woman caught her boyfriend deleting friends from her account and how to lock yours down, so it doesn’t happen to you. Here’s the backstory Maintaining a healthy set of contacts is essential for any social media network....

To celebrate its first anniversary in India, Xiaomi today launched the 32GB variant of its popular mid-range phone — the Mi 4i — in the country. Up until now, the Xiaomi Mi 4i came with only 16GB of internal storage, which along with the lack of a microSD card slot, was a bummer for many. The company did not offer any higher storage variant of the handset for users who wanted more storage space on their handset as well....

As we know, today’s web technology advances are fast in good and bad ways. With almost every technology, if not used properly, its results might be devastating. Many programmers are not introduced to the vulnerabilities that might occur when working and parsing XML files, so that was the reason for me to write this article. I hope you like it. 2. What is XML? XML stands for Extensible Markup Language, mostly used for representing structured information....

“It’s not a matter of if you’re going to be attacked – it’s just when, and what is the next one,” Matthew Davis, the president of GDI Insurance Agency, tells ZDNet. For Davis and his team, that inevitable hack came in 2019. Their remote IT provider was hacked and then the attackers deployed ransomware to the IT company’s clients’ systems – nearly 400 businesses were impacted in total. SEE: These are the cybersecurity threats of tomorrow that you should be thinking about today The attack shut down the agency and its four locations, with servers and computers crashing....

After the video call option has been entered between individual users, you are now in reach of the group video call. If the exchange of messages on mobile phones was previously limited to SMS, today we have more and more forms and tools to do so. Whether it’s Snapchat, Viber, Telegram, Messenger, Skype or Whatsapp, there are many options for all tastes and requirements for security and privacy. Among the list of various platforms available, the social network giant Facebook dominates this area with many users opting for Messenger or WhatsApp....

In Summary Wondershare Recoverit is a data recovery software that allows you to recover the deleted data (photos, videos, audio, documents, and more) from your computer or any storage device. It is available for both Mac and Windows computers and has a straightforward recovery process that involves just three steps. The software includes support for a wide range of types and formats of data and files, and the company boasts of a high recovery success rate in the industry....

In Summary If you work with a lot of files, you’d have, at some point, come across a corrupted, inaccessible file. Although corrupted files are quite common on external storage devices, cameras, or older hardware, modern computers and smartphones can also sometimes exhibit the same problem. Fortunately, there are tools, such as the Wondershare Repairit for Desktop, which make it extremely easy to repair corrupted files on your Mac or Windows PC and make them usable again....

The first half of 2015 was a relatively good one for Xiaomi with the launch of the Mi Note and the Mi 4i, which was made specifically for the Indian market. However, both phones turned out to be a dud for the company, no thanks to their disappointing chipset. In the second half of the year, the company did not really release any compelling new handsets, and overall the company’s product lineup felt that it was lagging behind when compared to Lenovo and Huawei’s Honor brand....

Apart from the Redmi 2A, Xiaomi also announced the Mi Smart Scale, Mi Smart Power Strip, a Pink edition of Mi Note and the 55-inch Mi TV2. The Mi Smart Scale is a Wi-Fi enabled weighing machine, which Xiaomi claims has an accuracy of up to 50gms. The machine can also send the data to Xiaomi’s Mi Fit app that works in tandem with the Mi band to track down the wearer’s steps....

Some 74.1% of the all threats blocked by Trend Micro in 2021 were email threats versus its products that blocked malware delivered over websites. Trend Micro’s figures are based on detections gathered from enterprise customers that use its Cloud App Security product on top of Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, which both feature in-built anti-malware systems. SEE: Ransomware attacks: This is the data that cyber criminals really want to steal The firm saw large increases in known and unknown malware, which rose 134% and 221% respectively year on year....

As US Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) said last week, “Open-source software is the bedrock of the digital world.” His partner across the aisle, Rob Portman (R-OH), agreed, saying, “The computers, phones, and websites we all use every day contain open-source software that is vulnerable to cyberattack.” Therefore, “The bipartisan Securing Open Source Software Act [PDF] will ensure that the US government anticipates and mitigates security vulnerabilities in open-source software to protect Americans’ most sensitive data....

WhatsApp blocked links to rival chat service Telegram, the instant messaging application. WhatsApp now blocks all links related to Telegram, and the block is working with the latest Android application version. However, it’s still possible to share links, but users cannot copy and will not see any hyperlink on the telegram link. Only Android users are facing this problem, but iOS users can still use it as it normally does....

The first major update is the ability to leave a WhatsApp group chat without having to notify the entire group. The only person that will be notified of your departure will be the admin of the group which is a big change from its current model which, awkwardly, notifies the whole group chat of your departure. Another new feature is being able to control who sees when you are online....

But there is reason to be hopeful. As of now, tests that confirm COVID-19 are becoming faster and more accurate than before. Beyond that, contact tracing apps that can alert users of their exposure risk are finally starting to emerge here in the U.S. Tap or click here to see what the first one looks like. Contact tracing apps offer a convenient way to stay aware of our risk factor, but a lack of widespread adoption will make them totally ineffective....

Obviously, many may argue that Wikipedia is a non-profit portal, and that’s a fact. However, once its content is used for commercial purposes, the rules of the game tend to change, because such a method of presenting content creates an extra barrier between the institute and the end reader, which becomes less apt to collaborate financially with the encyclopedia. “Our content is here to be used. It is licensed freely and there is a reason for it....

According to the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs, a Royal Commission into the income compliance program, dubbed robo-debt, is necessary as it continued to be met with “entrenched resistance and opacity” when it requested information from government ministers and departments, which it believes “severely hinders” its ability to produce a report for Senate. “Despite numerous reports and inquiries, significant questions remain … in the absence of immediate production of the information being withheld, the committee considers that a Royal Commission is required to completely understand how the failures of the Income Compliance Program came to pass and why they were allowed to continue for so long despite the dire impacts on people issued with these debts,” the committee said....

Xiaomi today jumped on the smart speaker bandwagon with its Mi AI Speaker. In typical Xiaomi style, the company will be competing in terms of features and value for money with its speaker. As for its AI part, the Mi AI speaker accepts voice commands that can be used to control music playback and other products from Xiaomi or its 30+ smart partners. The speaker is also able to connect independently to the internet and has its own content library with access to millions of songs, audio books, kids stories, and radio....

Xiaomi today unveiled its latest smartphone in China: the Mi 6X. This is Xiaomi’s first mid-range smartphone to launch with a USB-C port and without a headphone jack. The Mi 6X sports the same design as the Redmi Note 5 Pro launched earlier this year. Internally though, the handset features slightly upgraded specs. It comes with a Snapdragon 660 chipset, up to 6GB of RAM, 128GB of storage along with a microSD card slot, Wi-Fi ac, Bluetooth 5....

Most people assume that muting their computer’s microphone gives them total privacy. That should be the case, but it’s not. Read on to find out how your microphone is sneakily still listening to everything you say. Here’s the backstory Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison discovered that your device’s microphone continues to listen even after hitting the mute switch. While the researchers didn’t name the specific applications that do this, they strongly hint that it is most video and conference call apps....