Facebook has already spent $3.3 million on lobbying in 2018

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Some recent disclosures filed with the government have revealed that Facebook spent $3.3 million on lobbying in the United States during the first quarter of…

Key takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s Congress testimony

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has survived the five-hour hearing session of Congress for the data breach scandal that violated over 87 million Facebook accounts for…

How to check if Facebook shared your data with Cambridge Analytica

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Facebook has been in deep trouble since last month when it was revealed that a data analytics firm that manages political campaign of many giants,…

26 out of 115 top VPNs are secretly collecting your personal information

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Well, VPNs (virtual private networks) comes handy for most of the users who are unable to access certain websites and social networks in their specific…

Facebook has been collecting SMS and call history data from Android devices for years

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Looks like the Cambridge Analytica – Facebook data scandal will result in disclosing more secrets of the tech giant. Over 50 million Facebook users have…

Punjab Police can now access data right on spot via “Punjab Police Toolkit”

By Talha Saqib ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Recently, Islamabad Police introduced a QR-based parking technology and now, for the whole Punjab Police, there is a new investigative mobile app developed allowing the…

India’s ID Database with data of 1.2 billion people reportedly breached with just $8

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

India which is emerging as the next hub of technology in Asia has developed a comprehensive online database to gather personal details of its citizens.…

Uber paid hackers $100,000 to cover up security breach affecting 57 million accounts

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The globally renowned ride-hailing giant, Uber has been exposed on concealing a big security breach that affected 57 million users’ accounts. Uber paid $100,000 to…

CIA releases 321GB data of Usama Bin Laden, found Tom & Jerry and other viral videos too

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The United States’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has released 470,000 additional files recovered from Usama Bin Laden’s computer in the May 2011 raid on his…

The data Apple is collecting from you isn’t fully anonymous, new study reveals

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

According to a new study, the user data Apple is collecting through data mining isn’t as anonymous as you might think. Last year, the US-based…

Three selfies from your smartphone can buy you a t-shirt at this store

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

This pop-up store in London shows how important personal information could be. We all know how important our personal data is. Big data and all…

Popular app Sarahah uploads your data without your consent

By Ali Leghari ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Sarahah, anonymous feedback app, took the world by storm and is still going strong in almost 30 countries including USA, France, and Saudia Arabia. Sarahah, which…

You might store your future movies on DNA, study confirms

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Forget massive solid state storages as DNA may form hard disks in the future, a newly conducted study has confirmed. A couple of researchers at…

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