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The Broken News first look is here. Zee5 has unveiled the poster for its Hindi-language adaptation of the British journalism series Press. It marks the streaming platform’s first collaboration with BBC Studios India– the production and distribution arm of the BBC. The first look introduces us to The Broken News cast, headlined by Sonali Bendre,

9 Hours release date is out. Disney+ Hotstar has announced that the Telugu-language Hotstar Special period series will premiere on June 2. The streaming platform shared a poster, while announcing the same on Twitter. The new 9 Hours poster features a character standing with his back to us, so we naturally don’t get to see

Modern Love Mumbai — the first Indian spin-off of rom-com anthology Modern Love, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video — opens with the same words as its American counterpart: “Inspired by personal essays from The New York Times column Modern Love. Certain elements have been fictionalised.” But curiously, unlike the original, Modern Love Mumbai doesn’t

Morbius and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore will be available to rent and buy via online video-on-demand platforms in India this month. BookMyShow has revealed that the Jared Let-led Spider-Man universe movie Morbius will be available on its streaming platform, BookMyShow Stream, on May 19. While the third Harry Potter spin-off set in J.K.

A SpaceX rocket carried 53 satellites for the Starlink internet constellation into orbit Friday after blasting off from California. The Falcon 9 booster lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 3:07pm., and minutes later the first stage landed on a droneship in the Pacific Ocean while the second stage continued toward low Earth orbit.

Lobbying groups representing Facebook, Twitter, Google and other tech companies filed an emergency request with the US Supreme Court on Friday, seeking to block a Texas law that prohibits large social media platforms from banning users based on their political views. The Texas law went into effect on Wednesday when the 5th US Circuit Court

SpaceX has announced that its satellite Internet service, Starlink, is now available in 32 countries. The company shared an availability map for Starlink, marking countries under ‘Available’, ‘Waitlist’, and ‘Coming Soon’ segments. Primarily countries in Europe and North America fall under ‘Available’. Furthermore, the company claims that in these regions, Starlink is ready to be

Social media companies including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok must act now to blunt the effect of false information – including Donald Trump’s “Big Lie” that his 2020 defeat was the result of fraud – in this year’s US midterm congressional elections, rights groups said on Thursday. Social media platforms backed away from policies designed to

Google Play is receiving new prepaid subscription plans and Console UI to improve the monetisation capabilities of the developers. The announcement was made today during the Google I/O developer conference. These changes are aimed to provide developers with more flexibility in selling subscriptions on the Play Store. They now have the option to set up

Google, Meta and other online service providers will be required to find and remove online child pornography under proposed European Commission rules, a move some privacy groups say could put people’s communications at risk. Companies that fail to comply with the rules face fines up to 6 percent of their annual income or global turnover,

Google on Wednesday announced improvements to its existing products and services at Google I/O 2022, designed to improve user safety and privacy. At its annual developer conference, the company revealed that it was extending phishing protection to on Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides. Google will also introduce virtual cards on Chrome and Android

Netflix is looking to introduce advertisements on its platform and will begin cracking down on password sharing before the end of 2022, a new report has claimed, citing access to an internal note. That’s much quicker than what Netflix founder and co-CEO Reed Hastings had put out just a month ago on the most recent

Westworld season 4 trailer and release date are out. HBO has unveiled a two-minute 17-second teaser trailer which gives fans a brief look at what to expect from the dystopian thriller this time around, while confirming the Westworld season 4 release date as June 26. Those in India will naturally be able to watch the

US President Joe Biden’s administration ramped up a national security probe into Russia’s AO Kaspersky Lab antivirus software earlier this year amid heightened fears of Russian cyberattacks after Moscow invaded Ukraine, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The case was referred to the Commerce Department by the Department of Justice last year, a fourth

iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini are available for purchase at discounted rates from Amazon India and Flipkart. The discounts applied on the handsets vary according to the storage and colour differences of the variants. The e-commerce sites are also offering bank and exchange offers on iPhone 12 models. Some of the colour variants and

Virtual private network (VPN) service providers are raising concerns over the government’s order under which it directed them to keep user data for at least five years and share records with authorities when required. Some of the major VPN companies including NordVPN are set to leave the country if the government does not provide them

US agricultural equipment maker AGCO said on Friday a ransomware attack was affecting operations at some of its production facilities, and dealers said tractor sales had been stalled during the crucial planting season. Georgia-based AGCO said in a statement it expects operations at some facilities to be affected for “several days and potentially longer.” The

The US on Friday offered a reward of up to $15 million (roughly Rs. 115 crore) for information on the Russia-based Conti ransomware group, which has been blamed for cyber extortion attacks worldwide, State Department spokesman Ned Price said. The FBI estimates that more than 1,000 victims of the Conti group have paid a total

Amazon Summer Sale May 2022 is underway in India, and ends on Sunday, May 8. There are several deals, offers, and discounts on smartwatches as well as fitness bands. Customers can avail up to 70 percent off on smartwatches as well as take the benefit of no-cost EMI options, and apply bank discounts in order

US-based technology industry body ITI, having global tech firms such as Google, Facebook, IBM and Cisco as its members, has sought a revision in the Indian government’s directive on reporting of cyber security breach incidents. ITI said that the provisions under the new mandate may adversely impact organisations and undermine cybersecurity in the country. ITI