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Google Year in Search: Most Indians used YouTube to learn something new, explore personal finances options Share iStock Related The last 365 days have been unlike any other we’ve had to experience. Uncertainty and adaptability needed to go hand-in-hand. Digital adoption was a way many of us survived with our work, social life and even just grocery shopping. Google’s annual Year in Search report for the past year confirms the geographical expansion of new digital users in tier 2/3/4 location...

Tackle security threats before they arise with AT&T ActiveArmor Online threats are one of the most dangerous aspects of our increasingly digital world. Whether you’re connected to fiber internet or on the go, there are legitimate concerns about data security, scams, and fraud. There are plenty of costly ways to keep yourself and your family safe, but one of the most sensible options is AT&T ActiveArmor. While you won’t ever have shining armor to protect your devices, AT&T ActiveArmor is jus...

An illustration of the desktop version of Telegram. (Source: Telegram) Jannis Kirschner, an independent security researcher based in Basel, Switzerland, searched on Sunday for the desktop version of the popular messaging application Telegram. The second Google result, an advertisement, led him straight to malware disguised as the desktop version of Telegram for Windows. It was convincing enough at first glance that Kirschner says he "almost fell for it myself." Its a common ploy for malware ...

We’re used to running antivirus scans on our computers, but that doesn’t cover your online safety. For that, Google Chrome offers a tool that lets you perform a similar checkup to secure your web browsing. Here’s how to run a safety check on Chrome.

Apple Beefs Up Its Fraudulent Website Warning With iOS 14.5 With an Added Layer of Privacy FOLLOW US ON: Apple has a feature that alerts users when theyre about to visit a website that is known to host malware, or is believed to be a phishing site. This feature is getting an update with iOS 14.5 in order to better protect users privacy. Till now, the technique involved a check of a database hosted on Google servers, but with iOS 14.5, it now uses an Apple proxy. This is intended to add an extra...

If you’re one of those people who easily fall into Internet rabbit holes, this might be good or bad news for you. Google seems to be testing out a new feature that will show you a “people also view” section when you’re reading a news article either on the Google app or through Google Discover. […]

IOS 14.5 is currently in beta.

This Week in Apps: Bumble’s IPO, Google’s missing privacy labels, a developer crusades against scams Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices alone. And in the U.S., app ...

Another privacy improvement from Cupertino, just a small one Share Copy Apples forthcoming iOS 14.5 release, currently in beta, will conceal the IP address of Safari web surfers from Googles Safe Browsing service, integrated into Safari to spot fraudulent websites. On Wednesday, Maciej Stachowiak, head of WebKit engineering at Apple, confirmed the change via Twitter, stating that "in the new iOS beta, Safari does indeed proxy the service via Apple servers to limit the risk of informatio...

Apple is introducing exciting new features with iOS 14.5 including Face ID compatibility while wearing a mask and default music service choice for Siri