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How tech is making life easier for differently-abled
Scattered on technology specialist Amit Bagwe's desk beside his laptop are a Sam sung tablet and an iPhone7.
Big Data for governance
Recent times have witnessed an explosion of data as users started leaving a huge data footprint everywhere they go. Interestingly, this period has seen a phenomenal increase in computing power couple by a drop in costs of storage.
Nirmita Narasimhan wins the 18th NCPEDP-Mindtree Helen Keller Award 2017!
Nirmita Narasimhan been selected for the 18th NCPEDP - Mindtree Helen Keller Awards 2017. The Award will be given away on Saturday, 2 December 2017 at the India International Centre (IIC) in New Delhi.
Nibbling away into your bank account, salami attackers cart away a fortune
A ‘salami’ might sound an innocuous term in the culinary sense. When it comes to cybercrime, a ‘salami’ is a dreaded attack which even the victims are hardly aware of. Like a salami slice, a hacker slices away small sums of money from multiple accounts on a daily basis. By the time the victims realise that they are being ‘sliced’, too little can be done or it’s already too late.
Majority of top politicians' Twitter followers fake: audit
A majority of Twitter users following top Indian politicians, including prime minister Narendra Modi, are fake, according to an audit site.
Awards for those working on employment opportunities for disabled
MindTree, a global digital transformation and technology services company, on Monday announced the winners of the second edition of the “NCPEDP-Mindtree Helen Keller Awards” that honours individuals and organisations doing exemplary work to bring employment opportunities for persons with disabilities.
Online bid for Science in Marathi
Pune scientists hold a workshop with Marathi Vishwakosh to thrash out how to provide more vocabulary for scientific discourse in the language, to cater to a vast majority that is not comfortable looking up info in English.
Ahead of data protection law roll out, experts caution that it shouldn't limit collection and use of data
With India planning to roll out a new data protection regime following the landmark Supreme Court judgment upholding right to privacy as fundamental right, experts have cautioned that the new law should not limit collection and use of data.
Securing The Digital Payments Ecosystem
Udbhav Tiwari attended a consultation organized by NITI Aayog and Observer Research Foundation on October 9, 2017 in NITI Aayog office in New Delhi.
Sex, drugs and the dark web
Blend anonymity and bitcoins for a ‘guaranteed safe’ cocktail of terrifying potential.
CyFy 2017
CyFy is a conference on internet governance and cyber security organised by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) in New Delhi between 2 and 4 October 2017. Sunil Abraham was a speaker.
Attempted data breach of UIDAI, RBI, ISRO and Flipkart is worrisome
Perhaps, we got lucky this time, but the ongoing problem of massive cyber-security breaches wouldn't stop at one thwarted attempt to steal sensitive information from the biggest and most important databases.
Should you worry about identity theft?
Laws in India regarding data protection may be weak, but following basic cyber hygiene rules can make your own defences stronger.
Point of View wins Laadli Media Award: “An encouragement to keep fighting for gender equality”
The first season of Deep Dives - Sexing the Interwebs won the South Asian Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity 2017 in the “Best web series" /"Special edition” category. Rohini Lakshané was one of ten contributors to the series of long form essays on the intersection of gender, sexuality and the Internet.
Russian social network VKontakte temporarily blocked in India for Blue Whale threat
Russian social network Vkontakte, where the suicidal online "game" Blue Whale+ is believed to have originated, was blocked on certain internet service provider networks on Tuesday.
In our anxiety about the Blue Whale Challenge, are we missing the elephant in the room?
In the beginning, the Blue Whale Challenge seemed like it had all the hallmarks of an urban legend: an online self-harm game that instructed victims to commit increasing degrees of violence upon themselves, finally convincing them to commit suicide. While it was whispered about in schools, college corridors and Reddit forums, reporters found it difficult to trace.
Twitter tweaks user policy a day after SC clampdown
This, when India is looking to crack down on global firms exporting customer data to servers.
Why the lack of understanding about the Blue Whale Challenge poses a bigger threat?
On 30 August, Vignesh A, a 19-year-old college student from Madurai committed suicide. Indications of self-harm on his body swaying investigating agencies to suspect that the suicide was related to the Blue Whale challenge-an online game which involves completing 50 tasks or challenges dictated by a remote 'handler' which ultimately leads to ending their own life.
Privacy is now a right in India. Here's what that means for the tech industry
India's top court has put tech companies on notice.
Constitution of Committee for revision of Guidelines for Indian Government Websites
The ‘Guidelines for Indian Government Websites’ (GIGW) was formulated by National Informatics Centre to make Indian Government Websites usable, user centric and universally accessible.
