Chrome 88 Latest Update Fixes Critical Bug Being Actively Exploited in the Wild

Chrome 88 new stable version has received an update that fixes a critical bug. Google has ranked the CVE-2021-21148 bug as “high” and the vulnerability is reported to be in Chrome’s WebAssembly and JavaScript engine V8. It vaguely says that it’s something to do with ‘Heap buffer overflow in V8.’ The bug was reported by security researcher Mattias Buelens a...

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Google Said to Explore Alternative to Apple’s New Anti-Tracking Feature

Google is exploring an alternative to Apple’s new anti-tracking feature, the latest sign that the internet industry is slowly embracing user privacy, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

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SMIC Says Unable to Keep Up With Customer Demand for Certain Types of Chips

China's SMIC cannot meet customer demands for certain mature technologies and its plants have been running "fully loaded" for several quarters, it said on Friday.

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Amazon US Facility’s Unionisation Effort Pulls in White House and Labour Leaders

The White House and the labour leaders connected with the Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union have discussed the group's effort to unionise an Amazon facility in Alabama, an RWDSU official said.

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PayPal to Shut Down Domestic Payments Business in India From April 1

PayPal will wind down its domestic payments business in India from April 1, the company said in a statement.

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Instagram disables hundreds of accounts tied to hacking of 'OG' usernames

Social media companies including Facebook-owned Instagram have rules against the sale of accounts.

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Google Fit App to Use Smartphone Cameras to Measure Heart Rate and Respiration on Pixel Phones

Google unveiled an upgraded Google Fit app which uses smartphone camera capabilities to measure respiration and heart rate.

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