People still don't know what metaverse is all about: Tim Cook

Apple CEO Tim Cook has said that while many tech companies are bullish on metaverse, he is not sure if the average person can tell you what the metaverse actually is.

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Australian government slams Optus for cybersecurity breach

The company ran a full-page apology in major Australian newspapers on Saturday for the "devastating" breach that it first reported on Sept. 22. An unidentified person later posted online that they had released personal details of 10,000 Optus customers and would keep doing so daily until they received $1 million.

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Complete cloud integration in India still a complex issue: Report

The IBM Transformation Index: State of Cloud is based on a survey conducted by independent research firm The Harris Poll across 12 countries, including the USA, UK, Germany, Canada and India, among companies with revenues over $500 million.

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Working to launch 5G in 200 cities within six months: Telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

“The idea is to cover close to 80-90% of the country in two years. BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd) should start rolling out 5G by August of next year. We have three good private players, one public sector player ecosystem… of four competitors in the market,” Vaishnaw said.

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UPI transactions up over 3% at 678 crore in September

In value terms, 6.78 billion (678 crore) transactions in last month corresponds to transactions worth Rs 11.16 lakh crore, up from Rs 10.73 lakh crore in August, as per the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) data.

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Suspected Chinese hackers tampered with widely used customer chat program

The Chinese government rejected the claim. In an email, Chinese Embassy spokesperson Liu Pengyu said officials in Beijing "firmly oppose and crack down on all forms of cyber hacking in accordance with the law" and that the United States "has been loudly active in fabricating and spreading lies about so-called 'Chinese hackers.'"

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Tencent shifts focus to majority deals, overseas gaming assets for growth-sources

Tencent told Reuters the company had been investing abroad for a long time - "long before any new regulations" in China. It looks for "innovative companies with talented management teams" and gives them room to grow independently, the company added, without elaborating.

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