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Times Of India Gadgets Now Awards: The fourth edition of The Times of India Gadgets Now Awards coming soon

The Times of India Gadgets Now Awards is returning for its third edition with the goal of honoring and celebrating the best gadgets released in India over the past year. The fourth edition Times of India Gadgets Now awards aim to honor gadgets that offer the most utility and the best user experience to Indian consumers. The fourth edition of The Times of India Gadgets Now awards will be held in the second week of February 2023.The event will be held at a grand scale in Delhi-NCR.
The Times of India Gadgets Now awards are focused on and driven by
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New SIM card rules: What mobile users need to know about changes in KYC and more

Starting today, December 1, 2023, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has put in place new regulations for SIM cards. These regulations require customers to update theirs KYC when purchasing a new driver’s license card, to have them SIM card dealers verified, and have abolished the provision for bulk connections. The government has implemented these new rules to combat online financial fraud.
New KYC rules for customers on purchase of new driver’s license cards
The new regulations require all individuals to undergo the digital Know Your Customer (KYC) process. If a customer is purchasing new SIMs or applying for a
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Seven new gadgets added to riskiest connected devices list

Forescout’s list of riskiest connected devices for 2023 includes seven fresh entries that security teams should keep in mind as they look to secure their assets.

The latest version of the cybersecurity vendor’s annual list, released July 13, adds a number of new devices, including VPN gateways, security appliances, network attached storage (NAS) and out-of-band management for Internet of Things devices. Rounding out the new devices this year are engineering workstations and remote terminal units (RTUs) in operational tech, and blood glucose monitors for the Internet of Medical Things.

The findings are culled directly from data being sent by millions

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US-China: US-China tech ‘war’: New rules coming to stop American companies from exporting AI chips

It has been ongoing for many years now. The US has come down hard on China and is set to introduce further curbs. AI has become quite the hottest tech around and US companies like Nvidia have all the chips that make it work. Now, according to a report by Reuters, the US is set to introduce new rules that will make it harder for US companies to sell products to China.There used to be a loophole but the US is now aiming to close that as well.Earlier, US companies could sell some chips but now under US rules is
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Kids Glued To Gadgets Give Kite-flying A Miss | Bhubaneswar News

Bhubaneswar: Gone are the days when colorful kites used to flutter in winter skies and soar high in the cities skyline.
Lack of open space, children and young people engaged in gadgets and preferring to stay indoors have taken a toll on the beautiful tradition of kite flying in the capital city.
Nilakantha Mishra, a resident of Old Town area said, “Children nowadays are engrossed in their gadgets, missing out on the thrill of holding a string attached to a soaring kite.It is more than just a sport. We used to forget food and sleep for these flying kites,
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50% of Indians pick up smartphones without any intent: Report |

Smartphones have become an important part of our daily lives, resulting in users’ developing a habit of checking their phones frequently during the day. A report has claimed that a typical Indian user picks up his/her phone 70-80 times a day, highlighting that about 50% of the times they pick up their smartphones are out of habit, without any explicit intent.
According to a report by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), one out of two times users pick up the phone they do so without knowing why they fired up their smartphone. While about 50-55% of the time the consumer
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Samsung Phones High-Risk: Government has ‘warning’ for Galaxy S23, other Samsung smartphone users

Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in), the nodal cybersecurity division of the government of India, has a warning for users Samsung smartphone users. CERT-In has issued a high-risk warning for users regarding multiple vulnerabilities, with Note CIVN-2023-0360, highlighting critical security issues in phones running Android versions 11, 12, 13 and 14.
Samsung’s flagship smartphone series, the Galaxy S23, has got the Android 14 update. The cybersecurity agency CERT-IN has said in a note that multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Samsung products and these could allow an attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions, giving them access to sensitive
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Tech Mahindra launches i.Riskman, an ESG risk assessment platform

Tech Mahindraa leading provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering services and solutions has announced the launch of i. Riskman, an ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) risk assessment platform said to be designed to empower organizations to identify, assess, and manage climate-related risks. It claims to provide a solution to evaluate the impact of climate risks on business strategies, financial aspects, and overall risk exposure.
i.Riskman is a centralized platform for enterprise risk management that offers an automated risk register as a point of reference for the risk management committee and the board.It is claimed to be
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