The Indian government’s war with Twitter

Soutik Biswas India correspondent Indian farmers protest 2020 On Wednesday, a top Indian official held a virtual meeting with global executives of Twitter. There the social media giant was told that it was “welcome to do business in India”, but it had to follow the laws of the country “irrespective of Twitter’s own rules and […]

Iran says it will not reverse nuclear steps before U.S.

By Reuters Staff (Reuters) -Tehran will not accept U.S. demands that it reverse an acceleration of its nuclear programme before Washington lifts sanctions, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday. The demand “is not practical and will not happen”, he said at a joint news conference in Istanbul with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu. The […]

Facebook to stop recommending civic and political groups

Facebook will stop recommending users join “civic and political” groups, as it tries to reduce the number of political posts in people’s feeds. It follows weeks of suppressing such content around the US election but will now become permanent policy around the world. Mark Zuckerberg announced the change in a phone call with investors. “People […]

North Korea sees talks as way to advance nuclear program,

By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. intelligence officer for North Korea warned on Friday the country sees diplomacy only as a means to advance its nuclear weapons development, even as the new Biden administration says it will look for ways to bring Pyongyang back to talks. President Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary […]

North Korea unveils new submarine-launched missile

North Korea has unveiled a new type of submarine-launched ballistic missile, described by state media as “the world’s most powerful weapon”. Several of the missiles were displayed at a parade overseen by leader Kim Jong-un, reported state media. The show of military strength comes days before the inauguration of Joe Biden as US president. It […]

WhatsApp users flock to rival message platforms

By Zoe Kleinman Technology reporter Message platforms Signal and Telegram have both seen a huge surge in downloads around the world following a controversial update to WhatsApp’s terms and conditions. WhatsApp has told its two billion users they must allow it to share data with its parent company Facebook if they wish to continue using […]

Experts who wrestled with SolarWinds hackers say cleanup could take

By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Cybersecurity expert Steven Adair and his team were in the final stages of purging the hackers from a think tank’s network earlier this year when a suspicious pattern in the log data caught their eye. e in the world of cyber incident response – but they had sailed straight through […]

Biden’s options for Russian hacking punishment: sanctions, cyber retaliation

By Trevor Hunnicutt, David Lawder, Daphne Psaledakis WILMINGTON, Del./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Joe Biden’s team will consider several options to punish Russia for its suspected role in the unprecedented hacking of U.S. government agencies and companies once he takes office, from new financial sanctions to cyberattacks on Russian infrastructure, people familiar with the matter say. response will need […]

Hackers’ broad attack sets cyber experts worldwide scrambling to defend

By Jack Stubbs (Reuters) -Suspected Russian hackers who broke into U.S. government agencies also spied on less high-profile organizations, including groups in Britain, a U.S. internet provider and a county government in Arizona, according to web records and a security source. More details were revealed on Friday of the cyber espionage campaign that has computer […]

Apple says no new business for supplier Wistron after India

By Sankalp Phartiyal, Chandini Monnappa NEW DELHI/BENGALURU (Reuters) -Apple Inc on Saturday said it had placed contract manufacturer Wistron on probation and would not give the Taiwanese firm new business until it took corrective actions following lapses at its southern India plant. Early findings of an Apple audit, which followed violence at the Wistron plant in […]