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YouTube is Testing New Video Quality Settings Where You Don’t Directly Set the Resolution One of the first things I usually find myself doing when I watch a YouTube video on my phone is ensuring the video quality is set to 1080p (or 720p in some cases). However, a new YouTube test hints that the company might be thinking of changing how video quality preferences show up within the YouTube app in order to simplify the menu a bit....

‘Ghimob’ Android Trojan Lets Hackers Make Fraudulent Transactions Remotely A new banking trojan calledGhimobhas reportedly been infecting mobile devices across the world, targeting financial apps from banks, fintechs, exchanges and cryptocurrencies. The remote access trojan (RAT) is said to have been deployed by the same Brazilian hacking syndicate that operates a well-known Latin American banking malware, Guildma. Originallydetailedby cyber-security firm, Kaspersky, the newly-discovered spyware has been infecting devices in Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Germany, Angola and Mozambique....

Apple Suspends Supplier Pegatron for Labor Violations Apple has reportedly suspended new contracts with one of its major suppliers,Pegatron. The decision comes afterPegatron was found violating labor laws associated with student workers’ program, reportsBloomberg. According to the report, Apple found that Pegatron has been misclassifying student workers, which allowed students to work in night shifts and even overtime. Apple also noted that the supplierfalsified paperwork to cover up these incidentsthat violated Apple’s Supplier Code of Conduct....

BigBasket Suffers Massive Data Breach; Over 2 Crore Users’ Personal Details Leaked BigBasket, which is India’s popular e-grocery platform, has suffered a massive data breach that reportedly affects over 2 crore (or 20 million) users. The breach wasfirst reportedby cybersecurity firm Cyble over the weekend. It revealed that the personal information of 2 crore users was beingsold on thedark webfor over $40,000(~Rs. 30 lakhs). BigBasket is aware of the reported data breach and is currently working to“evaluate the extent of the breach and authenticity of the claim,”as per an official statement....

Credit Card Data From Top Booking Sites Leaked in Major Data Breach In what might be one of the most expansivedata breachesin recent memory,private customer-data of several popular websites, including Booking.com, Expedia, Agoda, Amadeus, Hotels.com, Hotelbeds, Omnibees, Sabre, and more, are believed to have been leakedby a Spanish software firm called Prestige Software, which operates a channel management platform called Cloud Hospitality that automates room availability on top booking sites....

Disney Developed a New System to Make Humanoid Robots More Realistic Than Ever As we move closer towards a sci-fi-movie-like future,robotsare becoming apowerful toolforcompaniesandconsumersforvarious tasks. So now, with an aim to make future humanoid-robots more realistic than ever,Disneyhas developed a system to give robots human-like features. According to a recentofficial blog post, Disney’s research team has been working on a unique system for robots to make them more realistic. This system essentially converts a robot from looking like an AI-powered machine into a more human-like entity....

Huawei Tipped to Release HarmonyOS Beta for Mobile Phones on 18th December With theUS trade banin place, Huawei has been working hard to develop an in-house operating system from scratch. It’s calledHarmonyOSand was first unveiled last year in China. It currently powers Huawei’s smart TV and the Harmony 2.0 update, which was unveiled in September this year, will be available on smartphones as well. Now, it looks like we know when HarmonyOS will first be available to test on phones....