Scrolling through her social media feed, Laura Dornheim is regularly stopped cold by a new blast of abuse aimed at her, including from people threatening to kill or sexually assault her.

An experiment to stop online abuse falls short in Germany

Alphabet Inc's Google on Wednesday announced measures to clamp down on financial fraud on its platform in Britain, saying it will require all financial services to be verified by the regulator before they are allowed to advertise.

Google to introduce measures to curb online financial scams in UK

Audio chat app Clubhouse has denied any breach or hack after a report said that a database containing 1.3 million scraped records of the platform's users were posted on a popular hacker forum.

1.3 mn scraped Clubhouse user records posted online: Report 

Personal details such as phone numbers of around 6.1 million (61 lakh) Indians on Facebook have allegedly been leaked online and posted on hacking forums, according to a cybersecurity executive.

India’s 6.1 mn Facebook users’ personal details leaked online 

At WION's Global Summit, Dubai, several prominent speakers from across the world discussed the role that digitalisation played during the Covid pandemic. At the session themed "Digital Revolution: The World Goes Online", moderated by international TV journalist Ali Aslan, the discussions revolved around the various aspects of the internet that were seen during the pandemic, its challenges and opportunities.

WION Global Summit: Leaders explore role, challenges of digitalisation

After months often on lockdown and nearly on remote learning. Students in England are now excited to head back to classrooms, and they are more than willing to follow protocol and undergo the regular test if it means they no longer need to take classes online.

Schools all set to reopen in England from 8th march

Monday sneaks up with painful regularity. Chaos disguised as excitement knocks a book off the side table. The son was trying to “borrow” a pen. I’m given to believe that my only surviving pen is the distance between him and Shakespearean glory.

Online learning - the new school of hard knocks

Russia carried out tests Monday to ensure the "security" of its internet infrastructure in case of a foreign cyberattack, measures that rights activists worry could also tighten censorship and lead to online isolation.

Russia: 'Sovereign' internet tested amid fears of online isolation

Children are putting themselves in increased danger with their online activities trying to imitate high-profile Youtubers and social media influencers all in the name of likes, the author of a new book on the topic told EFE Monday.

Spanish book warns of dangers children face online in their thirst for fame

Germany on Tuesday detained a German-Afghan man on suspicion he was spying for Iran while working for the German army as a linguistic and cultural adviser. The 50-year-old identified as Abdul Hamid S.

Germany arrests German-Afghan army adviser for 'spying for Iran'

A viral video, which surfaced on Sunday evening, left the Bengal government officials in a tizzy. The video shows a Bengal cadre IAS officer Nikhil Nirmal, who is the current district magistrate of Alipurduar, beating up a young man mercilessly.

Watch: Bengal IAS officer beats up youth for making lewd comments on wife’s social profile 

Netflix confirmed Tuesday that it removed an episode of a satirical comedy show that criticises Saudi Arabia, after officials in the kingdom reportedly complained.

Netflix drops satire episode critical of Saudi Arabia

Bangladesh's telecoms regulator shut down dozens of online news portals for several hours on Monday, citing security reasons, as officials scrutinise hundreds of sites before a parliamentary election this month.

Bangladesh briefly shuts dozens of online news sites, citing security concerns

Nearly 11,86,305 candidates alone have written the CBSE class 12 board examinations 2018 at 4,138 centres in India and 71 centres outside India.

CBSE Class 12th result 2018 announced, topper gets 499/500 marks

Google recently announced rolling out a feature that lets YouTube users set a "Take a break" reminder to limit prolonged viewing

While Netflix competes with sleep, YouTube wants users to 'take break'

The social media giant has not given out too much information but they plan to use cryptocurrency primarily for facilitating payments on the website

Facebook planning to create its own cryptocurrency: Reports

Facebook's users are becoming critical of the systems into which they’ve been conscripted

Opinion: Why do we stay on Facebook? It's complicated

Facebook attempts to tackle the non-consensual sharing of sexual pictures but it appears to be an imperfect solution

Facebook wants your nude photos to prevent 'revenge porn' - but be careful

Anti-hate laws and self-awareness education for audiences is essential to eradicate digital hate speech propaganda

The Trump effect in Canada: A 600 per cent increase in online hate speech

Social Weaver is unique because it combines a large data bank with local community knowledge and relevant content to help parents make decisions

How an online platform is making parenting easy

Improved online shopping was another factor behind the US retailer's higher-than-expected result

Wal-Mart rides on higher store visits to boost quarterly earnings

Contact details and email addresses of hundreds of Democratic lawmakers outed online by hacker identified as Guccifer 2.0

Democrat leader gets 'obscene' calls and texts as party dogged by another hack

Wal-Mart said it would pay around $3 billion in cash and $300 million in shares for Jet, with some of that paid over time

Wal-Mart buying Jet.com to lift online sales, battle Amazon

Additionally, the iPhone 7 is likely to drop the headphone jack, and will instead offer earpods with Lightning Connector

Leaked: Apple iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 7 Pro pricing spotted online

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