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Telecom Minister unveils data packs sans validity in Bangladesh
Bangladesh Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar on Thursday unveiled mobile data packs without validity as well as unlimited monthly internet plan at BTRC head office.
Grameenphone users can now buy 15GB internet at Tk 1,099 and 5GB data at Tk 449. Robi users will have to pay Tk 319 for 10GB data, Banglalink customers Tk 306 for 5GB and state-owned Teletalk users Tk 449 for 5GB internet. These packs, however, come with a yearly recharge rider.
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Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) chairman Shyam Sunder Sikder and representatives of the telecom service providers were present at the programme.
DJI halts Russia, Ukraine business to prevent drone misuse
Drone company DJI Technology Co has temporarily suspended business activities in Russia and Ukraine to prevent use of its drones in combat, in a rare case of a Chinese company pulling out of Russia because of the war.
“DJI is internally reassessing compliance requirements in various jurisdictions. Pending the current review, DJI will temporarily suspend all business activities in Russia and Ukraine,” the company said in a statement released Tuesday.
Many Western brands and companies have withdrawn from the Russian market due to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, but Chinese firms have kept operating there. Beijing has refrained from publicly criticizing Russia over the war.
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Both Ukraine and Russia are thought to be using DJI drones in combat, even though the company maintains that its products are intended for civilian use.
Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykhailo Federov wrote an open letter last month appealing to DJI to block sales of its drones in Russia, contending that Russian troops were using “DJI products in Ukraine in order to navigate their missiles to kill civilians.”
The AeroScope system installed in DJI drones allows the detection and monitoring of other drones and their operators in the vicinity via special receivers. The worry is that Russians might be using the AeroScope system to attack Ukraine drone pilots.
DJI has rejected claims that it leaked data on Ukraine’s military positions to Russia, after German retailer Mediamarkt cited Russia’s use of DJI drones in the war as a reason it removed the company’s products from its shelves.
Last week, DJI said in a statement that its drones are not marketed or sold for military use. It said it “unequivocally opposed attempts to attach weapons” to its products.
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“We will never accept any use of our products to cause harm, and we will continue striving to improve the world with our work,” the company said.
Another Chinese business, ride hailing company Didi Global, reversed a decision to withdraw from Russia after it was blasted by members of the Chinese public for bowing to pressure from the West.
Bank Account Hacking Protection: How to save financial accounts from hackers?
There is a very high chance that you have heard about the hacking of bank accounts. Hackers are able to steal personal information, including bank account info, from millions of people every year. Many of these hacks involve malicious software or malware. The good news is that there are ways to protect yourself from these attacks and avoid having your financial information stolen. In this post, we are going to look at some of the most common ways that hackers get your personal information. We will also discuss how to keep the hackers away from banks as well as financial accounts.
Some Common ways how bank accounts get hacked
Hackers have a wide range of methods they use to break into bank accounts. In most of the cases, hackers have one goal in common and that is money. Here are some of the most common ways hackers attack bank accounts:
Phishing
Phishing is the act of fraudulently obtaining personal information (such as login credentials, bank account information, or personal identification numbers) by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Phishing scams are common and can be executed through email, web pages, or instant messages. One of the most popular methods of phishing is through fake emails that appear to be from banks or other financial institutions. Unfortunately, it's becoming increasingly common.
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Malware
Bank account hacking through Malware is a real threat that businesses and individuals need to be aware of. Malware is a crucial tool for criminals and hackers. Criminals use malware to steal data, passwords, and other confidential information from users of computers. Hackers use malware to gain access to systems and steal data or money.
Mobile Banking Trojan
There are a number of mobile banking trojans that infect devices and capture user credentials, bank account numbers, and other sensitive information. These malware variants can be installed through malicious emails or links in SMS messages and can then hijack user accounts and withdraw money from their bank accounts. While these trojans are only targeting mobile banking users, anyone who uses mobile banking to manage their finances is at risk.
Using Unprotected Public Internet
If you use a public internet connection to access your bank account, you may be at risk of having your information stolen. Hackers may be able to steal your username and password, which could allow them to access your account and financial information. Always use a secure login method, and make sure to keep your passwords confidential.
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Using Weak Password
If you are using a weak password, your bank account may be at risk. A study from DataProt found that nearly 23 million people use easily guessed passwords like "password" or "123456". This leaves their accounts vulnerable to hackers who try to guess these passwords in order to gain access to their bank accounts. If you are concerned about the security of your bank account, make sure to create a strong password and keep it updated.
How to protect your bank account from getting hacked?
If you are like most people, you have a bank account that you use to store your money. Unfortunately, banks are lucrative targets for hackers. If your bank is hacked, your money could be stolen. Here are some tips on how to protect your bank account from being hacked.
Use a Strong Password
An easy way to keep your bank account safe from being hacked is to use a strong password. By creating a password that is difficult to guess, you can help protect yourself against potential cyber-attacks. A strong password should be at least 8 characters long and include at least one number and one letter. You will need to make sure that you have included numbers, lowercase letters, and uppercase letters. You can also include special characters, such as '$,' '@,' '#,' and '%.'
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Change your Password Frequently
You will want to make sure you change your password regularly. You should also make sure you have changed it on all of your social media accounts. You can use a password manager to make this easier.
Use Two-Factor Authentication
Two-factor authentication is a security measure that requires you to enter both a password and a one-time code sent to your phone or computer. Many online banks and other sites now offer this protection, and it can help keep your bank account safe from being hacked. Two-factor authentication is also a good way to protect yourself against other types of online attacks.
Always Use Secure Devices
Secure your devices. Always use secure devices to save your bank account from getting hacked. Protect yourself with a password manager, 2-factor authentication, and other security features. Make sure to regularly update your software and keep your devices up-to-date with the latest security patches.
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Set Up Alerts from Bank
If you bank online, it's important to set up alerts to keep yourself alert if your account is hacked. Hackers typically try to get access to your bank account in order to steal your money or use the funds for their own purposes. By setting up alerts, you'll be able to quickly detect any suspicious activity and take appropriate action.
Keep Your Browser Up to Date
Internet browsers are constantly being updated with new security features, but not all updates are created equal. Some browser updates protect against known attacks and vulnerabilities, while others may introduce new exploits that could put your bank account at risk. Make sure you keep your browser up to date by checking for browser updates regularly and installing only the latest versions.
Keep Your Computer Safe
If you are like most people, you use your computer for work, email, paying bills, and other important tasks. But what you might not know is that your computer can also be a powerful tool for criminals. Criminals use your computer to steal your personal information, bank account numbers, and more. So it's important to keep your computer safe so that it doesn't become a tool for criminals. Install antivirus software to protect your computer from malware and viruses. Keep up with regular security updates. Make sure your software is up to date so that it can detect any new threats.
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Final Words
So far, we have discussed some common methods how hackers can steal money from your bank. We have also shown some ways to avoid situations like bank account hacking. However, If you see anything suspicious in your bank account, you should report it straight away. It needs to make sure that you are reporting it to your bank without making any delay. Then, the bank authority is supposed to contact the police, and they will be able to investigate the incident. Hope it helps!
Oppo launches Eid campaign
Global smart device brand Oppo has come up with different offers on its smartphones ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr 2022.
Customers can avail of these offers till May 3 while buying Oppo smartphones from physical stores.
The buyers of Oppo F21 Pro will get gifts including a T-shirt, cap signed by cricketer Shakib Al Hasan and an F21 Pro back cover.
Read: Oppo F21 Pro now available across Bangladesh
Launched on April 10, the phone is now available at all outlets across the country at Tk27,990.
F21 Pro supports microlens up to 30x magnification for capturing images and videos, which allows users to take smartphone photography to new heights.
It has unique features on the front camera, thanks to IMX709 (Sony IMX709 selfie sensor co-developed by Oppo and Sony) and red, green, blue, and white (RGBW) sensor technology.
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With its eye-catching sunset-orange colour, F21 Pro complements the users' lifestyle by adding extravagance to any style.
The phone is also equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 6nm Octa-Core processor, 8GB RAM and 128GB ROM with Oppo RAM expansion technology with up to 5GB RAM expansion, 33W Supervooc charging with 4500mAh Battery, 6.4-inch 90Hz AMOLED Display and ColorOS 12 system.
Also, customers will get a T-shirt and a cap signed by Shakib on the purchase of Oppo A95.
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They will get a T-shirt while buying A76, A54, A16, and A16e.
CNN’s streaming service shutting down a month after launch
CNN’s brand-new streaming service, CNN+, is shutting down only a month after launch.
In a Thursday memo, incoming CNN chief executive Chris Licht said the service would shut down at the end of April.
CNN+ launched when its parent was still part of AT&T. It combined with Discovery earlier this month in a new company, Warner Bros. Discovery, under Discovery CEO David Zaslav, who had his own vision for CNN and its Warner siblings.
In his memo, Licht said consumers wanted “simplicity and an all-in service” rather than “stand-alone offerings.” Discovery had previously suggested that it wanted to merge the new company’s separate streaming services, which include Discovery+ and HBO Max, into a single app.
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Licht said some CNN+ content will wind up on other company networks, and the streaming service’s employees will get opportunities to apply for jobs elsewhere inside Warner Bros. Discovery. The head of CNN+, Andrew Morse, is leaving the company.
“While today’s decision is incredibly difficult, it is the right one for the long-term success of CNN. It allows us to refocus resources on the core products that drive our singular focus: further enhancing CNN’s journalism and its reputation as a global news leader,” Licht wrote.
Under AT&T, there were $100 million in development costs and some 500 employees assigned to building out CNN+. The service had attracted big names for its lineup, from former Fox anchor Chris Wallace to food-media star Alison Roman, as part of the company’s effort to appeal to younger people with a streaming news service as cable news audiences age.
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There had been skepticism that a paid news streaming service would attract interest from consumers, who already have available a slew of online TV. While Fox has a paid streaming service, Fox Nation, other major TV news organizations make their apps available free.
Vivo launches Eid campaign
Global smartphone brand vivo has come up with different offers on its smartphones ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr 2022.
The campaign will continue till May 3 and buyers of specific vivo smartphones – X70 Pro, V23 5G, V23e, Y33s, Y21 and Y21T – will be eligible for the offer.
The first prize winners will get home appliances, including freezers, TVs, washing machines, microwave ovens, fans, induction cookers, electric irons, rice cookers, juicers, and multi-plugs.
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The winners of the second prize will get another similar handset for free on the purchase of a smartphone from any of the six specific models.
Third prize winners will get gifts including speakers for X70Pro, V23 5G and V23e; vivo backpacks for Y33s, vivo umbrellas for Y21T, and T-shirts for Y21.
Read Eid: Samsung offers discounts on Galaxy A03, Galaxy Z flip 3 5G
Musk says he has $46.5B in financing ready to buy Twitter
Elon Musk says he has lined up $46.5 billion in financing to buy Twitter, and he’s trying to negotiate an agreement with the company.
Last week, Musk announced an offer to buy the social media company for $54.20 per share, or about $43 billion. At the time, he did not say how he would finance the acquisition.
The Tesla CEO said Thursday in documents filed with U.S. securities regulators that he’s exploring what’s known as a tender offer to buy all of the social media platform’s common stock for $54.20 per share in cash. Under a tender offer, Musk, who owns about 9% of Twitter shares, would take his offer directly to other shareholders, bypassing the board.
But Musk hasn’t decided yet whether to do that.
The documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission say San Francisco-based Twitter Inc. has not responded to Musk’s proposal.
Last week Twitter’s board adopted a “poison pill” defense that could make a takeover attempt prohibitively expensive.
Read: Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter, make it 'maximally trusted'
The filing states that “entities related to (Musk) have received commitment letters committing to provide an aggregate of approximately $46.5 billion.”
The financing would come from Morgan Stanley and other financial institutions. Some would be secured by stock that Musk owns in Tesla, the electric car and solar panel maker. Other banks involved include Barclays, Bank of America, Societie Generale, Mizuho Bank, BNP Paribas and MUFG.
Shares of Twitter were down slightly to $46.69 in Thursday morning trading after the financing became public. The share price is $7.51 below Musk’s offer.
Musk “is seeking to negotiate a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Twitter ... and is prepared to begin such negotiations immediately,” the documents say.
With a tender offer, Musk would try to get other shareholders to pledge their stock to him at a certain price on a certain date. If enough shareholders agree, Musk could use that as leverage to get the board to drop the poison pill defense.
Musk signaled the possibility of a tender offer several times this week in tweets using the word “tender.”
A message was left Thursday seeking comment from Twitter.
Netflix shares drop 25% after service loses 200K subscribers
Netflix suffered its first subscriber loss in more than a decade, causing its shares to plunge 25% in extended trading amid concerns that the pioneering streaming service may have already seen its best days.
The company’s customer base fell by 200,000 subscribers during the January-March period, according to its quarterly earnings report released Tuesday It’s the first time that Netflix’s subscribers have fallen since the streaming service became available throughout most of the world outside of China six years ago. The drop this year stemmed in part from Netflix’s decision to withdraw from Russia to protest the war against Ukraine, resulting in a loss of 700,000 subscribers.
Netflix acknowledged its problems are deep rooted by projecting a loss of another 2 million subscribers during the April-June period.
If the stock drop extends into Wednesday’s regular trading session, Netflix shares will have lost more than half of their value so far this year — wiping out about $150 billion in shareholder wealth in less than four months.
Netflix is hoping to reverse the tide by taking steps it has previously resisted, including blocking the sharing of accounts and introducing a lower-priced — and ad-supported — version of its service.
Aptus Capital Advisors analyst David Wagner said it’s now clear that Netflix is grappling with an imposing challenge. “They are in no-(wo) man’s land,” Wagner wrote in a research note Tuesday.
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Netflix absorbed its biggest blow since losing 800,000 subscribers in 2011 — the result of unveiled plans to begin charging separately for its then-nascent streaming service, which had been bundled for free with its traditional DVD-by-mail service. The customer backlash to that move elicited an apology from Netflix CEO Reed Hastings for botching the execution of the spin-off.
The latest subscriber loss was far worse than a forecast by Netflix management for a conservative gain of 2.5 million subscribers. The news deepens troubles that have been mounting for the streaming since a surge of signups from a captive audience during the pandemic began to slow.
It marks the fourth time in the last five quarters that Netflix’s subscriber growth has fallen below the gains of the previous year, a malaise that has been magnified by stiffening competition from well-funded rivals such as Apple and Walt Disney.
The setback follows the company’s addition of 18.2 million subscribers in 2021, its weakest annual growth since 2016. That contrasted with an increase of 36 million subscribers during 2020 when people were corralled at home and starved for entertainment, which Netflix was able to quickly and easily provide with its stockpile of original programming.
Netflix has previously predicted that it will regain its momentum, but on Tuesday faced up to the issues bogging it down. “COVID created a lot of noise on how to read the situation,” Hastings said in a video conference reviewing the latest numbers.
Among other things, Hastings confirmed Netflix will start crack down on the sharing of subscriber passwords that has enabled multiple households to access its service from a single account, with changes likely to roll out during the next year or so.
The Los Gatos, California, company estimated that about 100 million households worldwide are watching its service for free by using the account of a friend or another family member, including 30 million in the U.S. and Canada. “”Those are over 100 million households already are choosing to view Netflix,” Hastings said. “They love the service. We’ve just got to get paid at some degree for them.”
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To stop the practice and prod more people to pay for their own accounts, Netflix indicated it will expand a test introduced last month in Chile, Peru and Costa Rica that allows subscribers to add up to two people living outside their households to their accounts for an additional fee.
Netflix ended March with 221.6 million worldwide subscribers. The subscriber downturn clipped Netflix’s finances in the first quarter when the company’s profit fell 6% from last year to $1.6 billion, or $3.53 per share. Revenue climbed 10% from last year to nearly $7.9 billion.
With the pandemic easing, people have been finding other things to do, and other video streaming services are working hard to lure new viewers with their own award-winning programming. Apple, for instance, held the exclusive streaming rights to “CODA,” which eclipsed Netflix’s “Power of The Dog,” among other movies, to win Best Picture at last month’s Academy Awards.
Escalating inflation over the past year has also squeezed household budgets, leading more consumers to rein in their spending on discretionary items. Despite that pressure, Netflix recently raised its prices in the U.S., where it has its greatest household penetration — and where it’s had the most trouble finding more subscribers. In the most recent quarter, Netflix lost 640,000 subscribers in the U.S. and Canada, prompting management to point out that most of its future growth will come in international markets.
Netflix also is trying to give people another reason to subscribe by adding video games at no extra charge — a feature that began to roll out last year.
Eid: Realme offers chance to visit Bali
Youth-centric brand realme has launched its Eid campaign with different offers.
Users can get the opportunity to enjoy a trip to Bali with a companion while buying any realme device.
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The campaign started on April 4 and will continue till May 3.
During this campaign, every user who buys a realme device will get something in return.
Besides cashback, there are opportunities to win realme GT, Narzo50, C31 smartphones, realme watch or band, realme t-shirt, and umbrella.
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realme brings consumers products with trendsetting technologies, features and trendsetting experiences that are first applied in the price segment.
It is developing a diverse portfolio of 5G products to offer 100 million 5G phones in the next three years to young users, says the company.
Top features of vivo Y series
With its camera, design, and battery features, the Y series has set a new standard, Global smartphone brand vivo says.
Vivo launched some phones with innovative camera qualities in its Y series.
Vivo Y33s has a 50MP rear camera, supported by a 2MP bokeh camera and a 2MP super macro camera.
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The 50MP rear camera sensor offers high-definition photography with pristine clarity irrespective of zoom in or crop.
Vivo Y21T offers an advanced 50MP main camera supported by a super macro camera that focuses as close as 4cm and a bokeh camera that has been optimised to make the background appear natural and smooth.
Also, it has an 8MP super night selfie on the front panel that yields bright and clear images.
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Vivo Y21T appears elegant and professional. The side-mounted fingerprint scanner allows users to access the device quickly.
Y1s is designed for a strong and comfortable grip along with beautiful 3D curves.
Vivo Y15s, Y21T and Y21 are powered by a long-lasting 5000mAh battery.
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