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Google Awards Uruguayan Teenager a Bug Bounty of Over $36,000 for Finding Severe Security Flaw

HIGHLIGHTS Ezequiel Pereira’s sporadic poking around has finally paid off Vulnerability would have allowed him to make changes to internal systems I’m glad that I found something that was so important: Pereira Google has awarded an Uruguayan teenager a “bug bounty” of more than $36,000 (roughly Rs. 24.3

Trump’s Blocking of Critics on Twitter Violates Constitution: US Judge

A US judge in New York on Wednesday ruled that President Donald Trump may not legally block Twitterusers from his account on the social media platform based on their political views. Trump has made his @RealDonaldTrump Twitter account an integral and controversial part of his presidency, using it to promote his agenda, announce

Social media spurs growth of risky ‘viral challenges’

 As social media has grown, so has the popularity of so-called viral challenges. From the “Vaseline challenge” to the “ghost pepper challenge”, many teens are attempting stunts that can have dangerous consequences. “My friend tried the cinnamon challenge; he had to go to the hospital for a

Kaytranada Shares Hazy Remix of The Internet’s “Roll (Burbank Funk)”

If you somehow weren’t getting enough funk from The Internet’s phenomenal return single “Roll (Burbank Funk)” upon its release a couple weeks ago, than your funk levels should now be brought to an adequate functioning level thanks to Kaytranada. Montreal’s beat-master extraordinaire has just unveiled a remix

Selfie with cat, coffee and Karenina: reading in the age of social media

Half of the fun in reading a book lies in going to a bookshop and browsing through the titles, no matter if you are buying them or not. When Amazon replaced bookshops, book-browsers took to social media sites to moon over gleaming first-edition covers, fresh from the

Melania Trump, Clintons and Obamas attend funeral of Barbara Bush

Around 1,500 guests attended the largest Episcopal church in the US on Saturday, for the private funeral of Barbara Bush. The wife of the 41st president, George HW Bush, and mother of the 43rd, George W Bush, died on Tuesday at her Houston home. She was 92. First

What will the future of web design look like?

Trends Two major visual trends are taking over . Firstly, we are seeing a wider use of layers, creating a stronger sense of depth and perspective in websites. It will take parallax to the next level, with parts seeming to move at different paces as you scroll.

The importance of web design and SEO for starting an ecommerce business

Web design and SEO… These are topics that keep web developers, search engine marketers, and web entrepreneurs up at night. Irrespective of your chosen niche, the success of your website, any website, depends on the number of visitors it gets on a daily basis. It’s a simple

Five gadgets and bits of gear for work and play – start pestering your boss for them now

Whatever people say about the importance of work-life balance, most of us living in big cities spend a significant part of our lives at our jobs. But all work and no play may actually reduce productivity, so here are five gadgets and items of gear that not

Fading hype for Vero shows fickle nature of Internet

It seems like just yesterday that the Internet was overtaken with viral hype over Vero, a new social network that promised to right all the frustrating wrongs of the well-entrenched leaders like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. But after a few weeks of making headlines and signing up