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How Musk’s tweet sent a wrong ‘Signal’ soaring over 11,700%?
January 11, 2021 08:23 PM PST| By Kunal SawhneyIn the wake of the latest changes in WhatsApp’s privacy policy, Tesla CEO Elon Musk had urged his Twitter followers to “Use Signal”. Signal is an encrypted cross-platform instant messaging service, which is developed by Signal Fou.....
RBNZ not the explicit target of the cyberattack : Adrian Orr
January 11, 2021 07:59 PM PST| By Team Kalkine MediaRBNZ revealed on January 10 that the bank’s file sharing system had been compromised after Accellion, a third-party service provider it uses to share and store sensitive data, was illegally accessed. Accellion, a California based company, pr.....
New Mutant Strain Reaches Japan; State of Emergency in Tokyo
January 11, 2021 06:51 PM PST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus has taken many lives and caused enormous economic and social disruption. Just as the world celebrated the rollout of new vaccines for COVID-19, new virus strains have been identified in a few countries. T.....
Auckland woman sentenced for selling edible bird’s nests on WeChat
January 11, 2021 06:39 PM PST| By Hina ChowdharyAs per a recent report, a 30-year-old woman, Linying Ouyang, selling “edible bird’s nests”, was fined a sum of NZ$31,500 at the Waitakere District Court in Auckland, New Zealand. She pleaded guilty to three charges, as per Biosec.....
Facebook bans ‘Stop the Steal’ phrase ahead of Biden’s inauguration
January 11, 2021 06:24 PM PST| By Edita Ivancevicoving controversial posts at least until Inauguration Day to protect US democracy. Facebook announced it would remove all posts on its platform involving ‘Stop the Steal’ reference as part of precautionary measures in the run up to t...
Twitter & Facebook Stocks Plunge As Trump-backed Investors Retract
January 11, 2021 05:14 AM PST| By Kunal SawhneyTwitter Inc. (TWTR:US or NYSE: TWTR) and Facebook Inc. (FB:US or NASDAQ: FB) stocks declined in the early trading hours of Monday (January 11, 2021) after the social-media giants banned US President Trump's account. This pan-social media ban against...
Indonesian Aviation Industry Feels The Heat After Another Boeing Crash
January 11, 2021 05:01 AM PST| By Kunal SawhneyIn a tragic incident, a Boeing 737-500 of the Sriwijaya Air flight 182, carrying 62 people, including babies, children, and crew members, went missing on Saturday, 9 January 2021, just minutes after taking off. The flight was heading to the city of.....
Tech Giants Apple, Amazon, and Google suspend Twitter rival ‘Parler’ from their platform
January 10, 2021 11:36 PM PST| By Team Kalkine MediaSocial Network platform Parler has been banned by tech giants Apple, Amazon, and Google after the violent protest on Capitol Hill. The protest took the life of five people. About the US Capitol Hill Siege On Wednesday, the US President Donald Tru.....
All eyes on NZ Government’s COVID-19 Vaccine rollout
January 10, 2021 11:27 PM PST| By Team Kalkine MediaNew Zealand Government is being asked to speed up the vaccination rollout plan as it had fallen behind the rest of the world in its vaccination program. Many in New Zealand feel that the government should consider emergency-use vaccine prov...
New South African Variant of COVID -19 keeps NZ authorities on tenterhooks
January 10, 2021 10:13 PM PST| By Team Kalkine MediaNew Zealand now has both -- the UK variant of COVID-19 and a new case of South African variant. Even though the cases are in managed isolation facilities, it is a cause for worry for the NZ authorities. The variant from South Africa The new strai.....
Will Trump be impeached ahead of the Inauguration Day?
January 10, 2021 09:25 PM PST| By Edita Ivancevicwhich means that Mr Trump could be out of the office before the Inauguration Day. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi announced that the Representatives would go ahead with the efforts of removing the current US President Donal....
A new Boeing crash. What’s ailing the Indonesian aviation industry?
January 10, 2021 06:05 PM PST| By Edita Ivancevicstories regarding poor weather conditions and maintenance at Indonesian airports. The Boeing 737-500 carrying 62 passengers and six flight crew disappeared from the radar four minutes after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia, during the weekend....
Breach of data system raises alarm at RBNZ
January 10, 2021 05:14 PM PST| By Team Kalkine MediaOn 10 January, The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) stated in a statement that a third party file sharing facility that is used by the bank and consists of classified data has been hacked. Adrian Orr, Governor of RBNZ, stated that though the bre.....
Tesla Hits All-Time Highs; Should Crude Players Be Worried?
January 10, 2021 04:54 PM PST| By Kunal SawhneyDecember 2020 marked an important event in the history of the US stock market. Tesla, Inc.(NASDAQ: TSLA) was included in the list of S&P 500 with a market capitalisation of more than US$600 billion. It was historic because no company has ever m.....
12 Surprising facts about Elon Musk, the maverick billionaire
January 09, 2021 08:07 AM PST| By Team Kalkine MediaElon Reeve Musk is originally from Pretoria, South Africa. His mother Maye Musk is a renowned model and dietitian, and his father Errol Musk is an electromechanical engineer. Elon Musk moved to Canada and the United States for education; however, h.....
How will WhatsApp’s new privacy policy impact users?
January 09, 2021 07:40 AM PST| By Kunal SawhneyRecently, WhatsApp introduced its new privacy policy, whipping up a storm across the globe. The updated terms and conditions have revealed how the messaging platform will share the user’s private data with Facebook, Inc. from 8 February 2021......
NZ’s energy resources to be developed for contribution in energy security
January 09, 2021 05:50 AM PST| By Team Kalkine MediaWith several energy companies into play, and the natural resources depleting so quickly, there is no doubt that renewable energy is the only sustainable way of being in the future. The good news is that renewable energy is getting more and more aff.....
Elon Musk, World’s Richest Person, Once Lived On C$ 1 Food Budget
January 09, 2021 05:41 AM PST| By Kunal Sawhneyhim the richest human on the planet. After a year of Tesla stocks rallying off the charts, Elon Musk first beat Microsoft head Bill Gates to become the world’s second richest man in November. He then took over mantle of the world&....
Novel Gene technology to shoot up NZ cow production
January 09, 2021 05:30 AM PST| By Hina ChowdharyResearch into how to improve cow production has yielded results. With investment in research and development, a new and easy method has been developed, which will save millions for farmers. Depleting number of cows in New Zealand has been a cause .....
NZ agricultural commodities books in green, but uncertainty prevails
January 09, 2021 05:21 AM PST| By Kunal SawhneySummary &...