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The FBI has sabotaged a suite of malicious software used by elite Russian spies, US authorities said on Tuesday, providing a glimpse of the digital tug-of-war between two cyber superpowers. Senior law enforcement officials said FBI technical experts had identified and disabled malware wielded by Russia's FSB security service against an undisclosed number of American computers, a move they hoped would deal a death blow to one of Russia's leading cyber spying programs. "We assess this as being their premier espionage tool," one of the US officials told journalists ahead of the release. He said Washington hoped the operation would "eradicate it from the virtual battlefield." The official said the FSB spies behind the malware, known as Snake, are part of a notorious hacking group tracked by the private sector and known as "Turla." The group has been active for two decades against a variety of NATO-aligned targets, US government agencies and techn

Tecno Camon 20 5G has been launched today by the company as one of the smartphone models in the latest. Camon series. The smartphone is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 8050 SoC and sports a 6.67-inch AMOLED display. Moreover, it is. backed by a 5,000mAh battery and runs Android 13 out-of-the-box. The phone is available in two colour options — Serenity Blue and Dark Welkin. The new smartphone from  Tecno comes with a triple rear camera setup, headlined by a 50-megapixel RGBW sensor with support for sensor-shift OIS. The Tecno Camon 20 5G Premier has a 32-megapixel selfie camera. Tecno Camon 20 5G Premier price, availability The newly launched Tecno Camon 20 5G is priced at NGN 295,500 (roughly Rs. 52,700) in Nigeria. It is available for sale via Tecno Nigeria's official website . The handset is being sold in two colour options — Serenity Blue and Dark Welkin. For now, the handset is available in a single 8GB RAM + 512GB storage configuration. Tecno Camon 20 5G Premier specifica

Poco F5 Pro 5G was launched globally on Tuesday alongside the Poco F5 5G. The new Poco phone comes with an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC and features a 120Hz AMOLED display with support for Dolby Vision technology. The Poco F5 Pro carries a triple rear camera unit headlined by a 64-megapixel sensor. It is backed by a 5,160mAh battery with support for 67W wired Turbocharging and 30W wireless charging. Poco F5 Pro 5G price The Poco F5 Pro 5G price starts at $449 (roughly Rs. 36,000) for the base 8GB RAM + 256GB storage model. The 12GB RAM + 256GB storage variant is priced at $499 (roughly Rs. 41,000), while the top-end model with 12GB RAM +512GB storage costs $549 (roughly Rs. 45,000). All three variants will be available under an early bird offer at $429, $449, and $499 starting today in the US. It is offered in Black and White colour options. Details about the India launch of the Poco F5 Pro 5G are yet to be revealed. Meanwhile, the  Poco F5 5G has been unveiled in t

The European Union needs to speed up work on artificial intelligence (AI) regulation, Commission vice president Margrethe Vestager said Monday, as policymakers wrestle with the risks from the emergent technology. "There is no time to waste" on passing rules to control the use of AI , Vestager told reporters in Berlin. The European Commission put forward regulatory proposals in early 2021, but progress on the legislation has been slow. EU member states set out their views on the Commission's ideas at the end of 2022, while MEPs will put the matter to an initial vote in committee in Strasbourg on Thursday. The Parliament's opinion should be confirmed in a plenary vote in June, before negotiations between the EU's institutions begin in earnest. "What I think is important is speed. We really need our legislation to get in place," Vestager said. "I really hope that we can have the first meeting of the political negotiation before summer so that w

Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn has bought a huge tract of land on the outskirts of Indian tech hub Bengaluru, the key Apple supplier said in a filing Tuesday as it looks to diversify production away from China. Also known by its official name, Hon Hai Precision Industry, Foxconn is the world's biggest contract electronics manufacturer and a principal assembler of Apple iPhones . Both companies are seeking to diversify away from China, where much of their manufacturing is based, after strict Covid policies in recent years and ongoing diplomatic tensions with the United States hurt production. The 1.2 million-square-metre (13 million-square-foot) acquisition in Devanahalli, near the airport for Indian tech hub Bengaluru, was announced in a statement to the London Stock Exchange. Its subsidiary Foxconn Hon Hai Technology India Mega Development was paying Rs. 3 billion for the site, it said. Another Foxconn unit was acquiring land use rights to a 480,000-square-metre site i