Apple removed messaging app Telegram from its app store because some users were sharing images of child abuse.
The explanation was revealed in an email from Phil Schiller, manager of the App Store, which was published by Apple news site 9to5Mac.
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Bitcoin falls below $6,000
The value of Bitcoin has fallen to below $6,000 - its lowest price since November 2017.
The price fell to $5,947.40 (£4,256.44) on Tuesday, according to a price index run by news website Coindesk.
Facebook bans all crypto-currency ads
Facebook has said it will block any advertising promoting crypto-currency products and services.
The company said it was open to...read more...
Nintendo Switch overtakes the Wii U
The Nintendo Switch games console has outsold its predecessor, just 10 months after its launch.
Nintendo sold 7.23 million Swit...read more...
Apple's iPhone battery 'slowdown' to be optional
A software update will let iPhone owners switch off the "battery saver" feature that slows down some models, Apple has confirmed.
LG DISPLAYS LARGE ROLL-ABLE TV
CES 2018: LG Display shows off large rollable TV screen.
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ELON MUSK PRESENTS LA TUNNEL PLAN
Elon Musk's Boring Company has presented plans to build a Hyperloop tunnel under Culver City, California.
The plans were presented at a council meeting on Monday by Jehn Balajadia, operations co-ordinator of the firm. Read more...
NEW UNIT OF TIME (a flick)
A new unit of time has been invented by Facebook.(called as a flick)
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MONSTER ATOMIC BOMB (Too big to use)
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Are you a social media ADDICT
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How to link aadhaar card with PAN card
Now, Link Mobile SIM With Aadhaar Card From Home Via IVR System
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has issued directives for generating OTP either through the service provider's website or through the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) services to facilitate the Aadhaar linking with mobile number.
Have you linked your Aadhaar number with mobile SIM? Now, many telecom operators are offering a toll-free service - 14546 - for re-verification of your Aadhaar number on your mobile phone through an IVRS or Interactive Voice Response System. Mobile phone users can dial 14546 to link their Aadhaar number with the mobile number through IVRS-based OTP (One-Time PIN) verification. The UIDAI or Unique Identification Authority of India - the issuer of the 12-digit Aadhaar number - has issued directives for generating OTP either through the service provider's website or through the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) services to facilitate the Aadhaar linking with mobile phone number, the government has said on microblogging site Twitter.
The IVRS method of linking Aadhaar card number with mobile SIM is among the three options announced by the government in October last year.
The new IVR-based Aadhaar system will mobile phone subscribers link their SIM from sitting in their home. Earlier, they had to visit the store to get the linking done.
Many telecom operators have activated this service. Mobile phone users may check with their telecom operator for such a facility.
Here's how the IVRS-based Aadhaar authentication through helpline 14546 works:
The caller is then asked to enter his or her 12-digit Aadhaar number.
The IVRS then repeats the number entered and asks the caller to confirm by pressing response 1.
After this step, an OTP or One-Time PIN is sent to the registered mobile number.
The IVR system asks the caller to give consent to the telecom operator to pick his or her name, photo and date of birth from the UIDAI database.
The caller is asked to enter the OTP in the next step.
The caller is asked to press 1 to complete the Aadhaar-mobile number re-verification process.
NRIs/OCIs are not eligible to enrol for Aadhaar and hence fully exempted from any Aadhaar verification of bank accounts/mobile SIM or other services, the UIDAI has said.
Other latest developments on Aadhaar linking
Aadhaar holders are no longer required to furnish their Unique Identity Number for authentication purposes. The UIDAI has introduced the concept of a 'Virtual ID' (VID) to safeguard Aadhaar cardholders' data. Aadhaar card holders can generate the 'Virtual ID' from the UIDAI's website and provide it for various purposes, including mobile SIM verification, instead of sharing their actual 12-digit biometric ID, known as UID.
Aadhaar is to be mandatorily linked with a host of essential services by March 31, 2018, a deadline set by the Supreme Court. The Aadhaar card, which is based on the biometric and demographic data, of Indian citizens, has to be linked with bank accounts, permanent account numbers (PAN), financial services such as public provident fund (PPF), national savings certificates (NSC), Kisan Vikas Patra, mobile phone numbers (SIMs) and insurance policies, among others.
The government in December 2017 extended to March 31, 2018 the deadline to link PAN (Permanent Account Number) card - issued by the Income Tax Department - with Aadhaar. Previously, a deadline of December 31, 2017 was set for linking of Aadhaar with PAN. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said the move was to facilitate the process of Aadhaar linking. "It has come to notice that some of the taxpayers have not yet completed the linking of PAN with Aadhaar," the CBDT, the apex policy-making body of the Income Tax Department, had noted.
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), which manages the money in your EPF account, has launched online facility that enables subscribers to link their UAN with Aadhaar from the comfort of their home.
EPF or employee provident fund should only be withdrawn at the time of retirement, say financial planners. To encourage subscribers to transfer their money to a new EPF account rather than withdraw the sum, EPFO (Employees' Provident Fund Organisation) has taken many initiatives. EPFO's "One Member - One EPF Account" facility can be availed by subscribers after logging into the EPFO's member-interface website and accessing the "Online Services" tab.
The government in December 2017 extended to March 31, 2018 the deadline to link PAN (Permanent Account Number) card - issued by the Income Tax Department - with Aadhaar. Previously, a deadline of December 31, 2017 was set for linking of Aadhaar with PAN. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said the move was to facilitate the process of Aadhaar linking. "It has come to notice that some of the taxpayers have not yet completed the linking of PAN with Aadhaar," the CBDT, the apex policy-making body of the Income Tax Department, had noted.
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), which manages the money in your EPF account, has launched online facility that enables subscribers to link their UAN with Aadhaar from the comfort of their home.
EPF or employee provident fund should only be withdrawn at the time of retirement, say financial planners. To encourage subscribers to transfer their money to a new EPF account rather than withdraw the sum, EPFO (Employees' Provident Fund Organisation) has taken many initiatives. EPFO's "One Member - One EPF Account" facility can be availed by subscribers after logging into the EPFO's member-interface website and accessing the "Online Services" tab.
A New massive Black Hole discovered
Strange Star Helps Discover Inactive Black Hole 4 Times The Mass Of Sun
London: Scientists have for the first time discovered an invisible, inactive black hole - about four times the mass of the Sun - by observing strange star orbiting it.
This is the first such inactive stellar-mass black hole found in a globular star cluster, researchers said.
This is the first such inactive stellar-mass black hole found in a globular star cluster, researchers said.
The discovery impacts our understanding of the formation of these star clusters, black holes, and the origins of gravitational wave events.
Globular star clusters are huge spheres of tens of thousands of stars that orbit most galaxies. They are among the oldest known stellar systems in the Universe and date back to near the beginning of galaxy growth and evolution. More than 150 are currently known to belong to the Milky Way.
One particular cluster called NGC 3201, situated in the southern constellation of Vela, has been studied using the MUSE instrument on European Southern Observatory (ESO)'s Very Large Telescope in Chile.
Researchers found that one of the stars in NGC 3201 is behaving very oddly.
It is being flung backwards and forwards at speeds of several hundred thousand kilometres per hour, with the pattern repeating every 167 days.
"It was orbiting something that was completely invisible, which had a mass more than four times the Sun - this could only be a black hole! The first one found in a globular cluster by directly observing its gravitational pull," said Benjamin Giesers from ESO.
The relationship between black holes and globular clusters is an important but mysterious one.
Due to their large masses and great ages, these clusters are thought to have produced a large number of stellar-mass black holes - created as massive stars within them exploded and collapsed over the long lifetime of the cluster.
ESO's MUSE instrument provides astronomers with a unique ability to measure the motions of thousands of far away stars at the same time.
With this new finding, the team have for the first time been able to detect an inactive black hole at the heart of a globular cluster - one that is not currently swallowing matter and is not surrounded by a glowing disc of gas.
They could estimate the black hole's mass through the movements of a star caught up in its enormous gravitational pull.
From its observed properties the star was determined to be about 0.8 times the mass of our Sun, and the mass of its mysterious counterpart was calculated at around 4.36 times the Sun's mass - almost certainly a black hole.
One particular cluster called NGC 3201, situated in the southern constellation of Vela, has been studied using the MUSE instrument on European Southern Observatory (ESO)'s Very Large Telescope in Chile.
Researchers found that one of the stars in NGC 3201 is behaving very oddly.
It is being flung backwards and forwards at speeds of several hundred thousand kilometres per hour, with the pattern repeating every 167 days.
"It was orbiting something that was completely invisible, which had a mass more than four times the Sun - this could only be a black hole! The first one found in a globular cluster by directly observing its gravitational pull," said Benjamin Giesers from ESO.
The relationship between black holes and globular clusters is an important but mysterious one.
Due to their large masses and great ages, these clusters are thought to have produced a large number of stellar-mass black holes - created as massive stars within them exploded and collapsed over the long lifetime of the cluster.
ESO's MUSE instrument provides astronomers with a unique ability to measure the motions of thousands of far away stars at the same time.
With this new finding, the team have for the first time been able to detect an inactive black hole at the heart of a globular cluster - one that is not currently swallowing matter and is not surrounded by a glowing disc of gas.
They could estimate the black hole's mass through the movements of a star caught up in its enormous gravitational pull.
From its observed properties the star was determined to be about 0.8 times the mass of our Sun, and the mass of its mysterious counterpart was calculated at around 4.36 times the Sun's mass - almost certainly a black hole.
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