New US visa rule, Amazon announces dates for its biggest sale of the year, Microsoft kills Blue Screen of Death error and other top tech news of the week

New US visa rule, Amazon announces dates for its biggest sale of the year, Microsoft kills Blue Screen of Death error and other top tech news of the week

This week, the US Embassy in India announced new visa rules for student and exchange visitors. The latest guidelines mandate that F, M, and J non-immigrant visa applicants set their social media privacy settings to public, effective immediately, to verify identity and eligibility. Meanwhile, Amazon announced dates for its biggest sale of the year in…

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Microloan Apps May Be Poised to Destroy the Economy

Microloan Apps May Be Poised to Destroy the Economy

We love microlending, don’t we, folks? Unlike old-school credit cards, with their days-long approval processes and prior credit minimums, buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) apps — companies like Klarna and Afterpay — offer hard-up customers instant financing options to buy the junk they crave the instant they see it. In the United States, purchases made with these…

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AI breakthrough helps detect hidden apps on smartphones

AI breakthrough helps detect hidden apps on smartphones

Listen to article Researchers in Australia have developed a powerful new technique to uncover hidden “vault” apps on smartphones — a discovery that could aid law enforcement in digital investigations. The study, conducted by Edith Cowan University and the University of Southern Queensland, found that machine learning (ML) can identify vault apps with up to 98% accuracy…

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