More airlines are banning Macs due to ‘fire safety risk’ recall
A growing number of airlines are banning Apple laptops from being transported in checked luggage due to a recall of MacBook Pros that may...
BMC school students, staff to be trained in fire-fighting
A total of 442 buildings that cater to 1,187 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)-run schools will soon have fire-fighting training sessions for their students and...
Bluetooth on your devices can expose you to attackers, say researchers
Researchers from the consulting firm PwC cautioned people against using their phones’ and other devices’ Bluetooth feature frequently at DEF CON 2019. They said...
Kerala cadre IAS officer Dr Ajay Kumar appointed Defence Secretary
Dr Ajay Kumar, a 1985-batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre, has been appointed as Defence Secretary in the Ministry of Defence. The Appointments Committee...
£100m airport style security crackdown in UK prisons
The UK government has announced that prison security will be boosted by a £100 million investment as part of a crackdown on crime behind...
All Central Armed Police personnel to now retire at 60 years as MHA corrects...
All personnel working in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) will now retire at a uniform age of 60 years, a government order has...
Pentagon to experiment with mass surveillance in the Midwest
Up to 25 unmanned high-altitude, solar-powered balloons will be launched over 250 miles of Midwestern states as part of a US military wide-area surveillance...
Mumbai’s traffic management system gets Rs 891 crore boost
Mumbai’s intelligent traffic management system (ITMS) plan got a major boost when the state cabinet approved a budget of Rs 891 crore. The system’s...
Kenya security firms race to comply with law ahead of deadline
Kenya's nearly 2000 private security firms and guards have less than four months to be vetted and comply with a new security law which...
China will have ‘one street camera for every two people’ by next year
Beijing is on track to have one CCTV camera for nearly every two people as the Communist Party pushes for Big-Brother-style state surveillance. The...
