Author: Starvision Desk

The two zero-day vulnerabilities were discovered last month, and both bugs have been actively exploited to target individuals with spyware, according to researchers at Google and Citizen Lab.The vulnerabilities were discovered in two common open source libraries, webp and libvpx.In a brief statement, Microsoft said it had rolled out fixes addressing the two vulnerabilities in the webp and libvpx libraries.“Microsoft is aware and has released patches associated with the two Open-Source Software security vulnerabilities, CVE-2023-4863 and CVE-2023-5217. Through our investigation, we found that these affect a subset of our products and we have addressed them in our products,” the company…

Hangzhou, Oct 5 (IANS) The Indian women’s team fought back strongly to defeat Chinese Taipei 230-229 in a closely-fought final to win the gold medal in the Women’s Team Compound archery competition at the Fuyang Yinhu Sports Centre in Hangzhou on Thursday. The Indian team, comprising Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Gopichand Swami and Parneet Kaur, struck precise arrows to overcome the Chinese Taipei team of Chen Yi-Hsuan, I-Jou Huang and Lu-Yun Wang in the competition held over 25 arrows at 50m range.Each team took turns shooting two arrows each archer over four rounds and the Indian came back strongly after…

San Francisco, Oct 5 (IANS) More tech companies have asked hundreds of employees to leave as layoffs in the IT and technology sector continue unabated globally this year. US-based experience-management software company Qualtrics is cutting about 14 per cent of its workforce — nearly 780 jobs — to reduce costs and restructure its organisation.The company cited “a need to address the internal complexity created by its past hiring and growth”, reports Geek Wire.“Rapid hiring was essential to enable our growth up to this point, but it also created complexity that does not support continued growth at our scale,” Qualtrics CEO…

The Japanese secured a victory by technical superiority over the Indian. Pooja will wrestle, next with Aktenge Keunimjaeva in the bronze medal bout.Two-time reigning U20 champion Antim Panghal, too, will feature in the women’s 53kg bronze medal bout against Tokyo 2020 Olympic bronze medallist Bolortuyaa Bat-Ochiryn. Reigning Asian Champion, Antim, who lost her quarterfinal bout Japan’s Akari Fujinami by Fall, advanced to the bronze medal bout via repechage, wherein she received a bye.Meanwhile, Naveen, won his Greco-Roman 130kg repechage bout against Timothy Yu Loh of Singapore while Mansi Ahlawat beat the South Korea’s Jeongjae Bark in the women’s 57kg freestyle…

The series based on Arnab Roy’s book ‘Sultan of Delhi: Ascension’is about a young man, who makes it through the partition of the country, and later goes on to become the kingpin of the underworld during the 1960s.In a candid conversation, Bhasin, who has showcased his versatility as an actor with various projects, spoke about the ‘Sultan of Delhi’ and feedback of its trailer.Talking about the show, he said, “As soon as I heard the script, I was so thrilled to be a part of this show. Being a part of ‘Sultan of Delhi’ made my childhood dream come true…

The constable opened fire on his wife and both daughters from a pistol, killing them on the spot. He then turned the gun on himself and ended his life. Police said Venkateshwarlu was working as a writer in Two Town Police Station. The incident occurred at the police constable’s house in Cooperative Colony in the town. Police suspect that the police constable resorted to the killings and suicide between late Wednesday night and early Thursday. A suicide note found in the house mentioned that he was taking the extreme step due to personal reasons. He wrote that his property and…

Luckily, after undergoing an MRI scan, the ‘Superman Returns’ star learned that everything is normal and he’s so “grateful” for it, reports aceshowbiz.com.When giving a speech at the festival’s closing ceremony on Monday, October 2, the 64-year-old first told the crowd: “It made me really take a moment and think about how fragile life is – for all of us.””I experienced something here today that was unexpected. I was looking at these extraordinary murals on the walls and I suddenly felt my entire left arm go numb for about eight seconds,” he added, ‘The Sun’ reported.”I shook it off, but…

Narayan Das and Ainul Ali were taken into custody on Wednesday and also suspended from their jobs.Hailakandi SP Leena Dole said: “Narayan Das, Ainul Ali and another person Bahar Uddin called a man from other place to Hailakandi to buy drugs. They first sent photos of drugs on WhatsApp and the unidentified person came here after seeing that photo sample.”According to the officer, the buyer later complained that the drugs were fake and clashes also took place between the two sides.Hailakandi police got the information of this fight and arrested the two constables from the spot.“But Bahar Uddin who was…

Following the incident in Rampur Jaypal village on Wednesday, irate villagers set the police station on fire.The incident took place when a joint team of police and excise department raided a house suspecting that a liquor manufacturing unit was being run from there.While the raid was on, one Pintu Yadav escaped from the police and fell into a water pit and drowned.After the incident, the joint team managed to escape but the villagers chased them and reached Garkha police station. They claimed that the raiding team brutally assaulted the now-deceased and prevented him from coming out of the water pit…

This clearly contradicts what Musk said last month, informing that X users were generating a lot of content — creating 100 to 200 million posts every day, excluding reposts.However, speaking at the “Khanference 2023” event in the US late on Wednesday, X CEO Yaccarino claimed X was seeing 500 million posts per day on the platform.An X executive told TechCrunch the “500 million posts per day is accurate,” saying X also generates 100 billion impressions per day.Yaccarino also said that people are spending 14 per cent more time on X, with a 20 per cent increase in consuming video.“Gen Z…