Microsoft has confirmed it is laying off 9,000 employees worldwide — roughly 4% of its workforce, with 830 of those job cuts hitting its home state of Washington, reports CNBC. This latest round of layoffs comes as the tech giant seeks to eliminate redundancy and encourage employees to focus on meaningful work, while continuing to […]
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a troubling shift in the Android malware world. Droppers — small, seemingly harmless apps that secretly fetch and install malicious software — are no longer limited to delivering powerful banking trojans. They are now being repurposed to spread much simpler threats like SMS stealers and spyware, particularly across Asia. For years, […]
Microsoft has released a fix for a frustrating bug that caused the ‘Microsoft Print to PDF’ functionality to vanish for users after installing April 2025 KB5055627 (OS Build 26100.3915) preview update on devices running Windows 11 24H2. What Went Wrong After installing April’s optional update, several users found that the ‘Microsoft Print to PDF’ option […]
A video (here, here and here) is being widely shared on social media claiming that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has declared Israel an illegal state and that it should not be recognised as a sovereign nation worldwide. Let’s verify the claim made in the post. Claim: The International Court of Justice (ICJ)
A photo showing a woman’s body wrapped in polythene with her hands tied is going viral on social media (here, here, and here). The post is being shared with claims that she was a Hindu woman who was murdered and later found by police in the Talukder Market area of Barisal, Bangladesh. Let’s verify the
A photo (here, here and here) going viral on social media claims to show a madrasa classroom where anti-Hindu content is being taught, which is written on the blackboard. Let’s find the truth behind this photo. Claim: The viral photo shows a madrasa classroom where a teacher is teaching anti-Hindu content. Fact: The photo has
A post claiming that the Election Commission of India has released the schedule for the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections is being circulated on social media (here, here, and here). According to the post, the election schedule has been announced: the first phase of voting will be held on 21 October 2025, the fifth and final
A coalition of top U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies on Monday issued a stark warning: Iranian state-sponsored hackers and affiliated hacktivists are expected to ramp up cyberattacks targeting American defense systems, critical infrastructure, and industrial networks, particularly those with ties to Israel. In a joint advisory, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal […]
Google released an emergency security update for Chrome on Monday to address a zeroday actively exploited vulnerability that was affecting Windows and Mac users worldwide. This is the fourth Chrome zero-day fixed since early 2025. The zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-6554, has been described as a high-severity “type confusion” bug vulnerability in Chrome’s V8 JavaScript […]
A video going viral on social media (here, here, and here) claims to show a Muslim man attempting to sexually assault his minor daughter and pulling out a rifle when confronted. Let’s verify the truth behind the video in this article. Claim: The video shows a Muslim man attempting to sexually assault his minor daughter