India bans TikTok

Citing concerns over security of data and risk to privacy, the Ministry of Information Technology of India banned TikTok among 58 other mobile apps on 29 June 2020. The Ministry invoked its power under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act of India

Convert .VOB files to .MP4

I had a bunch of video files in the .VOB format which I copied from a few DVDs a couple of years back. Uploading them on a cloud storage service (e.g Google Drive, OneDrive etc) for safe keeping is nice but not practical since they cannot be played directly through the cloud service's video player

Petition for the re-election of the openSUSE Board

Back in March, openSUSE member Pierre Böckmann wrote on the project mailing list calling for a non-confidence vote. Technically that means he was calling for a re-election of the current elected board

२० मिनट में एक Ktor बैकएंड विकसित करें।

पिछले हफ्ते कोलकोटा कोटलिन यूजर ग्रुप ने एक ऑनलाइन मीटअप का आयोजन किया था जिसमें साथी डेवलपर एनरिक लोपेज़ मानास ने Ktor वेब फ्रेमवर्क का त्वरित अवलोकन किया

Managing the Linux /home directory is about to change

systemd 245 came out on the 6th of March 2020. In this release, among many changes brought, a notable one is that regarding how we see and think of the Linux /home directory. A new service systemd-homed.service has been added, whose role is to manage home directories

MicroOS - The OS that does "just one job"

The openSUSE Summit 2020 kicked off yesterday. Like many others this summit was a virtual one too. It ran on a platform managed by openSUSE fan and user P. Fitzgerald

Lawyers booked for breach of curfew while accompanying their client to the police headquarters

Recent press reports show that at least three lawyers have been booked for breach of curfew because they did not carry (with them) a « memo » which has been given to lawyers requiring to travel to assist their clients

Are people abusing the ICT Act of Mauritius?

The ICT Act of Mauritius was amended in 2018 and it made a specific section of the legislation more ambiguous than before. Section 46 of the Act describes the offences under that legislation. The amendment introduced words such as humiliation, distress and anxiety to the list of "inconveniences"

Did you complain to the Consumer Protection Unit?

If you notice that shopkeepers and supermarket owners are abusing on the prices, please inform the Consumer Protection Unit through their hotline 185 or email [email protected]