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Selling your old laptop or phone? You might be handing over your data too

Sydney, Apr 8 (The Conversation) You’re about to recycle your laptop or your phone, so you delete all your photos and personal files. Maybe you even reset the device to factory settings. You probably think your sensitive data is now safe. But there is more to be done: hackers may still be able to retrieve passwords, documents or bank details, even after a reset. In fact, 90% of second-hand laptops, hard drives and memory cards still contain recoverable data. This indicates that many consumers fail to wipe their devices properly before resale or disposal. But there are some simple steps

Rupee falls 7 paise to 85.83 against US dollar in early trade

Mumbai, Apr 8 (PTI) The rupee stayed on sliding track and depreciated 7 paise to 85.83 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday due to massive withdrawal of foreign funds amid global economic turbulence triggered by the escalated tariff war. A recovery in crude oil prices pulled the domestic currency further down even as it found some cushion due to a weaker American currency and strong recovery in the domestic equity markets, forex traders said. The global markets have been facing extreme volatility following a fresh threat by the US administration to impose a punitive 50 per cent

LPG price up Rs 50, CNG by Re 1; excise duty hiked on petrol, diesel

A man carries an LPG cylinder on his shoulder at a wholesale market in the old quarters of Delhi, India, June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) The domestic cooking gas LPG price on Monday was hiked by a steep Rs 50 per cylinder across India and CNG by Re 1 per kg, while the government raised taxes on petrol and diesel to shore up its revenues. The increase in cooking gas price will be for the Ujjawala – poor beneficiaries who got LPG connection free of cost – and general users, and will be effective from April 8 and has been necessitated due to the rise in input cost, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said. Cooking gas for Ujjawala users will

American YouTuber who left a Diet Coke can for a reclusive tribe on an island is arrested in India

NEW DELHI, April 7, 2025 (AP) — Indian police have arrested a 24-year-old American Youtuber who visited an off-limits island in the Indian ocean and left an offering of a Diet Coke can and a coconut in an attempt to make contact with an isolated tribe known for attacking intruders. Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, from Scottsdale, Arizona, was arrested on March 31, two days after he set foot on the restricted territory of North Sentinel Island — part of India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands — in a bid to meet people from the reclusive Sentinelese tribe, police said. A local court

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