According to NordPass' 6th edition of the Top 200 Most Common Passwords research, '123456' is the most widely used password in the world. This is followed by '123456789', '12345678', 'password', 'qwerty123', 'qwerty1', '111111', '12345', 'secret' and '123123'. Other passwords in the top 20 include '1234567890', '1234567', '000000', 'abc123', 'iloveyou', 'dragon', 'monkey', 'Password' and '123321'.

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NordPass has released the 6th edition of its annual Top 200 Most Common Passwords, which lists down most used passwords in 44 countries. According to the report, the most widely used password in India is '123456', followed by 'password', '12345678', '123456789', 'abcd1234', '12345', 'qwerty123', '1234567890', 'india123' and '1qaz@WSX'. Other passwords among top 20 include 'qwerty1' and '1234567'.

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Infosys Founder NR Narayana Murthy said India should not invest in building its own large language models (LLMs) yet. "We have not been able to build large databases, and without big data, AI (artificial intelligence) has no value...An LLM doesn't make any sense," he told Moneycontrol.  He added, "The Indian mindset is still not oriented towards problem definition and problem-solving."

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The value of the global crypto market hit a record high of roughly $3.2 trillion amid expectations of pro-crypto regulations from US President-elect Donald Trump's administration. This comes a day after world's largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin crossed $90,000. Bitcoin has jumped roughly 30% since the US election day, while Dogecoin has surged 140%. 

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FBI on Wednesday raided Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan's New York home after bettors on the platform accurately predicted Donald Trump's election win. Coplan's phone and other electronic devices were seized. He took to X to criticise the action, saying, "It's discouraging that current administration would seek last-ditch effort to go after companies they deem to be associated with...opponents."

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Delhi Police's Special Cell has arrested a key suspect in the cyberattack on cryptocurrency exchange firm WazirX on Wednesday. SK Masud Alam, who is a resident of West Bengal, allegedly created a fake account to facilitate the cyberattack. The massive hack which took place in July saw funds worth ₹1,965 crore being moved from WazirX.

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A techie's post about planning his wedding using Jira, the tool used for bug tracking, issue tracking and project management, has gone viral. "Google Sheets wasn't scalable for an Indian wedding...Moved to Jira instead," the techie posted on X. "The realest project in life with the deadliest deadline," an X user reacted, while another wrote, "Note to my future self."

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ByteDance-owned TikTok was reportedly ordered to shut down its office of TikTok Technology Canada, Inc. The decision was announced due to concern over TikTok's handling of user data and cyber security. In an official release, TikTok responded that it would challenge the order in court and that the app will continue to be available to all users in Canada.