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Podcast: One Thing Today in Tech
Episode: India PM Modi’s Twitter account ‘briefly compromised’; EU may okay Microsoft-Nuance deal; ‘Ubiquitous’ software flaw found
Description: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter account was “briefly compromised” on Sunday, according to a statement from his office. Modi, whose handle @narendramodi has more than 73 million followers on Twitter, is among the most followed figures on the microblogging social media platform.
Suspicions of a hack were prompted after a tweet was posted from his handle that claimed India had adopted Bitcoin as legal tender. India is set to introduce proposals in the parliament this month to ban private cryptos in the country and start a central bank digital currency.
“The matter was escalated t...