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Stakeholders 'not fully ready' for 5G mobile network launch

Stakeholders 'not fully ready' for 5G mobile network launch

FE Report 2019-05-19 16:36:52

The government is not well prepared for its move to offer the 5G mobile phone internet service in the country, speakers said at a discussion on Friday. They said the government is keen to launch the...

Huawei activates backup chipsets

Huawei activates backup chipsets

-- 2019-05-18 18:38:54

US export controls have not frightened Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies, but rather inspired Chinese people to stay resilient amid the China-US trade spat, as reflected in Huawei's announcement...

Bedbugs more ancient than dinosaurs

Bedbugs more ancient than dinosaurs

-- 2019-05-18 17:17:52

A study that began as an investigation into the "utterly bizarre" way in which bedbugs reproduce has revealed they have existed for far longer than humans. DNA samples from 30 species of bedbug revea...

Boeing completes 737 Max software update

Boeing completes 737 Max software update

-- 2019-05-17 19:45:57

Boeing has completed development of a software update for its 737 Max plane which was grounded following two fatal crashes within five months. The US firm announced that it had flown the 737 Max with...

SpaceX postpones launch of 60 Starlink satellites

SpaceX postpones launch of 60 Starlink satellites

Reuters 2019-05-16 10:54:09

Billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX postponed a planned Wednesday night (US local time) blastoff of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the first 60 satellites for his new Starlink internet service, citing...

Wikipedia blocked in China

Wikipedia blocked in China

-- 2019-05-15 19:07:22

All language editions of Wikipedia have been blocked in mainland China since April, the Wikimedia foundation has confirmed. Internet censorship researchers found that Wikipedia had joined thousands o...

Facebook restricts livestream feature

Facebook restricts livestream feature

-- 2019-05-15 12:09:03

Facebook said on Tuesday it was tightening rules around its livestreaming feature ahead of a meeting of world leaders aimed at curbing online violence in the aftermath of a massacre in New Zealand. A...

WhatsApp discovers 'targeted' surveillance attack

WhatsApp discovers 'targeted' surveillance attack

-- 2019-05-14 16:36:41

Facebook’s WhatsApp urged users to upgrade to the latest version of its popular messaging app following a report that users could be vulnerable to having malicious spyware installed on phones wi...

Google doodle celebrates Mother’s Day

Google doodle celebrates Mother’s Day

-- 2019-05-12 15:08:55

Search engine giant Google honoured moms around the world on Mother's Day with a three-part, interactive doodle featuring a duck and her ducklings. This year, three buttons on the doodle allow people...

Twitter updated transparency report

Twitter updated transparency report

-- 2019-05-11 15:04:25

Twitter has updated its transparency report wherein it gives details on the number of information requests, trademark notices, removal requests and more it received in the past few months. The repor...

Facebook sues new analytics firm over data misuse

Facebook sues new analytics firm over data misuse

-- 2019-05-11 10:47:54

Facebook is suing a South Korean firm it accuses of unlawfully using data to sell marketing and advertising. The social network is asking a judge to force Rankwave to allow it to audit the firm&rsquo...

Amazon’s founder unveils Moon lander concept

Amazon’s founder unveils Moon lander concept

-- 2019-05-10 16:38:48

Amazon entrepreneur Jeff Bezos has unveiled a mock-up of a new lunar lander spacecraft that aims to take equipment and humans to the Moon by 2024. The unmanned, reusable Blue Moon vehicle will carry...

Facebook rejects co-founder call for breakup

Facebook rejects co-founder call for breakup

-- 2019-05-10 14:17:39

Facebook Inc quickly rejected a call from co-founder Chris Hughes on Thursday to split the world’s largest social media company in three, while lawmakers urged the US Justice Department to launc...

Singapore’s fake news law may stunt innovation, Google says

Singapore’s fake news law may stunt innovation, Google says

-- 2019-05-09 10:59:00

Google said on Thursday an anti-fake news law passed by Singapore’s parliament could stunt innovation, a quality that the city-state wants to nurture under plans to expand its tech industry. Si...

Singapore central bank mulls virtual banks

Singapore central bank mulls virtual banks

-- 2019-05-07 19:09:38

Singapore’s central bank said it is studying whether to allow financial technology firms to operate digital-only banks in the city-state, as regulators in other Asian markets begin issuing virtu...

Drive for economic growth puts one million species at risk of extinction

Drive for economic growth puts one million species at risk of extinction

-- 2019-05-07 17:58:20

One million animal and plant species are at imminent risk of extinction due to humankind’s relentless pursuit of economic growth, scientists said on Monday in a landmark report on the devastatin...

Google spends hundreds of millions of dollars on content review

Google spends hundreds of millions of dollars on content review

-- 2019-05-03 18:48:04

Alphabet Inc's Google unit told a US House panel it spends hundreds of millions of dollars annually on content review and said it manually reviewed more than one million suspected "terrorist videos" o...

Drone delivers kidney to US surgeons

Drone delivers kidney to US surgeons

-- 2019-05-03 17:07:37

A donor kidney has been delivered to surgeons at a US hospital via drone, in the first flight of its kind. Many see huge potential for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) delivering medical products, wit...

Ancient humans lived at high altitudes

Ancient humans lived at high altitudes

-- 2019-05-02 19:17:13

Scientists have found evidence that an ancient species of human called Denisovans lived at high altitudes in Tibet. The ability to survive in such extreme environments had previously been associated...

Facebook settlement with US may include privacy oversight

Facebook settlement with US may include privacy oversight

Reuters 2019-05-02 11:10:46

Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are negotiating a possible settlement that would require the company to create an independent privacy oversight committee and take other steps to safegu...

Boeing says optional 737 MAX alert was 'not activated as intended'

Boeing says optional 737 MAX alert was 'not activated as intended'

-- 2019-05-01 20:39:38

  SINGAPORE: Boeing Co said an alert for angle-of-attack (AOA) sensors on its 737 MAX jets was "not activated as intended" for some customers, responding to reports it failed to tell Southwest A...

Fossil of 85-foot blue whale is largest ever discovered

Fossil of 85-foot blue whale is largest ever discovered

-- 2019-05-01 19:39:09

The blue whale is not only the largest animal alive today, it is the largest one that has ever lived, reports MSN.com. Now, analysis of a fossil found on the shore of an Italian lake hints at when,...

Yeti footprints found in Nepal !

Yeti footprints found in Nepal !

-- 2019-05-01 16:34:15

  Someone found the footprints of a yeti, yet again. Mountaineers from the Indian Army spotted the 32-inch footprints near the Makalu Base Camp in Nepal, the army said Monday on Twitter. It is...

Student discovers oldest human footprint in Chile

Student discovers oldest human footprint in Chile

-- 2019-04-28 18:48:59

A 15,600-year old footprint discovered in southern Chile is believed to be the oldest ever found in the Americas, according to researchers.  The footprint was first discovered in 2010 by a stude...

Elon Musk reaches deal over tweets

Elon Musk reaches deal over tweets

-- 2019-04-27 12:36:14

The US financial markets regulator has resolved its row with Tesla chief executive Elon Musk over his use of Twitter. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accused Mr Musk of breaching a court...

Facebook keeps growing despite privacy outrage

Facebook keeps growing despite privacy outrage

Reuters 2019-04-26 12:57:02

Facebook is preparing for a record-setting fine from US regulators over privacy issues, but Wall Street shrugged at the looming penalty after the company added users and trounced profit expectations f...

India lifts ban on Chinese social media app TikTok

India lifts ban on Chinese social media app TikTok

-- 2019-04-25 13:58:37

An Indian court on Wednesday lifted its ban on Chinese social media video-sharing app TikTok on the condition that the platform popular with teenagers would not be used to host obscene videos. Justic...

Google Doodle celebrates Earth Day

Google Doodle celebrates Earth Day

-- 2019-04-22 11:01:07

Search engine giant Google has created a special Doodle, featuring fun facts about six fascinating creatures to celebrate Earth Day 2019. The doodle on its homepage is showing a series of animations...

SpaceX capsule suffers  'anomaly’ during test

SpaceX capsule suffers 'anomaly’ during test

-- 2019-04-21 17:04:43

CAPE CANAVERAL, Apr 21 (AP): Officials say SpaceX's new capsule for astronauts suffered an ‘anomaly’ during a routine engine test firing in Florida, causing smoke to be seen for miles. Fo...

China launches new BeiDou satellite

China launches new BeiDou satellite

-- 2019-04-21 14:03:02

China sent a new satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 10:41pm Saturday. Launched on a Long March-3B car...