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China launches Zhongxing-9B satellite

China launches Zhongxing-9B satellite

-- 2021-09-09 22:01:11

China successfully launched a new satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Thursday. The satellite, Zhongxing-9B, was launched at 7:50pm (Beijing Time)...

Pro-China social media campaign expands: US researchers

Pro-China social media campaign expands: US researchers

-- 2021-09-09 11:08:35

A misinformation campaign on social media in support of Chinese government interests has expanded to new languages and platforms, and it even tried to get people to show up to protests in the United S...

Money, mimicry, mind control -- Big Tech slams ethics brakes on AI

Money, mimicry, mind control -- Big Tech slams ethics brakes on AI

-- 2021-09-09 08:55:05

In September last year, Google's cloud unit looked into using artificial intelligence to help a financial firm decide whom to lend money to. It turned down the client's idea after weeks of inter...

Apple will now delay child safety updates following privacy criticism

Apple will now delay child safety updates following privacy criticism

-- 2021-09-04 09:18:11

Apple said on Friday (US standard time) it would take more time to collect feedback and improve proposed child safety features after the criticism of the system on privacy and other grounds both insid...

Amazon to remove more content that violates rules from cloud service

Amazon to remove more content that violates rules from cloud service

-- 2021-09-03 10:01:23

Amazon.com plans to take a more proactive approach to determine what types of content violate its cloud service policies, such as rules against promoting violence, and enforce its removal, according t...

Apple faces antitrust case in India over in-app payments issues

Apple faces antitrust case in India over in-app payments issues

-- 2021-09-02 15:07:45

Apple Inc is facing an antitrust challenge in India for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the apps market by forcing developers to use its proprietary in-app purchase system, according t...

Smartphone won't talk to your car?

Smartphone won't talk to your car?

-- 2021-09-01 11:06:06

Problems getting smartphones to connect properly with vehicle infotainment systems are now the No. 1 gripe among consumers according to the latest study of new model quality released on Tuesday by mar...

Russian cosmonauts find new cracks in International Space Station module

Russian cosmonauts find new cracks in International Space Station module

-- 2021-08-31 11:53:12

Russian cosmonauts have discovered new cracks in a segment of the International Space Station that could widen, a senior space official said on Monday, the latest in a series of setbacks. "Superficia...

US SEC charges broker-dealers, investment advisors over cybersecurity failures

US SEC charges broker-dealers, investment advisors over cybersecurity failures

-- 2021-08-31 11:47:11

Units of three broker-dealer and investment advisory firms agreed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in penalties to settle charges from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over cyber...

Can holograms, avatars replace Zoom calls?

Can holograms, avatars replace Zoom calls?

-- 2021-08-30 12:11:37

Video meetings are now a permanent part of our work lives. Are there new solutions that can take out some of the agony? Few things strike fear in the hearts of millions of workers quite like th...

Clubhouse launches surround-sound feature to help chats feel life-like

Clubhouse launches surround-sound feature to help chats feel life-like

-- 2021-08-30 10:00:19

Clubhouse, an audio-only chat app, said on Sunday it will launch a spatial audio feature to make voices sound as if they're coming from different directions, helping conversations and virtual performa...

Microsoft fixes its cloud platform vulnerability

Microsoft fixes its cloud platform vulnerability

-- 2021-08-28 17:56:16

Microsoft says it has fixed a flaw in its cloud computing platform that cybersecurity researchers warned could have enabled hackers to take over a cloud-based database product used by many big compani...

Apple strikes App Store deal with small developers

Apple strikes App Store deal with small developers

-- 2021-08-27 11:33:24

Apple on Thursday agreed to loosen App Store restrictions on small developers, striking a deal in a class-action lawsuit as the iPhone maker awaits a ruling by the same judge in a separate App Store d...

Microsoft warns cloud customers of exposed databases

Microsoft warns cloud customers of exposed databases

-- 2021-08-27 10:59:46

Microsoft on Thursday warned thousands of its cloud computing customers, including some of the world's largest companies, that intruders could have the ability to read, change or even delete their mai...

Why do we use smart devices – necessity, trending, compulsion?

Why do we use smart devices – necessity, trending, compulsion?

Sofia Noor Rafa 2021-08-26 19:49:20

Once wireless phone was a dream. Our dreams do come true. Quite visibly, we are dependent on smart devices much more than we can think of. It is tough to imagine a house with zero internet connection...

'Sexually explicit' content won't be banned on OnlyFans

'Sexually explicit' content won't be banned on OnlyFans

-- 2021-08-26 10:49:16

OnlyFans, an online subscription platform known for adult content, on Wednesday scrapped its planned policy that would have prohibited users from posting any material containing "sexually explicit con...

Akira Yoshino speaks of next generation of electric vehicle batteries

Akira Yoshino speaks of next generation of electric vehicle batteries

-- 2021-08-25 11:05:03

Akira Yoshino, a co-winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work on lithium-ion batteries, can take credit for the upheaval in both the automotive and technology industries. Lithium-ion b...

White House to tackle cybersecurity challenges with Apple, IBM, insurance CEOs

White House to tackle cybersecurity challenges with Apple, IBM, insurance CEOs

-- 2021-08-25 09:59:59

The White House is hosting an event on Wednesday that will bring together the largest US technology companies for a discussion about cybersecurity challenges following a raft of high-profile hacking i...

Facebook bringing voice, video calling to main app

Facebook bringing voice, video calling to main app

-- 2021-08-24 13:30:53

Facebook Inc is letting some users make voice and video calls within its main app on a trial basis, aiming to make it easier to place calls without opening its standalone Messenger app. The social me...

Will there be any Playstation 5 this year?   

Will there be any Playstation 5 this year?  

Shafkat Tanjeem Ahmad   2021-08-23 19:02:03

Playstation 5, one of the most sought-after electronics products of 2020 by Sony Interactive Entertainment, was almost immediately declared stock-out within a week after its release in markets. Not on...

'Twilight' investor sentenced to five years prison in fraud case

'Twilight' investor sentenced to five years prison in fraud case

-- 2021-08-21 20:30:45

A technology entrepreneur who invested in the studio behind the 'Twilight' films was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday after being convicted of fraud related to the video technology compan...

Facebook 'bought and buried' rivals: FTC

Facebook 'bought and buried' rivals: FTC

REUTERS 2021-08-20 10:43:33

The US Federal Trade Commission refreshed its antitrust case against Facebook on Thursday, adding more detail on the accusation the social media company crushed or bought rivals and once again as...

Apple's child protection features 'could be exploited' by repressive regimes

Apple's child protection features 'could be exploited' by repressive regimes

Reuters 2021-08-13 10:33:52

A backlash over Apple's move to scan US customer phones and computers for child sex abuse images has grown to include employees speaking out internally, a notable turn in a company famed for...

Hackers return $260 million to cryptocurrency platform after massive heist

Hackers return $260 million to cryptocurrency platform after massive heist

Reuters 2021-08-12 09:41:13

Hackers behind one of the biggest ever cryptocurrency heists have returned more than a third of $613 million in digital coins they stole, the company at the centre of the hack said on Wednesday. Po...

Cryptocurrency platform loses $600m in ‘massive’ hacking attacks

Cryptocurrency platform loses $600m in ‘massive’ hacking attacks

REUTERS 2021-08-11 20:43:56

A cryptocurrency platform has lost an estimated $600 million in digital tokens after one of the sector's biggest ever hacking attacks, according to details of the heist which emerged on Wednesday. Po...

Scientists are watching new coronavirus variants beyond Delta

Scientists are watching new coronavirus variants beyond Delta

Reuters 2021-08-08 20:49:41

The continued spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has spawned a Greek alphabet of variants - a naming system used by the World Health Organisation to track concerning new mutations of the virus that causes...

500,000 jobseekers, employees to get soft skills training in five years

500,000 jobseekers, employees to get soft skills training in five years

-- 2021-08-07 18:21:25

The government is going to provide soft skills training to 500,000 jobseekers and employees within the next five years, aiming to improve their employability skills. “The demand for soft skille...

Russia blames software failure after space station briefly thrown out of control

Russia blames software failure after space station briefly thrown out of control

Reuters 2021-07-31 11:45:35

A software glitch, and possible lapse in human attention, were to blame for throwing the International Space Station out of control, but work was proceeding to activate a newly attached module at the...

NASA says International Space Station briefly loses control due to misfire of Russian module

NASA says International Space Station briefly loses control due to misfire of Russian module

REUTERS 2021-07-30 11:55:10

The International Space Station (ISS) was thrown briefly out of control on Thursday when jet thrusters of a newly arrived Russian research module inadvertently fired a few hours after it was docked to...

Facebook will stop allowing advertisers to target people under 18 years

Facebook will stop allowing advertisers to target people under 18 years

REUTERS 2021-07-28 16:23:02

Facebook Inc will stop allowing advertisers to target people under 18 on its platforms based on their interests or their activity on other sites, it said on Tuesday in a slew of announcements about yo...