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Bird flu mutated inside US patient, raising concern
The bird flu virus found in a severely ill patient hospitalized in the United States has mutated to become better adapted to human airways, though there is no evidence it has spread beyond the...
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Russia vows response after state media blocked on Telegram in EU
Russia on Sunday vowed to retaliate after the channels of its state media were apparently blocked on the popular Telegram social media platform in the EU. On Sunday the channels of Ria Novosti news...
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NASA keeps watch on mysterious weakening of Earth’s magnetic field
NASA is paying close attention to a large area of weakened magnetic strength that stretches from South America to southwest Africa, known as the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA). This region, which NASA...
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US Treasury says was targeted by China state-sponsored cyberattack
The US Treasury Department said Monday that a China state-sponsored actor was behind a cyber breach resulting in access to some of its workstations, according to a letter to Congress seen by AFP. The...
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Heavy snow in Japan disrupts holiday air traffic
Heavy snow in Japan’s northern region cancelled dozens of flights Tuesday as millions of families were returning home to spend the New Year holiday with their loved ones. Japan Airlines said it...
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Kenya investigating fallen space debris
Kenyan officials said Wednesday they were investigating fragments of metal, believed to be from a rocket, that crashed into a village in the country’s south. The issue of space trash has risen in...
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India’s 2024 was hottest year since 1901: meteorological office
India’s meteorological department said Wednesday that 2024 was the hottest year since 1901, with sizzling temperatures in the world’s most populous nation following a global pattern of extreme weather...
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China says 2024 was its hottest year on record
Last year was China’s hottest on record and the past four years were its warmest ever, its weather agency said this week. China is the leading emitter, in total volume, of the greenhouse gases driving...
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US mulls new restrictions on Chinese drones
The United States is considering new rules to address risks posed by drones with tech from foreign adversaries like China and Russia, the Commerce Department said Thursday. While commercial drones are...
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Secret lab developing UK’s first quantum clock: defence ministry
A top-secret lab in the UK is developing the country’s first quantum clock to help the British military boost intelligence and reconnaissance operations, the defence ministry said Thursday. The clock...
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Apple agrees to $95 million deal to settle Siri eavesdropping suit
Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing its digital assistant Siri of listening in on users’ private conversations. The proposed settlement detailed in a court filing accessed...
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Elon Musk says end of Facebook fact-checking ‘is cool’
Elon Musk on Tuesday praised the decision by fellow billionaire Mark Zuckerberg to end fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in the US. “This is cool,” Musk posted on his X platform, after...
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Trump announces $20 billion Emirati investment in US data centers
Donald Trump on Tuesday unveiled a $20 billion Emirati investment in US data centers, as he sought to boost his claims of attracting new economic support before he becomes president. “The investment...
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Trump says Meta ending fact-checks ‘probably’ a response to his threats
US President-elect Donald Trump said Facebook-parent Meta’s abrupt policy shift on content moderation, including ending fact-checking in the United States, was “probably” motivated by his threats...
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Surge in Telegram user data passed to French authorities
Messaging service Telegram passed vastly more data on its users to French authorities in the second half of 2024 following founder Pavel Durov’s arrest in Paris, figures published by the platform...
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Brazil slams Meta fact-check shift as bid to ‘serve’ Trump
The Brazilian government on Tuesday criticized social media giant Meta’s move to weaken its content moderation policies, describing it as a willingness to serve incoming president Donald Trump’s...
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Mosquitoes with ‘toxic’ semen could stem disease spread: research
Genetically engineered mosquitoes with toxic semen could be a new weapon against tropical disease, Australian scientists said after trialling the novel pest control method. The “toxic male technique”...
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EU ‘absolutely’ rejects Zuckerberg’s censorship claim
The EU on Wednesday rejected Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg’s charge that the bloc engaged in “censorship” with its tech regulations, a day after the online giant slashed its content moderation policies in...
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Meta ending fact-checks ‘bad for democracy’: Brazil
A decision by social media giant Meta to end fact-checking in the United States is “bad for democracy,” Brazil’s newly appointed communication minister Sidonio Palmeira said Wednesday. Meta founder and...
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Pope warns about AI, fake news and ‘manipulating minds’
Pope Francis warned on Thursday of the dangers of misinformation and its spread via social media and artificial intelligence (AI), cautioning it could be “misused to manipulate minds”. In his...
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