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Our phones are really listening to our conversations, marketing firm reveals
Your phone is indeed listening to your conversations, according to a new report. 404 Media has revealed that a marketing firm, which counts Facebook and Google among its marketing partners, has...
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Brazil’s right rallies for ‘freedom’ after X blow
Led by beleaguered ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s political right will rally for “democracy and freedom” Saturday amid a free speech tussle that has seen X, their preferred social platform,...
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Old satellite to burn up over Pacific in ‘targeted’ re-entry first
After 24 years diligently studying Earth’s magnetic field, a satellite will mostly burn up over the Pacific Ocean on Sunday during a “targeted” re-entry into the atmosphere, in a first for the European...
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Reasons to Go for Mobile Threat Defense
Mobile phones have evolved into an extension of who we are in the current digital era. We use them for everything, including financial management and email monitoring. But there’s also a higher risk...
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SpaceX launches all-civilian crew for first private spacewalk
SpaceX launched its historic Polaris Dawn mission on Tuesday — an audacious orbital expedition that will catapult civilians into a high-radiation region of space and see them attempt the first-ever...
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Amazon announces £8 bn ($10.5 bn) investment over five years in UK
US tech giant Amazon is to invest £8 billion ($10.5 billion) in Britain over the next five years, creating thousands of jobs via its web services arm, the company and UK government announced Wednesday....
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Japan plans driverless bullet trains
Shinkansen bullet trains could be whizzing around Japan without drivers from the mid 2030s, one of its main rail operators said, motivated in part by the country’s demographic crisis. East Japan...
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Brazil judge seizes $3 million from Musk to pay X fines
Brazil’s Supreme Court said Friday that a judge has ordered the transfer of some $3 million from Elon Musk’s companies to pay fines incurred by his social network X, which has been suspended in the...
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Israeli supply chain infiltration likely behind Hezbollah pager blasts: analysts
Israel has scored a major intelligence success by apparently infiltrating a supply chain to cause the simultaneous explosion of hundreds of Hezbollah pagers in a blow for the Lebanese militant group...
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U.S. says thwarted Chinese ‘state-sponsored’ cyber attack
The US Justice Department on Wednesday said it had neutralized a cyber-attack network that affected 200,000 devices worldwide, alleging it was run by hackers backed by the Chinese government. The...
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X says Brazil service restoration ‘inadvertent’ and ‘temporary’
Elon Musk’s X social network said on Wednesday that the restoration of its services in Brazil, where it had been shut down, was “inadvertent and temporary.” Some Brazilian users were surprised to once...
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Telegram’s Durov announces new crackdown on illegal content
Telegram founder and chief executive Pavel Durov said Monday that the messaging platform had removed more “problematic content”, weeks after his arrest in France on charges of failing to act against...
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New Zealand scientists discover ghostly ‘spookfish’
Scientists in New Zealand said Tuesday they have discovered a new species of “ghost shark”, a type of fish that prowls the Pacific Ocean floor hunting prey more than a mile down. The Australasian...
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Brazil judge says will lift Musk’s X ban if $1.8 million fine paid
A Brazilian judge locked in a legal row with X owner Elon Musk on Friday said he would reinstate the social network in Brazil if a fine of around $1.8 million was paid. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre...
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SpaceX set to launch mission to return stranded astronauts
A SpaceX mission is set for launch Saturday with two passengers on board, leaving two seats empty to return the American astronauts who have been stranded for months on the International Space Station,...
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More than 60 dead from storm Helene as rescue, cleanup efforts grow
Rescuers struggled on Saturday with washed-out bridges and debris-strewn roads in the search for survivors of devastating Storm Helene, which killed at least 63 people across five states and caused...
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Verizon service down, users report phones are in ‘SOS’ mode
Verizon users are reporting issues with their mobile phones, citing problems such as “no signal” (SOS mode) and “complete blackout.” Additionally, Verizon internet customers have experienced...
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Netflix sees spike in cancellations after co-founder Reed Hastings endorsed...
Netflix experienced an increase in cancellations after its co-founder and chairman, Reed Hastings, endorsed Kamala Harris for president and donated $7 million to her campaign, Bloomberg reported....
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California enacts law to protect brain data
A new California law extends consumer privacy protection to brainwave data gathered by implants or wearable devices. Governor Gavin Newsom over the weekend signed into law a bill amending the...
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Thunderstorms are a ‘boiling pot’ of gamma rays, scientists find
Big thunderstorms continuously emit gamma rays that are undetectable from the ground, two studies said on Wednesday, upending what was previously thought — and potentially pointing towards a clue in...
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