Fri 02 June 2023: Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said, on Thursday, it had uncovered a US National Security Agency (NSA) plot using previously unknown malware to access specially made so-called backdoor vulnerabilities in Apple phones, Reuters reports. The FSB, the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, said several thousand Apple phones had been infected, including those of […]
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Wed 31 May 2023: Elon Musk’s company Twitter is testing a new tool called “Notes on Media,” which will help users detect potentially misleading media. The company is experimenting with Media Community Notes, which will use the site’s crowd-sourced fact checks to provide helpful insights on specific photographs and video snippets. “From AI-generated images to […]
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Tue 30 May 2023: ‘Status archive’ is a new feature that WhatsApp, which is owned by Meta, is apparently releasing for businesses to test out on Android. When the feature is turned on, the status updates will be archived on users’ devices after 24 hours. Users can also view their archive straight from the menu […]
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Tue 30 May 2023: On Tuesday, China launched the Shenzhou-16 mission to the space station for its second in-orbit crew rotation, bringing in a new era in the country’s ambitious space program by launching the first civilian astronaut into orbit. The three Shenzhou-16 astronauts blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, in the desert […]
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Mon 29 May 2023: Twitter granted 83% of all requests from governments to censor or prohibit content overseas, including in Turkey and India. Since Musk’s takeover in October 2022, the micro-blogging platform received 971 requests from governments (compared to only 338 in the six-month period from October 2021 to April 2022), according to a report […]
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Sun 28 May 2023: Google-owned YouTube has announced that it will be shutting down ‘YouTube Stories’ on June 26 as the company aims to focus on other essential areas, like Shorts, Community posts, live videos, etc. “Starting on June 26, 2023, the option to create a new YouTube Story will no longer be available. Stories […]
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A mosaic of new solar images produced by the Inouye Solar Telescope, Images include sunspots and quiet-Sun features. Credit: NSF/AURA/NSO Sat 27 May 2023: The Sun’s surface has recently been shown in breath-taking new photographs by the largest and most potent solar telescope ever built. 93 million miles from the nearest star — the […]
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink video shows monkey playing video gams with its brain. Apr 11, 2021 Fri 26 May 2023: Elon Musk’s neurotech company, Neuralink, announced Thursday that it has gained Food and Drug Administration approval to undertake its first in-human clinical study. Neuralink is developing the Link, a brain implant that will allow individuals […]
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Fri 26 May 2023: Possible lunar debris from a wrecked Japanese lunar lander has been found, according to NASA. The Hakuto-R Mission 1 crash site was perhaps visible in photographs posted by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Satellite on its website on Tuesday. The spacecraft was launched in December of last year, but an anomaly occurred, resulting […]
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Thu 25 May 2023: Sega’s next video game ‘Total War; Pharaoh’ will be set in ancient Egypt during the collapse of the Bronze Age. In the game, which is to be released in October, players take the role of Pharoah to save Egypt from destruction and become the greatest Pharoah in history. Players will determine […]
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