Sun 07 November 2021: On Saturday, Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid distanced the government from the NSO Group, a company blacklisted by the US this week for alleged misuse of its phone hacking malware. NSO Group has been accused of supplying authoritarian governments with hacking tools. NSO claims that it exclusively offers its goods to […]
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Fri 05 November 2021: Following a court ruling rejecting a lawsuit by rival Blue Origin, NASA said on Thursday that it wants to continue work on a lunar lander project it had paused with SpaceX. Judge Richard Hertling from the US Court of Federal Claims rejected Blue Origin’s complaint that challenged NASA for “unlawful and […]
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Thu 04 November 2021: Uber drivers in London will be able to buy or lease Tesla automobiles as a green vehicle beginning Wednesday as part of an incentive scheme to encourage the usage of electric vehicles, according to the ride-hailing app. Uber said cars will be available for lease or purchase by drivers interested in eco-friendly vehicles, according […]
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Thu 04 November 2021: Biden administration blacklists two Israeli companies for producing spyware that enables ‘transnational repression’. The Biden administration has blacklisted Israeli firm NSO Group, accusing the technology company of developing and supplying spyware to foreign governments “that used these tools to maliciously” target a range of actors, including journalists and activists. In a statement […]
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Wed 03 November 2021: A hacker group calling itself Black Shadow has leaked the profile data of hundreds of Israeli members of the LGBTQ community after an Israeli firm refused to pay a $1 million ransom, the Jerusalem Post reported yesterday. The hackers broke into web hosting company Cyberserve’s servers, seized data from gay chat and dating […]
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Wed 03 November 2021: The shortfall of computer chips that has hampered automakers will endure until the end of next year, according to the chairman of a key semiconductor designer. The semiconductor industry is now investing $2 billion each week, which will eventually increase production by 50%, but supply will remain tight in the short […]
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Wed 03 November 2021: Facebook said it will shut down its face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than 1 billion people. On Tuesday, Meta announced that the face recognition system on its social media platform Facebook would be turned off in the coming weeks. “In the coming weeks, we will shut down the […]
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Tue 02 November 2021: According to company documents submitted with the government, Starlink, the satellite internet branch of billionaire Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX, registered its business in India on Monday, as it prepares to start internet services in the country. Having a local unit, Starlink Satellite Communications Private Limited, will allow the company to […]
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Tue 02 November 2021: According to Nikkei on Tuesday, citing numerous sources, Apple Inc has reduced production of iPad tablets in order to assign more components to the iPhone 13, indicating that the worldwide chip supply crisis is impacting Apple more than previously indicated. For the previous two months, production of the iPad has been […]
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Sun 31 October 2021: Google has rolled out a new tool making it easier for kids and teens to yank images off of search results. According to a recent blog post published by Google, the move was made to help minors have greater control over their digital footprint. “While we already provide a range of […]
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