Thu 06 June 2019: Scientists on Thursday unveiled the most detailed simulation of a black hole yet, solving a mystery dating back more than four decades over how the star-devouring monsters consume matter. Coming fresh on the heels of the first ever photo of one of the giant objects, which are scattered across the Universe, […]
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Thu 06 June 2019: NAIROBI (Reuters) – Chilli, a gibbon native to Borneo, will soon be jumping from tree to tree in parks from New York to Nairobi as a character in a new augmented reality video game that aims to promote conservation of endangered species. Internet of Elephants, a Kenya-based software company, has developed […]
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Wed 05 June 2019: A lawsuit filed Tuesday by developers alleges Apple is abusing its monopoly position in its online marketplace to extract excessive fees from those creating iPhone applications. The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in California, claims Apple cornered the market with its iOS App Store, collecting a 30 percent commission […]
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Mon 03 June 2019: SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) – Apple Inc on Monday launched a “Sign In With Apple” function to rival Facebook and Google web login accounts, drawing a contrast with rivals by stressing protection of users’ information. Apple will also tighten controls on location tracking. When users sign in with their Google or […]
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Mon 03 June 2019: Russia is requiring dating app Tinder to hand over data on its users, including messages, to the national intelligence agencies, part of the country’s widening crackdown on internet freedoms. The communications regulator said Monday that Tinder was included on a list of online services operating in Russia that are required to […]
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Sun 02 June 2019: Facial recognition has been heralded a key innovation in surveillance and security, but the technology may be coming to an airport near you in a bid to cut queues and speed up passenger travel. Its detractors warn that facial recognition systems could wind up going full Skynet, resulting in some kind […]
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Sat 01 June 2019: The ads will appear in the Insta-stories-like function called status – which I don’t think anyone uses Last week, WhatsApp announced, via its parent company Facebook, that ads will start appearing in the messaging app from 2020. This goes directly against WhatsApp’s original message in 2012 that it would never have […]
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Wed 29 May 2019: Images of what WhatsApp ads will look like show them taking up the entire screen of a smartphone WhatsApp will be introducing adverts to its messaging app next year, Facebook has confirmed. The technology giant, which acquired WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion, revealed the update at its annual Facebook Marketing […]
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Mon 27 May 2019: Hackers threaten American cities by using NSA’s EternalBlue tool, paralyze local governments, drive up costs, says paper The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has lost control of its valuable cyber-weapon to hackers, according to The New York Times. Hackers have threatened vulnerable American cities from Pennsylvania to Texas by using the […]
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Fri 24 May 2019: Instagram on Thursday said it was not the source of private contact information for millions of influential users of the service recently found in an unguarded online database. The online cache of data, which was discovered by a security researcher, was written about Monday by news site TechCrunch, which reported that […]
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