Wed 26 February 2025: Wars in Gaza, Ukraine and Myanmar among those spurring ‘digital violence’. Governments around the world oversaw a record-breaking year for internet shutdowns in 2024, a new report on “digital violence” suggests. There were 296 internet shutdowns documented across 54 countries last year, surpassing the 283 shutdowns in 39 countries in 2023, […]
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Tue 25 February 2025: Apple has revealed intentions to channel over $500 billion into the United States across the next four years, with initiatives to onboard 20,000 new employees and construct a server facility in Texas. The announcement, made public on Monday, follows closely on the heels of President Donald Trump’s claim that Apple CEO […]
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Tue 25 February 2025: Authorities in India imposed 84 blackouts across 16 states and territories, a report by Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition has said. New Delhi: India imposed 84 internet shutdowns in 2024, only one behind Myanmar, which topped the list of global internet shutdowns. However, among democratic nations, India recorded the highest internet […]
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Tue 25 February 2025: Scientists are set to launch a spacecraft this week to map water on the Moon, which could help future efforts to colonise its surface. The Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft, which will launch from Nasa’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, carries a state-of-the-art camera designed by a team of University of Oxford scientists to measure lunar surface temperature and confirm […]
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Tue 25 February 2025: The US-based electric vehicle giant Tesla’s sales in Europe dropped by 45.2% in January on a yearly basis, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) data released on Tuesday showed. Billionaire Elon Musk’s Tesla sold 9,945 units of vehicle in January, ACEA’s report showed, while this figure was at 18,161 units in […]
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Tue 25 February 2025: More than 1,520 start-ups and 600 investors gather in Doha for an expanded edition of the annual Web Summit. The future of artificial intelligence (AI) has been the focus of tech entrepreneurs and financial backers gathered in Doha for the second annual Web Summit hosted by Qatar. The four-day digital technology […]
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Sat 22 February 2025: Apple on Friday announced it will remove its highest level of data security, Advanced Data Protection (ADP), for users in the UK following government demands for access to encrypted user data. The decision, described by Apple as “gravely disappointing,” means that UK customers will no longer be able to activate the […]
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Fri 21 February 2025: Tech giant Google has paid 326 million euros (339.4 million U.S. dollars) to settle a dispute over unpaid taxes, Italian authorities confirmed on Wednesday. Prosecutors in Milan launched an investigation into Google Ireland Limited after the Italian revenue agency determined that the company had failed to declare its income and pay […]
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Thu 20 February 2025: US technology companies have quietly ramped up support for Israel’s military operations by providing advanced artificial intelligence and computing services, an investigation by The Associated Press (AP) has found. The tech aid has accelerated the identification and targeting of “alleged militants” in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon — but it has […]
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Wed 19 February 2025: Tech company Meta is set to build the world’s longest undersea cable, a 50,000-km (31,000-mile) project designed to enhance global internet connectivity, according to British media on Tuesday. The cable, longer than Earth’s circumference, will link the US, India, South Africa, Brazil, and other regions, Sky News reported. Named Project Waterworth, […]
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