Mon 23 September 2024: SpaceX aims to launch five uncrewed Starship missions to Mars in two years, CEO Elon Musk announced on X Sunday. Musk previously indicated that the first launches would occur when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens in two years. He noted that the timeline for crewed missions will depend on the […]
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Sun 22 September 2024: Earlier this week, the federal government announced it is going to introduce a social media ban for children. It hasn’t nominated a minimum age yet, but the focus of political and media debates has been on teenagers. What about younger users of social media? According to a 2022 Australian report, 22% of children aged eight […]
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Sat 21 September 2024: Ukraine has prohibited government and military personnel from using the Telegram app on state-issued devices, citing concerns about Russian surveillance capabilities. The National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) made the decision after Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine’s military intelligence (GUR), presented alarming evidence showing Russian special services could intercept messages, even […]
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Sat 21 September 2024: She speaks seven languages, has a PhD in particle physics, an apartment in Budapest plastered with her own pastel drawings of nudes and a career that took her around Africa and Europe doing humanitarian work, Reuters reports. What Cristiana Barsony-Arcidiacono, 49, the Italian-Hungarian CEO and owner of Hungary-based BAC Consulting, says she has […]
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Sat 21 September 2024: There is an “irrefutable” need for global governance of artificial intelligence and its development cannot be left to the “whims” of the market alone, a United Nations advisory body has warned. While national governments will play a crucial role in regulating AI, the borderless nature of the technology necessitates a “global […]
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Thu 19 September 2024: Social media platform X, previously known as Twitter, again became accessible to numerous users in Brazil on Wednesday via an update to its communications network that bypassed a block imposed by Brazil’s Supreme Court. The X update utilized cloud services from third parties, specifically the security firm Cloudflare. This enabled some […]
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Thu 19 September 2024: Data of some 6 million taxpayers in the world’s fourth-most populous nation, Indonesia, including of outgoing President Joko Widodo, has been allegedly leaked and sold, said a media report on Thursday. Millions of taxpayer identification numbers have been “sold for $10,000 on the Breach Forum website” by an account claiming to […]
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Wed 18 September 2024: Today we’re introducing the fifth generation of Spectacles, our new see-through, standalone AR glasses that enable you to use Lenses and experience the world together with friends, in totally new ways. Spectacles are powered by Snap OS, our brand-new and groundbreaking operating system designed to enhance how people naturally interact with the […]
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Wed 18 September 2024: The US has imposed sanctions on yet another Israeli spyware firm, Intellexa, citing the “threats” that it poses to national security. The move comes in the wake of the ongoing global scandal surrounding Israeli spyware companies, most notably NSO Group, which has been accused of selling espionage technology to some of […]
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Sun 15 September 2024: Someone tracking the conflict raging in the Middle East could have seen the following two videos on social media. The first shows a little boy hovering over his father’s dead body, whimpering in Arabic, “Don’t leave me.” The second purports to show a pregnant woman with her stomach slashed open and […]
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