The USS Portland test-fires a laser weapon. Sat 13 July 2024: Nations around the world are rapidly developing high-energy laser weapons for military missions on land and sea, and in the air and space. Visions of swarms of small, inexpensive drones filling the skies or skimming across the waves are motivating militaries to develop and deploy […]
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Fri 12 July 2024: Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced a significant update to its hate speech policy. The company has banned the use of the term “Zionism” in posts. The decision was welcomed by pro-Israel groups. Meta, which added “terrorist” to some Palestinian user profiles due to a “bug” will now […]
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Fri 12 July 2024: Elon Musk, founder of Neuralink, revealed plans to implant a second human patient with the company’s brain chip device within the next week. Musk stated during a broadcast on social media platform X that the company aims to have devices implanted in a “high single digits” number of patients by the […]
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Thu 11 July 2024: Russian state-owned company Rostec has developed armored panels to protect its energy infrastructure from possible drone attacks, the company announced on Thursday. The armored panels were successfully tested against possible damage caused by drone attacks and shelling, Rostec said in a statement. The panels, each weighing 30 kilograms (66 pounds), […]
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Thu 11 July 2024: ‘The government of India brags on international platforms that India is the mother of democracies. But his government chose to target a young woman only because of her politics.’ New Delhi: A policy activist and the daughter of an opposition politician have received messages by Apple, alerting them of the possibility of […]
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Wed 10 July 2024: WhatsApp has launched a new feature, “context cards,” designed to address the issue of receiving group invites from unknown users. This feature aims to protect users from being added to groups by strangers and from falling victim to online group scams. When you receive a group invite from someone not in […]
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Tue 09 July 2024: The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday that it disrupted a Russian operation that used fake social media accounts enhanced by artificial intelligence to spread pro-Kremlin messages in the United States and abroad. The news comes four months before the U.S. presidential election, which security experts widely believe will be the target of both hacking and covert social […]
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Mon 08 July 2024: Generation Z, born between 1997 and 2012, is the first cohort to grow up as digital natives. With the pervasive adoption of smartphones, there is heightened concern over digital addiction and its impact on mental well-being, especially on those aged 18 to 24. According to data from the Global Mind Project, which […]
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Mon 08 July 2024: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is “common wealth of mankind,” but no country is safe from its risks, Chinese Premier Li Qiang warned on Thursday as he addressed the World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2024 in Shanghai. Calling for deepened cooperation in AI governance and the establishment of an “international mechanism with universal participation,” […]
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Mon 08 July 2024: Cryptocurrency thefts more than doubled in the first half of 2024, with hackers stealing over $1.38 billion, up from $657 million in the same period in 2023, according to blockchain researchers TRM Labs. The increase is attributed to a few large-scale attacks and rising crypto prices. The median theft size also […]
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