Thu 18 July 2024: TikTok owner, ByteDance, on Wednesday lost its court challenge against its designation as a gatekeeper under landmark European Union rules, in a boost for antitrust regulators seeking to curb the power of Big Tech, Reuters reported. Under the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA), gatekeepers are required to make their messaging apps interoperate with […]
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Wed 17 July 2024: For millions of people, smartwatches aren’t just a piece of technology. They can use them to take control of their health in ways never thought possible. As you go on your morning run, a smartwatch can monitor the rhythmic pounding of your feet and your heart’s steady beat. The watch can […]
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In this photo provided by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute, two interacting galaxies are captured by the Webb Space Telescope in the infrared. Scientists say the neighnouring galaxies, nicknamed Penguin, right, and the Egg, left, have been tangled up for tens of millions of years [NASA and Space Telescope Science Institute] Sun 14 […]
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Sun 14 July 2024: Israel has recorded 3 billion cyber-attacks targeting its military computer systems since 7 October, according to Israeli media reports on Friday, Anadolu Agency reports. Desert. Racheli Dembinski, commander of the army’s Centre of Computers and Information Systems unit, told the Israeli daily, Haaretz, that “the number of attempted cyber-attacks on IDF (army) computer systems has […]
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Sat 13 July 2024: Meta has announced it is lifting the restrictions on former US President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts as he campaigns to regain the White House. The social media company had suspended Trump’s accounts indefinitely after his comments supporting the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot and spreading misinformation about the election […]
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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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