Mon 03 June 2024: Apple has blocked more than $7 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions on its App Store over the past four years. Between 2020 and 2023, the company also stopped over 14 million stolen credit cards and 3.3 million accounts from making transactions. In a statement, Apple revealed that it prevented over $1.8 […]
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Mon 03 June 2024: More than 300 million children across the globe are victims of online sexual exploitation and abuse each year, research suggested. In what is believed to be the first global estimate of the scale of the crisis, researchers at the University of Edinburgh found that 12.6% of the world’s children have been […]
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Sun 02 June 2024: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has made a surprising move by joining TikTok, the Chinese-owned social media platform he sought to ban during his presidency. Trump’s account, @realdonaldtrump, garnered over 450,000 followers shortly after he posted a launch video Saturday night, featuring his appearance at an Ultimate Fighting Championship event in […]
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Sun 02 June 2024: China has successfully landed an uncrewed spacecraft on the far side of the moon, a significant milestone in its mission to collect the first rock and soil samples from this lunar hemisphere. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced that the Chang’e-6 spacecraft touched down in the South Pole-Aitken Basin at […]
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Sun 02 June 2024: TikTok, which is facing a potential nationwide ban in the US, refuted claims that it is creating a separate US-only algorithm to circumvent the ban. A media report had suggested that TikTok was developing a distinct recommendation algorithm, independent of Douyin, the Chinese version operated by ByteDance. “The Reuters story published […]
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Sat 01 June 2024: Elon Musk announced that SpaceX aims to make space travel accessible to everyone, with plans for journeys to the Moon and Mars. Musk stated that SpaceX is on track to handle over 90% of Earth’s payload to low-Earth orbit this year. “Over time, SpaceX will enable anyone to go to space […]
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Thu 30 May 2024: Cloud security firm Zscaler has uncovered more than 90 malicious Android apps lurking on the Google Play store, with unsuspecting users downloading these apps over 5.5 million times. One of the most significant threats identified is the Anatsa banking Trojan, also known as TeaBot. These malicious apps, such as PDF Reader […]
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Wed 29 May 2024: Apple agreed to pay $35 million as part of a class-action lawsuit that was filed in 2019 in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. According to CNet, longtime Apple customers who used the iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus might be qualified for up to $349 in […]
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Wed 29 May 2024: Do you ever use your cellphone while driving? Don’t feel too guilty about saying yes – nearly 60% of drivers admit to using their phone in hands-free mode while driving. But don’t become complacent either. Using your cellphone in hands-free mode while driving is not a perfectly safe activity, despite the impression you […]
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Tue 28 May 2024: Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence start-up xAI has raised $6 billion in funding from several parties, including Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and his investment company Kingdom Holding. “xAI is pleased to announce our Series B funding round of $6 billion with participation from key investors including Valor Equity Partners, Vy […]
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