Wed 12 November 2025: Passwords are the keys to our digital lives – think how many times you log in to websites and other systems. But just like physical keys, they can be lost, duplicated and stolen. Many alternatives have been proposed in recent years, including passkeys. These offer a significant improvement in terms of […]
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Wed 12 November 2025: Japan faces a dual crisis: the proliferation of fake AI-generated videos online, alongside surging bear attacks that are disrupting vital services like postal deliveries. As the public continues to grow fearful of attacks, fake video clips showing aggressive bears are rapidly spreading on TikTok, YouTube, and other social media platforms, according […]
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Mon 10 November 2025: Indonesia is considering curbs on violent video games such as PUBG in the wake of last week’s explosion at a Jakarta school mosque, which injured nearly 100 people. President Prabowo Subianto “is considering restricting online games after a student was linked to a school explosion that injured 96 people,” a senior Indonesian official […]
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Mon 10 November 2025: A groundbreaking new study suggests that the universe’s expansion might already be decelerating, challenging a core pillar of modern cosmology that has long assumed an ever-accelerating cosmic growth. Published on Thursday in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. “Our study shows that the universe has already entered a phase […]
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Sun 09 November 2025: Have you ever used a public charging station to charge your mobile phone when it runs out of battery? If so, watch out for “juice jacking”. Cybercriminals are on the prowl to infect your mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers and access your personal data, or install malware while […]
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Sun 09 November 2025: Google will enforce a new Android developer verification policy next year to tighten app publishing rules on its Play Store, following findings that apps installed from outside the official store contained 50 times more malware, according to an August report. The company said in August that it would transition to the new policy to […]
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Sat 08 November 2025: The hope of the world wide web, according to its creator Tim Berners-Lee, was that it would make communication easier, bring knowledge to all, and strengthen democracy and connection. Instead, it seems to be driving us apart into increasingly small and angry splinter groups. Why? We have commonly blamed online echo chambers, digital […]
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Thu 06 November 2025: YouTube has quietly erased more than 700 videos and shut down the accounts of three major Palestinian human rights organizations, a report by The Intercept on Tuesday shows, Anadolu reports. The deleted accounts belonged to Al‑Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, all of which posted […]
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Thu 06 November 2025: Kyrgyzstan has officially issued its first stablecoin, USDKG, becoming the country’s first state-owned digital asset. The Finance Ministry said on Thursday the new stablecoin is pegged to the US dollar at a 1:1 exchange rate and backed by gold. The launch cost the state budget 438,480.75 soms (about $37), according to figures […]
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Thu 06 November 2025: Google has revealed ambitions to construct AI data centers beyond Earth’s atmosphere, with initial test hardware slated for launch into orbit as early as 2027. “Instead of transmitting power to Earth from space, we propose a future that includes spacebased ML “data centers” consisting of many solarpowered satellites networked via free-space […]
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