Thu 25 January 2024: In an effort to compete with YouTube, which is owned by Google, the Chinese short-video creator TikTok appears to be testing the ability to allow users to upload 30-minute videos. Matt Navarra, a social media expert, discovered the new feature in the iOS app’s beta version initially. “It’s happening. TikTok is […]
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Thu 25 January 2024: Cyber-skulduggery is becoming the bane of modern life. Australia’s prime minister has called it a “scourge”, and he is correct. In 2022–23, nearly 94,000 cyber crimes were reported in Australia, up 23% on the previous year. In the latest high-profile attack, around 15,000 customers of alcohol retailer Dan Murphy, Mexican restaurant chain Guzman y […]
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Mon 22 January 2024: Global video game players may be at risk of tinnitus, or chronic ringing or buzzing in the ears, and/or irreversible hearing loss, , according to a study. The World Health Organization and experts from the University of South Carolina said that while headphones, earbuds, and music venues have been identified as […]
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Mon 22 January 2024: WhatsApp Channels, the broadcasting feature that lets companies and celebrities update their messaging app followers, is getting a lot of new features added to it. Polling feature, voice notes, and channel updates to Status will be available soon. On Wednesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg showcased the new polling option to his followers on his own WhatsApp channel, where he also revealed the new Channel features. Last year, WhatsApp launched the Channels feature, which functions as a tool for one-way broadcasting. With frequent updates from organizations, sports teams, […]
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Sat 20 January 2024: Can you believe it? A battery that can generate electricity for up to 50 years without needing maintenance or charging. Yes! Betavolt New Energy Technology, a Chinese company, claims to have successfully built a nuclear energy (radioisotope) battery. The battery will be smaller than a coin, as the company was able […]
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Fri 19 January 2024: As part of an ongoing antitrust action, the European Commission called for input from stakeholders on concessions made by Apple to open up its tap-and-go mobile payment systems on Friday. Apple has pledged to give third-party mobile wallet and payment service providers access to and interoperability with the Near Field Communication […]
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Fri 19 January 2024: Muhammad Al-Ghazali, stood at the highest point on Al-Rashid Street in the central Gaza Strip, to receive an internet signal and communicate with his friends and relatives abroad, Anadolu Agency reports. Residents of the besieged enclave are facing a devastating war aggravated by their inability to contact ambulance and emergency teams after Israel […]
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Fri 19 January 2024: The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) hopes for a precise landing of its Smart Lander call “Moon Sniper” for Investigating Moon (SLIM) probe within 100 metres (328 feet) of the designated target, a technology it describes as unprecedented and critical for advancing lunar exploration, particularly the search for lunar water and […]
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Fri 19 January 2024: Bitcoin mining around the globe last year consumed 154.9 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in total, or more than 167 countries combined, according to data from the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI) compiled by Anadolu. Bitcoin mining refers to the computational process of solving as “cryptographic hash functions,” similar to mathematical problems. […]
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Wed 17 January 2024: Data breaches have become common, and billions of records are stolen worldwide every year. Most of the media coverage of data breaches tends to focus on how the breach happened, how many records were stolen and the financial and legal impact of the incident for organizations and individuals affected by the breach. […]
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