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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Wed 17 January 2024: Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a new feature to some beta testers that will let users share polls in channels on iOS. As shown in the screenshot shared by WABetaInfo, some beta testers can explore a new poll option right within their own channels. The channel owner can see if […]
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Tue 16 January 2024: Saudi Arabia is planning to launch air taxis to transport pilgrims for the Islamic Hajj and umrah pilgrimages, in the latest innovative technological development to be implemented in the Kingdom. According to the state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA), authorities will enable the operation of air taxis to transport pilgrims from King Abdulaziz […]
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Sun 14 January 2024: While self-driving vehicles are being deployed in numerous cities globally, persistent controversies continue to challenge their deployment. Recently, Tesla recalled more than two million cars after the US regulator found problems with its driver assistance system. Tesla did not agree with the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) analysis, but agreed to […]
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Sun 14 January 2024: When South Africa became a constitutional democracy in 1994, it replaced its apartheid-era intelligence apparatus with a new one aimed at serving the country’s new democratic dispensation. However, the regime of former president Jacob Zuma, 2009-2018, deviated from this path. It abused the intelligence services to serve his political and allegdly corrupt ends. Now […]
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Fri 12 January 2024: A code within the latest version of the ChatGPT Android app suggests that it could be set as the default assistant on the device. The rise in popularity of generative AI apps, such as Microsoft’s Copilot and OpenAI’s ChatGPT, has rendered typical AI voice assistants, such as Siri and Google Assistant, […]
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Thu 11 January 2024: On Tuesday, Meta Platforms said that it would block additional content from being viewed by minors on Facebook and Instagram. This occurs after global regulators pushed the social media giant to shield kids from inappropriate information on its platforms. In a blog post, Meta said that all teens will now be […]
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