Fireball reported flying over Cyprus
A fireball was sighted flying across the sky over Cyprus late on Tuesday night, the Cyprus Astronomy Organisation (CAO) reported on Wednesday. They are currently...
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Alphabet CEO backs temporary ban on facial-recognition, Microsoft disagrees
The EU’s proposal for a temporary ban on facial-recognition technology won backing from Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai on Monday but got a cool response...
Facebook says technical error caused vulgar translation of Chinese leader’s name
By Poppy McPherson Facebook Inc on Saturday blamed a technical error for Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s name appearing as “Mr Shithole” in posts on its...
Musk’s SpaceX to simulate rocket failure in final astronaut capsule test
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is gearing up to destroy one of its own rockets on Saturday to test a crucial emergency abort system on an unmanned...
Apple’s news service reaches 100 million users, App Store sales expand
Apple Inc on Wednesday said its Apple News service has reached 100 million monthly active users versus 85 million a year prior, demonstrating growth in...
‘Bull’s-eye’ landing in New Mexico for Boeing’s Starliner astronaut capsule
By Joey Roulette Boeing Co’s Starliner astronaut spacecraft landed in the New Mexico desert on Sunday, the company said, after faulty software forced officials to...
France fines Google 150 mln euros for opaque advertising rules
France’s competition watchdog fined Google 150 million euros ($167 million) on Friday for abusing its power over the treatment of advertisers, saying it applied opaque...
Japan to tighten screws on tech giants to ensure transparency
Japan will tighten regulations to prevent technology giants including Facebook Inc and Google from abusing their market power and having unfair advantage over small businesses,...
Thousands of UK political ads went missing from Facebook archive searches
Thousands of UK political ads went missing from Facebook Inc’s searchable advertising database on Tuesday, hampering researchers’ ability to track ads two days before Britain’s...
Virtual goldmine: In-game goods fuel debate over digital ownership
By Sonia Elks Jon Jacobs was a financially struggling actor in real life but a wealthy trader in an online video game when he had...
TikTok apologises for temporary removal of video on Muslims in China
Social media app TikTok apologised to a user on Thursday for removing a video that criticised China’s treatment of Muslims, blaming a “human moderation error”...
Finance minister presents bill to establish deputy innovation ministry
Finance Minister Harris Georgiades on Monday presented a bill to establish a Deputy Ministry of Innovation and Digital Policy. Addressing the House finance committee Georgiades...
Google bars elections ads from using political leanings, voter data
Alphabet Inc’s Google will stop giving advertisers the ability to target election ads using data such as public voter records and general political affiliations, the company said...
Google enters gaming with cloud-based streaming service Stadia
Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday launched Stadia, a cloud-based service that allows users to stream games including “Assassin’s Creed Odyssey” and “NBA 2K20” on Chrome...
Women leaders driven offline and out of work by social media abuse
Pervasive abuse of women on social media is driving female leaders off the internet and, in some cases, out of a job, a conference heard on Thursday....
Facebook removes 3.2 billion fake accounts
Facebook removed 3.2 billion fake accounts between April and September this year, along with millions of posts depicting child abuse and suicide, according to its...
Sinking suburban ‘home’ drifts down Thames in watery climate protest
By Matthew Green A floating mock-up of a typical British suburban home was seen slowly sinking into the Thames in central London on Sunday in...
Prehistoric ape from Germany was a pioneer of two-legged walking
Fossils unearthed in southern Germany of a remarkable ape that lived about 11.6 million years ago may dramatically alter the understanding of the evolutionary origins of a...
Robot Wars: Russia’s Yandex begins autonomous delivery testing
Russian internet giant Yandex has started testing autonomous delivery robots, the latest addition to its technological arsenal, the company said on Thursday. Named after the...
Scientists urge stronger Paris Agreement pledges to curb climate change
By Timothy Gardner The vast majority of national commitments in the 2015 Paris Agreement are inadequate to prevent the worst effects of global warming, scientists...
