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....
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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...
Cyprus plan for Artificial Intelligence ready in a month
Cyprus is putting in place a national strategy for the development of Artificial Intelligence that should be completed within a month, House President Demetris Syllouris...
Musk to go off Twitter … again
Elon Musk is going offline from Twitter after questioning “the good” of the social networking site. “Not sure about good of Twitter,” the Tesla Inc...
AppleTV+ debuts streaming TV service with Oprah and Aniston
Apple TV+, the iPhone maker’s entry into the crowded streaming TV market, debuts on Friday as the first “all-original” subscription video service, according to Apple...
Twitter to ban political ads from November 22
Twitter will ban political advertising on its platform from November 22, Jack Dorsey, chief executive officer said on Wednesday. “We’ve made the decision to stop...
Australian regulator files privacy suit against Google alleging location data misuse
An Australian regulator has filed a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s Google, accusing it of misleading smartphone users about how it collected and used personal location...
Nasa: 2019 ozone hole is the smallest on record since its discovery
The annual ozone hole reached its peak extent of 6.3 million square miles (16. 4 million square kilometres) on September 8, and then shrank to...
Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation forms partnership with Moon Village Association
The Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation (CSEO) has formed a strategic partnership with the Moon Village Association to co-operate in the space sector. “This agreement between...
Google claims quantum computing breakthrough
Google says it has achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing research. The technology giant said an experimental quantum processor has completed a calculation in just...
Social media linked to poor sleep among teens
Teens who use social media for three hours or more per day have problems falling asleep and then struggle to get up for school the...
Keep nuclear in the energy mix to tackle climate change
The decline of nuclear in the global energy mix poses a threat to economies and efforts to reduce carbon emissions, International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive...
Accidentally emptied your recycle bin data? Restore it using free EaseUS data recovery wizard
Whenever we delete data from our computer, it gets stored temporarily in the Recycle Bin for being restored later on. But think of a scenario...
Apple pulls app used by protesters to track Hong Kong police
Apple Inc has removed an app that helped Hong Kong protesters track police movements, saying it was used to ambush law enforcement, following sharp criticism...
Three share Nobel Prize for physics for probing ‘Earth’s place in the cosmos’
Three scientists have won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for the Nobel Prize in Physics for their contribution to the understanding of the evolution...
Fears Facebook’s messaging encryption plans could hinder online crime fight
Facebook has been accused of reverting to the “digital dark ages” after serious concerns were raised that plans for message encryption could prevent child abusers...
