Supermoon lit up the sky across the world Tuesday night
A supermoon on Tuesday night lit up the sky across the world, coinciding with a rare partial lunar eclipse. Supermoons happen when the Moon is at its closest point to…
Instagram, under pressure, tightens protection for teens
Under the new policy, users age 13 to 15 will have private accounts by default, with tighter safeguards on who can contact them and what content they can see. AFP…
Samsung hit with $192m US patent verdict over wireless chargers
Reuters Samsung Electronics owes an inventor’s company more than $192.1 million for infringing five patents related to wireless device charging, a jury in Texas federal court has determined. The jury…
Tech billionaire returns to Earth after first private spacewalk
Associated Press A billionaire spacewalker returned to Earth with his crew on Sunday, ending a five-day trip that lifted them higher than anyone has traveled since NASA’s moonwalkers. SpaceX’s capsule…
Iran says new research satellite launched into orbit
Iran has countered that it is not seeking nuclear weapons and that its satellite and rocket launches are for civil or defence purposes only. AFP Tehran – Iran on Saturday…
SpaceX makes history with first spacewalks by private citizens
It was yet another major milestone for SpaceX, the company founded by Elon Musk in 2002. AFP Washington – A pioneering private crew made history Thursday by performing the first…
Exclusive: Samsung Electronics plans global job cuts of up to 30% in some divisions
Reuters Samsung Electronics, the world’s top maker of smartphones, TVs and memory chips, is cutting up to 30% of its overseas staff at some divisions, three sources with direct knowledge…
Huawei seeks to steal spotlight from Apple with launch of $2,800 tri-fold smartphone
Reuters SHENZHEN, China – China’s Huawei Technologies on Tuesday unveiled a $2,800 tri-foldable phone as it seeks to expand its lead in the world’s biggest smartphone market and steal the…
South Korea summit to target ‘blueprint’ for using AI in the military
The summit is not the only international set of discussions on AI use in the military. Reuters SEOUL – South Korea convened an international summit on Monday seeking to establish…
X back up after brief outage, Downdetector shows
Reuters Social media platform X was back up on Saturday after it suffered an outage that lasted less than an hour, according to outage tracking site Downdetector.com. The website, which…