July 7, 2025 3:02 am
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he will start talking to China on Monday or Tuesday about a possible TikTok deal. MORE..
The human remains of over 160 people who wanted to float in space after their deaths have now crashed at sea after the space capsule holding them fell into the Pacific Ocean. MORE..
AliExpress has officially suspended several of its budget shipping options to Sri Lanka and Pakistan following the implementation of revised customs tax regulations by the respective authorities. MORE..
Starlink’s high-speed, low-latency satellite internet service is now officially available in Sri Lanka, its owner and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk confirmed in a tweet on Wednesday.
A cyber hacker broke into a database containing the personal information of millions of customers, Qantas said, in Australia’s biggest breach in years and a setback for an airline rebuilding trust after a reputational crisis. MORE..
Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group, announced the opening of its third data center in Malaysia on Tuesday and disclosed plans to launch a second data center in the Philippines in October, according to a statement released on Wednesday. MORE..
A ceasefire between Iran and Israel has not ended the threat of cyberattacks from hacking groups supportive of Tehran, the FBI and federal cybersecurity officials warned Monday. MORE..
Canada scrapped its digital services tax targeting U.S. technology firms late on Sunday, just hours before it was due to take effect, in a bid to advance stalled trade negotiations with the United States. MORE..
Japan on Sunday successfully launched a climate change monitoring satellite on its mainstay H-2A rocket, which made its final flight before it is replaced by a new flagship model designed to be more cost competitive in the global space market. MORE..
A notorious cybercriminal group has shifted its attention to the aviation industry, successfully breaching the computer networks of multiple airlines in the United States and Canada this month, according to the FBI and private experts responding to the hacks. MORE..
Lei Jun, the billionaire cofounder of Chinese tech giant Xiaomi, launched an electric SUV that could be a strong competitor to Tesla’s Model Y in China, which sent Xiaomi’s Hong Kong-listed shares as much as 8% higher on Friday. MORE..
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global financial crime watchdog, on Thursday called on countries to take stronger action to combat illicit finance in crypto assets, warning that gaps in regulation could have global repercussions. MORE..
Jubilant Indians have been celebrating the successful launch of the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission which has taken off with a multi-country crew, including an Indian astronaut. MORE..
Hackers backing Tehran have targeted U.S. banks, defense contractors and oil industry companies following American strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities — but so far have not caused widespread disruptions to critical infrastructure or the economy. MORE..
Britain’s competition regulator on Tuesday said it was proposing to designate Google with “strategic market status” to give it greater control over how the U.S. tech giant operates search services. MORE..
Tesla deployed a small group of self-driving taxis picking up paying passengers on Sunday in Austin, Texas, with CEO Elon Musk announcing the “robotaxi launch” and social-media influencers posting videos of their first rides. MORE..
A powerful new telescope in Chile has released its first images, showing off its unprecedented ability to peer into the dark depths of the universe. MORE..
At a market stall in Berlin run by charity Topio, volunteers help people who want to purge their phones of the influence of U.S. tech firms. Since Donald Trump’s inauguration, the queue for their services has grown. MORE..
Apple was sued on Friday by shareholders in a proposed securities fraud class action that accused it of downplaying how long it needed to integrate advanced artificial intelligence into its Siri voice assistant, hurting iPhone sales and its stock price. MORE..
Sixteen billion login credentials have been leaked and compiled into datasets online, giving criminals “unprecedented access” to accounts consumers use each day, according to researchers at cybersecurity outlet Cybernews. MORE..
Malaysia’s communications regulator said on Thursday it has obtained a temporary court order against messaging service Telegram and two channels on the platform for allegedly disseminating content that violates the country’s law. MORE..
Qatar Airways has secured the coveted title of World’s Best Airline for 2025, marking a record ninth win at the Skytrax World Airline Awards. MORE..
Iranian state television on Tuesday urged its citizens to remove WhatsApp, alleging that the messaging app collects user data and shares it with Israel, amid the ongoing conflict, without providing any specific evidence. MORE..
Without proper safeguards, powerful artificial intelligence (AI) could induce severe and ‘potentially irreversible harms,’ a report released Tuesday by California Governor Gavin Newsom warned. MORE..
TikTok will live on for at least another three months in the United States, as President Donald Trump is poised to extend a sale or ban deadline for the third time since taking office this year. MORE..