November 16, 2025 9:04 am
Android users may soon see a new way to exchange contact details by simply placing two phones close together. MORE..
Three Chinese astronauts will return to Earth on Friday, more than a week later than their scheduled landing, capping an extended stay in space after a suspected debris hit left their spaceship with a cracked window. MORE..
Europe is looking to online platforms and influencers to help fight disinformation and promote democracy according to a European Commission strategy presented on Wednesday amid concerns over interference by foreign governments in national elections. MORE..
A Chinese woman who was found with 5 billion pounds ($6.6 billion) in Bitcoin after defrauding more than 128,000 people in China in a Ponzi scheme was sentenced by a UK court on Tuesday to over 11 years in prison. MORE..
PayPal said on Wednesday it is re-launching in the United Kingdom for customers to shop online and in stores, nearly two years after it restructured its operations there following Brexit. MORE..
The tech giant is getting in on the trend of people wearing their phones and tapping a luxury fashion brand for its latest collaboration. Apple plans to release this week a special-edition iPhone pocket designed in collaboration with the high-end Japanese brand Issey Miyake. MORE..
Apple will not release the next version of the iPhone Air in the fall of 2026 as previously planned, amid weak sales, the Information reported on Monday, citing sources familiar with the matter. MORE..
Denmark’s government on Friday announced an agreement to ban access to social media for anyone under 15, ratcheting up pressure on Big Tech platforms as concerns grow that kids are getting too swept up in a digitized world of harmful content and commercial interests. MORE..
Tesla boss Elon Musk has had a record-breaking pay package that could be worth nearly $1tn (£760bn) approved by shareholders. MORE..
The Media Law Forum (MLF) announced the official relaunch of its Emergency Legal Hotline dedicated specifically to environmental journalists in Sri Lanka. MORE..
Amazon website recovered for most users in the United States on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. MORE..
Popular forum site Reddit has been added to Australia’s world-first social media ban for children under 16 that starts next month. MORE..
The Chinese government has issued guidance requiring new data centre projects that have received any state funds to only use domestically-made artificial intelligence chips, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. MORE..
Apple has started rolling out the iOS 26.1 update for eligible iPhone models, introducing a new Liquid Glass setting, additional language support for Apple Intelligence-powered Live Translation, and several smaller refinements. MORE..
Amazon.com will supply OpenAI with cloud computing services under a multi-year $38 billion deal, giving the ChatGPT maker access to hundreds of thousands of Nvidia graphics processors to train and run its artificial intelligence models. MORE..
Artificial intelligence giant Nvidia’s most advanced chips will be reserved for U.S. companies and kept out of China and other countries, U.S. President Donald Trump said. MORE..
Apple seems to have developed a bit of a flair for drama lately, and no, we’re not talking about its keynote events. MORE..
In a testament to Kim Kardashian’s power to grab the spotlight, the head of NASA felt compelled this week to set the record straight when the reality TV queen said she believed a well-worn conspiracy theory that the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing was a fake. MORE..
China announced Saturday that its Shenzhou 21 spaceship docked with China’s space station with its latest three rotation crew at the country’s own record speed after a successful launch. MORE..
Apple’s iPhone sales growth decelerated during its summertime quarter, but the trendsetting company still delivered financial results that exceeded analyst projections while continuing its efforts to catch up to its Big Tech peers in the artificial intelligence race. MORE..
China said Thursday it’s on track to land astronauts on the moon by 2030 as it introduced the next crew of astronauts who will head to its space station as part of the country’s ambitious plans to be a leader in space exploration. MORE..
Websites for Heathrow, NatWest and Minecraft returned to service late on Wednesday after experiencing problems amid a global Microsoft outage. MORE..
Nvidia today (29) became the first publicly listed company to be valued at $5 trillion, driven by investor confidence in the growth of artificial intelligence. MORE..
Nvidia was on the verge of becoming the first company worth $5 trillion on Tuesday after the heavyweight chipmaker said it had $500 billion in bookings for its artificial intelligence processors and that it will build seven new supercomputers for the U.S. Department of Energy. MORE..
Amazon is planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning on Tuesday (Oct 28), as the company pares expenses and compensates for overhiring during the peak demand of the pandemic, according to three people familiar with the matter. MORE..