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NASA finds Vikram Lander of Chandrayaan-2 on Moon Surface
NASA finds Vikram Lander of Chandrayaan-2 on Moon Surface
Nasa says one of its satellites has found the debris of India’s Moon rover which crashed on the lunar surface in September. MORE..
Facebook and Instagram down
Facebook and Instagram down
Facebook and Instagram are experiencing outages on Thursday, leaving some users around the world unable to post photos or answer messages on the platforms. MORE..
Twitter prepares for huge cull of inactive users
Twitter prepares for huge cull of inactive users
Twitter will begin deleting accounts that have been inactive for more than six months, unless they log in before an 11 December deadline. MORE..
Feds blame distracted test driver in Uber self-driving car death
Feds blame distracted test driver in Uber self-driving car death
A federal investigation into a fatal crash involving an Uber self-driving car concluded the probable cause was a safety driver distracted by their phone. MORE..
Google in talks to move into banking
Google in talks to move into banking
Google has become the latest big tech firm to move into banking by offering current accounts. MORE..
Xiaomi smartphone has 108 megapixel camera
Xiaomi smartphone has 108 megapixel camera
Chinese tech giant Xiaomi has unveiled the world’s first mainstream handset to feature a 108 megapixel camera. MORE..
PUBG-rival Apex Legends is coming to mobile next year
PUBG-rival Apex Legends is coming to mobile next year
Electronic Arts’ battle royale game, Apex Legends, is coming to mobile platform next year. MORE..
Hooked on the internet, South Korean teens go into digital rehab
Hooked on the internet, South Korean teens go into digital rehab
South Korea is one of the most wired countries in the world. But that level of connectivity is a double-edged sword in a society that some experts say is becoming increasingly addicted to the Internet and where 95% of adults own a smartphone. MORE..
League of Legends is coming to mobiles, consoles in 2020
League of Legends is coming to mobiles, consoles in 2020
After a decade of being available exclusively to PC gamers, the cult multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game, League of Legends, is finally coming to smartphones and gaming consoles. MORE..
Payments giants abandon Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency
Payments giants abandon Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency
Mastercard, Visa, eBay and payments firm Stripe have pulled out of Facebook’s embattled cryptocurrency project, Libra. MORE..
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for work on lithium ion batteries
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for work on lithium ion batteries
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino for their research in improving battery technology. MORE..
Sony’s PlayStation 5 launch set for late 2020
Sony’s PlayStation 5 launch set for late 2020
Sony said on Tuesday its next-generation PlayStation 5 console, with new immersive features giving players the tactile experience of virtual worlds, would launch for the 2020 holiday season. MORE..
Microsoft bets on foldable, though not bendable, devices
Microsoft bets on foldable, though not bendable, devices
Microsoft has unveiled two folding devices, with dual touch screens, which it says will create a new category in mobile computing. MORE..
Notorious GandCrab hacker group ‘returns from retirement’
Notorious GandCrab hacker group ‘returns from retirement’
An infamous hacker group that was thought to have disbanded appears to be behind a wave of new attacks being carried out across the world. MORE..
Call of Duty: Mobile launches on October 1, takes on PUBG Mobile
Call of Duty: Mobile launches on October 1, takes on PUBG Mobile
Call of Duty: Mobile will roll out for Android and iOS platforms on October 1. The free-to-play mobile game will have all the important features of the main version and will offer new maps, characters and a PUBG Mobile-like Battle Royale mode. MORE..
India bans e-cigarettes as global vaping backlash grows
India bans e-cigarettes as global vaping backlash grows
India has announced a ban on electronic cigarettes, as a backlash gathers pace worldwide about a technology promoted as less harmful than smoking tobacco. MORE..
Apple recalls older generation 15-inch MacBook Pro over fire risk
Apple recalls older generation 15-inch MacBook Pro over fire risk
Apple is recalling some older-generation 15-inch MacBook Pros over batteries that could catch fire, the company announced Thursday. MORE..
iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max announced with a triple-camera system
iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max announced with a triple-camera system
Apple has announced its next-generation iPhones: the 5.8-inch iPhone 11 Pro and 6.5-inch iPhone 11 Pro Max. Despite the number change, the two phones look pretty similar to last year’s iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max but with one major change: a third rear camera. MORE..
Apple slams Google for ‘stoking fear’ among iPhone users
Apple slams Google for ‘stoking fear’ among iPhone users
Google’s reporting of a major iOS security vulnerability has been criticised by Apple, which says its rival had exaggerated the impact of the situation. MORE..
YouTube fined $170m in US over children’s privacy violation
YouTube fined $170m in US over children’s privacy violation
YouTube has been fined a record $170m (£139m) by a US regulator for violating children’s privacy laws. MORE..
Apple apologises for listening to Siri conversations
Apple apologises for listening to Siri conversations
Apple has apologised for its digital assistant Siri sharing some of what it heard with quality control workers as it unveiled new rules for handling data from conversations. MORE..
The robo racing cars accelerating driverless tech
The robo racing cars accelerating driverless tech
Johannes Betz is not your typical racing car driver. For a start, he doesn’t get in the vehicle - it’s driverless. As a post-doctoral researcher, he is in charge of the Technical University of Munich’s entry in the Roborace motorsport competition, now in its first competitive season. MORE..
Russia launches life-sized robot into space
Russia launches life-sized robot into space
Russia has launched a rocket carrying a life-sized robot to the International Space Station (ISS). MORE..
Facebook and Twitter accuse China of spreading disinformation in Hong Kong
Facebook and Twitter accuse China of spreading disinformation in Hong Kong
cChina has adopted Russia’s playbook for spreading disinformation on Facebook and Twitter, deploying those tactics in its increasingly heated information war over the protests that have convulsed Hong Kong. MORE..
Instagram adds tool for users to flag false information
Instagram adds tool for users to flag false information
Instagram is adding an option for users to report posts they think are false, the company announced on Thursday, as the Facebook-owned (FB.O) photo-sharing site tries to stem misinformation and other abuses on its platform. MORE..