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Home computer pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair dies aged 81
Home computer pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair dies aged 81
The home computing world is mourning the loss of pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair, who has died at the age of 81. MORE..
First all-civilian crew launched into orbit aboard SpaceX rocket ship
First all-civilian crew launched into orbit aboard SpaceX rocket ship
A SpaceX rocket ship blasted off from Florida on Wednesday carrying a billionaire e-commerce executive and three less-wealthy private citizens he chose to join him in the first all-civilian crew ever launched into Earth orbit. MORE..
Apple announces iPhone 13 range alongside new iPad and Apple Watch
Apple announces iPhone 13 range alongside new iPad and Apple Watch
The tech giant has unveiled its new range of flagship smartphones for the year. Last night Apple unveiled the iPhone 13 range which boss Tim Cook has hailed as the “best iPhone we have ever created”. MORE..
Android 12 might debut on October 4th
Android 12 might debut on October 4th
Android 12 has taken longer to bake than many of its predecessors, but the end might finally be in sight. MORE..
Techstars Startup Weekend Zahira Colombo Online Launches
Techstars Startup Weekend Zahira Colombo Online Launches
Startups are all about innovation, disrupting the existing system, creativity and solving problems. In a world turned upside down with the ongoing pandemic, the need for innovation is more than ever before to help the Sri Lankan economy recover. MORE..
China cuts amount of time minors can spend on online games
China cuts amount of time minors can spend on online games
China has forbidden under-18s from playing video games for more than three hours a week, a stringent social intervention that it said was needed to pull the plug on a growing addiction to what it once described as “spiritual opium”. MORE..
Yahoo shuts down news sites in India over FDI regulations
Yahoo shuts down news sites in India over FDI regulations
Yahoo has shut down its news websites in India due the new foreign direct investment (FDI) rules that limit foreign ownership of media companies that operate and publish digital content in India. MORE..
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sues NASA over SpaceX Moon contract
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sues NASA over SpaceX Moon contract
Blue Origin, the space company owned by Jeff Bezos, is suing the US government over its decision to award a massive Moon exploration contract to its competitor SpaceX, it said in a statement Monday. MORE..
Facebook shuts down anti-vaccine influencer campaign
Facebook shuts down anti-vaccine influencer campaign
Facebook says it shut down a disinformation operation which sought to spread Covid-19 vaccine hoaxes by duping social media influencers into backing false claims. MORE..
TikTok named the most downloaded app of 2020
TikTok named the most downloaded app of 2020
TikTok was the world’s most downloaded app in 2020 as it took the top spot from Facebook Messenger, according to digital analytics company App Annie. MORE..
Apple to scan iPhones for child sex abuse images
Apple to scan iPhones for child sex abuse images
Apple has announced details of a system to find child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on US customers’ devices. MORE..
Sky News Australia suspended from YouTube for a week over Covid-19 misinformation
Sky News Australia suspended from YouTube for a week over Covid-19 misinformation
YouTube has temporarily barred Sky News Australia from uploading new content over misinformation related to the coronavirus pandemic. MORE..
WhatsApp says NSO spyware was used to attack officials working for US allies
WhatsApp says NSO spyware was used to attack officials working for US allies
The NSO Group has denied that its spyware was used to compromise many politicians’ phones, but WhatsApp is telling a different story. MORE..
Billionaire Jeff Bezos has successful suborbital jaunt
Billionaire Jeff Bezos has successful suborbital jaunt
Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person, soared some 66.5 miles (107 km) above the Texas desert aboard his company Blue Origin’s New Shepard launch vehicle on Tuesday and returned safely to Earth, a historic suborbital flight that helps usher in a new era of space tourism. MORE..
Netflix to include mobile games for subscribers
Netflix to include mobile games for subscribers
Netflix has confirmed that it will include video games as part of subscription packages at no extra cost. MORE..
Jeff Bezos set for inaugural space voyage on New Shepard
Jeff Bezos set for inaugural space voyage on New Shepard
Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person, is set on Tuesday to blast off aboard his company Blue Origin’s New Shepard launch vehicle for a suborbital flight as part of a history-making crew - another milestone in ushering in a new era of private space travel. MORE..
WhatsApp blocks two million Indian accounts
WhatsApp blocks two million Indian accounts
WhatsApp has said it blocked over two million accounts in India in May and June for violating rules. MORE..
Billionaire Branson soars to space aboard Virgin Galactic flight
Billionaire Branson soars to space aboard Virgin Galactic flight
British billionaire Richard Branson on Sunday soared more than 50 miles above the New Mexico desert aboard his Virgin Galactic rocket plane and safely returned in the vehicle’s first fully crewed test flight to space, a symbolic milestone for a venture he started 17 years ago. MORE..
Trump sues Twitter, Google and Facebook alleging ‘censorship’
Trump sues Twitter, Google and Facebook alleging ‘censorship’
Former US President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against tech giants Google, Twitter and Facebook, claiming that he is the victim of censorship. MORE..
Jeff Bezos steps down as Amazon boss
Jeff Bezos steps down as Amazon boss
In 2004, Jeff Bezos and his technical adviser Colin Bryar drove together to the city of Tacoma, an hour south of Seattle in Washington State. MORE..
Russia opens case against Google for breaching personal data law
Russia opens case against Google for breaching personal data law
Russia has opened an administrative case against Google for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory, a move that could see the tech giant fined, communications regulator Roskomnadzor said on Wednesday. MORE..
Sri Lanka’s first online book library for children
Sri Lanka’s first online book library for children
If you’ve missed visiting libraries and bookstores, and have found it a challenge to keep your little one engaged and occupied at home, Wooks.lk offers a simple yet effective solution. MORE..
India successfully test fires nuclear-capable Agni-Prime missile
India successfully test fires nuclear-capable Agni-Prime missile
India on Monday successfully carried out the test-firing of a new missile of the Agni series known as Agni-Prime at 10.55 am, off the coast of Odisha. It was test-fired successfully from launchpad No-4 of Chandipur. MORE..
China launches crewed spacecraft Shenzhou-12 in historic mission
China launches crewed spacecraft Shenzhou-12 in historic mission
China launched a spacecraft on Thursday carrying three astronauts to part of a space station still under construction for the longest stay in low Earth orbit by any Chinese national. MORE..
US state sues to have Google declared a public utility
US state sues to have Google declared a public utility
The state of Ohio on Tuesday filed an unprecedented lawsuit calling on a local court to declare Google as much a public utility as an electric company. MORE..
