Germany slaps Telegram with $5 million fine By: AP/Web Desk on October 18, 2022Germany slaps Telegram with $5 million fine. The country announced Monday that it is issuing fines of 5.125 million euros ($5 million) against the operators of the messaging app Telegram for failing to comply with German law. The Federal Office of Justice said Telegram FZ-LLC hasn’t established a lawful way for reporting illegal content or […]
Scores of Google rivals want EU tech law used in antitrust case By: Reuters on October 17, 2022Scores of Google rivals want EU tech law used in antitrust case. More than 40 European rivals to Google’s shopping service urged EU antitrust regulators on Monday to use newly adopted tech rules to ensure the Alphabet unit complies with a 2017 EU order to allow more competition on its search page. The European Commission […]
Apple workers vote to unionize second US store By: webdesk on October 16, 2022NEW YORK: Apple retail workers voted to form a union at an Oklahoma location, the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) said, making it the tech giant’s second US store to organize. Employees at the Apple Penn Square store in Oklahoma City voted 56 to 32 in support of joining the Communications Workers of America […]
Infinix opens pre-order of the World’s first 60MP OIS enabled front camera phone – ZERO 20! By: webdesk on October 14, 2022Lahore: Infinix, leading most smartphone brand of Pakistan is now taking pre-orders for World’s first 60 MP OIS + EIS based front camera phone – ZERO 20. Being first of its kind camera phone supporting Dual Image Stabilization in the form of Optical Image Stabilization and Electronic Image Stabilization, Infinix ZERO 20 fulfills videography and […]
Japanese rocket launch fails in blow for space agency By: AFP on October 12, 2022Japanese rocket launch fails in blow for space agency: The launch of a Japanese rocket taking satellites into orbit to demonstrate new technologies failed after blast-off on Wednesday because of a positioning problem, the country’s space agency said. It was Japan’s first failed launch in nearly two decades, and the only one for an Epsilon […]
Chinese flying car makes first flight in Dubai By: webdesk on October 12, 2022A “flying car” built by Chinese electronic vehicle maker Xpeng made its first public flight in the United Arab Emirates, as the company works towards launching electric aircraft on international markets. The X2 is a two-seater electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft that is lifted by eight propellers – two at each corner of the […]
Scientists find new evidence of habitability on Saturn’s moon Enceladus By: Xinhua/Web Desk on October 9, 2022BEIJING: Saturn’s moon Enceladus has a greater chance of habitability as its ocean may be rich in dissolved phosphorus, an important life element but previously undetected in this planet of the solar system, a new study suggests. Enceladus, the second moon discovered around Saturn, has a thick ice shell in a subglacial ocean, forming a […]
How do password-stealing phone apps work? By: AFP/Web Desk on October 8, 2022Meta warned a million Facebook users Friday that they have been “exposed” to seemingly innocuous smartphone applications designed to steal passwords to the social network. So far this year, Meta has identified more than 400 “malicious” apps tailored for smartphones powered by Apple or Android software and available at the Apple and Google app stores, […]
How will Elon Musk pay for Twitter? By: Reuters/Web Desk on October 8, 2022Elon Musk bought himself some time on Thursday, after a judge accepted the billionaire’s request to halt a Twitter lawsuit to allow him to close his proposed $44 billion buyout of the social media company by Oct. 28. Now comes the big question: how will he pay for it? Elon Musk said earlier this week […]
Google looks to raise its smartphone game with latest Pixel 7 By: webdesk on October 8, 2022BROOKLYN, UNITED STATES: Google is looking to up its smartphone game with the Pixel 7, the latest entrant in a competitive corner of personal electronics where it has traditionally been a bit player. The device was unveiled this week in Brooklyn, where representatives from the Mountain View, California giant highlighted top-flight features that can silence […]