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In a ground-breaking legal judgment, a U.S. judge ordered Google to open its Android Play Store to competition. This marked a significant change to the app distribution ecosystem of a now substantially transformed distribution system. This ruling, passed in October 2024, comes after an extended period of antitrust litigation, especially led by Epic Games-developed Fortnite….
Recently, Chinese hackers broke into the networks of US broadband providers. Having penetrated those networks, they made their way to court-authorized wiretap systems. The attack exposed by The Wall Street Journal has largely become a cause of serious concern regarding national security. This hacking group called “Salt Typhoon” had access for months, potentially compromising sensitive…
Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, said it has recorded its highest revenue for any third quarter to date, as manufacturers meet increasing demand for AI servers in the wake of Google’s rollout of neural networks. The company reported revenues of $57.3 billion for Q3, an increase of 20.2 percent compared to the same…
The Australian court upheld a record-breaking A$610,500 fine imposed on Elon Musk’s social media application, X (formerly Twitter), following a tiff with the Australian eSafety Commissioner over compliance with the latter’s investigation into child abuse material. The court passed a decision on this following an appeal by X after the eSafety Commissioner served an order…
The news of New Zealand may soon be taken away from the view of Google owing to the proposed law, which seeks to pay for the media organizations for the content of news shared on their platforms, according to an alert issued by the search giant. The proposed law is called the Fair Digital News…
Google will invest close to $1 billion in Thailand, creating a new data center and doubling the size of the company’s cloud infrastructure in one of the largest bids by the technology company to reinforce its presence in Southeast Asia. The investment will be put into meeting the rising demand for cloud services and fast-tracking…
Performing a dramatic about-turn, Bitcoin has seen a striking slump from last week’s surge but closed September on a winning note. Briefly reaching the $65,000 mark, Bitcoin slumped about 3.5% to close the month at $63,612. That is after a remarkable gain of around 8% in September-the month that has traditionally been bleak for investors…
On one critical moment in space travel, SpaceX has successfully docked its Crew Dragon capsule at the International Space Station to retrieve two NASA astronauts who have been stranded for months. The rescue mission, which took place on September 29, 2024, became necessary when a technical problem appeared regarding Boeing’s Starliner spaceship, which is intended…
With the rapid progress in AI also come some downsides; it exposes vulnerabilities that malicious actors will exploit. Among the most serious current threats to AI systems, “data poisoning,” involves the use of adversaries to inject malicious data into the training sets of AI models. This compromises the integrity of the AI by often creating…
Israeli intelligence, Mossad, was said to have concealed explosives in pagers sold to the influential militant group Hezbollah, which is based in Lebanon. This operation raised the suspicions of Lebanon’s officials and observers worldwide. Lebanese officials stated that explosives were hidden within the batteries of these devices, which, they reported, were primarily imported from a…
