Nasa, SpaceX Finally Launch 4 Astronauts On Crew-3 Mission To ISS
NASA and the Elon Musk-owned private rocket company SpaceX have finally launched four more astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station (ISS).
Sony Cuts PS5 Production Due To Component Snag
Sony has reduced its PlayStation 5 production outlook for this fiscal year due to component and logistics constraints.
Instagram Is Testing A ‘Take A Break’ Feature
Instagram is testing the long-awaited Take a Break feature to give users reminders when they’ve spent a long time on the platform.
Serial Child Sex Offender Convicted Of Child Exploitation Offenses
A federal jury convicted a Texas man today for multiple child exploitation offenses involving an 11-year-old child.
Justice Department Sues Uber For Overcharging People with Disabilities
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc. (Uber) for charging “wait time” fees to passengers who, because of disability, need more time to enter a car.
Nvidia Announces New Platform For Creating AI Avatars
Nvidia on Wednesday announced 'Omniverse Avatar', a technology platform for generating interactive Artificial Intelligence (AI) Avatars.
Tsmc, Sony Partner For New $7 Billion Chip Factory In Japan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is teaming up with Sony on its new $7 billion chip factory in Japan.
Qualcomm Launches ‘Snapdragon Spaces’ Ar Developer Platform
Chip-maker Qualcomm on Wednesday introduced Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer Platform, a head-worn Augmented Reality (AR) developer kit to enable the expansion of existing apps and create new ones to take advantage of AR devices.
Twitter’s Blue Subscription To Allow Undo Tweets, Read Ad-free News
Twitter has announced that its subscription service Twitter Blue is now available in the US and New Zealand for iOS, Android, and web users for a monthly price of $2.99 in US.
Facebook And Instagram To Delete ‘Sensitive’ Ads Linked To Race, Religion
Facebook's parent company Meta has announced that it will remove sensitive ads targeting options related to health, race or ethnicity, political affiliation, religion, or sexual orientation starting January 19, 2022.
Apple Directed To Use External Payment Options On App Store By Dec 9
A federal judge in the US has directed Apple to let developers add links to external payment options on the App Store by December 9, denying the tech giant's motion for a stay.
Bitcoin And Ethereum Prices Jump To New Records
Bitcoin and Ether created a new all-time high of $68,641.57 and $4,857.25 on Tuesday.
Clubhouse Rolls Out Replay To Let Users Record Live Rooms
Clubhouse said it is rolling out a new feature -- Replay -- where users can choose to record the audio chat and then save it to a club or profile.
McAfee To Be Acquired By Investor Group For Over $14 Billion
American global computer security software company McAfee has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an investor group for more than $14 billion.
Google’s Parent Company Alphabet Hits $2 Trillion Valuation
Alphabet, Google's parent company, has finally breached the coveted $2 trillion market cap milestone.
Nasa-SpaceX’s Crew-2 Astronauts Return To Earth Safely
Four astronauts, part of the NASA-SpaceX Crew-2 mission, have safely returned to Earth after setting a record for the longest spaceflight by a US crewed spacecraft.
Samsung Develops Industry’s First LPDDR5X DRAM
Samsung announced it has developed the industry’s first 14-nanometer (nm) based 16-gigabit (Gb) Low Power Double Data Rate 5X (LPDDR5X) DRAM, designed to drive further growth throughout the high-speed data service applications including 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), and the metaverse.
Robinhood Discloses Data Breach Impacting 7 Million Customers
Robinhood has disclosed a data breach after their systems were hacked and a threat actor gained access to the personal information of approximately 7 million customers.
Ukrainian Arrested And Charged With Ransomware Attack On Kaseya
The Justice Department announced recent actions taken against two foreign nationals charged with deploying Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware to attack businesses and government entities in the United States.
What Is SSL/TLS, And HTTPS?
TLS stands for Transport Layer Security and it ensures data privacy the same way that SSL does. Since SSL is actually no longer used, this is the correct term that people should start using.
