Month: June 2024
Censuring Iran over Uranium Stockpile
The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board has censured Iran for failing to cooperate fully with the agency, calling on Tehran to provide answers in a long-running investigation and reverse its decision to bar several experienced U.N. inspectors. The development comes just over a week after a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran has
Netflix support on Old devices
Netflix is going by the wayside on older devices, and older Apple TVs have joined the list of streaming boxes losing access to one of the best streaming services. The 2nd gen and 3rd gen Apple TV are old enough that they do not run tvOS and don’t have access to an App Store, so
China’s Chang’e-6 spacecraft mission
China’s Chang’e-6 spacecraft has landed on the unexplored far-side of the Moon and then re-launched from the lunar surface carrying precious soil samples. The probe touched down nearly one month after launching from Earth in one of China’s most ambitious lunar missions to date. The main aim of Chang’e-6 is to collect the first samples
£13.6bn lawsuit against google
Google must face a £13.6bn lawsuit alleging it has too much power over the online advertising market, a court has ruled. Google parent company Alphabet called the case “incoherent” in its attempts to get the legal action dropped. The cases concerns advertising technology, usually shortened to adtech, which decides which online adverts people see, as
Boosting Japan’s falling birth rate
Japan’s capital Tokyo will launch its own dating app as part of government efforts to boost the plunging national birth rate. Stating one’s income is common on Japanese dating apps, but Tokyo will require a tax certificate slip to prove the annual salary. It’s not unusual for municipalities to organise matchmaking events in Japan, where
Dangerous Deepfakes
Deepfakes use AI to create convincing videos of real people doing things they normally wouldn’t. And through voice-mapping technology, they can even create false audio – making someone appear to say something they never did and has it’s now increasingly difficult to tell apart AI-generated video fakes from the real thing.AI tech can even “clone”
Russia’s answer to Musk’s Starlink
SpaceX’s Starlink satellites operate in low-Earth orbit and also use inter-satellite laser links to pass data between one another. This allows it to offer broad internet coverage around the world. Russia has been banned from using Starlink, though reports suggest that Russian forces are getting the company’s terminals through a complex black market and bringing
Returning astronauts to lunar surface
Nasa had intended to launch Artemis 2, its first crewed lunar expedition since Apollo 17, later this year but that date has slipped into 2025, as the space agency says it needs more time to prepare.Nasa hopes the Artemis programme will lead to astronauts living on the Moon this decade. China is also aiming to
Watching Instagram adverts
The social media platform currently allows people to swipe or scroll past adverts that appear in its main feed of images and videos, as well as in its Stories and Reels feeds. But it is now trialling a feature called “ad break”, which users say they can not flick past as usual. It remains to
Stop in NYSE volatility
A glitch at the operator of the New York Stock Exchange triggered volatility trading halts shortly after the open. NYSE said it was having issues pertaining to the limit up-limit down trading bands, which typically govern when stocks are paused for volatility. The sudden disruptions come just days after a glitch last week left the