Month: June 2024
US hit struck Yemen’s Houthi radar stations
The U.S. military is striking radar sites operated by Yemen’s Houthi rebels after a merchant sailor and boat went missing in the Red Sea earlier this week. The strikes are the latest development in the Red Sea, where the Houthis are striking ships in an attempt to stop the ongoing war in Gaza. Like other
Apple’s New iPhone Function When Your Battery Dies
Charging your smartphone used to entail charging it to full and then, as the charge slowly dropped down again, topping it up to 100%. A new feature coming to the iPhone in this fall’s iOS 18 update means you can still catch that train (or at least know whether it’s worth running for it or
Risky Google AI
Google is far from the only company figuring out the risks of generative AI products. Tim Cook said Apple Intelligence is bound to get some things wrong, although he doesn’t expect it to be often. Microsoft also said on Thursday that it would hold off on launching an AI tool intended to be available when
China Advancement in Space Mission
The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) is a joint mission between the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the European Space Agency (ESA) that aims to deepen the understanding of the Sun-Earth connection by observing the dynamic interaction between the solar wind and the Earth’s magnetosphere. The development of in-orbit detectors for a
Killed Israel soldiers in Gaza
Hamas on Friday said its fighters targeted Israeli tanks in the neighborhood with Rocket Propelled Grenades and mortars, while the IDF said it found tunnels between neighboring houses used by militants as passageways. Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in southern Gaza on Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces says, in one of the deadliest single incidents
Elon Musk $56bn pay package
Tesla opened up the US market for electric vehicles, SpaceX has just sent the world’s most powerful rocket into space, and a man who volunteered to be the first human to be implanted with a Neuralink microchip into his brain can now control a computer using his thoughts. Prior to 2018, when it was agreed
“Planned” cyber attacks on Taiwan
Russia used cyberattacks to gain an advantage during its invasion of Georgia in 2008. The Russians expanded the scale of attacks before invading Ukraine. Taiwan must prepare for the risk of electronic and financial attacks. Indeed, the weaponization of cyber and finance has already occurred. These tactics and others may soon be used against Taiwan.
Moscow offers Kyviv peace talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday his price for entering peace talks with Ukraine was the complete withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions and the ditching any idea of joining NATO. Putin’s offer came as delegations from the G20 and more than 70 other countries, the U.N., OSCE and
Hungary Punishment for rebelling against mass migration
In 2020 Budapest passed a law saying those wishing to apply for asylum would have to do so from its embassies in Belgrade or Kyiv and it has detained those who have made applications in transit camps between border fences. Last year only 20 applications were made. This policy was denounced as illegal by the
Probe into Cyberattacks in Ukraine
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) are investigating alleged Russian cyberattacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure as possible war crimes. The probe is examining attacks on infrastructure that endangered lives by disrupting power and water supplies, cutting connections to emergency responders or knocking out mobile data services that transmit air raid warnings. Does ICC have