Month: January 2025
Upholding Tiktok ban
TikTok represents a national-security threat in part because of the massive amounts of data the company shares with its parent company in China, ByteDance, according to Prelogar.The justices did, in fact, spend more time pushing against TikTok’s arguments than it did sparring with Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, who was defending the sell-or-be-banned law passed by
spoofing incident using Globe sender ID
As a mobile network operator engaged in public service, Globe will never send messages of a political nature and does not have any political alliance. Spoofing uses an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) catcher– a portable device that captures mobile users within a limited radius by forcing their signal to downgrade to 2G, the old
China’s secret new stealth bomber
Beijing has surprised the world with the appearance of a full set of secret new combat aircraft in Chinese skies in recent weeks. Now, Western analysts are rushing to figure out what they are, what they can do – and when they can be expected to appear on the front lines. “These apparent combat aircraft
Russia’s unjammable drones
Russian forces are using explosive-packed drones connected to their operators by fiber-optic cables to deliver unjammable precision strikes on Ukrainian troops and military equipment, and Kyiv is looking for a fix to fight back.Fiber-optic drones have been increasingly appearing in combat over about the last year, and they’re a challenge.Fiber-optic drones, which Russia appears to
Spacecraft Captures Mercury’s Hidden Surface
Europe and Japan’s BepiColombo beamed back close-up images of the solar system’s innermost planet, flying through Mercury’s shadow to peer directly onto craters that are permanently hidden in the shadows.From this close distance, BepiColombo captured images of Mercury’s cratered surface, starting with the planet’s cold, permanently dark night side near the north pole before moving
Decision on the Ban of Tiktok in US
TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a technology company based in China. The US says it has two-fold concerns: TikTok collects vast swaths of user data, including sensitive information on viewing habits, that officials argue could fall into the hands of the Chinese government through coercion. Officials have also warned the proprietary algorithm that fuels what
Finland to collaborate with India on Circular Economy
The circular economy is a model of production and consumption, which involves sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing and recycling existing materials and products as long as possible. In this way, the life cycle of products is extended. Finland is advancing the agenda of circular economy globally and India is a “key partner” of the Nordic
Microsoft and Amazon Energy solutions
Artificial intelligence and the data centers that drive the technology are booming with no end in sight. That’s putting mounting pressure on tech giants to come up with climate friendly ways to power all that AI computing. Tech companies are turning to nuclear fission, both from existing reactors and next-gen small modular reactors (SMRs). Microsoft
US response on Chinese-linked cyber attacks
U.S. telecoms firms AT&T and Verizon said late last year their networks had been targeted by the cyber hackers, but were now secure as they worked with the U.S. government and law enforcement. The United States has take steps in response to Chinese-linked cyber-espionage operations against U.S. telecoms firms. Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor of
AI-generated phishing emails targeting Corporates
Leading companies such as British insurer Beazley and ecommerce group eBay have warned of the rise of fraudulent emails containing personal details probably obtained through AI analysis of online profiles. AI bots can quickly ingest large quantities of data about the tone and style of a company or individual and replicate these features to craft