SpaceX has successfully launched its latest batch of 60 Starlink satellites from the 'Slick 40' launch pad in Cape Canaveral. The cluster of satellites was twice delayed earlier this week due to adverse weather, but today's launch went off without a hitch. The 229-foot-tall Falcon 9 rocket went off on-time at 14:06
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Natalie Lao was set on becoming an electrical engineer, like her parents, until she stumbled on course 6.S192 (Making Mobile Apps), taught by Professor Hal Abelson. Here was a blueprint for turning a smartphone into a tool for finding clean drinking water, or sorting pictures of faces,
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Gojek is set to suspend about 120 of its private-hire drivers in Singapore today for allegedly using modified versions of the Gojek app, The New Paper reported. The report said that the suspended drivers, who are expected to receive warnings and suspensions for at least a day, paid about US$300
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Virtual reality (VR)'s popularity continues to soar but it’s an area that’s largely unregulated, which is causing headaches for some regulators around the world. Yes, even the humble VR is prone to content ownership disputes and IP theft, which is leading to fair use policies, copyright and trademark acts popping up everywhere,
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From a suspicious text message I received, technology researchers concluded that hackers working for Saudi Arabia had targeted my phone with powerful Israeli software. Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. BEIRUT, Lebanon — On
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Facebook will pay over half a billion dollars to settle a class action lawsuit that alleged systematic violation of an Illinois consumer privacy law. The settlement amount is large indeed, but a small fraction of the $35 billion maximum the company could have faced. Class members — basically Illinois Facebook
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Check Point Research has published its 2020 Cyber Security Report. The report highlights the main tactics cyber-criminals are using to attack organisations worldwide across all industries and gives cybersecurity professionals and C-Level executives the information they need to protect their organisations from today’s fifth-generation cyber-attacks and threats. The 2020 Security Report reveals
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Britain's carbon tax has led to a 93 per cent drop in the use of coal-fired electricity since it was first rolled out back in 2013, a report has found. This decreasing reliance on coal — which accelerated after the tax was raised back in 2018 — has seen the UK
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Facebook hoards much more personal data than many users realize, but now there’s a tool to make the social media giant remove your name from the data it’s learned about you — and stop learning. “Off-Facebook Activity” shows users just how much of their online movement is being monitored
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As the geriatric population is expected to balloon in the coming decade, so too will rates of heart disease in the United States. The demand for prosthetic heart valves and other cardiac devices — a market that is valued at more than $5 billion dollars today — is predicted to
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