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Boeing launched its Starliner capsule Friday on a crewless eight-day journey to the International Space Station and back, but the mission ran into early trouble with its orbit procedure. The test flight is a key part of NASA’s plans to end US dependence on Russia for space rides, with the …

Huawei CEO and founder Ren Zhengfei believe his company can still become the world’s top smartphone brand, even if it remains cut off from Google’s software and apps. The Chinese company is already the world’s largest telecommunications equipment maker. It was on track to overtake Samsung as the No. 1 …

Over the past month or so, there’s been a lot of buzz surrounding Sony’s upcoming PlayStation 5 next-gen console, particularly in regards to storage mediums and how SSDs will improve the next generation. What does this have to do with Samsung, you may ask? Well, it turns out that Samsung …

Tesla has received almost 150,000 orders for its new pickup truck, boss Elon Musk has said, despite an embarrassing hiccup at its launch. Mr. Musk was caught out on stage when the windows of the Cybertruck shattered during a demonstration supposed to show their durability. Tesla shares dived 6.1% after …

WhatsApp is a “Trojan horse” exploited to snoop on millions of users naive enough to believe that the Facebook-owned messenger differs from its parent company, long beset by privacy scandals, Telegram founder Pavel Durov said. In a lengthy post on his Telegram channel on Wednesday, Durov took aim at one …

US President Donald Trump wants Apple CEO Tim Cook to “get involved” in developing 5G across the US in an apparent bid by Washington to push against the “threat” of Chinese tech giants. Trump tweeted on Thursday morning that he had asked Cook about becoming involved with 5G during his …

There are several common-sense ways to reduce your exposure to hackers looking to snoop on your private conversations and data, some more obvious than others. Tech security researchers from Perdue University and the University of Iowa have discovered a major flaw in several popular Android-based phones allowing hackers to crack …

An Airbus-backed air racing tournament unveiled an electric-powered sports aircraft on Sunday, billed as the world’s first, as the European planemaker seeks to boost its green aerospace technology. Several companies, including U.S. ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N), are working on electric-powered flying cars, amid increasing concerns about the environmental …

Google has gained access to a huge trove of US patient data – without the need to notify those patients – thanks to a deal with a major health firm. The scheme, dubbed Project Nightingale, was agreed with Ascension, which hopes to develop artificial intelligence tools for doctors. Google can …

The Labour Party says it has successfully defeated a cyber-attack targeted at its digital platforms. Labour said the attack “failed” because of the party’s “robust” security system and no data breach had occurred. The Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack floods a computer server with traffic to try to take …

NASA, most prominent for its many Florida-launched exploits into space, showcased an early version of its first all-electric experimental aircraft, the X-57 “Maxwell,” on Friday at its lesser-known aeronautics lab in the California desert. Adapted from an Italian-made Tecnam P2006T twin-engine propeller plane, the X-57 has been under development since …

The U.S. government has launched a national security review of TikTok owner Beijing ByteDance Technology Co’s $1 billion acquisition of U.S. social media app Musical.ly, according to two people familiar with the matter. While the $1 billion acquisition was completed two years ago, U.S. lawmakers have been calling in recent …

Google announced plans on Friday to acquire Fitbit, the world’s leading maker of wearable fitness activity trackers. The deal, worth about $2.1 billion, is one of Google’s largest acquisitions. The wearable market is growing quickly. Although Google makes some hardware, including Pixel phones and Nest devices, it hasn’t made much …

WhatsApp is suing an Israeli company that it claims was behind a cyberattack that installed spyware on users’ phones and targeted human rights defenders, journalists, political dissidents, diplomats, and government officials. The Facebook-owned messaging service filed the complaint against NSO Group in the US federal court on Tuesday. “This should …

Google says an advanced computer has achieved “quantum supremacy” for the first time, surpassing the performance of conventional devices. The technology giant’s Sycamore quantum processor was able to perform a specific task in 200 seconds that would take the world’s best supercomputers 10,000 years to complete. Scientists have been working …

The world’s first selfie taken by a plant has hit the internet. A maiden-hair fern named “Pete” at the London Zoo not only takes his own selfies, he powers the camera! It’s part of research into microbial fuel cells. According to the zoo, plants naturally deposit bio-matter as they grow. …

Two prominent human rights defenders in Morocco have been targeted using surveillance technology developed by the Israeli-based company NSO Group, according to new research published by Amnesty Tech. Maati Monjib, an academic and human rights activist, and Abdessadak El Bouchattaoui, a human rights lawyer who has represented protesters from the …

The company said in a new support document entitled “On the screens of the original iPhone”, including new warnings for owners of the phones “iPhone 11” and “iPhone 11 Pro” and “iPhone 11 Pro Max”, if they do not use an authorized technician “Apple” to repair or replace The screen …

The Boston Dynamics humanoid robot Atlas has channeled his inner Simone Biles to put on a gymnastics display showcasing the machine’s uncanny fluidity of movement. A new clip posted by its developers shows the robot running through its floor routine, including a handstand, some impressive rolls, and a 360-degree mid-air …

The ozone hole over Antarctica this year could be one of the smallest seen in three decades, say scientists. Observations of the gas’s depletion high in the atmosphere demonstrate that it hasn’t opened up in 2019 in the way it normally does. The EU’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) says …