Bengaluru, India – Within five hours, sitting at home in India, retired professor Kamta Prasad Singh handed over his hard-earned savings to online fraudsters by impersonating the police. Cyber crime known as “digital arrests” – where fraudsters pose as law enforcement officers online and order people to transfer huge amounts of money – has become … Read more
Washington — TikTok stopped working in the United States late Saturday night and disappeared from Apple and Google app stores ahead of a law taking effect Sunday to shut down the app used by 170 million Americans. President-elect Donald Trump had said earlier in the day that he would “likely” give TikTok a 90-day exemption … Read more
SpaceX says the fire may have caused its Starship to break up during liftoff and send a trail of flaming debris near the Caribbean. SpaceX’s Elon Musk said there are initial indications that leaked fuel has created pressure in the cavity above the engine firewall. The resulting fire would have destroyed the spacecraft. On Friday, … Read more
Taipei, Taiwan – As Sunday’s deadline for TikTok to divest or face a US ban approaches, hundreds of US users of the popular social media video app say they are migrating to another Chinese social media app, Xiaohongshu or Rednote. Have been. Some people describing themselves as “TikTok refugees” say they are making the move … Read more
Washington — US President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed an executive order to boost the development of artificial intelligence infrastructure in the US. A day earlier, his administration announced sweeping measures to block access to the most advanced semiconductors by China and other adversaries. But the US excluded India, its strategic partner in the Indo-Pacific, … Read more
, The Biden administration on Monday announced new restrictions on the export of the most advanced artificial intelligence chips and proprietary parameters used to control users’ interactions with AI systems. The rule, which must undergo a 120-day period for public comments, comes in response to what administration officials described as a need to protect national … Read more
Washington – A US appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission does not have the legal authority to reinstate historic net neutrality rules. The decision is a blow to the outgoing Biden administration that had prioritized restoring open internet rules. President Joe Biden signed a 2021 executive order encouraging the FCC to reinstate … Read more
For Mackenzie Gilkison, spelling is such a struggle that a word like rhinoceros can come across as “rhinocerasous” or sarcastically “sarcastic”. The 14-year-old girl from suburban Indianapolis can speak words, but her dyslexia makes the process so tedious that she often has difficulty understanding. “I assumed I was stupid,” she said, recalling her early grade … Read more
Watchdog groups and researchers say the emergence of generic artificial intelligence tools has allowed people to efficiently create novel and detailed online reviews with almost no work, putting merchants, service providers and consumers into uncharted territory. Phony reviews have long plagued many popular consumer websites like Amazon and Yelp. These are typically traded on private … Read more
Tokyo — Japan Airlines on Thursday reported a cyberattack that caused delays to domestic and international flights, but later said it had found and resolved the cause. Japan’s second-largest airline after All Nippon Airways (ANA) said 24 domestic flights were delayed by more than half an hour. Public broadcaster NHK said problems with the airline’s … Read more