September 29, 2023 1:24 pm
South Korean car manufacturers Hyundai and Kia are issuing recalls for 3.3 million vehicles in the United States due to their risk of suddenly catching fire, regulators announced Wednesday. MORE..
Google celebrated its 25th birthday on Wednesday with a nostalgic doodle down the memory lane. MORE..
Formula 1 is in Japan this weekend for the final event in Asia of the 2023 calendar. The Japanese Grand Prix features the Suzuka Circuit and its storied history of F1 races. MORE..
The family of a North Carolina man who died after driving his car off a collapsed bridge while following Google Maps directions is suing the technology giant for negligence, claiming it had been informed of the collapse but failed to update its navigation system. MORE..
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup Neuralink said on Tuesday it has received approval from an independent review board to begin recruitment for the first human trial of its brain implant for paralysis patients. MORE..
Elon Musk has suggested that all users of X, formerly called Twitter, may have to pay for access to the platform. MORE..
Australia’s government said Monday the online dating industry must improve safety standards or be forced to make changes through legislation, responding to research that says three-in-four Australian users suffer some form of sexual violence through the platforms. MORE..
Apple has agreed to install updates for the iPhone 12 in France after French regulators ordered the company to stop selling the model because it emits electromagnetic radiation levels that exceed European Union standards. MORE..
Tesla (TSLA.O) CEO Elon Musk called on Wednesday for a U.S. “referee” for artificial intelligence after he, Meta Platforms (META.O) CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alphabet (GOOGL.O) CEO Sundar Pichai and other tech CEOs met with lawmakers at Capitol Hill to discuss AI regulation. MORE..
Apple on Tuesday took the wraps off newer variants of some of its best-selling devices against the backdrop of flagging discretionary spending and expanded curbs on its flagship iPhone in China. MORE..
Apple is expected to debut its iPhone 15 lineup Tuesday at the company’s annual September keynote event, and it could introduce the biggest change to the phone’s design in 11 years. MORE..
Google is reportedly rolling out an AI-powered ‘Proofread’ feature within its Gboard keyboard for beta users, enhancing text composition on the fly. This feature is accessible with Gboard version 13.4, currently in beta for Android users. MORE..
This year’s Apple event is just around the corner. MORE..
China ordered officials at central government agencies not to use Apple’s iPhones and other foreign-branded devices for work or bring them into the office, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. MORE..
The European Union on Wednesday targeted Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Facebook owner Meta and TikTok parent ByteDance under new digital rules aimed at reining in the market power of online companies. MORE..
Microsoft is no longer updating WordPad and plans to remove the word processor from a future release of Windows. MORE..
Chandrayaan-3 rover ‘Pragyan’ has been safely parked and placed into sleep mode, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), announced on Saturday. MORE..
India launched its first spacecraft dedicated to studying the sun, building on a month of historic successes for the country’s civil space efforts. MORE..
Toyota Motor Corp on Tuesday said it has suspended operations at all 14 of its assembly plants in Japan due to a production system malfunction, bringing domestic output to a standstill at the world’s biggest-selling automaker. MORE..
Japan’s space agency on Monday postponed for the third time the launch of its “Moon Sniper” lunar mission due to poor weather. MORE..
After successfully landing spacecraft on the moon’s South Pole, India is now aiming for the Sun. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is now gearing up for its maiden solar mission, Aditya-L1. MORE..
More than a dozen of the world’ biggest tech companies face unprecedented legal scrutiny, as the European Union’ sweeping Digital Services Act (DSA) imposes new rules on content moderation, user privacy and transparency. MORE..
Users will be able to access the service by logging-in to its website from their computers, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram said. MORE..
WhatsApp is already one of the best messaging apps, but there’s always room for improvement. That’s why we’re getting new updates that bring important new features almost every month. Recently, the app added support for high-resolution photos and promised to bring support for HD videos very soon too. MORE..
The Luna-25 probe, Russia’s first Moon mission in almost 50 years, has crashed on the Moon after an incident during pre-landing manoeuvres, Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Sunday. MORE..