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A Briton Arrested in Connection with Major Twitter Hack Last Year
Spanish police have arrested a 22-year-old Briton for his role in the massive hacking of prominent Twitter accounts last year. The US Department of Justice announced this.
In total, the state prosecutor in the state of California…
Intel to Buy GlobalFoundries for $30 Billion
The American chip company Intel is in talks about a takeover of its peer GlobalFoundries in a deal worth 30 billion dollars.
That's what insiders say to the business newspaper The Wall Street Journal. Intel's largest-ever…
Number of 5G Connections will Grow Rapidly in the Coming Years
At the end of this year, the number of connections to the fast mobile 5G network will be around 580 million worldwide. The Swedish manufacturer of network equipment Ericsson predicts this in an annual report.
However, that number…
Tesla Accepts Bitcoin Again When Using Green Energy
Tesla will only accept bitcoin again as a means of payment if that digital currency starts to run on more green energy. If half of the energy consumption comes from renewable sources, that is acceptable. Tesla CEO Elon Musk made this known…
Biden to Adjust Blacklist of Chinese Companies
US President Joe Biden is reportedly set to amend the blacklist of Chinese companies that US companies are not allowed to invest in this week.
Trump's original ban targeted companies owned by or associated with the Chinese…
US is Looking at Second NASA Contract to Give Blue Origin Billions After All
After SpaceX won a multi-billion dollar contract for the lunar mission last month, the US Senate is looking into whether Jeff Bezos's company can still bid a contract.
Formally it is not about state aid, but the political magic…
Bad Configuration Exposes Data From Android Apps
Apps that store users' data in cloud services are sometimes careless with their security. For example, the data from various apps appears to be online unsecured.
Security company Check Point investigated 23 Android apps and found…
Amazon Extends Ban Facial Recognition Software for US Police
The US police will have to do without the facial recognition software Rekognition from tech company Amazon. Amazon is suspending its use until further notice.
Amazon banned the police from using all of the software for one year in…
SpaceX Launches New Package of Starlink Satellites
From Cape Canaveral in Florida, SpaceX successfully launched a new package of Starlink satellites into space on the night from Saturday to Sunday with its Falcon launcher.
That reports the newspaper Florida Today. A Falcon-9 launch…
Irish Health Service Victim of Cyberattack
The Irish health service HSE has today, according to its own words, been the victim of a "major" cyberattack involving ransomware.
Another day, another major cyber attack. This time one is targeting the Irish health service HSE. It…