Category: Technology

Geneva – June 20, 2025 — The United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights has warned that the increasing deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) systems must be grounded in international human rights norms, emphasizing the urgent need for comprehensive regulatory safeguards. Speaking at the 59th session of the Human Rights Council, the Working […]

shutterstock metamorworks/Shutterstock The decision to start advertising on WhatsApp marks a major shift for a private messaging service that has long positioned itself as being different from other social media platforms. Back when Meta (then known simply as Facebook) bought it in 2014 for US$19 billion, WhatsApp had an unusual and simple business model. Users […]

A record-breaking data breach has exposed 16 billion login credentials, compromising user accounts across major platforms including Apple, Google, Facebook, GitHub, Telegram, and various government and enterprise portals. Scope of the Breach Cybersecurity researchers report that the leaked credentials—sourced from over 30 breached databases—include usernames, passwords, and URLs. The stolen data appears to be compiled […]

Diamonds might be forever but that doesn’t stop them being bought and sold. One stone thought to have once belonged to Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France, has just sold for US$14 million (£10 million) at an auction in New York – about three times the asking price. Set into a platinum ring and […]

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK — DTW Ignite 2025: Senior technology executives from Vodafone Group and BT Group issued stark warnings about the rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape, emphasizing that artificial intelligence (AI) is now a double-edged sword—enhancing both defense capabilities and the sophistication of cyberattacks. During a keynote session, Howard Watson, BT’s Chief Security and Networks Officer, described […]

cashcashcash/Shutterstock People have been celebrating the summer solstice with elaborate rituals since prehistoric times. But humans aren’t the only species to take mark June 21 as a special time. Studies are showing the summer solstice is an important cue for plants too. Recent studies, including one of my own, have proposed that trees may use […]

ZeroRISC, a Boston-based cloud security startup, has raised $10 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round to accelerate the adoption of production-grade open source silicon security solutions built on OpenTitan designs. Investment and Industry Support The funding round was led by Fontinalis Partners, with participation from Fundomo, Analog Devices co-founder Ray Stata, SemiAnalysis founder Dylan […]

June 17, 2025 — Hokkaido, Japan – Honda has successfully conducted its first launch and vertical landing of an experimental reusable rocket, marking the company’s formal entry into the commercial space sector. The test, carried out by Honda R&D at its facility in Taiki Town, Hokkaido, involved a 6.3-meter rocket that reached an altitude of […]

June 2025 — Intel is preparing to lay off as many as 10,000 employees—up to 20% of its factory workforce—beginning in July, in one of the largest workforce reductions in its history. The cuts are part of a sweeping restructuring of Intel’s foundry division amid declining revenues and intensifying competition in the semiconductor sector. In […]

The Earth of the last Ice Age (about 26,000 to 19,000 years ago) was very different from today’s world. In the northern hemisphere, ice sheets up to 8 kilometres tall covered much of Europe, Asia and North America, while much of the southern hemisphere became drier as water was drawn into the northern glaciers. As […]