Zambia’s election commission will on Friday start announcing results of a tight presidential vote between top contenders President Edgar Lungu and main rival Hakainde Hichilema that was marred by restrictions on the Internet and violence in three regions. Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) chief electoral officer Patrick Nshindano said the agency would start announcing results
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos flew out to space and stayed in zero gravity for a few minutes last month. After landing back on Earth, he thanked all Amazon customers for funding it. Little did he know this gesture of gratitude would majorly backfire. Many Amazon customers are now saying that they are against funding the
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Smartwatches based on the Wear OS 2 platform are getting updates for Google Pay, Messages, and third-party apps as a part of the new experiences that Google has announced for its existing users alongside introducing the Wear OS 3. The new Wear OS release is initially limited to the newly launched Samsung Galaxy Watch 4
JioPhone Next, the upcoming entry-level Android smartphone designed by Reliance Jio in partnership with Google, was announced in June. The phone is scheduled to go on sale in September and looks like its specifications have leaked. JioPhone Next is said to run Android 11 (Go Edition) and feature a single rear camera, along with an
The Poly Network logo displayed on a phone screen with a physical representation of some cryptocurrencies. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto via Getty Images Nearly all of the $600 million stolen in one of the biggest cryptocurrency heists ever has now been returned by hackers. Poly Network, the crypto platform targeted in the attack, said Thursday
After Twitter, apex child rights body NCPCR on Friday asked Facebook to take action against the Instagram profile of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for posting a photo of the family of the nine-year-old girl who was allegedly raped and murdered in southwest Delhi, saying it violated the law. On August 4, the National Commission for
Pokemon Go developer Niantic’s founder and CEO, John Hanke, would like to tune out of the metaverse conversation for the time being, and focus on the future of worlds that can be overlaid on the real world, he said in a blog. In it, he admits that the metaverse is a “cool concept” from a
Apr.08 — Adam Jonas, Morgan Stanley head of global auto and shared mobility research, says investors need to own Tesla stock and he thinks the automaker will benefit greatly from the U.S. infrastructure package. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets.”
Global IT consultancy giant Accenture has become the latest company to be hit by the LockBit ransomware gang, according to a post made by the operators on their dark web portal, likely filling a void left in the wake of DarkSide and REvil shutdown. “These people are beyond privacy and security. I really hope that
Facebook on Thursday postponed workers’ return to the office until early next year due to surging cases of the Delta variant of the coronavirus. The leading social network set a new target of having employees back on its campuses in January, but promised to provide ample notice before they are required to show up. “Data,
Boeing’s troubled Starliner spaceship could be set for further delays after the company said Thursday it was working to solve problems with the propulsion system. The spaceship’s latest launch date on August 4 was cancelled over propulsion issues, and it remains unclear when the next test flight will be scheduled. “Over the past couple of
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Honor Watch GS 3 was unveiled at the company’s mega event on Thursday, August 12. The new smartwatch is the first in the series to carry an eight-channel photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor, which is claimed to offer more accurate heart rate monitoring. Alongside the Honor Watch GS 3, the company at its launch event brought the
A backlash over Apple’s move to scan US customer phones and computers for child sex abuse images has grown to include employees speaking out internally, a notable turn in a company famed for its secretive culture, as well as provoking intensified protests from leading technology policy groups. Apple employees have flooded an Apple internal Slack channel
In this article ABNB Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky attends the Cannes Lions on June 20, 2016, in Cannes, France. Richard Bord | Getty Images Airbnb’s stock on Thursday fell more than 4% after the company reported its second-quarter earnings. The company beat Wall Street’s expectations for revenue and bookings but warned about expected volatility from
Three Australian publishers of lifestyle content say Facebook used their articles on its just-launched news service after refusing to negotiate licensing deals, and that the country’s tough new Internet law has failed to protect them. Australia this year passed a law that pressured Facebook and Alphabet’s Google to sign deals with some of the country’s biggest
A nascent information-stealing malware sold and distributed on underground Russian underground forums has been written in Rust, signalling a new trend where threat actors are increasingly adopting exotic programming languages to bypass security protections, evade analysis, and hamper reverse engineering efforts. Dubbed “Ficker Stealer,” it’s notable for being propagated via Trojanized web links and compromised
Britain might require Facebook to sell GIF website Giphy after the country’s competition regulator said on Thursday its investigation found the deal between the two companies would harm competition in the display advertising market. Facebook, the world’s largest social media company, bought Giphy, a website for making and sharing animated images, or GIFs, in May
China’s ambitious plans regarding its missions to the Moon are not new. In January 2019, China had already earned the distinction of being the first country to land a probe on the far side of the Moon, that is the section of the natural satellite that faces away from the Earth. Now, after two years,
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