Suspected Russian Hack Fuels New US Action on Cybersecurity
Jolted by a sweeping hack that may have revealed government and corporate secrets to Russia, U.S. officials are scrambling to...
China Blocked Clubhouse App Fearing Uncontrolled Public Discourse
For a brief time before Beijing banned the audio chat app Clubhouse, tech-savvy Chinese joined global discussions on taboo topics...
Facebook Dubbed ‘Bully’ as Backlash Grows over Dispute with Australia
An international backlash was growing Thursday to Facebook blocking users of its platform in Australia from viewing or sharing links...
Facebook Bans Australian Users From Sharing News in Dispute Over New Law
Facebook is blocking Australian users from sharing or viewing news content amid a dispute over a proposed law. Australia wants...
Explainer: What’s Up Between Google, Facebook and Australia?
For two decades, global news outlets have complained internet companies are getting rich at their expense, selling advertising linked to...
Facebook Blocks Australians from Viewing, Sharing News Content
Facebook has blocked Australian account holders from viewing or sharing all news content over a dispute with a government proposal...
Three North Koreans Indicted in Sony Hack
The U.S. Justice Department has indicted three North Korean computer programmers for trying to extort and steal more than $1.3...
Robotic Toys Teach Language, Science Skills
A slew of attractive toy robots on the market today are teaching children important language and science, technology, engineering and...
Google to Pay Australia Media Company to Host News Material
The information technology giant Google has agreed to pay an Australian media company to host news material ahead of a planned mandatory...
Parler, Controversial Social Media Service, Comes Back Online
Parler, a social media service popular with American right-wing users that virtually vanished shortly after the U.S. Capitol riot, relaunched...
NASA Rover Faces ‘7 Minutes of Terror’ Before Landing on Mars
When NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance, a robotic astrobiology lab packed inside a space capsule, hits the final stretch of its...
Microsoft Backs Search Engines Paying for News Worldwide
Microsoft on Thursday lobbied for other countries to follow Australia’s lead in calling for news outlets to be paid for...
Biden Team Seeks Pause in US WeChat Ban Litigation
The Biden administration asked a U.S. court Thursday to suspend litigation connected to former President Donald Trump’s proposed ban on...
Robert Kennedy Jr. Banned From Instagram for False Posts
The social media platform Instagram has permanently removed the account of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for posting false information regarding...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Banned From Instagram for False Posts
The social media platform Instagram has permanently removed the account of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for posting false information regarding...
Amid Tussle with Twitter, India Warns Social Media Giants
India has warned social media giants to comply with local laws or face action amid an escalating dispute with Twitter...
Yellen Eyes Innovation to Battle Cryptocurrency Misuse, Narrow Digital Gaps
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday warned about an “explosion of risk” from digital markets, including the misuse of...
Twitter Suspends Some Indian Accounts Amid Farmer Protests
Twitter said Wednesday it had suspended some accounts in India after New Delhi served the social media giant several orders...
Ugandan Government Restores Social Media Sites, Except Facebook
Ugandan authorities restored access to the internet Wednesday, a month after blocking it ahead of the January 14 elections. The...
Digital Radio Powering Global Communications
Many broadcasters are using a variety of digital radio for high quality transmissions reaching faraway lands. Mike O’Sullivan reports on...
China Appears to Block Popular Clubhouse App
After a brief honeymoon, China appears to have blocked a popular, invite-only audio app called Clubhouse. The iPhone-only app had...
Myanmar Internet Providers Block Facebook Services After Government Order
Internet providers in Myanmar, including state-owned telecom MPT, were blocking access to Facebook Inc.-owned services in the country on Thursday,...
