Alibaba’s debut in Hong Kong is more political than business
Alibaba, the Chinese conglomerate, has finally made its debut on the Chinese public market through Hong Kong. Although successful at making a brilliant return to…
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Bots will take down voting systems ahead of 2020 elections, expert predicts
IronMarch exposed: mysterious hacker leaks neo-nazi forum database
Chinese Hackers APT41 uses MessageTap Malware to read people’s SMS
Twitter bans political ads, CEO Jack Dorsey announced
‘I’ll Be Back’ Attack: the biggest cyber-attack in Georgia
Kincade Fire seen from NASA satellite
Evacuation centers: Kincade, Getty, Tick Fires
PH Ombudsman partners with UP, CHED to create anti-corruption TV shows for the youth
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Is Dead, Will ISIS Vanish?
ISIS fighters in earlier interviews said that they are loyal to the Islamic state and not to their leader.
Brush Fire Along 405 Freeway Accelerates, Evacuation Advisory Released
The Los Angeles Fire Department issued a mandatory evacuation order after a brush fire along the 405 Freeway near Getty Center accelerates. The Fire Department…
Pewdiepie Is Banned In China; Here’s Why
Pewdiepie banned in China after pouring his support towards the Hong Kong protests and making fun of the Chinese president.
The Tesla Roadster will be the ‘ultimate vehicle’
With 0-60 mph in less than 2 seconds and a top-up speed of 250 mph, the Roadster is already on the way to be the leading supercar in the market.
India calls for bidders to build a centralized facial recognition infrastructure
The government of India has called for huge tech companies to bid for their most ambitious facial recognition technology project.
Homeowner discovers basement flooded by 5 inches of blood
A clog in the shared pipelines caused the blood to overflow in their basement.
Tesla approved to begin operations in its China Gigafactory
Tesla’s operation in China is the first electric vehicle factory wholly-owned by a foreign automaker in the country.
Suicide claims the life of 10th N.Y.P.D. police officer in 2019
Authorities confirmed that the police officer (unnamed) was a 35-year-old, off-duty sergeant.
Bitcoin trail led to nabbing of giant child porn site
Authorities from U.S. and Korea nabbed Jong Woo Son and the users of his child porn site.
Twitter rules for world leaders including Trump reaffirmed
Twitter faces pressure from users to remove President Donald Trump from its platform. However, the social media giant has claimed that world leaders are not…
Omegle intensifies messages against China
Omegle inches its fight against the alleged human rights abuses committed by the Chinese government with more provocative statements posted on its website. The popular…
Facebook allowed Trump to run an Ad with a racial slur
Amidst the growing polarization on the issue of political advertisements on social media platforms, Facebook allowed President Donald Trump’s campaign team to purchase an ad…
Vietnam bans Abominable over a map including fictitious nine-dashed line
The ban is motivated by Vietnam’s exsisting conflict with China over maritime claims
Apple sends browser data to Chinese tech giant, Tencent
IP addresses included in the data sent to Tencent may be used to identify users’ locations and profiles.
Nike purchases startup TraceMe to expand digital media influence
TraceMe can help Nike expand into digital media that will allow consumers to dive deeper into the brand’s endorsers.
Warren ran Ad with fake news to tell Facebook to stop allowing politicians to post misinformation
2020 Presidential hopeful, Elizabeth Warren, touts Facebook by running an ad that contains fake news in order to prove a point against the tech giant…
Blizzard Entertainment confirms suspension is not politically-motivated
Blizzard’s move to suspend gamers follows other international businesses trying to appease the Communist country.
Hazza Al Mansoori, UAE’s first astronaut, comes home with a hero’s welcome
The astronaut was filled with pride and excitement as he looks forward to the future.
Baby with an extra leg, two penises, and no anus surgically corrected by Doctors in Russia
A baby boy was born with an extra leg, two penises, and no anus. Fortunately, after several procedures done by doctors, the baby will now…
Typhoon Hagibis makes landfall in Japan; leaves two dead
The typhoon Hagibis has made landfall in Japan and killed two and left 33 people injured. Based on the reports of the Fire and Disaster…
Tesla to open ‘Tesla Centers’ for more streamlined deliveries
Tesla Centers will be able to make 7-days-a-week deliveries.
Credit Card Interest Rates Are Close To Hitting Record Levels
There is no doubt that America is a credit card friendly country. Almost everyone has a credit card and most stores across the U.S. use…
PM Abiy Ahmed Ali wins Nobel Peace Prize 2019
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali wins this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for his instrumental work in ending the decades-old cold war between Ethiopia and…
Apple CEO Tim Cook justifies removal of Hong Kong maps app from App Store
Earlier this week, it was reported that Apple decided to remove a Hong Kong police-tracking application from the App Store after receiving criticism from the…
Omegle throws jabs at China: ‘Xi = Pooh!’
Omegle, a popular online chat room website, has made a political statement against China amid the on-going political unrest that is currently happening in the…
Nobel Literature Prize 2018 and 2019 announced
After skipping a year following a scandal, the Nobel Committee has awarded the 2018 recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in conjunction with the…
Turkey launches a military offensive in Syria against Kurds
Turkey launched a military offensive against Kurdish forces in the northeastern part of Syria last Wednesday. The attacks come days after President Donald Trump announced…
Over one million residents will experience power outages in California
Over a million residents in the state of California will experience power outages in anticipation of the strong winds and dry season in dear of…
Adobe now says they will refund canceled user accounts in Venezuela
Popular software company, Adobe, changed tune after earlier reports revealed that they won’t be able to provide a refund to affected Venezuelan customers who have…
Popular Medicare Website Goes Down Days Before Open Enrollment Begins
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) redesigned their Medicare Plan Finder website over a month ago. According to CMS, the new platform will…
Apple silently removes Taiwanese flag emoji in the latest iOS update
Apple moved to remove the Taiwanese flag emoji to appease China, one of its largest markets and manufacturer of handheld devices
The U.S. listed 8 Chinese tech firms on ‘entity list’ for human rights violations of Muslim minorities
The U.S. Commerce Department announced the addition of eight Chinese tech firms on its Entity List due to proven records of human rights violations towards…
PWDs encountering online transaction inconvenience can now file a lawsuit
The Supreme Court’s decision is a signifier that technology should also evolve along with the needs of people with disabilities.
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince takes full reponsiblity for Khashoggi’s murder
In an interview with 60 Minutes, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, said he takes “full responsibility” for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi….
Canada will take a firmer stand against China after elections
Canada will be holding a federal election on October 21. Analysts say that whoever wins will be making a harder stand against China. “Whoever is…
Built Robotics raises $33 million to build smart bulldozers
Built Robotics had just announced its successful round of series B funding this month, raising a total of $33 million. The company will be using…
The very first electric “gas station” opens in the U.S.
Earlier this week a dedication ceremony for the opening of the very first electric “gas station” in the U.S. was held at Takoma Park, Maryland….
Microsoft becomes unlikely ally against federal data secrecy
Microsoft gave a stern declaration earlier this week in its official blog that details the company’s disapproval of certain law enforcement agency policies, especially when…
Latest Tesla update features smart summon, Cuphead, and more
Tesla uploaded a new video yesterday that briefly showcased the newest updates to be rolled out in its Software Version 10.0. Among the new features,…
U.S. pulling investments will result in “‘unmitigated disaster”
The trade talks between the U.S. and China might be running into another roadblock. The White House is said to be restraining U.S. investments in…
Japan names China as bigger threat than North Korea
According to the annual defense review of Japan, China’s growing military has replaced North Korea’s as its main security threat. In the Defense White Paper,…
North Korean hackers are using malware to attack Indian ATMs
Cases of Indian ATMs being infected with specific malware has been growing over the past few weeks. ATMDtrack, as it was officially designated, have supposedly…
Facebook will allow politicians to post fake news because they are ‘newsworthy’
Amidst Facebook renewed commitment to fighting misinformation and the proliferation of Facebook on its platform, the San-Francisco social media giant announced that they would start…
Hyundai and Aptiv join forces to develop autonomous cars
Korean automotive giant Hyundai, in cooperation with autonomous driving technology firm Aptiv, plans to develop its own self-driving technologies that will be acceptable for various…
The next EV battery breakthrough promises a million miles
A research report recently made and submitted by scientists at the Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada has a developed a new type of Li-ion…
Greta Thunberg delivers speech; files complaint against five countries
The Swedish climate change activist, Greta Thunberg, has spoken at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York City. The 16-year-old Thunberg stood in…
Millions join global climate strikes in the U.S.
Millions of people have joined the global climate strike scheduled Friday. The strike comes days before the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York….
NBA requires teams to hire full-time mental health staff
At a mandatory health and wellness meeting for National Basketball Association (NBA) team owners in Chicago last week, new rules and requirements for all 30…
Trump gives China warning to make trade deal before elections
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has sent a warning to China about making a trade war deal before the elections in 2020….
Data breach exposed data of 16M Ecuador citizens including Julian Assange
An Eslasticsearch database has been discovered and the data breach leaked sensitive and personally identifiable information from the majority of the population in Ecuador, a…
Saudi’s Aramco shuts down half of production after attacks
Saudi’s Aramco is reportedly shutting down half of its oil production after drone attacks that targeted the world’s largest oil processing facility in the country….
The 2020 Olympic Games may look like a video game
The upcoming Summer 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo is set for a rather unusual upgrade for its track and field event. It will be featuring…
Vaping-related respiratory illness causing deaths in the U.S.
In the past week or so, the United States has been dealing with deaths said to be caused by a vaping-related lung disease. At the…
Volkswagen ID.3 full EV almost ready to roll into production
Volkswagen seems to be upping the ante a bit as it rolls along with the slew of different full electric vehicles from different auto-manufacturers that…
Microsoft frustrated at U.S. lawmakers’ tight lip over Huawei ban
Microsoft President Brad Smith, in a recent interview with Bloomberg, has expressed his frustration over the U.S Government and Trump’s administration. This is due to…
Tesla pickup truck sneak peek pushed (again) this November
Elon Musk had just officially tweeted a detail that reveals that the announcement for the upcoming new Tesla pickup truck might be pushed back two…
Daimler scheduled to test autonomous truck fleet in Virginia
Daimler has just initiated its plan to test its autonomous fleet of self-driving trucks on public roads. The location of the tests will primarily be…
Porsche enters the EV arena with its new full-electric car
Porsche, at a live event last week, finally unveiled its upcoming full-electric car, the Mission-E, at its final production phase. While it definitely does look…
Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe dies at 95
Robert Mugabe has died at the age of 95. The cause of death of the former president of Zimbabwe has not been revealed. On Friday,…
Huawei accuses Trump admin of cyberattacks to sabotage them
Huawei accuses the Trump administration of carrying out cyberattacks against its intranet and internet information servers and exhausting judicial and administrative powers to derail and…
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam withdraws extradition bill that sparked months of protests
In a pre-recorded video message released Wednesday, Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor formally withdrew the controversial extradition bill that ignited almost three…
The U.S. imposes new sanctions against Iran’s space agency for involvement in nuclear weapons development
The United States has imposed sanctions over Iran’s space agency — as well as two other research organizations — in violation of the agreement over…
China slowly implementing new tariffs; lodges case against the U.S. at WTO
China has started imposing retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products. The Chinese government has pushed ahead of its plan to increase the duties on various American…
A million people in three U.S. states ordered to evacuate; Hurricane Dorian is now second strongest storm in history
About one million people have been ordered to evacuate their coasts by Monday. The governors of Georgia and South Carolina have issued evacuation orders after…
Judge orders Johnson & Johnson to pay the state of Oklahoma $572 Million
A judge in Oklahoma ruled that Johnson & Johnson is liable for intentionally overselling opioid benefits and ordered the company to pay a total of…
Trump’s solution to hurricanes? Nuclear bombs.
There is no denying that hurricanes have been one of the biggest problems in the United States, being geographically located in a region where hurricanes…
Trump wants ruling that stops him from blocking people on Twitter overturned
After the court has ruled that the personal and official social media accounts of politicians and public forums, essentially preventing them from blocking their critics…
Google’s top search results for ‘Amazon fire’ are tablets for sale
People are now grilling Google on social media after finding out that the search giant will turn out results for Amazon’s Fire tablet instead of…
BTC exchange, BitPay, blocks Amazon fire donations
Bitcoin exchange company, BitPay, caught Twitter fire presumably as large as the Amazon rainforest fire after the platform has rejected a $100,000 donation to the…
SAIC employee who exposed alleged cheating at ethical hacking test said he was demoted at work
Ted Carrier, the SAIC employees who accused the cyber defense contractor to the U.S. Central Command of giving their employees “undue help” to “cheat” in…
Facebook denies confusion on Cambridge Analytica
Facebook straightens record saying that that knowing the operations of the controversial advertising and PR firm, Cambridge Analytica is a different issue from knowing that…
The U.S. alleges Huawei of using code names to operate in Syria, Sudan
The virtual cold war between the U.S. government and Chinese tech superpower, Huawei Technologies, continues after Washington alleges that smartphone manufacturer has been using code…
Russian nuclear-propulsion missile blows up accidentally
Rosatom finally confirms the incident.
Trump Impose Higher Tariffs On Chinese Goods But Risk American Consumers In The Process
President Donald Trump announced last Thursday that the United States would impose a new 10% tariff on $300 billion worth of products imported from China,…
Ethiopia ‘Sets World Record’ By Planting 350 Million Trees
The Ethiopian Prime Minister’s Green Legacy aims to curb climate change
Teen Suspects On Homophobic Attack In London Arrested
The boys were aged 15 to 17 when they attacked the couple on the London night bus.
Cybersecurity Directorate Is The NSA Cyber Frontier
The division’s first Director of Cybersecurity is Anne Neuberger.
Nissan Set To Lay-off 12,500 Workers Worldwide
Nissan Motor Corp. is working on reducing costs to revive its business after a poor performance in the 1Q.
Democrats Eye Banning Facial Recognition In Public Housing
In landmark legislation to be proposed in the Congress this week, lawmakers move to ban the use of facial recognition systems in public housing, saying…
France Taps Science Fiction Writers As Military Defense Consultants
Science fiction writers, it’s time to apply!
2020 Tokyo Olympic Medal Will Be Made Of Recycled Metal From Electronic Waste
The metals were molded from discarded gadgets like smartphones and cameras.
Senate Passes 9/11 VCF Bill; Secures Win For 9/11 Responders
Senate has passed the bill for the September 11 Victims’ Compensation Fund (9/11 VCF) with an overwhelming 97-2 vote. The passage of this bill ensures…
Justice Department To Launch Anti-Trust Investigation Against Huge Tech Companies
There is no denying that technology dominates the world we live in, and among those who are the front-runners of the technological movement are the…
[Breaking] FTC Voted To Settle With Facebook For $5 Billion
$5 Billion is the biggest penalty imposed by the FTC in history.
New Restrictions On SNAP Food Stamps Will Cut Off Millions Of Americans
Trump Administration wants to put tighter restrictions on SNAP benefits.
Huawei Allegedly Helped North Korea Build Surveillance Infrastructure
When you think of espionage, two things will probably cross your mind: Huawei and North Korea. Worse, recent reports have shown that Huawei has been…
‘Men in White’ Violently Attacks Protesters In Hong Kong
Protesters accuse the police and government in working with mob gangsters to carry out the attack.
Environmental Documentary-Maker Hugo Clement Arrested Amidst Adani Mine Protests
Clement is skeptical about Adani’s capabilities to prevent media coverage on the on-going construction of its coal mine
New Baggage Policy In Pakistan Caused Controversy
The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) has made a new policy that plastic wrapping on all pieces of baggage becomes mandatory, which Pakistanis sees as…
FCC Chair Ajit Pai Slammed China’s Anti-Islam Policy, Called For Protection Of Religious Freedom
Pai claimed that China built a two-million strong army to police the internet and violate the rights of its citizens.
House Passes Raising Minimum Wage To $15 An Hour
Democratic-led House approves raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour but will have to face more opposition from Senate and White House.