TikTok faces new lawsuits in the US accusing it of harming children | Technology News

TikTok faces new lawsuits in the US accusing it of harming children | Technology News

The popular social media platform TikTok has been accused of harming and failing to protect young people in a slew of new lawsuits filed by several US states. The lawsuits, filed on Tuesday in New York, California, and 11 other states, as well as the District of Columbia, add to…

US judge orders Google to open up app store to competition | Technology News

US judge orders Google to open up app store to competition | Technology News

A US judge said that for three years, Google must allow users to download competing third-party Android app platforms or stores. A United States judge has ordered Alphabet’s Google to overhaul its mobile app business to give Android users more options to download apps and pay for transactions within them,…

Elon Musk’s wars: Brazil to Australia, UK to US, the X owner’s many battles | Explainer News

Elon Musk’s wars: Brazil to Australia, UK to US, the X owner’s many battles | Explainer News

Throughout history, the world’s richest people — almost all men — have often operated from the shadows, taking on governments they don’t like quietly. Not the world’s current richest man. In recent months, Elon Musk has taken on government after government, mostly left or liberal administrations, in public online wars…

Components for pagers used in Lebanon blasts not from Taiwan, minister says | Israel-Palestine conflict

Components for pagers used in Lebanon blasts not from Taiwan, minister says | Israel-Palestine conflict

CEO of Taiwan-based Gold Apollo released after questioning over role in deadly explosions. Components used in thousands of pagers that detonated on Tuesday in Lebanon in a deadly blow to Hezbollah were not made in Taiwan, Taiwan’s economy minister has said. Taiwan-based Gold Apollo said this week it did not manufacture the devices…

Lebanon blasts raise alarm about supply chain security, safety of tech | Technology

Lebanon blasts raise alarm about supply chain security, safety of tech | Technology

The use of pagers and walkie-talkies in back-to-back coordinated explosions in Lebanon has drawn scrutiny to the security of global supply chains and their vulnerability to tampering by governments or other actors. The utilisation of thousands of electronic devices in the attacks, which are widely believed to have been orchestrated…

Taiwan dragged into Middle East politics after deadly pager blasts | Technology

Taiwan dragged into Middle East politics after deadly pager blasts | Technology

Taipei, Taiwan – Taiwan’s crucial tech industry has been unwittingly drawn into Middle East politics after revelations that thousands of exploding pagers used to kill members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group were manufactured using the branding of a Taiwanese firm. Taiwanese tech company Gold Apollo on Wednesday denied that it had…

The future of travel? For hyperloop, it’s one step forward, two steps back | Technology

The future of travel? For hyperloop, it’s one step forward, two steps back | Technology

Taipei, Taiwan – Imagine boarding a train that glides above the ground at supersonic speeds. Speeding through an airless tube using powerful electro-magnets, passengers could travel from San Francisco to Los Angeles, London to Paris, or Basra to Baghdad in less than an hour. The train would be potentially greener…

How did Hezbollah’s pagers explode in Lebanon? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

How did Hezbollah’s pagers explode in Lebanon? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Hundreds of pagers belonging to the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah have simultaneously exploded across Lebanon. At the time of publishing, at least nine people have been killed and 2,750 wounded, according to security services and the Lebanese health minister. Pagers are small communication devices used commonly before mobile phones became widespread….