Australia has added message board Reddit and livestreaming service Kick to its list of social media platforms that must ban children younger than 16 from holding accounts. The platforms join Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, X and YouTube in facing a world-first legal obligation to s
In 2021, Danish video game live-streamer Marie Watson received an image of herself from an unknown Instagram account. She instantly recognised the holiday snap from her Instagram account, but something was different: Her clothing had been digitally removed to make her appear naked. It was a deepfa
Scientists have spotted the brightest flare yet from a supermassive black hole that shines with the light of 10 trillion suns. These bursts of light and energy can come from things like tangled-up magnetic fields or hiccups in the heated gas disks surrounding black holes. The flares
The International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Networking (ICAIN-2025) concluded its highly successful run on 6th–7th October 2025 at the Global Summit, Global, where the prestigious ElevateX Awards 2025 honoured exceptional contributions to AI, technology, and cross-sector colla
XPENG AEROHT, the flying car affiliate of Chinese electric vehicle maker XPENG, on Monday began trial production at the world's first intelligent factory for mass-produced flying cars -- a milestone in the commercialization of next-generation transport. Located in the Huangpu district of Guangzhou
A total of 12 domestic and foreign entities have submitted applications to the Bangladesh Bank (BB) for digital bank licenses, following the closure of the application deadline on Sunday. Arif Hossain Khan, executive director and spokesperson of the central bank, confirmed the development on Monda
In a landmark achievement for India’s space programme, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday (November 2) successfully launched its heaviest communication satellite, CMS-03, aboard the LVM3-M5 rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The mission, hailed by
China's Shenzhou-21 space rocket and its crew including the youngest member of its astronaut corps blasted off on Friday atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China, Chinese state media reported. It was the seventh mission to the permanently inhabited Ch
It’s an unprecedented space streak: 25 years of people living off-planet without even a moment’s pause. The International Space Station marks a quarter-century of continuous occupancy this weekend, boasting a guest list of nearly 300 — mostly professional astronauts but also
Four of the biggest US technology companies flagged plans this week to accelerate capital spending over the next year, but investors were most accepting of Google-parent Alphabet's ability to fund its plans from its cash flow. Alphabet, Microsoft, Facebook-owner Meta and Amazon all announced plans
