Category: Technology

The Spanish government has officially announced an investigation into Meta for the possible privacy violations of its Facebook and Instagram users through a hidden tracking mechanism on Android devices. The investigation derives from international research that found Meta has used a mechanism to track the web activity of Android device users. Sanchez said in a statement, “In Spain law is above any algorithm or any large technology platforms and violating our rights will pay the consequences.” Meanwhile, Meta has violated several European Union laws on security and privacy including the…

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Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot has recently sparked controversy after users noticed a significant bias in its responses, claiming its owner is smarter and more fit than anyone in the world. These assertions are made in a multitude of recently deleted posts that have called the bot’s objectivity into question. Users who have been using the artificial intelligence chatbot have analyzed that, questions ranging from intellectual capacity to mental acuity, Musk would frequently come at the top position. The social media post recently deleted said Musk was fitter than basketball…

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Opens new tab Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said no company would be unscathed if the artificial intelligence boom collapses, as soaring valuations and heavy investment in the sector fuel concerns of a bubble. Pichai said in an interview with the BBC published on Tuesday that the current wave of AI investment was an “extraordinary moment” but acknowledged “elements of irrationality” in the market, echoing warnings of “irrational exuberance” during the dotcom era. There has also been much debate among analysts about whether AI valuations are sustainable. Asked about how Google would cope…

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Cloudflare restored full services on Tuesday after an outage temporarily blocked thousands from accessing major platforms, including X and ChatGPT. The company said the outage that began around 6:30am ET was caused by an automatically generated configuration file, designed to manage potential security threats. The file grew too large and crashed the software system handling traffic for several Cloudflare services, the company, whose network handles around a fifth of web traffic, said. The company said it has started to investigate and has deployed a fix but some customers might still…

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan took a major step forward in its space programme on Tuesday with the launch of the International Conference on Applications of Space Science and Technology (ICAST-2025), billed as the region’s largest space science and technology forum. The conference opened at the Institute of Space Technology (IST), and is being jointly organised by the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco) and IST. The conference is being held with the collaboration of the Inter-Islamic Network on Space Sciences and Technology (ISNET), the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organisation (APSCO), the…

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SYDNEY: Australia’s remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island has sufficient power capacity to host a new Google data centre without affecting local supply, but its arrival could help drive a shift towards renewable energy, the island’s biggest employer and the tech giant said. Alphabet’s Google announced on Monday that it will build a data hub on the tiny island, located about 350 km (220 miles) south of Indonesia, confirming an earlier Reuters report. The company also said it would construct a subsea cable system linking Christmas Island with the Maldives and…

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DUBAI: Dubai Police deployed artificial intelligence (AI) noise radars across the city to detect and monitor vehicles generating excessive noise. According to Dubai Police, the new radars will detect loud horns, modified exhaust systems to enhance vehicles sound and high-volume music played inside cars. Drivers violating noise limits will face an AED 2,000 fine — around Rs 150,000 — along with 12 black points, police said. Black points are penalty marks issued for traffic violations in the UAE. Drivers who accumulate 24 black points face suspension of their licence under…

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The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has started granting VPN service licences as part of the restored Class Value Added Services (CVAS-Data) regime. This initiative aims to streamline the provision of secure and lawful VPN services in Pakistan while ensuring compliance with national regulations and data security standards, the telecommunication authority said. In this regard, the PTA has granted Class Licenses to several companies, including Alpha 3 Cubic (Pvt) Ltd (Steer Lucid), Zettabyte (Pvt) Ltd (Crest VPN), Nexilium Tech (SMC-Pvt) Ltd (Kestrel VPN), UKI Conic Solutions (SMC-Pvt) Ltd (QuiXure VPN), and…

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LONDON: The world’s best-selling war-game franchise, Call of Duty, rolls out its latest instalment on Friday, amid pressure to match the strong debut of long-time rival Battlefield. Call of Duty Black Ops 7 drops players into a near-future setting, following a special forces unit confronting a Nicaraguan terrorist. For two decades, Call of Duty and Battlefield have dominated the first-person shooter genre in a fierce, enduring rivalry. The former still claims the number on spot, with more than 500 million copies sold since the first game’s release in 2003, according…

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SYDNEY: As if deadly snakes, spiders and sharks were not enough, Australia now has another unsettling creature, a “lucifer” bee sporting devil-like horns. Curtin University said on Tuesday the species, named Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer, was identified in Western Australia. Kit Prendergast of the university’s School of Molecular and Life Sciences found the bee in 2019 while surveying a critically endangered wildflower and was immediately struck by its distinctive look. “The female had these incredible little horns on her face,” she said. A fan of the Netflix TV show “Lucifer”, she…

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