How west Africa’s online fraudsters moved into sextortion
With ‘hustle kingdoms’ teaching young people the tricks of the trade, there has been a surge in blackmailing crimes National Crime Agency threatens extraditions over...
Category : Technology
Elon Musk says X will pull operations from Brazil after ‘censorship orders’
Judge Alexandre de Moraes had ordered X to block certain accounts as he investigated fake news and hate messages Elon Musk announced on Saturday that...
Nicolás Maduro blocks X for 10 days in Venezuela amid spat with Elon Musk
President accuses social network’s owner of using it to ‘incite hatred’ after country’s disputed election President Nicolás Maduro said he had ordered a 10-day block...
Wong announces new digital cable centre to limit China’s influence in Indo-Pacific
The new centre, staffed by Australians, will enable sharing of information and help Pacific island governments regulate important undersea cables Follow our Australia news live...
Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines
The 12-metre high machine has coke bottle eyes and a crude Wall-E-like head, as well as large arms that can be fitted with blades or...
Geologists raise concerns over possible censorship and bias in Chinese chatbot
GeoGPT developed as part of Chinese-funded earth sciences programme aimed at researchers in global south Geologists have raised concerns about potential Chinese censorship and bias...
Russian ties and cheap tech: G7 leaders unequivocal in criticism of China
Concerns set out over supply of materials with military applications, and impact of subsidies on global market China’s role in providing assistance to Russia in...
Argentinian president to meet Silicon Valley CEOs in bid to court tech titans
Javier Milei to hold private talks with Sundar Pichai and Sam Altman as Argentina faces worst economic crisis in decades Javier Milei, Argentina’s president, is...
Binance executive denied bail in Nigeria over money laundering charges
Tigran Gambaryan faces allegations of ‘serious criminality’ on behalf of world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange A Nigerian court has ruled that Tigran Gambaryan, the Binance executive...
Biden announces 100% tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles
White House levy to protect US makers from cheap imports likely to inflame trade tensions The US president, Joe Biden, has announced a 100% tariff...
