Science and Technology

The United Arab Emirates, which sent its first astronaut into space this year and has plans to launch a probe to Mars, is looking at other new frontiers — space tourism and mining. But first, says the chief of the Emirates Space Agency, there needs to be regulation. Within a …

  “WhatsApp groups continue to connect family, friends, coworkers, classmates and more. As people turn to groups for important conversations, users have asked for more control over their experience. Today, we’re introducing a new privacy setting and invite system to help you decide who can add you to groups,” a …

  Zuckerberg has been summoned to testify at a hearing on Wednesday by the House Financial Services Committee on Facebook’s plan to create a global digital currency, which has stirred opposition from lawmakers and regulators in the United States and Europe. But the full range of policies and conduct of …

WASHINGTON: Amazon is endorsing the idea of government regulation of facial recognition technology, as part of a wide-ranging statement of its principles on a range of social and political issues. The US tech giant, which has come under scrutiny by antitrust enforcers and has been criticized over its use of …

MOSCOW: A three-man crew including an Emirati who became the first Arab to reach the International Space Station returned to Earth safely on Thursday and were in good shape, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said. Hazzaa al-Mansoori of the United Arab Emirates touched down in the Kazakh steppes at 1059 …

As the Indian Government on Monday abrogated constitutional provisions that give Indian-occupied Kashmir special rights, a number of Twitter hashtags popped up in solidarity with the people of the valley. By repealing Article 370 of the constitution, people from the rest of India will now have the right to acquire …

MOSCOW: Apple is under investigation in Russia following a complaint from cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab and may be abusing its dominant market position, Russia’s anti-monopoly watchdog said on Thursday. Watchdog FAS said it was investigating why a new version of Kaspersky Lab’s Safe Kids application had been declined by Apple’s …

PARIS: The thigh bone of a giant dinosaur was found this week by French paleontologists at an excavation site in southwestern France where remains of some of the largest animals that ever lived on land have been dug up since 2010. The two-meter long femur at the Angeac-Charente site is …

MELBOURNE: Australian regulators plan to launch the world’s first office dedicated to scrutinising algorithms used by tech giants such as Facebook and Google. The idea is to reveal how these companies match adverts to users. A new, special branch of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is to carry …

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has allocated Rs786 million for digitization and promotion of information technology in government offices. A spokesman of the provincial government told Radio Pakistan that Rs380 million will be spent on digitization of land record and setting up of service delivery centers. He said Rs256 million rupees …