Russia seeks US understanding about "Soyuz" rocket launch incident

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said on Thursday he hoped the United States would be understanding about a malfunction that occurred during a launch of the "Soyuz" spacecraft.He was quoted…

Astronauts escape malfunctioning Soyuz rocket

A capsule carrying the two crew members of a Russian Soyuz rocket that malfunctioned on lift-off has landed safely in Kazakhstan.Russian Cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and US astronaut Nick Hague are repo…

Lenovo and ZTE shares hit by spyware row

Shares in Chinese tech giants Lenovo and ZTE have fallen sharply after a media report that Beijing had inserted spying devices into US computers.Unnamed US national security officials, quoted by Bloo…

Toyota announces new recall of 2.4 million hybrid cars

Japanese car giant Toyota said Friday it is recalling more than 2.4 million hybrid cars over a fault that could cause crashes, just a month after an another recall affecting hybrids.The firm in Septe…

Hackers using celebrity names to steal information from internet users

Cyber security experts have warned that criminals and hackers are employing the use of celebrity names by tricking users into clicking sites from search results used to install malware or steal perso…

Uber pays $148m over data breach cover-up

Ride-hailing firm Uber is paying $148m to settle legal action over a cyber-attack that exposed data from 57 million customers and drivers.The massive breach happened in 2016 but Uber sought to hide i…

Indian court upholds legality of world's largest biometric database

India's top court Wednesday upheld the legality of the government's Aadhaar national ID scheme, the world's largest biometric database, but imposed new restrictions on how the personal details of mor…

$60 million in virtual currency hacked in Japan

Bitcoin and other digital currency worth around 6.7 billion yen ($60 million) has been stolen in Japan following a hacking attack, a virtual exchange operator said on Thursday.Osaka-based Tech Bureau…

Billionaire Elon Musk sued for by British Thai cave rescuer

A British cave diver is suing tech billionaire Elon Musk for defamation after his repeated claims the diver is a child abuser.Vernon Unsworth helped with the rescue of 12 Thai teenagers from a floode…

Japanese billionaire businessman revealed as SpaceX's first Moon traveler

A Japanese billionaire and online fashion tycoon, Yusaku Maezawa, will be the first man to fly on a monster SpaceX rocket around the Moon as early as 2023, and he plans to bring six to eight artists …

Germany rolls out world's first hydrogen train

Germany on Monday rolled out the world's first hydrogen-powered train, signalling the start of a push to challenge the might of polluting diesel trains with costlier but more eco-friendly technology.…

SpaceX announces new plan to send tourist around Moon

SpaceX on Thursday announced a new plan to launch a tourist around the Moon using its Big Falcon Rocket (BFR), a massive launch vehicle that is being designed to carry people into deep space."SpaceX …

British Airways hacked, 380,000 payments info stolen

Financial and personal data has been stolen from potentially hundreds of thousands of British Airways customers who booked online in recent weeks, extending a run of embarrassing technological mishap…

Twitter's CEO rejects claims of political bias by the social media company

Twitter does not operate on the basis of "political ideology," chief executive Jack Dorsey said Wednesday, rejecting claims of bias against conservatives."Twitter does not use political ideology to m…

Google, Facebook 'plundering' news content - Europe news agencies

Europe's biggest news agencies accused Google and Facebook of "plundering" news for free on Tuesday in a joint statement that called on the internet giants to share more of their revenues with the me…

Trump accuses Google of hiding 'fair media' coverage of him, Tech Giant denies the President's claim

Tech giant Google has rejected claims by US President Donald Trump which alleges that the company's search engine was hiding "fair media" coverage of him without providing evidence.In tweets made via…

Australia bans Huawei and ZTE 5G network over security concerns

Chinese smartphone maker Huawei says the Australian government has banned it from providing 5G technology for the country's wireless networks.It said fellow communications firm ZTE had also been bann…

Facebook suspends hundreds of apps over data concerns

Facebook on Wednesday said it has suspended more than 400 of thousands of applications it has investigated to determine whether people's personal information was being improperly shared.Applications …

Google employees sign protest letter over China search engine

Google employees are reportedly concerned about a secret censor-friendly search engine project for ChinaHundreds of Google employees have signed a protest letter over the company's reported work on a…

India to launch first manned space mission by 2022

India will launch its first manned space mission by 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday in his last Independence Day speech ahead of the 2019 general election.Modi, a powerful speake…