Technology
Latest stories
Internet shutdowns hit cash-strapped Lebanon due to strike

Internet shutdowns rippled through cash-strapped Lebanon on Tuesday after employees of the country's state-owned telecom company went on strike, demanding higher wages.

It was the latest reflection of one of the world's worst economic disasters, which has pulled three quarters of Lebanon's 6 million people into poverty. The Lebanese pound in three years has lost over 90 percent of its value against the U.S. dollar.

W140 Full Story
Take 2: NASA aims for Saturday launch of new moon rocket

NASA will try again Saturday to launch its new moon rocket on a test flight, after engine trouble halted the first countdown this week.

Managers said Tuesday they are changing fueling procedures to deal with the issue. A bad sensor also could be to blame for Monday's scrapped launch, they noted.

W140 Full Story
SpaceX, T-Mobile try to connect remote areas with satellites

Elon Musk's SpaceX and T-Mobile are teaming up in an attempt to connect mobile devices through a network of satellites, providing coverage to even the most isolated places.

Under the plan, T-Mobile's wireless network would be routed through SpaceX Starlink satellites that are in low Earth orbit.

W140 Full Story
Biden to attend groundbreaking of Intel's $20B Ohio plants

Intel Corp. will break ground Sept. 9 on its planned $20 billion Ohio semiconductor facilities with President Joe Biden in attendance, the company and the the White House said Thursday.

When the company's two factories, known as fabs, open in 2025, the facility will employ 3,000 people with an average salary of around $135,000. Building the fabs is expected to require 7,000 construction workers.

W140 Full Story
Congress wants to hear what Twitter whistleblower has to say

U.S. lawmakers are anxious to hear from Twitter's former security chief, who has alarmed Washington with allegations that the influential social network misled regulators about its cyber defenses and efforts to control fake accounts.

Leaders of several congressional panels are poring over the disclosures by respected cybersecurity expert Peiter Zatko, and calls on Capitol Hill for investigations are mounting. Zatko is due to testify next month at a Senate hearing.

W140 Full Story
NASA tests new moon rocket, 50 years after Apollo

Years late and billions over budget, NASA's new moon rocket makes its debut next week in a high-stakes test flight before astronauts get on top.

The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket will attempt to send an empty crew capsule into a far-flung lunar orbit, 50 years after NASA's famed Apollo moonshots.

W140 Full Story
NSO chief steps down as Israeli spyware firm restructures

The chief executive of embattled Israeli spyware maker NSO has stepped down as part of a corporate reorganization.

NSO has been connected to a number of scandals resulting from alleged misuse by customers of its flagship Pegasus phone surveillance software. Last year, the U.S. placed restrictions on the company, saying its tools had been used to "conduct transnational repression." NSO denies any wrongdoing.

W140 Full Story
US sanctions crypto 'laundering' service Tornado

The United States placed sanctions Monday on Tornado Cash, a leading "crypto mixer" for transactions in virtual currency that U.S. officials describe as a hub for laundering stolen funds, including by North Korean hackers.

W140 Full Story
Morocco detains Frenchman wanted in US over cybercrime

Morocco has detained a 21-year-old French national wanted by the United States for alleged involvement in cybercrime, a police source in the kingdom told AFP on Friday, confirming media reports.

W140 Full Story
Musk, Twitter get Oct. 17 trial in buyout fight

Twitter's lawsuit to force Elon Musk to complete his $44 billion buyout bid is set to go to trial on October 17, a U.S. judge has ordered, in a case with major stakes for both sides.

W140 Full Story