Chinese scientists have discovered a new lunar mineral through research on the samples retrieved from the Moon by China's Chang'e-5 mission, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and the China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA) jointly announced Friday. This is the first

The days of using a paper clip to perform microsurgery to extract a tiny SIM card from a little tray in your iPhone may be coming to an end. At its closely-watched press event this week, Apple revealed that it is ditching the physical SIM cards and trays on its new iPhone 14 lineup in

Brazil says it is banning the sale of iPhones which do not include a power adapter. In a statement on Tuesday, Brazil's Ministry of Justice and Public Security said it has fined Apple 12.275 million reais (£2.04m). Brazilian consumer agency Senacon said Apple's

Apple has unveiled the iPhone 14, with emergency satellite connectivity and car crash detection technology, at a launch event in the US. The company revealed four versions of the new handset at its Cupertino headquarters, with an audience attending in person for the first time since

US tech companies that receive federal funding will be barred from building "advanced technology" facilities in China for 10 years, the Biden administration has said. The guidelines were unveiled as part of a $50bn (£43bn) plan aimed at building up the local

Ireland's data privacy regulator has agreed to levy a record fine of 405 million euros ($402 million) against social network Instagram following an investigation into its handling of children's data, a spokesperson for the watchdog said. Instagram plans to appeal against the

State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak has underscored the need for forging a partnership with Cyber Wales, a Wales-based representative body to encourage collaboration through clusters, events and competitions and to identify opportunities for the cyber communities, to

The US space agency will attempt once again in the coming hours to launch its most powerful ever rocket. Nasa was thwarted by a mix of technical and weather woes when it tried to get the Artemis I Moon mission off Earth on Monday. But the mood remains positive at Florida's

The United States has beefed up its effort to cut off the flow of advanced technology to China by instructing Nvidia Corp and Advanced Micro Devices to stop sending their flagship artificial intelligence chips there. While the news shocked the chip sector by the time markets closed on

Snap, the maker of the ephemeral messaging app Snapchat, is laying off 20 percent of its employees, discontinuing at least six products and appointing its first chief operating officer in seven years, the financially struggling social media company said on Wednesday. The cuts are set

Former US President Donald Trump's social media platform has been barred from Google Play. Google says the platform violates its policies on prohibiting content like physical threats and incitement to violence. The move makes it difficult for users with Android phones to

Nasa has called off the launch of its big new Moon rocket - the Space Launch System (SLS). Controllers struggled to get an engine on the 100m-tall vehicle cooled down to its correct operating temperature. They had previously worried about what appeared to be a crack high up on the

Indian multi-billionaire Mukesh Ambani has announced a $25bn (£21.3bn) plan to launch 5G mobile internet services in the country within two months. Mr Ambani, who heads the telecoms-to-retail group Reliance Industries, says the high-speed network will be introduced first in major

The American space agency is counting down to the lift-off of its giant new Moon rocket - the Space Launch System. SLS is the most powerful vehicle ever developed by Nasa, and will be the foundation of its Artemis project which aims to put people back on the lunar surface after a

Dell Technologies Inc said on Saturday it had ceased all Russian operations after closing its offices in mid-August, the latest in a growing list of Western firms to exit Russia. The US computer firm, a vital supplier of servers in Russia, has joined others in curtailing operations

Astronomers find new, nearby planet that is entirely covered in water Astronomers have discovered a nearby exoplanet that may prove to be the first such world covered in water. TOI-1452 b is an exoplanet slightly larger and more massive than Earth about 100 light years away from our

The way Google calculates the climate impact of your flights has changed. Your flights now appear to have much less impact on the environment than they did before. That's because the world's biggest search engine has taken a key driver of global warming out of its online

A former security chief for Twitter has turned whistleblower and testified that the company misled users and US regulators about gaps in its security. Peiter Zatko also claimed that Twitter underestimated how many fake and spam accounts are on its platform. The accusations could

The world’s newest and biggest space telescope is showing Jupiter as never before, auroras and all. Scientists released the shots Monday of the solar system’s biggest planet. The James Webb space telescope took the photos in July, capturing unprecedented views of

A Supreme Court lawyer served a legal notice seeking the removal of the Facebook posts and YouTube videos that can damage the images of important personalities and tarnish the image of Bangladesh. YouTubes; Sabhanaz Rashid Diya, head of Public Policy, Bangladesh, Facebook; as well as