Fireball which lit up night sky was space debris, experts conclude
A “brilliant fireball” seen in the skies above parts of the UK is believed to have been space debris, experts have said. The UK Meteor Network said it had received almost 800 reports after the blazing
South Korea fines Google and Meta over privacy violations
South Korea’s privacy watchdog has fined Google and Meta a combined 100 billion won (£62.35 million) for tracking consumers’ online behaviour without their consent and using their data for targeted advertisements. South Korea’s Personal Information and
TikTok search results ‘riddled with misinformation’ on Covid, climate and war
TikTok is riddled with misleading information, including about Covid-19, climate change and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a new research report says. Researchers at NewsGuard searched for content about prominent news topics on the social media platform
China and India had agents working for Twitter, says whistleblower
Twitter’s former security chief has told US Congress there was “at least one agent” from China’s intelligence service on the social network’s payroll and that the company knowingly allowed India to add agents to the company
Researchers find new way to extract high-purity silver from used solar panels
Researchers have found an alternative way to extract high-purity silver from used solar panels. The metal is essential to the functioning of the panels, but the amount of naturally occurring silver found in ores is decreasing,
Bezos rocket fails during lift-off with only experiments aboard
Jeff Bezos’ rocket company suffered its first launch failure Monday. No one was aboard, only science experiments. The Blue Origin rocket blasted off from West Texas and was barely a minute into the flight when bright
