Spacex CEO Elon Musk writes via Twitter that the company could send Starlink terminals to Tonga. The country recently lost its internet after a powerful volcanic eruption destroyed an underwater cable which is feared to take several weeks to repair. According to Elon Musk, in that case a clear confirmation is needed because it is … Read more
Spain has decided to introduce new rules which means that Youtube profiles that advertise cryptocurrencies can be fined. According to the new rules introduced on 17 February, those with more than 100,000 followers must mention whether they have been paid for the advertising and at the same time account for the risks of cryptocurrencies. Those … Read more
Microsoft has now hired the law firm Arent Fox to review the company’s rules regarding harassment and discrimination at work and how these have been maintained, reports The Verge. At the end of 2021 Almost 78 percent of Microsoft shareholders voted to investigate compliance with the company’s sexual harassment policy. Among other things, the investigation … Read more
Belgium has now decided that civil servants have no right to call or contact employees if it takes place outside working hours. This unless it is an emergency or other exceptional circumstances, reports Zdnet. The new law will apply from 1 February 2022 and is intended to protect employees from stress and burnout by allowing … Read more
Publishers and streaming platforms in thirteen countries will now start a collaboration to combat piracy in the anime and manga industry, reports Nikkei Asia. As a basis for this, a new organization will be launched. It will be managed by Japan’s Content Overseas Distribution Association, which consists of 32 Japanese companies. The Motion Pictures Association … Read more
The US space agency Nasa announces now that the Biden-Harris administration in the White House has decided that the United States will continue its operations aboard the International Space Station, ISS, until at least 2030. On the ground, NASA will continue its international research cooperation with the European Space Agency ESA, the Japanese Space Agency … Read more
The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has now presented a five-year plan for how the country will become the world’s innovation center for robots by 2025. To succeed in this, the country will work to achieve breakthroughs in the manufacture of key robotic components such as servomotors and controls. The country will also … Read more
One of Amazon Web Services, AWS, a data center on the east coast of the United States, was hit by a power outage on Wednesday, reports The Verge. The outage is said to have led to major operational disruptions for Slack, Imgur, Epic Games Store, Asana, Flipboard, Udemy, Grindr, Hulu and IoT products from Honeywell, … Read more
According to a new compilation from the analysis company Chainalysis The hackers behind this year’s crypto-fraud have withdrawn SEK 70 billion. Compared with last year, this is an increase of 81 percent. A large part of the fraud is caused by so-called rug pulls, a fraud that involves deceiving the victims to invest in new … Read more
Quantum computer startup Rigetti has now presented its new Aspen-M quantum processor of 40 qubits, reports Ars Technica. Rigetti has also made sure that two quantum processors can be connected to create a quantum processor of 80 qubits. According to Rigetti, the processor should also reduce the error margin for the qubit reading stage by … Read more