Month: March 2022
Cargo ship carrying Porsches, Lamborghinis, and Bentleys sinks in the Atlantic
A cargo ship carrying thousands of vehicles across the Atlantic Ocean has sunk, according to the company that operated the ship (via Insider). A fire broke out on the ship, Felicity Ace, on February 16th as it was traveling from Germany to the USA. Nearly 4,000 cars from the Volkswagen…
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Yahoo closes email service in China as it lowers curtain on the country
Audio player loading… Yahoo has completely ceased its operations in China now that web services company has ended support for its email service in the country. In a recent email sent out to customers, the company explained that it would soon close Yahoo Mail in China while advising them to…
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Hackers Answered Ukraine’s Call For Help. Experts Fear It Isn’t Enough.
When the Russian military invaded Ukraine in a blitzkrieg of heavy weaponry, pro-Ukraine hacktivists looking to take down www.mil.ru met with something unexpected: a 418 error in which a server declares it cannot complete your request because it is a teapot. The teapot error is a decades-old April Fools’ joke…
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Google’s ‘Fast Emergency Dialer’ brings local emergency numbers to your Pixel’s lock screen
Google has begun rolling out a new fast emergency dialer (FED) feature designed to help users traveling internationally quickly access police, fire, and medical services, 9to5Google reported. The dialer was reportedly first seen last year through the Pixel’s emergency app, but Google confirmed to Android Police that FED is currently…
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Google Soli Radar sees your intentions – and it’s less creepy and more helpful than you think
Audio player loading… Radar, a nearly century-old technology, is turning out to be far more useful in modern computing and electronics than anyone might have thought. It’s being added to light bulbs to help detect if someone has fallen and they can’t get up, and was introduced in Google’s Pixel…
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Anonymous launches “cyber war” against Russia
Audio player loading… The hacktivist collective Anonymous has thrown its hat in the ring and declared that the group is now at cyber war with both the Russian government and President Vladimir Putin. After Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, a Twitter user with the handle “Anonymous” reached out to…
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