Team News
Sport news fans
HotNews
Sport news fans
LeBron James realized his dream: to play on the same team with his son Bronny. The 39-year-old and the 20-year-old played together for the Los Angeles Lakers in the preseason game against the Phoenix Suns. Although not an official match, the images of father and […]
Sports USA
The CIA has reportedly launched a new effort to recruit informants in China, Iran and North Korea, following what it described as successful efforts to recruit Russian nationals. The US spy agency posted instructions on how to safely contact her in Mandarin, Farsi and Korean […]
Politics USA
Existing laws protecting free speech online are being questioned from across the political spectrum in the United States. VOA correspondent Matt Dibble takes a look at the positions on the issue from Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump. The two main political parties […]
Politics Technology USA
In the rapidly evolving landscape of the digital economy, businesses find themselves traversing uncharted waters, encountering new challenges in the realm of cross-border taxation. This blog sets sail to explore the complexities of cross-border tax challenges in the digital age and how the expertise of an international law firm and international lawyers becomes instrumental in…
Greece’s move against mass tourism and the increasing flow of cruise ships that dock at its shores will be finalized with the imposition of a €20 tax, which will initially apply only to the two islands, Mykonos and Santorini. The plan to impose the tax […]
By January 19, Tiktok must be removed from Google and Apple’s app stores. This was the communication made known by the two American legislators through a letter addressed to the respective directors of the companies. Last week, the US Federal Court of Appeals upheld a […]
Greece’s move against mass tourism and the increasing flow of cruise ships that dock at its shores will be finalized with the imposition of a €20 tax, which will initially apply only to the two islands, Mykonos and Santorini. The plan to impose the tax […]
Culture Travel Greece’s move against mass tourism and the increasing flow of cruise ships that dock at its shores will be finalized with the imposition of a €20 tax, which will initially apply only to the two islands, Mykonos and Santorini. The plan to impose the tax […]
Culture Travel
By January 19, Tiktok must be removed from Google and Apple’s app stores. This was the communication made known by the two American legislators through a letter addressed to the respective directors of the companies. Last week, the US Federal Court of Appeals upheld a […]
Politics Technology USA
Researchers at Cleafy have discovered a new Android banking trojan called “DroidBot” that steals login information for more than 77 cryptocurrency exchanges and banking apps. DroidBot has been active since June 2024 as a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) platform. Criminals who want to use DroidBot pay a […]
Technology
The price of the world’s largest cryptocurrency rose by 6.1 percent on Thursday to reach $103,800, which is even 50 percent more than the price it had the day after Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election. Bitcoin has crossed the $100,000 mark for […]
Business Politics USA
iPhone users are being warned about a new identity theft scam that can permanently lock your Apple ID account. Cybercriminals are sending fake emails to billions of iPhone users, pretending the emails are from Apple. These emails appear to have been sent by Apple Support, […]
Technology
Researchers from the Check Point Research (CPR) team discovered malware hidden in an app on Google Play. That app, WallConnect, had more than 10,000 downloads and stole about $70,000 in cryptocurrency from victims, until Google took it down. The WallConnect app has been on the […]
TechnologyResearchers from the Check Point Research (CPR) team discovered malware hidden in an app on Google Play.
That app, WallConnect, had more than 10,000 downloads and stole about $70,000 in cryptocurrency from victims, until Google took it down. The WallConnect app has been on the Google Play Store since March 2024.
Legitimate WalletConnect was developed to facilitate the connection of decentralized applications (dApps) to crypto wallets. However, WalletConnect has some limitations as not all wallets support it, CPR said.
“Attackers have cleverly exploited the complications of WalletConnect and tricked users into thinking there is an easy solution – a fake WalletConnect app on Google Play,” the researchers said.
When victims download the malicious version, they are asked to link their crypto wallet, which directs them to a malicious website.
“Users must then verify the selected wallet and are asked to authorize certain transactions,” CPR explained.
“Each user action sends encrypted messages to the Command and Control (C&C) server, and the user’s wallet data, blockchain networks, and addresses are retrieved,” it said, among other things.
The malware is designed to grab the most expensive crypto-tokens first, before moving on to others.
“Only 20 users whose money was stolen left negative feedback on Google Play, indicating that there are many victims who may still be unaware of what happened to their money,” CPR warned.
Researchers say at least 150 users were scammed and their total loss exceeds $70,000. Given the difference between the number of victims and dismissals, it is possible that the fraudsters have also artificially inflated the number of dismissals.
Check Point researchers reported the fraudulent app to Google and it was removed from the Google Play Store.
Users should be more careful when linking crypto wallets to a platform or service, and carefully check each transaction before approving it.
Existing laws protecting free speech online are being questioned from across the political spectrum in the United States. VOA correspondent Matt Dibble takes a look at the positions on the issue from Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump. The two main political parties […]
Politics Technology USAExisting laws protecting free speech online are being questioned from across the political spectrum in the United States. VOA correspondent Matt Dibble takes a look at the positions on the issue from Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump. The two main political parties in the United States have different positions on a number of issues, but they agree that social media companies need to change the way they operate. After the presidential election in November, regardless of who wins it, there may be a change in social media laws.
“If we don’t have freedom of speech, we simply don’t have a free country.”
On his website, Republican Donald Trump claims that the right to freedom of expression, guaranteed by the First Amendment of the US Constitution, is being violated by some social media companies. After the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Mr. Trump himself was temporarily banned from posting on several social media platforms.
“After my inauguration as president, I will ask Congress to draft a bill to amend Section 230, removing large online platforms from the business of censorship.”
Section 230, which is part of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, was instrumental in creating the Internet that it is today, says Brandie Nonnecke, director of the Center on Technology Policy at the University of California, Berkeley.
“In effect, this law empowers platforms so that they are able to monitor and remove content without risking being sued. Now we often hear that the First Amendment is being violated by these platforms. However, the First Amendment is about government restrictions on free speech. “Social media platforms are private entities, protected by the First Amendment,” she says.
Previous attempts to revise Article 230 have failed. After Mr. Trump’s Twitter accounts were suspended in 2021, Florida and Texas, two Republican-majority states, passed laws limiting the ability of social media companies to monitor political posts on their platforms.
But those laws were put on hold this year, when the Supreme Court ruled that social media companies have the right to make editorial decisions without government interference. Politicians from Democratic candidate Kamala Harris often accuse social media companies of allowing too much harmful speech on their platforms. In 2022, Vice President Harris created a White House task force to address this problem.
“Hate has become so commonplace online that it’s becoming normalized for society and for users, some of whom might say it’s become inevitable.”
For now, the right of social media companies to control the content on their sites remains in place, but for many politicians and American citizens, this is still an unresolved issue.
YouTube is trying to make it easier for channels to grow their audience with the Hype feature. Shortly after launching a new experience, YouTube announced another feature that is said to help small creators with their visibility in the algorithm. The largest streaming platform, YouTube, […]
TechnologyYouTube is trying to make it easier for channels to grow their audience with the Hype feature.
Shortly after launching a new experience, YouTube announced another feature that is said to help small creators with their visibility in the algorithm.
The largest streaming platform, YouTube, has an extremely high number of creators.But it’s not just the number that’s surprising, it’s the variety of content they produce, from cooking and gaming to music and makeup.
This makes it very difficult to become a well-known YouTube creator with millions of subscribers and even more millions of views per video, foreign media write,Thankfully, YouTube is trying to elevate some of the content that smaller creators publish on its platform.
Hype is a brand new feature that aims to help YouTube channels grow by connecting them with new audiences.
Hype can be used by fans on videos that have been published for less than 7 days.
It is also important to note that only videos published by creators who have under 500,000 subscribers can be advertised.
The more advertising a video receives, the higher it climbs on the YouTube leaderboard of the 100 most advertised videos of the week.
It is reported that in the future, YouTube will allow fans to buy additional ads, thus unlocking another revenue stream for creators.
According to the app, in the first four weeks of beta tests in Turkey, Taiwan and Brazil, users accessed more than 5 million times in more than 50,000 unique channels.
It’s unclear when exactly the new feature will be available to everyone, but YouTube says it plans to expand into new markets based on what it learned from its beta tests in the three countries.
Facebook owner Meta says it is banning several Russian state media networks, alleging they use deceptive tactics to conduct influence operations and avoid detection on its platforms. “After careful consideration, we expanded our ongoing enforcement against Russian state media. Rossiya Segodnya, RT and other affiliates […]
Breaking News Technology USAFacebook owner Meta says it is banning several Russian state media networks, alleging they use deceptive tactics to conduct influence operations and avoid detection on its platforms.
“After careful consideration, we expanded our ongoing enforcement against Russian state media. Rossiya Segodnya, RT and other affiliates are now banned from our apps globally for foreign interference activity,” Meta said.
The bans are expected to come into force in the coming days. The Russian embassy in Washington, broadcaster RT, formerly Russia Today, and Sputnik news agency owner Rossiya Segodnya did not immediately respond to BBC requests for comment.
Russian state media have come under increased scrutiny over allegations that they have tried to influence politics in Western countries.
Like Facebook, social media giant Meta owns Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads. The move marks an escalation in the world’s largest social media firm’s stance toward Russian state media companies.
Two years ago, Meta took more limited measures to limit the spread of Russian state-controlled media, including banning media outlets from displaying advertisements on its platforms and limiting the reach of their content.
After the start of the war in Ukraine, Meta – like other social media platforms – agreed to requests from the EU, UK and Ukraine to block some Russian state media in those regions.
Oscar Piastri has won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, showing McLaren’s excellent form at this stage of the season. The Australian secured his second career victory, overtaking Charles Leclerc and holding the Ferrari pilot for 30 laps behind, writes A2. Behind their wings, there was a […]
SportsOscar Piastri has won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, showing McLaren’s excellent form at this stage of the season.
The Australian secured his second career victory, overtaking Charles Leclerc and holding the Ferrari pilot for 30 laps behind, writes A2.
Behind their wings, there was a fine battle between Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) and Sergio Perez (Red Bull), but a collision with just two laps to go took both drivers out of the race and handed third place on the podium to George Russell ( Mercedes).
Lando Norris finished fourth and cut the gap to 59 points from Max Verstappen, who finished fifth in a Red Bull car that is experiencing major problems and is already not so sure of winning the title with 7 races remaining from the end of the season.
For all lovers of technology and new phones, the wait is over. The well-known company Apple today launched iPhone 16 on the market, which is considered the first mobile phone with Artificial Intelligence integrated inside it. iPhone 16 Pro phones are slightly larger compared to […]
Technology USAFor all lovers of technology and new phones, the wait is over. The well-known company Apple today launched iPhone 16 on the market, which is considered the first mobile phone with Artificial Intelligence integrated inside it.
iPhone 16 Pro phones are slightly larger compared to their predecessors. The entry-level Pro level is 6.3 inches and the Pro Max is 6.9 inches, which allows users to have a larger screen for games and movies.
According to Apple, the new phones are thinner, have a longer-lasting battery, and come in 4 different colors.
The new iPhone 16 will start at $799, the iPhone 16 Plus at $899, and the top price reaches $1,599.
The new phone, through Artificial Intelligence, will allow users to get information about things around them just by pointing the camera.
So a user can point the camera at a restaurant and the iPhone 16 will pull up information like reviews, the menu and how to make a reservation.
Huawei has officially introduced the world’s first phone with two folding mechanisms and three screens, a device that is as expensive as expected. Prices in China for the Mate XT Ultimate Design model start at 19,999 yuan (about $2,809) for the 256GB version, which is […]
TechnologyHuawei has officially introduced the world’s first phone with two folding mechanisms and three screens, a device that is as expensive as expected. Prices in China for the Mate XT Ultimate Design model start at 19,999 yuan (about $2,809) for the 256GB version, which is about $300 more than a new 16-inch MacBook Pro. This model is part of Huawei’s “Ultimate Design” line, which is known for luxurious and innovative products.
The Mate XT has a dual Z-fold design that allows for use in a variety of formats. The OLED screen is 6.4 inches when closed like a traditional device, while when fully opened, it expands to 10.2 inches offering a tablet-like experience. The device can also be used in a smaller 7.9-inch configuration when not fully opened.
The phone has a 5,600mAh battery and supports 66W wired and 50W wireless charging. There’s also a triple camera system on the back, including a 50-megapixel main camera, a 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera, and a 12-megapixel periscope camera. For selfies, there is an 8-megapixel camera positioned on the left display when the device is fully open.
The phone was first launched in China and the price starts at 19,999 yuan (about $2,809) for the model with 256GB of internal memory, making it more expensive than a 16-inch MacBook Pro. Also, higher-capacity models are available for 21,999 yuan (about $3,089) for 512GB and 23,999 yuan (about $3,370) for 1TB.
Due to the high price and new innovation, the Mate XT is expected to be a strong competitor in the market, especially with other foldable phones such as the Galaxy Z Fold series from Samsung. Also, other brands like Xiaomi and Oppo are developing similar versions of phones with three foldable screens.
At the moment, there is no clear information about the Mate XT’s availability outside of China, but it is expected that Huawei will provide more details soon for interested buyers outside of China.
Greece’s move against mass tourism and the increasing flow of cruise ships that dock at its shores will be finalized with the imposition of a €20 tax, which will initially apply only to the two islands, Mykonos and Santorini. The plan to impose the tax […]
Culture TravelGreece’s move against mass tourism and the increasing flow of cruise ships that dock at its shores will be finalized with the imposition of a €20 tax, which will initially apply only to the two islands, Mykonos and Santorini.
The plan to impose the tax was announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis himself at the 88th edition of the Thessaloniki International Fair, but it remains unclear when it will come into effect.
“Greece does not have a structural problem of overtourism. It has a problem concentrated in some destinations and in some weeks or months of the year. Cruises put pressure on Mykonos and Santorini and therefore the price will be 20 euros,” explained the head of the government of Athens in a press conference,Mitsotakis did not specify when the new tax would take effect, but expressed concern about the influx of cruise ships.
“Equally important is the intervention for the number of ships arriving at their destination at the same time. We will be quite bold at this point”, stressed the Greek Prime Minister, also recalling the “sustainability rules” regarding the new infrastructure.
In 2023, about 800 cruise ships carrying 1.3 million passengers landed on the island of Santorini, home to just 15,500 people, according to the Greek Ports Association.
Of the record 32.7 million tourists who visited Greece last year, around 3.4 million, or one in ten visitors, went to the island of Santorini.
Because of this unprecedented influx, the government now intends to crack down on the number of ships arriving at their destination at the same time, deeming it necessary to put the brakes on islands where the limits of infrastructure are being tested.
Jannik Sinner writes another page in the history of Italian tennis: the world number 1 won the US Open (the first Italian male tennis player to do so), defeating the American Taylor Fritz in the final in 3 sets (6-3, 6-4 and 7-5). This is […]
Sports USAJannik Sinner writes another page in the history of Italian tennis: the world number 1 won the US Open (the first Italian male tennis player to do so), defeating the American Taylor Fritz in the final in 3 sets (6-3, 6-4 and 7-5).
This is the second career Grand Slam trophy for Sinner, after success at the Australian Open earlier in the year. Sinner always had the match under control and won the major American tournament taking advantage of the early eliminations of Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic,
The world number 1 also confirmed to Fritz his great mental toughness and ability to win the most important points, which is the difference between a champion and a good player.
Jannik realizes the American dream in this epic year for him, while the United States of America still has to wait for the heir to Andy Roddick, the last American to win on home soil in 2003.
“404 Media”, which is an investigative media that focuses on technology and its use, has shocked the world with the latest discovery. A marketing firm called “Cox Media Group”, whose client is the social networking company “Meta”, listens to the private conversations of millions of […]
Technology USA“404 Media”, which is an investigative media that focuses on technology and its use, has shocked the world with the latest discovery.
A marketing firm called “Cox Media Group”, whose client is the social networking company “Meta”, listens to the private conversations of millions of citizens, using the microphones of their smartphones.
According to the investigation, this marketing firm owns a software called “Active Listening”, which through the microphone of a smartphone collects the conversations of citizens and processes them through Artificial Intelligence, in order to display to users on different platforms, advertisements that relate to their verbally expressed requests and wishes.
Also, this marketing firm manages to see in real time and the latest searches of citizens on their phones.
Since the publication of this alarming data, Google has removed this marketing firm from its ‘Partner Program’, while Meta claims that Cox Media Group is under review. In turn, Amazon denied that CMG was its partner.
