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Taiwan lawmakers remove legal hurdles for Starlink to operate
3+ hour, 22+ min ago (488+ words) Starlink, owned by US billionaire Elon Musk, dominates the global satellite communications sector. Published Jul 21, 2026, 01:35 PM Updated Jul 21, 2026, 03:19 PM Taipei - Lawmakers in Taiwan approved legislative changes on July 21 that open the door for Starlink to operate its satellite internet service…...
Taiwan to slow mobile internet in civil defence drills as China threat grows
8+ hour, 58+ min ago (443+ words) Published Jul 21, 2026, 08:41 AM Updated Jul 21, 2026, 09:43 AM TAIPEI – Taiwan will deliberately slow mobile internet speeds for the first time during annual civil defence drills in August, testing how citizens would communicate if bandwidth became scarce in emergencies ranging from disasters to…...
Opposition to data centres grows in cramped urban Japan
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (658+ words) The site of a data centre construction project in Hino, Tokyo prefecture. Published Jul 17, 2026, 02:42 PM Updated Jul 17, 2026, 02:57 PM TOKYO – The more Yoriko Kitagawa learns about a massive data centre to be built near her home in Hino on the outskirts…...
Starlink Taiwan: Lawmakers to remove legal hurdles
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (687+ words) Published Jul 17, 2026, 11:15 AM TAIPEI - Lawmakers in Taiwan are set to approve changes to a law that will open the door for Starlink to operate its satellite internet services on the island, which is seeking to secure its communications in case…...
WhatsApp’s latest privacy feature will not stop scams if users do not exercise scepticism
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (677+ words) WhatsApp users should not be lulled into a false sense of security, says the writer, as scammers can still exploit the username system. Published Jul 16, 2026, 07:20 PM SINGAPORE – Later in 2026, WhatsApp will be rolling out a new feature that lets users…...
Police warn of GST Voucher scam messages to hijack Telegram accounts
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (540+ words) The scam variant leads to the takeover of the victims’ Telegram account. Published Jul 16, 2026, 05:17 PM Updated Jul 16, 2026, 05:22 PM SINGAPORE - Telegram users should beware of fraudulent messages claiming to provide links to information on the GST Voucher scheme and on MediSave,…...
Google search AI poses ‘unacceptable risk’ to kids, report finds
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (1082+ words) Google’s AI tools are built directly into the default search experience on school and personal devices. Published Jul 15, 2026, 07:15 PM Updated Jul 15, 2026, 07:35 PM The artificial intelligence features built into Alphabet’s Google Search pose an “unacceptable risk” to children, according to a…...
Beware of failed delivery scams, police say
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (316+ words) In these scams, victims received messages or e-mails that seemed to come from couriers such as Ninja Van and J&T Express, and were redirected to a fake website resembling the couriers’ official pages. Published Jul 15, 2026, 04:19 PM SINGAPORE - Scam victims…...
New York becomes the first state to impose a data centre moratorium
1+ week, 47+ min ago (517+ words) Data centres have sparked backlash in the US due to the raising power costs, straining water supplies and burdens they cause on local communities. Published Jul 14, 2026, 05:55 PM New York became the first US state on July 14 to halt construction of…...
Google probed by Swiss regulator over Android default search feature
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (251+ words) Published Jul 14, 2026, 03:48 PM Updated Jul 14, 2026, 03:53 PM ZURICH - Switzerland’s Competition Commission (COMCO) has launched a preliminary investigation into Google’s removal of a feature that allows mobile phone users to opt out of using its search engine as default, the authority said…...