Meta Sued by US School Board for Social Media Addiction

Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is one of several social media companies that have been the subject of a complaint filed by the San Mateo County Board of Education. By making students addicted to their platforms, the complaint claims that these businesses are to blame for a mental health crisis among […]

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NASA, Axiom Space Partner to Develop Modern Space Suits

NASA and Axiom Space have created cutting-edge spacesuits for the astronauts on the Artemis III mission, who will be traveling close to the south pole of the moon. Axiom’s spacesuit, the AxEMU (Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit), offers enhanced mobility, the most recent technology, and additional protection against lunar hazards. Under a commercial services contract, NASA […]

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UK Finally Bans TikTok on Government Devices

Bringing the UK into line with the United States and the European Commission and demonstrating the deteriorating relationship between Beijing and Washington, UK will prohibit the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from ministers’ and civil servants’ mobile phones. A few hours after TikTok stated that its owner, ByteDance, had been told by Washington to sell the […]

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Mercedes Pay+ Payment Service Launched in Germany

In Germany, Mercedes introduced its “Mercedes pay+” payment service. Using biometric authentication, the car’s fingerprint sensor in the infotainment system, certain Mercedes models can accept Visa credit and debit cards. For infotainment services, subscribing to in-car services, and unlocking hardware capabilities, Mercedes pay+ is a cardless, wireless payment service that uses biometric authentication. Because the […]

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