In a fresh escalation of Russia’s tech nationalism, President Vladimir Putin on Monday accused U.S. technology firms like Microsoft and Zoom of taking an “anti-state” stance and said such services should be “throttled” in Russia. Speaking during a government meeting on technology policy, Putin asserted that platforms seen as hostile to Russian interests could no…
Zoom, the popular cloud-based video conferencing platform, is currently experiencing widespread outage, disrupting meetings and communication for thousands of users across the US and other countries. Users trying to access Zoom’s website and mobile app were met with an “Error 50003” message, signaling a connection issue. As of 3:30 pm ET on Wednesday, more than…
Two massive asteroids, named 2024 XY5 and 2024 XB6, zoomed past Earth at high speed on December 16. US space agency NASA had earlier said there is no immediate danger from the asteroids to the planet. The near-Earth objects (NEOs) have drawn attention to the constant monitoring of objects that are “near misses”. NASA and…