First govt-owned submarine cable lands in Maldives

Ocean Connectivity Maldives (OCM) signed a $22.5 million (MVR 346.95 million) agreement with Reliance Jio in February 2022 to lay the submarine cable.

12 August 2023

Chinese 'flying car' makes first public flight in Dubai

The X2 is a two-seater electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft that is lifted by eight propellers.

12 October 2022

Virtual reality tools offer escape to blockaded Gaza youth

According to Al-Khodary, virtual action and combat games are the most popular among young men, while young women tend to favour sports, music and travel.

25 November 2022

Elon Musk says to attempt Starship launch in March

SpaceX, since last year, has been looking to launch its giant Starship into orbit for the first time.

6 February 2023

Amendments proposed to probe, prosecute cybercrimes

The government has introduced bills related to cybercrime to curb the increasing number of crimes committed in cyberspace in the country.

23 February 2023

India lets banks use face recognition, iris scan

The Aadhaar card has a unique number tied to an individual's fingerprints, face and eye scan.

14 January 2023

Japan to restrict chip manufacturing machine exports to China

Only Washington, however, has acknowledged the existence of the deal, and has yet to release any details of what equipment will be restricted.

5 February 2023

Qualcomm, Nvidia spar for top spot in AI chip efficiency tests

Artificial intelligence chips from Qualcomm Inc beat Nvidia Corp in two out of three measures of power efficiency.

9 April 2023