Signal messaging service back up after outage caused by surge in demand

Secure messaging serviceSignal is back up and running after sufferinganoutage caused by a surge in demand.
Secure messaging serviceSignal is back up and running after sufferinganoutage caused by a surge in demand.
In the wake of last week’s deadly riot at the Capitol, Sen. Mark Warner is urging Facebook and other social media giants to preserve “digital evidence” of the chaotic scenes that engulfed the building.
Snapchat has locked President Trump’s account in the wake of the rioting that engulfed the Capitol on Wednesday.
YouTube and other Google services such as Gmail suffered an outage Monday morning.
COVID-19 test kits are being delivered by drone in an El Paso pilot project that involves Walmart and Quest Diagnostics.
A ransomware organization has raked in tens of millions of dollars, according to a report.
As America continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic, skiers seeking to avoid the crowds need to use great caution, warns an expert in avalanche preparedness.
Apple’s Siri voice assistant had a strange response to the question “how old is the president” late Sunday, according to reports.
Election night can be nerve-wracking.
As America heads to the polls, these are the top election search topics on Google.
With America preparingfor Election Day, Googlehas a list of the key topics that Americans have been searching for.
A deepfake bot has used artificial intelligence to “undress” images of women on the messaging app Telegram, according to new research.
The U.S. Army has teamed up with experts from academia to develop a 3D-printeddevice carried on drones to detect aerosols.
A hypersonic missile developed by the U.S. hit within 6 inches of its target, according to a report.
Army researchers are working with the University of Illinois Chicago on unmanned technology for recharging drone swarms.
Apple has sent out invites to an event next week that is expected to see the launch of the new iPhone 12.
Apple has unveiled its new Apple Watch Series 6,Apple Watch SE and a new iPad Airat an event at the tech giant’s headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.
All eyes will be on Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. on Tuesday when the tech giant holds its latest launch event.
Facebook will block new political ads in the final week before the U.S. presidential election, the social network announced Thursday.
U.S. Army and Texas A&M researchers have developed a material that they say can “heal autonomously.”
Belarus was hit with widespread disruption in internet connectivity during the country’s closely-watched election Sunday, according to web monitoring organization NetBlocks.
Four Big Tech titans – Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple, will testify before the House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust Wednesday.
Scientists at MIT have digitally manipulated video and audio to create a creepy deepfake of President Nixon “delivering” a speech that would have been used in the event of an Apollo 11 disaster.
A number of U.S. lawmakers have welcomed the U.K.’s decision to remove Huawei from the country’s 5G networks by 2027.
A racial slur that appeared in the CAPTCHA code on a Georgia Department of Public Health website has sparked an investigation by officials and Microsoft.
IBM has quit the facial recognition technology business, citing concerns that it can be used for mass surveillance and racial profiling.
Amid the battle against coronavirus, drones will be used to deliver COVID-19 test kits and personal protective equipment to medical personnel on a remote Scottish island.
A court in the Netherlands has ordered a grandmother to remove photos of her grandchildren from Facebook under a European Union (EU)data protection law, according to a report.
Scientists in Denmark have harnessed social media to discover a new type of parasitic fungus.
Twitter is clamping down on the bizarre conspiracy theories that link the coronavirus outbreak to 5G communications technology.
As America attempts to contain the coronavirus outbreak, 3D-printed nasal swabs are being touted to boost health care workers’ testing arsenal.
A shocked mother discovered a photo of her family in a Facebookad for a face mask that claimed most of the family members pictured had died of COVID-19.
A shocked mother discovered a photo of her family in a Facebookvideo for a face mask that claimed most of the family members pictured had died of COVID-19.
Some 20 telecom masts, including one at a hospital, were reportedly attacked over Easter in the wake of a bizarre conspiracy theory linking coronavirus to 5G communications technology.
As New York City scrambles to contain the coronavirus outbreak, remarkable photos show a rainbow stretching across Manhattan.
Jewish General Hospital in Montreal is battling the coronavirus outbreak with what has been described as a “revolutionary” app that can monitor peoples’ vital signs when they look on their smartphone screens.
Cell towers in the U.K. have reportedly been set on fire in the wake of a bizarre conspiracy theory that links 5G communications technology to the coronavirus pandemic.
Teachers in city schools in New York City have been told not to use the Zoom video conferencing technology for distance learning amid security andprivacy concerns, according to media reports.
Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX has reportedly banned the use of Zoom video conferencing technology amid security andprivacy concerns.
Zoom Video Communications, which is enjoying a boom in use as people flock to its service amid the coronavirus outbreak, is attracting attention over its R&D presence in China.
Police in the U.K. have stopped a man playing “Pokémon GO” outdoors amid the country’s coronavirus lockdown.
3D-printing is being used to quickly produce in-demand items to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic, including nasal swabs.
As the world struggles to contain the coronavirus outbreak, experts are harnessing 3-D printing technology in an effort to make in-demand items, such as components for masks and face shields.
Dyson,famous for its high-end vacuum cleaners and other domestic appliances, is applying its expertise to buildventilators for coronavirus patients.
In an effort to ensure that sufficient bandwidth is available amid the coronavirus outbreak, YouTube has announced that it is temporarily shifting video quality to standard definition on its platform.
Researchers at Ohio State University have harnessed satellite images and sophisticated artificial intelligence technology to search for unexploded bombs from the Vietnam War.
Thecoronaviruspandemic has increased the risk of cyberattack, the World Economic Forum has warned.
With the U.S. battling to contain the coronavirus outbreak, a cyberattack hit the Department of Health and Human Services on Saturday, Bloomberg reports.
The developer of the wildly popular “Pokemon GO” game has made it easier for gamers to play the game indoors amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Internet providers AT&T, Comcast and Verizon are among a slew of companies that have committed to keeping Americans connected even if they can’t pay their bills during the coronavirus outbreak.
Apple has announced the temporary closure of its retail stores outside of China amid the coronavirusoutbreak.
A team of engineers in Australia has cracked a problem that has stood for more than half a century.
Talk about saving the bacon. Firefighters in the U.K. were recently called to a fire in a pigpen that started in the strangest of circumstances.
The father of Alison Parker, a television news journalist who was murdered during a live broadcast in 2015, has slammed YouTube over sick videos of her slaying that continue to circulate on the video-sharing site.
Hamas hackers have targeted Israeli soldiers’ phones with fake social media profiles, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
Is Bigfoot hanging out in the Buckeye state?
Google search data suggests that some people are getting confused by the deadly coronavirus.
The NFL has tightened social media security after hackers launched a wide-ranging attack just days before Super Bowl LIV.
A number of NFL teams' Twitter accounts have apparently been targeted by hackers, including the accounts for the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers, who meet in Super Bowl LIV on Sunday.
President Donald Trump has slammed Apple over the tech giant’s refusal to unlock iPhones used by the shooter who killed three U.S. sailors and injured eight other people at Pensacola Naval Air Station.
A mom in New Jersey says that she got a gross surprise when she opened a package of diapers that she had ordered from Amazon.
The recent flare-up between the U.S. and Iran has thrust Tehran’s military capabilities into the spotlight. While tensions appear to be de-escalating in the region, experts have been weighing the potential threat posed by Iran’s drone firepower.
Ivanka Trump delivered a keynote address amid controversy at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Tuesday, touting innovation as an engine for U.S. job growth.
Ivanka Trump’s forthcoming keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show has sparked a backlash from critics who argue that the White House senior adviser is unqualified to address the massive tech show, which kicks off in Las Vegas Tuesday.
Lawyers representing users of the collapsedQuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange want Canadian authorities to exhume the body of the company’s founder amid ongoing controversy over the firm’s demise.
A yet-to-be-launched New Testament-inspired video game that lets gamers play as Jesus Christ is causing a stir.
Consumers need to think seriously about the security of their Internet-connect Smart TVs, according to the FBI.
TikTok has come under fire for suppressing videos from disabled, LGBTQ and overweight users, in what the social media app describes as a flawed attempt to tackle bullying.
Google has been accused of "union-busting" by activists over the firing of four employees who reportedly were attempting to organize.
The key role played by U.S. military working dogs has been thrust into the spotlight following the audacious raid that killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Google has been slammed by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo.,following areportin The Wall Street Journal about the extent of the search giant’s “interference” in its search algorithms.
A team of designers and engineers has successfully 3D printed a made-to-measure ‘bionic hand’ in just 10 hours.
Google is honoring Veterans Day with a Doodle painted by a U.S. veteran who lost parts of both arms while serving in Iraq.
The Air Force is testing a plasma reactor to destroy harmful chemical compounds in contaminated groundwater.
The National Transportation Safety Board says that an Uber self-driving car that struck and killed a pedestrian in Arizona in 2018 was unable to detect jaywalkers.
Assistant can be hackedby shining a laser on the devices'microphones, according to an international team of researchers.
Scientists researching the environmental impact of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill were surprised to uncover the remains of an ancient pre-Columbian village on Florida’s northern Gulf Coast.
Facebook, Google and Apple have been accused of enabling online slave markets, according to an undercover investigation by BBC News Arabic.
An LED-covered video truck is driving around Silicon Valley Thursday blasting out PragerU videos that the organizationsays have been restricted by YouTube.
Catholics can now use a smart rosary to pray for world peace.
Officials in California will unveil the nation's first statewide earthquake early warning system on Thursday.
Officials in California unveiled the nation's first statewide earthquake early warning system on Thursday.
Exactly 360 years to the day since the Dutch merchant ship Melckmeyt was wrecked off a remote Icelandic island, experts have harnessed virtual reality to create a stunning virtual dive of the wreck.
Exactly 360 years to the day since the Dutch merchant ship Melckmeyt was wrecked off a remote Icelandic island, experts have harnessed virtual reality to create a stunning virtual dive of the wreck.
A glitch in the new "FIFA 20" video game has exposed the personal details of a number of players.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has been slammed for using the Google Translate tool to vet refugees’ social media posts.
A futuristic, eco-friendly water taxi was pulled over by police on the River Seine in Paris, according to The Independent.
Could pearls help save a soldier’s life?
Google has ramped up its efforts to help tackle the opioid crisis with a set of new tools to help connect people with recovery resources.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied writing a message that caused Facebook to sanction his page for a violation of its hate speech policy.
Apple unveiled its new iPhone 11 devices in a blaze of publicity Tuesday, although images of the phones’ new camera cluster are apparently sparking some peoples’ trypophobia, or "fear of small holes.
Apple has unveiled its new iPhone 11 at an event at the tech giant’s headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.
All eyes will be on Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., Tuesday as tech giant unveilsits latest products.
The world looked on in horror earlier this year as fire tore through the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
Experts have warned consumers to be on guard against “SIM swapping” when hackers move a victim’s phone number onto a mobile device that they control.
New York Attorney General Letitia James is leading a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general in an antitrust investigation into Facebook for alleged antitrust activity.
Zao, a Chinese app that uses ‘deepfake’ technology to let users superimpose themselves onto the faces of movie and TV starshas sparked a privacy backlash amid concerns about identity theft.
All eyes will be on Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., next week when the tech giant launches its latest iPhones.
Google security researchers say that hackers spent at least two years targeting iPhones “en masse” and placing “monitoring implants” on Apple'ssmartphones.
The U.S. government is ramping up its efforts to protect voter registration databases from ransomware attacks in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election.
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