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Russia’s major rocket engine producer Energomash said Wednesday it resumes production of the RD-120 upper stage rocket engine, which has been manufactured in Ukraine for more than 30 years MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik – ) Russia‘s major rocket engine producer Energomash said Wednesday it resumes production of the RD-120 upper stage rocket engine, which has been manufactured in Ukraine for more …

Scientists on Wednesday said they could be a step closer to solving the riddle behind the Moon’s formation, unveiling the most detailed survey yet of the far side of Earth’s satellite Paris, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – APP –  ) :Scientists on Wednesday said they could be a step closer to solving the riddle behind the Moon’s formation, unveiling …

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka blocked access to Facebook and WhatsApp on Monday after a posting sparked anti-Muslim riots across several towns in the latest fallout from the Easter Sunday suicide attacks. Christian groups attacked Muslim-owned shops in the northwestern town of Chilaw on Sunday in anger at a Facebook post by a shopkeeper, police said. Security forces fired in the air to …

Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday it had reached an agreement to take “full operational control” of the streaming television service Hulu, effective immediately, under a deal with Comcast, which holds a 33 percent stake. The deal gives Comcast, a media and cable giant, an option to sell its stake to Disney at fair market value within five years, with Hulu´s …

WhatsApp on Tuesday encouraged its users to upgrade the app to plug a security breach that allowed sophisticated attackers to sneak spyware into phones, in the latest trouble for its parent Facebook. The vulnerability — first reported by the Financial Times, and fixed in the latest WhatsApp update — allowed hackers to insert malicious software on phones by calling the …

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that a consumer lawsuit accusing Apple of illegally monopolizing the company´s App Store may proceed, opening a new avenue of antitrust litigation against the iPhone maker. In a 5-4 ruling, the justices rejected Apple´s argument that consumers lacked standing to proceed with their lawsuit because it was merely an intermediary with app developers. The …

NEW YORK: WhatsApp has announced  to end support for all versions of Windows Phone operating systems after December 31, 2019.  In a blog post on Thursday, WhatsApp announced  that  Windows Phone users won’t be able to use the instant messaging app on their devices beginning 1 January, 2020. The  mobile app had earlier ended support for Nokia Symbian S60, Nokia …

A group of top French experts on Friday slammed efforts by social networks to self-regulate and their “lack of credibility” as President Emmanuel Macron met Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg for talks. The leading officials and experts commissioned by the French government called for regulation of the group and other online platforms after being given unprecedented access in recent months to …

KARACHI: The number of accounts reported by Pakistani authorities to Twitter dropped to around 2,300 between July and December last year from 3,000 in the first six months of the year, according to a biannual report of the social networking website. The website’s transparency report released on Friday said that between July and December, the government sent requests for removal …

NEW YORK: Uber Technologies Inc’s shares fell nearly 9 per cent in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Friday, marking a rocky start for one of the most high-profile US companies to go public since Facebook Inc seven years ago. The fall in shares undermined Uber’s strategy of pricing its oversubscribed IPO conservatively at $45 per share to avoid …