SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft says it has warned thousands of its cloud computing clients of a recently discovered flaw that left their data vulnerable for an extended period. The problem involved keys used to access Microsoft Azure’s flagship database service Cosmos DB, and was discovered two weeks ago by cybersecurity company […]
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BEIJING: China today condemned the deadly attacks by Islamic State suicide bombers outside Kabul airport, saying Afghanistan still faces a “complex and severe” security situation as the United States withdraws. Two blasts killed at least 85 people including 13 US soldiers near the airport yesterday, ripping through crowds desperate to […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The Huawei Nova 8 has officially arrived in Malaysia a month after the company introduced the Nova 8i. It is Huawei’s latest mid-range smartphone that packs a 90Hz OLED display, a quad-camera setup with a 64MP main camera and it supports 66W fast-charging. Pricing and availability The Huawei […]
Botanists at Texas Tech University recently tested a new genetic resource on plants from the Guadalupe Mountains, a region that boasts some of the most diverse ecosystems in Texas. Called Angiosperms353, the resource — a massive, standardized set of genes common in flowering plant species — has the potential to help […]
Asia’s fastest man, Su Bingtian, believes he can improve on the continental record set at the Tokyo Olympic Games as he became the first Chinese man to qualify for the final of the 100 metres. Su ran 9.83 seconds in the semi-finals in Tokyo to break the Asian mark and […]
MELBOURNE: Australian police patrolled the streets and blocked transport into the centre of Sydney on Saturday (Aug 21) to prevent a planned anti-lockdown protest as the country reported a record high daily number of new COVID-19 infections. Officials reported a total of 886 cases in New South Wales and Victoria […]
The 25-year-old will be a father next month. It’s a double dose of happy news for iKON’s Bobby or Kim Ji-won: The 25-year-old is getting married – and becoming a father. In an Instagram post on Aug 20, he revealed that his fiancée is giving birth next month and apologised […]
Staging the Tokyo Olympics amid the global coronavirus pandemic was one of the “most complex” tasks of his career, International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates said in an interview published on Friday. The experienced Australian Olympic Committee president led efforts to deliver the Games in the face of significant political […]
Over the last 18 months, he has not shied away from taking decisive action as Malaysia grappled with multiple crises. KUALA LUMPUR: King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah’s ascension to the throne in January 2019 happened amid unforeseen circumstances. He was elected by fellow members of the country’s royal […]
“Get back, get back,” screamed the British soldier at a crowd gathered in front of the secure compound where those being evacuated by the UK embassy are taken before flying out. In front of him, many frantically waved their British passports in the air, hoping to be allowed through but […]