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9 storiesUkraine says military Starlink service restored as investigation continues
Ukraine's military Starlink service has returned to normal, according to Chinese reports citing Ukrainian Defence Ministry sources. The ministry is still investigating the causes and circumstances of restrictions reported on October 14.
China's software revenue tops 10 trillion yuan in January-August, up 8.8%
China's software business revenue exceeded 10 trillion yuan in the first eight months of 2026, up 8.8% year on year, according to Ministry of Industry and Information Technology data reported by local outlets on October 8. Total profit in t…
China's software revenue reaches 10.282 trillion yuan in first eight months
China's software business revenue reached 10.282 trillion yuan in the first eight months, up 8.8% year on year, 36Kr reported, citing industry ministry data. Yicai and Xinhua also reported that software revenue exceeded 10 trillion yuan.
China's security ministry warns of AI voice cloning from brief phone responses
China's Ministry of State Security warned that criminals could use a few seconds of a phone response for AI voice cloning and impersonation, according to October 11 reports. It highlighted advice circulating online to remain silent for thre…
China's delegation completes ITU broadcasting study group meeting in Geneva
A Chinese delegation took part in meetings of the ITU Radiocommunication Sector's Study Group 6 (SG6) and its working parties WP6A, WP6B and WP6C in Geneva from September 21 to October 2, according to the website of the Ministry of Industry…
South Korea's Lee Jae-myung orders probe into bank customer data leaks
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung ordered a thorough investigation into a series of personal data leaks at banks and public institutions, his office said on 4 October. Financial authorities said about 25,000 Shinhan Bank customers' infor…
Apple to tighten macOS Full Disk Access as autonomous AI agents raise risk
Apple said it will tighten macOS’s “Full Disk Access” permission, so apps can obtain it only through a more explicit user action, because AI agents that operate a computer autonomously raise the risk of exposing personal data. The company h…
Google Chrome 155 adds default support for JPEG XL images with Rust-based decoder
Google's Chrome 155 browser now decodes the JPEG XL (.jxl) image format, which Google says compresses about 30% to 50% better than JPEG and supports lossless compression, HDR and lossless JPEG transcoding. Chrome uses jxl-rs, a decoder writ…
Google blocks unauthorized TLS certificates after .gh, .sl and .as registry hijacks
Google said the country-code top-level domains .gh (Ghana), .sl (Sierra Leone) and .as (American Samoa) were hijacked, with attackers tampering with authoritative DNS records to obtain TLS certificates. Chrome blocked the identified unautho…