China has condemned the US Treasury’s decision to blacklist 34 Chinese companies and institutes, calling allegations that they were developing “brain-control” weaponry “totally groundless.” 34 entities, including the Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences (AMMS), were added to the blacklist on Wednesday – prohibiting them from purchasing any US technology. Before Wednesday’s additions, the blacklist […]
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Android phones send device, user ‘identifier’ data to manufacturers & Big Tech firms offering ‘pre-installed’ apps, new study says
Android OS devices transmit sensitive user data like handset serial numbers and app usage info to manufacturers like Samsung and third parties like Google, Microsoft and Facebook – even after consumers opt out, a new study shows. According to the study, proprietary variants of Google’s Android system developed by popular vendors like Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei […]
Second dose of J&J Covid jab increases protection to 94%, firm’s data shows
Johnson & Johnson has announced that a second shot of its Covid jab, administered around two months after the first, enhances the protection offered by the vaccine to 94% against moderate and severe cases of the virus in the US. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the pharmaceutical company released new data showing the increased […]


