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Chinese researchers achieve breakthrough in underground positioning and navigation <br> A driver pulls into an underground car park in Xiongan New Area, north China&#39;s Hebei Province, taps &quot;park&quot; on a smartphone app and is guided directly to a vacant space. If the spot has already been taken, the system automatically recommends another. Behind this convenience is a technological breakthrough by a research team at the 54th Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC54). Developed under the name &quot;Xingyuan,&quot; the BeiDou micro-base-station system for underground positioning and navigation extends high-precision location services into spaces beyond the reach of satellite signals. The project behind the system has passed a national acceptance review by China&#39;s Ministry of Science and Technology, marking an important advance in the country&#39;s efforts to build an integrated spatio-temporal netw...

Apple shares slide as higher memory costs fuel margin concerns <br> Apple shares fell about 4% in premarket trading on Tuesday after the tech giant warned that rising memory costs would squeeze gross margins, stoking investor concerns ​over persistent supply-chain uncertainties and mounting AI expenses. John Ternus delivered his first &zwnj;earnings report as Apple CEO on Monday, describing the memory-pricing environment as &quot;unprecedented&quot; while expecting costs to rise beyond the quarter ending in December. The iPhone maker has benefited from using memory purchased ​at lower prices, but that advantage is expected to diminish over ​time, leaving more of its purchases exposed to higher prices. Gross margins, ⁠which measure the percentage of revenue retained after the costs of making its products, was ​47.9% for the September quarter, down from June-quarter levels even when factoring in ​the impact of tariff refunds. Apple expects gross margin for the ...

Experts urge regular phone updates amid surge in WhatsApp account hijacking <br> Cybersecurity experts warn that phone software needs to be kept up to date to prevent security breaches amid a rise in WhatsApp account takeovers and fraud attempts. Increasingly dangerous cyberattack methods are emerging in T&uuml;rkiye and worldwide, especially targeting the popular messaging app WhatsApp. Attackers can hijack WhatsApp accounts, mimic the compromised account holders&rsquo; chatting styles and send deceptive messages to people in their circles, pretending to be in urgent need of loans via bank transfers. Ibrahim Gunduzgil, head of the cybersecurity program at Istanbul Commerce University, told Anadolu that attackers can gain access to WhatsApp accounts through phishing attacks, including fake links, and social engineering techniques. &ldquo;Security vulnerabilities in outdated apps or operating systems can be exploited by attackers, posing an additional risk thr...

Ignite’s National Incubation Centers win prestigious international award in London <br> Global recognition underscores Pakistan&rsquo;s growing innovation ecosystem and its commitment to technology-led economic development. Pakistan has earned international recognition for its efforts to advance technology entrepreneurship, with Ignite &ndash; National Technology Fund&rsquo;s National Incubation Centers (NICs) Program winning the Digital Policy &amp; Regulatory Excellence Award at the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) Digital Excellence Awards 2026 in London. Presented during the CTO&rsquo;s 125th anniversary celebrations, the award recognises the NIC Program as a significant initiative in fostering innovation, entrepreneurship and digital economic development. Pakistan also secured recognition in two other categories, distinguishing itself among the organisation&rsquo;s 56 member countries. The achievement reflects Pakistan&rs...

Binance sees outflows stabilising as exchange returns online after $6.3 billion heist <br> Binance customers pulled $3.64 billion, or 2.1% of its assets, as the world&#39;s biggest cryptocurrency exchange resumed service after a security breach linked to North Korea saw $6.3 ​billion stolen&nbsp;from the platform last week. The exchange moved to reassure crypto investors and said withdrawals were stabilising after an initial spike and deposit volumes had remained &quot;substantial&quot; after, what &zwnj;analysts believe, may be the world&#39;s biggest financial robbery ever. After hitting a six-week low on Friday, bitcoin prices recovered slightly through the weekend to trade above $78,000 on Monday. Ether hit a two-month low on Friday and also recovered a little to $2,287. Binance, which allows users to buy, sell and trade digital assets, has 335 million registered users globally. It said on Sunday it had $171 billion in total assets under manage...

Four years at the top: Why the Kia Sportage continues to impress international automotive experts <br> &nbsp; Winning an automotive award is a mark of excellence. Winning the same title four years in a row is a testament to a vehicle&rsquo;s enduring appeal and consistently high standards. The Kia Sportage has achieved this distinction, having been named &lsquo;Best Family SUV of the Year 2026 by What Car?&rsquo; for the fourth consecutive year. In one of the automotive industry&rsquo;s most competitive categories, the Sportage demonstrates why a well-rounded driving experience can be just as important as outright performance or an extensive list of features. &nbsp; The Balance Between Comfort and Control One of the Sportage&rsquo;s defining characteristics is its ability to combine a comfortable ride with confident handling. According to What Car?&rsquo;s assessment, the SUV delivers a supple ride at different speeds while remaining com...

Crew from NASA's simulated Mars mission emerges after 378 days in isolation <br> The four members of a crew who took part in a simulated mission to Mars have emerged after 378 days in isolation ​at the US space agency&#39;s Johnson Space Center in Houston, an endeavor designed to help prepare for a &zwnj;possible future excursion by NASA astronauts to Earth&#39;s planetary neighbor. &quot;It&#39;s been a hell of a year &mdash; analog astronauts living in captivity of our own free will,&quot; Ellen Ellis, the medical officer on the Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog, or CHAPEA, mission, said in remarks at Johnson Space Center after ​emerging with her three crewmates on Saturday. The four entered the 1,700-square-foot (158-square-meter) 3D-printed habitat on October 19, 2025, and performed ​tasks such as growing crops in simulated Martian soil and interfacing with NASA officials with delays ⁠recreating those inherent in interplanet...

China unveils detailed plan for manned moon landing <br> China will adopt a &quot;two launches, lunar orbit rendezvous&quot; architecture for its manned lunar exploration program, a senior engineer said on Saturday, as development work for lunar landing advances steadily. Wang Xiang, deputy chief designer of China&#39;s manned space program and chief designer of the lunar exploration program, outlined the plan at the 7th Manned Space Symposium in Beijing. Under the scheme, two rockets would separately send the Lanyue lunar lander and Mengzhou crewed spaceship into the Earth-moon transfer orbit, and the two spacecraft would perform a rendezvous and docking in the lunar orbit. Astronauts would then transfer from the Mengzhou spaceship into the Lanyue lander for the descent to the lunar surface and subsequent scientific work. Wang said the approach matches China&#39;s existing technical capabilities and infrastructure, and the separate development of the spac...

Alibaba partners with Apple to integrate Qwen AI model into Apple Intelligence for Chinese market <br> Chinese tech company Alibaba Group has partnered with Apple to integrate its Qwen AI model into Apple Intelligence for the Chinese market, state-run Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. The feature will be available for testing in the latest iOS developer beta starting Nov. 4 and will launch with the official iOS 27.3 release in December, Alibaba said. Qwen&rsquo;s AI capabilities will be integrated into several Apple features, including Siri, Writing Tools and Visual Intelligence. Read More:&nbsp;Xiaomi&#39;s October EV deliveries top 50,000, hit 2026 monthly high Users can choose whether to enable the integration and what information to share. Alibaba said user requests and generated responses would not be used to train its AI models. The feature will be available on compatible iPhones whose device location and Apple Account region are both set to China....

Binance to resume withdrawals after recovering bulk of $6 billion in stolen funds <br> Binance, the world&rsquo;s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, said it would&nbsp;resume&nbsp;withdrawals&nbsp;in phases&nbsp;after&nbsp;covering 95% of the $6.3&nbsp;billion&nbsp;in tokens&nbsp;stolen&nbsp;from its platform in the world&#39;s largest digital heist, which the FBI has tied to North Korea. Binance&nbsp;said phase would start between 0600 and 0900 GMT on Sunday and include bitcoin, ether, BNB, Solana, XRP, dogecoin and other tokens. The remaining 5% of&nbsp;stolen&nbsp;tokens consists of assets that are less liquid and may take longer to source in the required amounts,&nbsp;Binance&nbsp;posted on X late on Saturday. Update: We have already covered $6B of the impacted amount of the hacked loss. https://t.co/WOHKdQLiSG &mdash; Binance (@binance) November 1, 2026 The FBI said on Saturday the North Korean st...