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El Salvador journalists sue spyware maker in US court

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Journalists from an investigative news outlet in El Salvador sued NSO Group in United States federal court Wednesday after the Israeli firm’s powerful Pegasus spyware ...

Europe’s Watergate? The Pegasus spyware scandal keeps spreading

Would you like to browse the contents of a cellphone in the interest of national security? If you have millions of dollars and are a government agency, you could try approaching the NSO Group, an Isra...

Lawmakers say EU isn't tackling phone surveillance scandal

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Parliament's inquiry committee investigating the use of surveillance spyware by the bloc's governments said Tuesday the EU's executive arm and member countries are failing...

Launch of NCKU’s hybrid rocket hailed as breakthrough in Taiwan

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — National Chen Kung University (NCKU) on Tuesday (Nov. 8) successfully launched a hybrid-propellant rocket at 1,500 kilogram-force (kgf) of thrust, the first for an academi...

Greece urged to dig harder on phone surveillance scandal

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A European parliamentary committee investigating the use of spyware in the 27-country bloc urged Greek officials on Friday to do more to shed light on a phone surveillance scanda...

Report: Mexico continued to use spyware against activists

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government or army has allegedly continued to use spyware designed to hack into the cellphones of activists, despite a pledge by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to...

European spyware investigators criticize Israel and Poland

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — European Parliament members investigating the use of surveillance spyware by European Union governments sharply criticized Israel on Wednesday for a lack of transparency in allow...

NSO chief steps down as Israeli spyware firm restructures

JERUSALEM (AP) — The chief executive of embattled Israeli spyware maker NSO has stepped down as part of a corporate reorganization, the company announced Sunday. NSO has been connect...

Don't dawdle with latest iPhone update. Here’s why and how

NEW YORK (AP) — Apple regularly issues updates to the software powering the iPhone, and sometimes it’s OK to dawdle when it comes to installing them. But that’s not the case with its latest — an upgra...

Apple warns of security flaw for iPhones, iPads and Macs

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple disclosed serious security vulnerabilities for iPhones, iPads and Macs that could potentially allow attackers to take complete control of these devices. Apple relea...

Eavesdropping probe finds Israeli police exceeded authority

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli government investigation into the use of powerful eavesdropping technology by the police found that they only used it after securing a judicial warrant but that the flood o...

Victim of private spyware warns it can be used against US

WASHINGTON (AP) — Months after her father was lured back to Rwanda under false pretenses and jailed, Carine Kanimba discovered her own phone had been hacked using private spyware. Ka...

Taiwan's TSMC and NSO push forward with music education program

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) and TSMC Foundation have launched a music education program featuring prominent conductors hosting masterclasses. Supported by ...

Paul Huang and NSO's intoxicating recital rocks TSMC art festival

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Award-winning violinist Paul Huang (黃俊文) performed with the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO), and conductor Lu Shao-chia (呂紹嘉), for the first time in Hsinchu on Friday (J...

Borda to retire as NY Philharmonic head, Ginstling hired

NEW YORK (AP) — Deborah Borda will retire as president and CEO of the New York Philharmonic at the end of the 2022-23 season and will be succeeded by Gary Ginstling, head of Washington’s National Symp...