Facebook Messenger users sue company over its logging of phone calls and text messages

(Reuters) — Three users of the Facebook Messenger app sued Facebook on Tuesday, saying the social network violated their privacy by collecting logs of their phone calls and text messages, in the latest legal challenge facing the company. The U.S. lawsuit filed in federal court in the Northern District of California seeks status as a […]

Businesses in Taiwan are logging their employees’ toilet-paper use as the country grapples with a shortage

Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images Taiwan has is experiencing a rise in toilet paper prices, triggering shortages in stores around the country and leading some businesses to take drastic measures to conserve limited supplies.  An employee at Sesame Street English, an English-language school in Taipei’s Neihu District, told Business Insider that her school locks up its toilet paper […]

Fortnite servers DOWN: Epic Twitter CONFIRMS Logging in and connection issues status

UPDATE ONE: Epic Games have now provided an update on the current Fortnite server issues affecting the game tonight. Players should now be able to enter games on PS4, Xbox One and PC, however, there may be some added waiting times involved. “Players can now log in but you may experience longer login times,” Epic’s […]

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson returns to Earth after logging a record-breaking 665 days aloft

Thomson Reuters CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronaut Peggy Whitson returned to Earth late Saturday, wrapping up a record-breaking flight that catapulted her to first place for US space endurance. Whitson’s 665 days off the planet — 288 days on this mission alone — exceeds that of any other American and any other woman worldwide. […]

Cell phones in Amazon trees alert rangers to illegal logging and record wildlife

A newly funded application which makes use of solar-powered cell phones placed high in jungle canopies now helps park rangers — and regular citizens — join the fight in saving Amazonian rainforests. Dubbed the Rainforest Connection, the app uses phones hidden in trees throughout the jungle to detect sounds associated with illegal logging. When the […]