Neowin News Feed for: Kazakhstan

TWIRL 47: Roscosmos chief says Baikonur is secure despite Kazakhstan protests

Paul Hill — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 12:00:01 +0000

We're expecting two launches this week, one from Virgin Orbit and the other from SpaceX. Roscosmos chief, Dmitry Rogozin, has also confirmed that the city of Baikonur and the cosmodrome are secure. Read more...

Bitcoin network's hash rate recovers from Chinese mining crackdown

Paul Hill — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 17:10:01 +0000

Following a ban on Bitcoin mining in China earlier this year, it seems that the network has fully recovered which is a testament to the cryptocurrency's resiliency. The U.S. now has the most miners. Read more...

Mozilla and Google stop Kazakh government from intercepting traffic

Paul Hill — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 13:40:01 +0000

Mozilla and Google have taken measures to invalidate a root CA certificate from being used by the Kazakh government in Firefox and Chrome to intercept users' secure HTTPS connections to websites. Read more...

Girl injured by exploding Samsung Galaxy S2

Timi Cantisano — Mon, 05 May 2014 21:21:54 +0000

A Samsung Galaxy S2 has left a young girl severly injured and terrified of smartphones. The device exploded in her pocket leaving a severe burn on her leg. Samsung has agreed to cover expenses. Read more...