
Report shows hack of U.N. offices last year
The U.N. human rights office acknowledged it suffered a sophisticated cyber attack last year, but said all of its sensitive and confidential data were safe.
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The U.N. human rights office acknowledged it suffered a sophisticated cyber attack last year, but said all of its sensitive and confidential data were safe.
U.N. investigators urged an inquiry into the Saudi crown prince's alleged role in hacking the phone of Amazon CEO and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos.
America's "Space Force," the military's first new branch in more than 70 years, could breach space law and prompt a U.S. withdrawal from yet another treaty.
The European Space Agency garnered pledges from 22 member nations to support more ambitious space exploration and research, including on climate.
Negotiators announced a deal on new radio frequency standards for 5G, despite worries about forecasting impacts.
U.S. lawmakers grilled Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on his plans to create a global digital currency and international organization to oversee it.
UPU Congress' consensus vote to adopt the compromise plan represented "an historical moment," the agency's chief says.
Europe's top court ruled E.U.'s digital privacy rules do not require Google to delete links to outdated or embarrassing info outside its 28-nation bloc.
A Swiss payments license would make Facebook's proposed cryptocurrency subject to Swiss financial regulators.
The E.U.'s antitrust probe of the Libra project focuses on concerns it would improperly shut out rival payment systems.
The military delivered more than 88,000 tons of packages and letters last year and must now plan for a possible disruption.
The U.N. marked the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing remembering the astronauts' pitch for world peace.
The nonprofit TMT International Observatory organization wants to build the Thirty Meter Telescope atop Mauna Kea.
The social network's proposed Libra cryptocurrency is to be managed by a new Libra Association in Geneva.
IBM, which helped develop the standards, said they offer policy guidance for governments and stakeholders worldwide.
The proposed global pact is named the Christchurch Call after the New Zealand city where 51 people were killed in March.