Science & Technology

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online China's leading telecom companies, Huawei and ZTE, have won multiple contracts this year to supply 5G equipment in Vietnam, signaling Hanoi's deepening ties with Beijing and raising concerns among Western officials, according to seven sources with direct knowledge of the situation. Vietnam had long been cautious about integrating Chinese technology into sensitive infrastructure. However, in recent months,...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online EU antitrust regulators will examine whether Apple's Apple Ads and Apple Maps should be subject to the stringent requirements of the bloc's Digital Markets Act (DMA) after both services met key criteria. The U.S. tech giant, however, argues that they should be exempt. Apple's App Store, iOS operating system, and Safari web browser were already designated as...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The creator of Tilly Norwood, an artificial intelligence–generated actress, has insisted that the rise of digital performers will not take jobs away from real actors. AI entertainment studio Particle6, led by actor and comedian Eline Van der Velden, unveiled the synthetic actress earlier this year, sparking heated debate across Hollywood. Many fear that AI-driven characters could threaten...

Published: 27 November 2025 Thursday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Australia’s beloved weather website, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), faced massive public backlash after a long-awaited redesign went live, leaving users frustrated and confused. The relaunch occurred on 22 October, an unseasonably hot spring day in Sydney, with forecasts predicting 39C (99F). Just the day before, New South Wales had recorded its hottest day in over a...

Published: 27 November 2025 Thursday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Japanese beer giant Asahi revealed on Thursday that a massive cyber-attack in September has potentially exposed the personal information of more than 1.5 million customers. The company stated that the attack had affected its operations across factories in Japan and forced employees to manually process orders while systems were offline. Asahi said preliminary investigations showed that personal...

Published: 27 November 2025 Thursday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Archaeologists are preparing to resume excavations at the Ness of Brodgar in Orkney after an unexpected discovery was revealed through advanced 3D radar technology. The site, widely regarded as one of the most significant Neolithic settlements in the British Isles, was previously the focus of over 20 years of extensive digs, which officially concluded in 2024. However,...

Published: 26 November 2025 Wednesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter and owned by Elon Musk, has introduced a new “transparency feature” aimed at providing users with more information about the accounts they interact with. The feature, announced by Nikita Bier, head of product at X, has sparked discussion and concern about its implications for user privacy and safety....

Published: 25 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Up to three million low-skilled jobs in the UK could disappear by 2035 as automation and artificial intelligence transform the labour market, according to a report published this week by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER). The research, based on long-term economic modelling, suggests that while AI and technological advances will create some new roles, they are...

Published: 25 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Social media platforms are being urged to introduce stricter measures to limit internet “pile-ons” under new guidance aimed at protecting women and girls online. The recommendations, issued by Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, address misogynist abuse, coercive control, and the non-consensual sharing of intimate images, and are intended to provide practical tools for tech companies to safeguard their...

Published: 25 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Gamers, the wait is over: Black Friday 2025 is just four days away, yet the PS5 Digital Edition console is already at its lowest price ever. While the sale officially begins on 28 November, Sony has rolled out its PS5 Black Friday deals early, with consoles, accessories, and numerous PS5 games already discounted. The gaming giant has announced...