The Paris prosecutor's office opened a probe on Tuesday into allegations by investigative news website Mediapart and two of its journalists that they had been spied on using Pegasus spyware.

Over 16 media organisations including The Guardian and the Washington Post have reported on large scale surveillance of human rights activists, journalists and lawyers around the world using the hacking spyware, Pegasus, sold by the Israeli surveillance company the NSO Group.

Think about the future of transportation, and you might envision the old animated show "The Jetsons," with everyone flying around in personal spaceships. Josh Giegel wants to start from scratch. The chief executive and co-founder of Virgin Hyperloop foresees us zipping between cities in minutes, a future not as far off as you may think.

Billionaire American businessman Jeff Bezos and his three crewmates engaged in a crash course of training on Sunday in preparation for his company Blue Origin's inaugural flight to the edge of space planned for Tuesday. The mission would represent the world's first unpiloted flight to space with an all-civilian crew. Blue Origin, which will have none of its staff astronauts or trained personnel onboard, expressed confidence at a briefing on Sunday.