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HIGHLIGHTS Apple reported healthy sales of iPhone, iPad, and Mac in June quarter Company’s chief executive Tim Cook said he is optimistic about India He mentioned several similarities between India and China Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday reaffirmed the company’s interest in India during the latest quarterly

Apple Inc has failed in its bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it disabled the popular FaceTime video conferencing feature on older iPhones to force users to upgrade. US District Judge Lucy Koh ruled late on Friday that iPhone 4 and 4S users can pursue nationwide class action claims that Apple

HIGHLIGHTS The flaw resides in Broadcom Wi-Fi chipsets It could potentially harm 1 billion Android and iOS smartphones Google and Apple have already rolled out a fix for the bug A Broadcom chip flaw found and demoed by Exodus Intelligence’s Nitay Artenstein exposed a potential critical threat

HIGHLIGHTS Xiaomi has taken a $1 billion loan to speed up brick and mortar stores It follows a three-year $1 billion syndicated loan in 2014 Xiaomi shipped 23.16 million smartphones in the second quarter of 2017 Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Inc said on Friday it had signed a deal

Microsoft’s AI is acting up again. A chatbot built by the American software giant has gone off-script, insulting Microsoft’s Windows and calling the operating system “spyware.” Launched in December 2016, Zo is an AI-powered chatbot that mimics a millennial’s speech patterns — but alongside the jokes and

A Canadian town has voted to oppose a zoning change that would allow a Muslim cemetery to be built. The referendum was held on Sunday in Saint-Apollinaire, a town of about 5,000 located just outside Quebec City. Provincial rules meant only 49 people were eligible to vote;

Well, the 31-year-old actor uploaded what seemed like a .. umm.. well it seemed like she is probably trying to send out cryptic messages. (Source: Deepika Padukone/Instagram, File Photo) It will not be an exaggeration to say that Deepika Padukone is among the actors who have a strong social

HIGHLIGHTS Samsung reportedly acquired Innoetics for less than $43 million Innoetics specialises in advanced synthetic speech tech Samsung may use this tech to leverage Bixby Samsung has acquired a Greek tech startup called Innoetics. The financial details of the buyout deal were not disclosed, but Samsung reportedly

Every time I look at social media, it seems, I see someone proclaiming the dangers of social media. There are too many dark takes to list here, but key themes include Twitter spreading misinformation, Facebook helping Donald Trump win, Russia waging a social media war against the U.S.,

When China’s women’s volleyball team won their nation’s 26th and final gold medal of the Rio Olympics, the celebrations were tinged with more than a little annoyance. The cause of the irritation was that somehow, once again, an incorrect version of the Chinese flag was hoisted high