Twitter has banned financial market website Zero Hedge from the social media platform after it published an article linking a Chinese scientist to the outbreak of the fast-spreading coronavirus last week. Zero Hedge said it received a notification from Twitter on Friday, accusing it of violating Twitter’s “rules against abuse and harassment.” The move against
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Uber has suspended the accounts of 240 users in Mexico who may have been in contact with drivers that ferried a person suspected of having the deadly coronavirus. More than 300 people have died from the novel coronavirus in mainland China and although more than 100 people have been infected outside the country, Mexico has
Over strong objections from Apple, the European Union is pressing ahead with plans to make all manufacturers use the same chargers —at least within the EU. Here’s what’s really been decided and what impact it will have on users. When the European Parliament voted on Thursday to establish a common charging standard for mobile
Need more proof that Amazon is big? It came this week. Amazon’s U.S. workforce has topped 500,000 for the first time, up 43% from the year before and more than triple what it was five years ago, the company said Friday. It gained 150,000 workers last year, more than the size of Apple’s entire workforce.
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is starting to see disruption in the mobile phone market as a result of the Coronavirus, and has slightly dialed back iPhone shipment expectations for the first calendar quarter of 2020. AirPods pro and iPhone 11 Pro In a note to investors seen by AppleInsider, Ming-Chi Kuo of TF Securities
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said a scheme on encourage manufacturing of mobile phones, semiconductor packaging and electronic equipment is on the anvil. Making the announcement in the Budget speech, she said: “There is a cost advantage for electronics manufacturing in India”. But she says that this needs more investment. “I propose a scheme
Xiaomi’s successful entry into the affordable television segment in India has sparked quite the movement among brands and buyers. It’s opened the doors for various television manufacturers – both domestic and from abroad – to launch affordable, big-screen televisions in India; and you might not even have heard of many of these brands before. However,
Affiliate Disclosure: By buying the products we recommend, you help keep the site alive. Read more. Twitter is full of great videos. But how do you save them for posterity? While tweets can feel temporary, you might want to save videos you have seen on your timeline. Unfortunately, Twitter doesn’t offer a native way to
Facebook Inc said it will take down misinformation about China’s fast-spreading coronavirus, in a rare departure from its usual approach to dubious health content that is presenting a fresh challenge for social media companies. The coronavirus outbreak has stoked a wave of anti-China sentiment around the globe. Hoaxes have spread widely online, promoted by conspiracy
Poco X2 launch date announcement and the news of Realme C3’s arrival next week were two of the biggest tech developments that took place this week. Additionally, Samsung launched its Galaxy A51 smartphone in the country and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the union budget with a number of announcements for the technology sector. Further,
WhatsApp will no longer be supported on select older versions of Android and iOS starting today. The instant messaging giant has been warning its users about this for months now, and moving forward, Android version 2.3.7 and older as well as iOS 8 and older will not be supported by WhatsApp. Affected users will lose
The Union Budget introduced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today touched upon several sectors and brought remedial measures to revive the faltering growth. In the technology and science sector, the government announced a new electronics manufacturing scheme, eased the burden of tax on startups, proposed to enable private firms to build data centre parks throughout
Apple has begun the trial production of the much awaited iPhone 9 units as the official launch of the inexpensive iPhone is now less than two weeks away. A new report by MyDrivers claims the iPhone SE successor is already going through trial production. “Apple has finally started trial production of the highly anticipated iPhone
GoDaddy has reached an agreement to acquire Over, the startup behind an app that helps businesses create the photos and videos they need for social media. Justin Tsai, GoDaddy’s vice president of growth and product, said this acquisition is about acknowledging “a world of entrepreneurs who may never have a website.” He told me, “Over’s
The most bearish Apple analyst on the Street is parting ways with Rosenblatt Securities, and as a result the firm said it will be ceasing its coverage of the iPhone maker. Jun Zhang appearing on CNBC in September 2019 to talk about Apple being behind in 5G In a note seen by AppleInsider Rosenblatt
Microsoft announced a new Xbox Bounty programme today. As part of the programme, security researchers or white hat hackers can help the tech giant identify security loopholes in its Xbox Live network and services. Microsoft would pay up to $20,000 to security researchers for reporting vulnerabilities The Xbox Bounty programme invites gamers, security researchers, and
An international team of astrophysicists witnessed how the spinning of a celestial body twists space and time, further confirming Einstein’s theory of General Relativity. The findings published in the journal Science are the result of an effort of two decades tracking the orbit of an exotic stellar pair, two stars rotating around each other at
Flexibits, the company behind popular calendar app Fantastical, is releasing Fantastical 3.0 on all platforms today — macOS, iOS, iPadOS and watchOS. New features include event proposals, interesting calendars, new calendar views and weather forecasts. I’ve been using the app on my Mac, iPhone and iPad for a week. The main difference with Fantastical 2
Apple to close all China mainland stores due to virus outbreak (Reuters) – Apple Inc on Saturday said it would shut all of its official stores and corporate offices in mainland China until Feb 9 as fears over the coronavirus outbreak mounted and the death toll more than doubled to over 250 from a week
Apple recently added an option for customers to receive on-site service for certain iPhone repairs in select metropolitan cities across the U.S., with work fulfilled by Apple Authorized Service Provider Go Tech Services. Apple’s Get Support webpage shows a new option for on-site repairs. While repairs are not conducted by Apple itself, the new
Reliance Jio has introduced a new JioTVCamera accessory to allow Jio Fiber users to make video calls. At the launch of Jio Fiber, the company said that users will be able to make video calls via the Jio Fiber set-top box. The JioTV Camera is an accessory that can be attached to your TV set
Affiliate Disclosure: By buying the products we recommend, you help keep the site alive. Read more. Instagram has previously tested a feature where its users could see who was taking screenshots of their stories. While this feature ended up being retired, it left many questioning whether people can see if you screenshot their Instagram Story.
The European Organisation for Nuclear Research or CERN has decided to shun enterprise connectivity platform Workplace by Facebook, citing concerns around the management of user data by the social networking giant. Announcing that CERN’s presence on Workplace ended on January 31, the organisation said the decision was taken because of a lack of usage by
The start of the year — January — brought the first genuinely good series for Apple TV+ in Little America, an anthology about immigrants from the makers of The Big Sick and Master of None. It also brought about the end of BoJack Horseman, one of the best animated shows of our time. Meanwhile on
Poco X2 is all set to launch on February 4, and in the run up to the launch, the company is releasing several teasers via its social handles to build the buzz. The most recent teaser video further indicates that the phone may be nothing but a rebranded version of the Redmi K30. To recall,
NASA has awarded Maxar an estimated $142 million contract to demonstrate in-orbit spacecraft refueling and assembly of new components using a custom robotic platform in space. The space infrastructure dexterous robot, or SPIDER, program will be part of NASA’s Restore-L mission to demonstrate automation of proposed orbital tasks like reconfiguring or repairing a satellite or
Today is Budget day and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is all set to present the Union Budget 2020 in the parliament. The budget speech is likely to begin at 11am, and Sitharaman is likely to announce revival measures to spur growth and spending. The budget can be watched live on NDTV channels on TV, NDTV
Lip-syncing app Dubsmash was on the brink of death. After a brief moment of virality in 2015 alongside Vine (R.I.P), Dubsmash was bleeding users faster than it could recruit them. The app let you choose an audio track like a rap song or movie quote and shoot a video of you pretending to say the
Apple’s motion to toss a class action lawsuit targeting an iPhone 7 audio defect dubbed “Loop Disease” was denied in part by a California judge on Thursday, allowing three claims to move one step closer to injunctive relief. Apple’s audio controller chip (highlighted) in iPhone 7 is at the core of the “Loop Disease”
Apple has released iOS 13.3.1 and iPadOS 13.3.1 as its latest software updates for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad devices. One of the most notable changes that iOS 13.3.1 brings is the ability to let users disable the location-tracking functionality of the U1 Ultra Wideband chip. A dedicated workaround is available to turn off