India Crosses the Milestone of 1 Billion COVID-19 Vaccinations
India has administered 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine, officials said Thursday, passing a milestone for the South Asian country where the delta variant fueled its first crushing surge earlier this year. From a report: About 75% of India's total.....»»
Aging spacecraft starts up a radio transmitter it hasn’t used since 1981 from 15 billion miles away
Aging spacecraft starts up a radio transmitter it hasn’t used since 1981 from 15 billion miles away.....»»
Apple expands iPhone satellite services deal, commits $1.1bn to expand capacity
Satellite services provider GlobalStar today disclosed an expansion of its deal with Apple. Apple will commit an additional $1.1 billion for upfront infrastructure prepayments, to increase the capacity of satellite services. Additionally, Apple will.....»»
Apple makes $1.1 billion commitment to expand satellite messaging
Apple is committing over a billion dollars more to its existing satellite provider GlobalStar in order to have it expand its ground bases and add more satellites for iPhone messaging.Image Credit: AppleTwo years after it first launched Emergency SOS.....»»
India"s capital chokes in smog after firework ban flouted
India's capital New Delhi was wreathed in poisonous smog Friday, with air pollution worsening after a fireworks ban was widely flouted for raucous celebrations for the Hindu festival of lights, Diwali......»»
Voyager 1 is alive: NASA spacecraft reawakens 15 billion miles away from Earth
Voyager 1 is alive: NASA spacecraft reawakens 15 billion miles away from Earth.....»»
Apple posts record-breaking Q4 earnings as revenue hits $94.9 billion
Apple today posted its earnings report for the recent September quarter. When the dust settled, the company posted revenue of $94.9 billion and EPS of … The post Apple posts record-breaking Q4 earnings as revenue hits $94.9 billion appeared fir.....»»
Apple reports record Q4 2024 earnings with nearly $95 billion in revenue
Apple has released its earnings report for fiscal Q4 2024. The company reports $94.93 billion in revenue during the three-month period, up 6% year-over-year. This sets a new September quarter revenue record. For comparison’s sake, Apple reported $8.....»»
Idaho health district abandons COVID shots amid flood of anti-vaccine nonsense
Prominent anti-vaccine figures convinced the district not to offer COVID shots at all. Residents in the Southwest District Health in Idaho are no longer able to get COVID-19 vacci.....»»
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 accounted for 19% of Comcast Internet traffic last week
Credit the franchise's popularity, sure—but also its ludicrous file sizes. You might think that since Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (which was released last Friday) is the 21st game.....»»
Elon Musk reportedly will blow $10 billion on AI this year
Elon Musk's Tesla and xAI companies are on pace to spend $10 billion on AI capacity this year, but that figure pales in comparison to what their rivals are investing......»»
Snag Samsung’s Galaxy Tab A9+ at a heavily discounted rate
Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ usually retails for $269.99, but as of Oct. 31, Amazon has it on sale for $219.99. SAVE $50: As of Oct. 31, the Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ is available for $219.99 at Amazon. That's 19% down from its usual price of $269.99......»»
Google on scaling differential privacy across nearly three billion devices
In this Help Net Security interview, Miguel Guevara, Product Manager, Privacy Safety and Security at Google, discusses the complexities involved in scaling differential privacy technology across large systems. He emphasizes the need to develop secure.....»»
300 percent price hikes push disgruntled VMware customers toward Broadcom rivals
Ars speaks with users and partners unhappy with Broadcom's changes. After closing a $69 billion deal to buy virtualization technology company VMware a year ago, Broadcom wasted no.....»»
Tiny fragments of a 4-billion-year-old asteroid reveal its history
In June 2018, Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission reached asteroid 162173 Ryugu. It studied the asteroid for about 15 months, deploying small rovers and a lander, before gathering a sample and returning it to Earth in December 2020......»»
Research shows decline in out-of-home activities since pandemic
Compared with just before the COVID-19 pandemic, people are spending nearly an hour less a day doing activities outside the home, behavior that researchers say is a lasting consequence of the pandemic......»»
Self-donations boost crowdfunding success, study finds
Giving small donations to bright ideas and charitable causes is becoming a big market. This year, crowdfunding is projected to raise $1.6 billion worldwide, according to Fortune Business Insights. The money raised this way is expanding at a rate of 1.....»»
How corruption at the top erodes support for democracy
As we near the end of a "mega election" year in which as many as 2 billion people will cast ballots globally, concerns about the health of democracy are growing. Among the most frequently cited threats to democratic systems are increased discontent w.....»»
Apple to manufacture iPhone 17 in India in continued push away from China
It’s been a month since Apple released the iPhone 16. Still, the company has started the manufacturing process to make the regular iPhone 17 in … The post Apple to manufacture iPhone 17 in India in continued push away from China appeared.....»»
Report: iPhone 17 early manufacturing set for India, marking new milestone for Apple
Apple just shipped the iPhone 16 last month, but it’s already working on the manufacturing process for next year’s iPhone 17 models. And in a milestone for the company’s supply chain, India is reportedly where early production units of the base.....»»
AWESOME DEAL shaves 19% off the SanDisk 4TB Extreme Portable SSD!
If you’re looking for an external SSD with plenty of storage, then don’t miss this deal for the SanDisk 4TB Extreme Portable SSD. The post AWESOME DEAL shaves 19% off the SanDisk 4TB Extreme Portable SSD! appeared first on Phandroid. T.....»»