India’s IT and Broadcasting ministers resign
India’s IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar resigned from their roles on Wednesday, adding to the list of high-profile politicians who have vacated their positions ahead of India Prime Ministe.....»»
Meta is fighting deepfakes and misinformation in India ahead of 2024 elections
India's 2024 elections face the threat of deepfakes, often spread on WhatsApp and social media. Meta is trying to combat it. Tech giant Meta is gearing up for worldwide elections in 2024, having laid out plans to "protect elections online" as g.....»»
India"s government wants answers about iPhone hack alert
India's government says Apple hasn't provided nearly enough information about a hack warning that popped up on iPhones in 2023.Mumbai, IndiaIn October, Apple warned independent journalists and opposition politicians in India of possible government ha.....»»
Hundreds strike at Apple supplier Flex"s plant in India
Workers at the Indian plant of Apple supplier Flex staged a one-day strike over pay, conditions, and the firm's refusal to recognize a union.A Flex facility in India (Source: Flex)Flex makes chargers for Apple and while not the best-known of the Cupe.....»»
10 biggest Super Bowl broadcasting mistakes, ranked
One can only imagine how the 2024 Super Bowl will turn out, as the football event has had a long history of broadcasting mistakes such as these......»»
Rocket Report: US military still wants point-to-point; India’s big 2024 ambitions
"We’re still targeting to get Neutron on the pad before the end of the year." Enlarge / A Falcon 9 rocket launched NASA's PACE spacecraft this week. (credit: SpaceX) Welcome to Edition 6.30 of the Rocket Report! Lookin.....»»
India"s tigers climb high as climate, human pressure rises
Tigers in India have been photographed in high-altitude mountains rarely seen before, with experts suggesting relentless human pressure and a heating climate are driving them from traditional hunting grounds......»»
A new kink in proton spectrum to enhance our knowledge of cosmic ray origin
The GRAPES-3 experiment in Ooty, India, operated by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research has discovered a new feature in the cosmic-ray proton spectrum at about 166 tera-electron-volt (TeV) energy while measuring the spectrum spanning from 50 T.....»»
Apple hits India sales record as country cuts import duty
India has reduced its import duty on selected smartphone components, while new research says in 2023, Apple sold more iPhone in the country than ever.Mumbai, IndiaIndia has become of increasing importance to Apple as it aims to cut its dependence on.....»»
Budget cuts loom for data privacy initiatives
The past year saw developments and updates to privacy regulations across the globe—from India’s Personal Data Protection Bill to Brazil’s General Data Protection Law, according to ISACA. However, only 34% of organizations say they find it easy.....»»
Researcher: Debt, wage theft and coercion drive the global garment industry—the only answer is collective action
Major fashion brands including Barbour and PVH (the owner of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger) have agreed to pay over £400,000 in compensation to migrant workers in Mauritius. These workers from Bangladesh, India, China and Madagascar had been force.....»»
JW Player Suffers Severe Traffic Loss After Dynamic Piracy Blocking Blunder
A piracy blocking injunction handed down by an Indian court last September appears to have cost video delivery service JW Player over half of its usual website traffic from visitors in India. Plaintiffs Star India, Hotstar and Disney+ Hotstar, initia.....»»
Delhi smog: India"s cities must look beyond their limits to clean up air pollution
Delhi needs the help of its rural neighbors to finally beat its killer smog problem, concludes a review carried out by the University of Surrey and regional government officials in Delhi, India. The work is published in the journal Sustainable Horizo.....»»
New research analyzes state violence in India"s coal war
Police, who were deployed to block villagers from protesting a power plant on coastal wetlands in India 14 years ago, shot at protesters, killing three and injuring hundreds. Two years later on the other side of the country, a Buddhist monk was kille.....»»
The Samsung Galaxy S24 is breaking pre-order records!
It appears that despite the somewhat incremental hardware upgrade, the Samsung Galaxy S24 is breaking pre-order records in India! The post The Samsung Galaxy S24 is breaking pre-order records! appeared first on Phandroid. The Samsung Galax.....»»
Apple opens new office in Bengaluru, India
Nine months after leasing an office block in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, Apple has now officially opened its 15-storey offices there.Apple's new office in Bengaluru (Source: Apple)Bengaluru is the capital of Karnataka, and Apple originall.....»»
Elusive creature behind the ‘yeti legend’ spotted in India for the first time. See it
Elusive creature behind the ‘yeti legend’ spotted in India for the first time. See it.....»»
Experiment could test quantum nature of large masses for the first time
An experiment outlined by a UCL (University College London)-led team of scientists from the UK and India could test whether relatively large masses have a quantum nature, resolving the question of whether quantum mechanical description works at a muc.....»»
3 PBS shows you should watch in January 2024
The Public Broadcasting Service has a lot of options for viewers this month, and we're sharing the three PBS shows that you should watch in January......»»
Google follows Apple in pulling crypto apps in India
Google has followed after Apple in removing a number of major crypto exchange apps from the Google Play Store in India, after regulators deemed them as operating illegally in the country.Representations of cryptocurrenciesOn January 10, after India's.....»»
India may make it cheaper to produce iPhones
The Indian government is reportedly considering import duty costs on key smartphone components, including those for the iPhone.Mumbai, IndiaDespite previously introducing new import fees for assembled devices such as laptops — and then backing down.....»»