NEW DELHI: India is seeking to circumscribe Chinese companies from its sub-$ 150 phone request in a shot to revive the prospects of domestic players, Reuter News reported on Monday, citing unidentified sources. The move would be a blow to Chinese ...
Apple is sued by French app developers over app store fees
Apple Inc was sued on Monday by French app inventors that indicted the iPhone maker of violatingU.S. antitrust law by overcharging them to use its app store. The complainants in the proposed class action include Société du Figaro, which develops t ...
Hackers gain access to 140,000 Wiseasy payments terminals
Hackers gained access to dashboards that had been ever used to manage and control credit card payment outstations, manufactured by Wiseasy. The popular Android-grounded brand is a payment terminal maker, substantially used in cafes, hospices, semi ...
Russia to quit International Space Station ‘after 2024’
MOSCOW: Russia has decided to quit the International Space Station “ after 2024 ”, the recently appointed chief of Moscow’s space agency told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. The advertisement comes as pressures rage between the Kreml ...
Instagram to pause ‘TikTok-like features’
SAN FRANCISCO: Instagram will break features that druggies have campaigned against and complained make the social network too much like TikTok, according to a report in the Platformer tech newsletter. Celebrity sisters Kim Kardashian and K ...
Twitter deal remains deadlocked: Musk
DOHA: Business magnate Elon Musk said on Tuesday that his $44 billion move to take over Twitter remained held up by “very significant” questions about the number of fake users on the social network. Musk was reluctant to talk about the deal when ...
New WhatsApp feature lets you mute others during Call
WhatsApp will now let users mute or message other participants individually in a group call as part of new features the service is rolling out. With the launch of the new options, the users can avoid unnecessary disturbance caused in group chats ...
Russian court rejects Meta’s appeal against ‘extremist’
A Moscow court on Monday rejected the appeal filed by Meta Platforms Inc after it was labelled an ‘extremist’ entity by a lower court. The court found Meta guilty for ‘extremist activities’ in Russia. Russian authorities restricted access to soci ...
Elon Musk’s child seeks name change to sever ties
Elon Musk’s transgender daughter has filed a request to change her name in accordance with her new gender identity and because “I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form”. The petition for both ...
Apple store workers vote to form their first US union
SAN FRANCISCO: A majority of employees at a US Apple store have voted to form a union, a first for the tech giant, which has so far tried to discourage unionising attempts. Of the 110 employees at the Towson, Maryland shop, 65 voted in favour and ...









