Nintendo’s wildly popular Switch console has had issues with “Joy-Con drift”. — AFP/Files PARIS: A French consumer advocacy group said Tuesday that it had filed a “planned obsolescence” claim against Nintendo’s Switch console, claiming the Japanese giant knew some controllers were...
Its renewed push into India comes as Asia’s third-largest economy has hit a record slump due to a months-long coronavirus lockdown. — AFP/Files MUMBAI: Apple said Friday it will launch its first online store in India next week, in a bid...
Facebook says community standards “apply to public and private groups, and our proactive detection tools work across both”. — AFP/Files Facebook on Thursday said it had started to clamp down on private groups where hate or misinformation is shared among members....
The app tends to reward students for the amount of time they lock their phones. — Lock&Stock Mobile application Lock&Stock — that aims to end “digital addiction” among students — has kickstarted its operations in Pakistan, according to a press release...
Elon Musk explained to the audience that he thinks “in the future you will be able to save and replay memories”. AFP/Brendan Smialowski/Files SAN FRANCISCO: Futurist entrepreneur Elon Musk late Friday demonstrated progress made by his Neuralink startup in meshing brains...
Users around the world face difficulty in accessing Google services SAN FRANCISCO: Users across the world on Thursday reported that they were facing difficulties in accessing popular Google services including Gmail and Drive, with the US technology giant informing people that...
Beijing blasts Washington ‘digital gunboat diplomacy’ over TikTok BEIJING: China on Monday slammed Washington for using “digital gunboat diplomacy” after US President Donald Trump ordered TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to sell its interest in the Musical.ly app it bought and merged...
Google rallies YouTubers against Australian plan for news content SYDNEY: Google has urged YouTubers around the world to complain to Australian authorities as it ratchets up its campaign against a plan to force digital giants to pay for news content. Alongside...
Apple becomes first US company to reach $2 trillion in market value amid COVID-19 NEW YORK: Apple on Wednesday became the first US company to reach $2 trillion in market value in the latest demonstration of how tech giants have benefited...
NASA says SUV-sized asteroid becomes closest to pass Earth WASHINGTON: The Earth avoided a doomsday after an asteroid the size of an SUV passed 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) above it making it the closest asteroid ever observed passing by our planet,...
