Assam Police has registered a suo moto case against a woman, a research scholar of the Gauhati University, for a two-year-old Facebook post on beef eating. She claimed that the post had been deleted a long time ago. Another person was arrested from Kokrajhar district by the Assam Police for posting objectionable pictures of Prime …

If you’ve been affected by the 2017 Equifax data breach, you have a choice to make — get a $125 payout or 10 years of free credit monitoring. The problem is, your $125 compensation for the grief you went through to recover from the hack may not add up to $125. The FTC has cautioned that if everyone eligible requests the …

Some British Airways passengers will have a new way to pass the time. Through the end of the year, passengers flying in first class from London’s Heathrow airport to New York’s JFK airport may get to try out virtual reality headsets, British Airways said Wednesday. Using the headsets, which are made by SkyLights, passengers on those flights can watch “films, …

We might see Apple adopting the “Pro” naming convention for its 2019 iPhone lineup. An anonymous Twitter account that correctly leaked the names of last year’s iPhone XS, XS Max and XR suggested that we’ll see an iPhone 11 Pro when Apple unveils this year’s offerings next month, MacRumors reports.  “Pro” for iPhone? Crazy naming schemes over the past few years. …

I recently reviewed the Motorola Moto Z4, which sells for $499 unlocked here in the US. It’s part midrange phone, part modular monster and, with the addition of a $349 mod, part gateway drug for Verizon’s fun-sized 5G network. The reason it’s difficult to recommend the Moto Z4 to anyone other than 5G early-adopters or people up to their ears …

Apple is anticipated to unveil its upcoming iPhone 11 on Sept. 10 (though nothing has been confirmed), but already there are tons of rumors surrounding the device. In addition to having a square camera bump that’s similar to the Pixel 4, a USB-C charging port and a price increase, the phone is speculated to have an in-screen fingerprint scanner. This means that instead …

A teardown specialist said Apple is making it hard to replace your own iPhone batteries. But the tech giant on Wednesday defended how it authenticates the batteries used in its iPhones, saying it’s the only way to ensure they meet its standards. Starting with iOS 12.1 from October 2018, Apple included the ability to monitor the health of your iPhone XS, XS Max and XR battery. …

One analyst is predicting that Apple will release all three 2019 iPhones next month. Dan Ives of securities company Wedbush expects that the iPhone 11 models — which may use a “Pro” naming convention — will drop in the second week of September, according to 9to5Mac. CNET predicts that Apple will unveil its new iPhones on Sept. 10 and release …

T-Mobile and Sprint have taken another step closer toward getting their $26.5 billion merger approved, with the Federal Communications Commission announcing Wednesday that it is ready to vote on the deal.  The news was expected after the Department of Justice gave its OK to the wireless tie-up last month, with Dish Network having agreed to purchase divested Sprint assets to become …

Lyndi Cohen’s Instagram photos illustrate the power of healthy living. The Australian nutritionist features meals she’s prepared for the week and moves gracefully through yoga poses. She also shares side-by-side bikini shots to show how glamorous photos on the social network diverge from real life.  Still, the 29-year-old grapples with an unhealthy habit: obsessing over how many “likes” her Instagram …

Hot on the heels of highlighting Facebook’s upcoming dark mode, Jane Manchun Wong discovered that LinkedIn is doing the same. The app researcher apparently found the unreleased dim color option while digging through the code for the Android app. LinkedIn is working on Dark Mode!I wrote a blog about this: https://t.co/JabQsUol60 pic.twitter.com/zY3fL3cSez — Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) August 13, 2019 …

5G has been a source of unrest for Huawei. The US government, worried that Huawei could build security flaw “backdoors” into 5G and other communications infrastructure, has pressured governments around the world to avoid using the Chinese giant’s equipment. With 5G still a year or two away from the mainstream, Huawei has now started looking to the next generation of …

An anonymous post to the notorious 4chan imageboard on Saturday appears to have provided details of Jeffrey Epstein’s death before the first news reports of the disgraced financier’s suspected suicide. The 4chan post, which was earlier reported by Buzzfeed News, was published more than a half hour before the initial news reports that Epstein, who was held on charges of …

A group of LGBTQ YouTubers is suing YouTube parent Google, alleging that the two companies discriminate against their videos and community. “They flagged our pride,” one YouTuber alleges in a video posted to the site Wednesday to announce the lawsuit. “They did not allow us to buy ads. They restricted us. They demonetized us. And they did not stand up …

A common enemy can do wonders for bringing people and groups together, and the robocall plague has now done just that. On Wednesday AT&T and T-Mobile announced that they have begun rolling out a call authentication system to help protect their users from the annoying spam calls.  Following the FCC-recommended STIR/SHAKEN protocol, the system works by having a caller’s network …