Generally when someone says smoothie, I think banana. But two scientists at the University of Plymouth in the UK think a little differently.  They think “iPhone”. To encourage greater recycling rates to better appreciate exactly what materials go in to producing the handheld supercomputers we slip into our pockets every day, two geologists at the …

Just in time for March Madness, Best Buy has a host of TVs on sale this week. Even if you don’t care about college basketball and haven’t filled out a bracket, we are less than a month away from the final season of Game of Thrones, which is as good an excuse as any for a TV upgrade.  Here are the …

You can’t ignore it much longer: Your taxes are due on April 15.  But burying your head in the sand may have finally paid off: H&R Block is offering 50 percent off its current tax software.  The deal started yesterday, and it expires tonight at 11:59 p.m. CT. (That’s 9:59 p.m. PT, 12:59 a.m. ET.) Note that CNET may get …

The next Google Pixel might be getting more cameras and a sleek design overhaul. According to a leaked photo posted on the site SlashLeaks on Wednesday, the Pixel 4 XL will have two cameras on the back instead of the single one found on the Pixel 2 XL and 3 XL.  Famously Google has had only a single rear camera on …

On Wednesday, T-Mobile made it easier for you to get your hands on a new iPhone XR. The carrier launched a promotion that nets you the XR when you trade in an old iPhone. The iPhone XR launched last year alongside the iPhone XS and XS Max. In his in-depth iPhone XR review, CNET’s Scott Stein wrote, “The iPhone XR …

Samsung has been on a roll showcasing different display options for phones. Famously the Galaxy Fold stole the show at the company’s Unpacked event in February with a screen that folds in half. The Galaxy S10, S10 Plus and S10E use a hole-punch cutout in the display to house the selfie camera. And now it seems the upcoming Galaxy A90 …

Twenty-year-old Neeta (name changed) works as a contract worker in a Paying Guest Accommodation (PG) in Bharat Nagar, New Delhi.  For a meager salary of  Rs 10,000, she toils tirelessly from 6 am to 11 pm, 7 days a week. She has no idea about her rights and entitlements to overtime wages and more so, the minimum wage she ought …

The two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch where a white supremacist killed 50 worshippers last week, reopened today. Many survivors were among the first ones to walk in and pray for those who died. At the Al Noor mosque, where more than 40 of the victims were killed by a suspected white supremacist, prayers resumed with armed …

A 55-year-old woman has alleged that she was abducted, raped and robbed of her jewellery by five youths in Greater Noida’s Knowledge Park area on Friday night. Police said they were awaiting the medical examination report. While there were reports that the families had had a dispute earlier, police said any such aspect had not been come out in the …

reuters Cyclone Idai has left more than 400 people dead in Mozambique and authorities fear that the toll could rise to 1000. The new figure puts the overall death toll at about 700 people across Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) More Deaths In Indian Sewers Despite PM Modi Promising To Eradicate …

Airlines have often been accused of mishandling passengers’ baggage. While many flyers have received their luggage in a dilapidated condition, some others don’t receive them at all. Indian airlines fail to assume responsibility when it comes to compensating their riders for the damage incurred. In the most recent incident, Panchkula district consumer disputes redressal forum has directed Jet Airways to …

Audiophiles have long admired electrostatic headphones for their uber-transparency, but they’re all pretty expensive. Ah, but then Massdrop worked its magic on the $1,000 Koss ESP-950, rechristened it as the Massdrop x Koss ESP/95X, and slashed the price to $500! The sound is so pure, the ESP/95X will be a revelation to anyone who never heard an electrostatic headphone before. …

As part of its three-day Tax Day sale that runs through March 23, Best Buy has a few deals worth highlighting on the Apple MacBook Pro laptops — and they’re the current version, not a generation or two old, as sometimes happens with these sales. Also, an unlocked version of the older iPhone X (64GB), which has a dual-lens camera (albeit …

This week Apple released major updates to three of its products: two new iPads (Air and Mini) on Monday, an upgrade to its iMacs on Tuesday, and second-generation AirPods on Wednesday, all this before its actual launch event set for Monday March 25. With hardware out of the way, it would seem like the Cupertino giant is setting the stage to …

Looking at the Dayton Audio MK442T, you might not expect much; it’s just a skinny 38-inch-tall tower speaker, yawn. OK, peel away the grilles and take a gander at its two beefy 4-inch drivers and 0.75-inch silk dome tweeter: They look a cut above what you might expect to see on a budget tower. Impedance is rated at 4 ohms. …