Ever since Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman returned to India from his brief captivity in Pakistan to a heroes welcome Indians have been celebrating it unlike anything in the past. Amid all the news, controversy and celebrations one thing a lot of people notice is the Wing Commander’s mustache. A number of Indians have been paying …

India and Pakistan have once again acquired the centre stage in the global affairs as the two nuclear-armed neighbours just had an air skirmish post the Indian Air Force (IAF) strike on Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror camp deep in Pakistan in response to Pulwama terror attack in which 44 CRPF soldiers were martyred. The tensions are high and the global biggies …

At a time when tensions between India and its neighbour are rife following the Pulwama terror attack, airports and metro security staff are vigilant than ever before. After the air strike conducted by Pakistan, a red alert was also sounded at all Delhi and Mumbai airports. A Pakistan military drone was also shot down on Monday by a Sukhoi-30 fighter …

Lego’s jumping on the foldables bandwagon along with Samsung and Huawei, but not with a phone. The Danish toymaker made a direct visual reference to Samsung’s Galaxy Fold unveiling in a Monday tweet about its “Lego Fold” pop-up story book. “A stunning 5-inch cover display unfolds into an 11-inch pop-up story book,” it wrote. “For endless creative play that never …

Apple has reportedly changed its rule about fixing iPhones with unauthorized batteries in them, according to French tech news site iGeneration and MacRumors. The policy was reportedly updated on Feb. 28, and it allows Apple employees to repair broken iPhones even if you replaced the device’s battery with a third-party model.  This is a major shift in policy, if true …

 Google on Tuesday denied a report that work continues on Project Dragonfly, a censored search engine for China. “As we’ve said for many months, we have no plans to launch Search in China and there is no work being undertaken on such a project,” a Google spokesperson said in an email. “Team members have moved to new projects.” This comes …

Democrats in the US Congress will introduce a bill Wednesday to bring back net neutrality rules that were repealed in 2017, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reportedly said Monday. House Democrats will work with the Senate to pass the “Save the Internet Act,” Pelosi said in a letter to lawmakers, according to Reuters. The text of the reported bill hasn’t been …

On this podcast, we talk about: Head-to-head rating of Roku against Amazon Fire TV. Amazon’s Alexa now working with Roku TVs and streamers. Netflix subtweeting Steven Spielberg in feud over future Oscars. The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by the CNET News team in New York and producer …

The internet has many birthdays.  There was 1969, when remote computers communicated directly for the first time. Then there was 1983, when the TCP/IP standard was adopted. Today we’re celebrating 1989, the year Tim Berners-Lee laid out the basic concepts of the World Wide Web in a proposal, which included ideas like HTML, URL, and HTTP.  March marks the 30th …

Bose is already shipping its Frames audio AR sunglasses, but if you’re looking for a pair of sportier spectacles that have integrated wireless Bluetooth audio, there’s also the new OptiShokz Revvez from AfterShokz, which I previewed back in January. They’re now available for preorder via an Indiegogo campaign. Designed to allow cyclists, runners, hikers, golfers, skiers and others to listen to audio …

If you’re planning to buy a phone later this year, you may not be able to avoid 5G.  Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon last week predicted that by this holiday season or the Chinese New Year in early 2020, all major flagship phones will run 5G — and there may not even be an option to buy a high-end device without …

Samsung’s family of foldable smartphones may be tripling soon. The South Korean electronics giant is developing a pair of new foldable handsets following its unveiling of its Galaxy Fold, people familiar with the company’s plans told Bloomberg. One of the devices would fold away from the user like the Huawei Mate X instead of inward, as the Galaxy Fold does. …

The latest phone in Oppo’s F series lineup is promising to dazzle you with beautiful photos. And its 48-megapixel rear camera lives up to that promise. That rear camera is paired with a 5-megapixel depth sensor. And together the F11 Pro’s cameras do a great job of capturing images with plenty of detail, letting you zoom right down to the pixels. …

If you think your Facebook page looks a bit different today, you’re not alone. The social networking giant appears to have rolled out a new page design on Tuesday, eschewing the previous three-column layout for one that incorporates only two. On the right is static information about the page, while the left side contains the feed of recent posts. Facebook …

Samsung is teaming up with the Calm mindfulness app. The app’s maker said Monday that subscribers can now access Calm content through the Samsung Health platform. To set it up, tap the Mindfulness icon in your Samsung Health app. Follow the steps to sync your account or create a new Calm account. The integration makes for better ways to track …