Just like a naming ceremony is organised for a newborn baby, tigers in Tamil Nadu are also given names by the state’s Chief Minister in a special ceremony. However, a five-month-old, male tiger cub at the Vandalur zoo is waiting for the state’s CM to get free from his busy schedule so that he can …

When Flight Lieutenant Abhijit Gadgil died in MiG 21 crash in 2001 in Sutagarh, Rajasthan, his parents Captain Anil Gadgil and Kavita were devastated. But what shocked them was that their son was blamed for the crash and not the plane which even then was called the ‘flying coffin’. Captain Anil Gadgil Spatial disorientation was later cited as the reason …

The Travancore Desam Board, which manages the Sabarimala Temple, today told the Supreme Court that it has decided to respect the apex court’s verdict lifting ban on the entry of women to the shrine in Kerala. Making a sharp U-turn, the board said that it supports entry of women of all ages into the hill shrine. The five-judge bench headed …

With a Firefox effort called Project Fission, Mozilla is moving ahead this month with a plan to keep a major class of computer attacks at bay. The Spectre and Meltdown attacks, more broadly called side-channel attacks, have been a major issue for the computing industry since they emerged a year ago. Mozilla fixed the immediate security vulnerabilities in Firefox last …

Facebook has banned four armed groups opposed to Myanmar’s military by designating them as “dangerous organizations.” The Arakan Army, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, the Kachin Independence Army and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army were booted from the social network, Facebook said in a release Tuesday.  Facebook is removing “praise, support and representation” of the groups, which haven’t signed …

On this podcast, we talk about: Apple iPhones are now showing AT&T’s fake 5G E logo, too. Samsung invests in Refrigerdating. Google’s earnings don’t miss a beat, despite scandals. Now playing: Watch this: Et tu, Apple? iPhones will tout AT&T’s fake 5G E network… 4:31 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, …

WhatsApp for iOS added over the weekend the ability to lock and hide your chats instantly with your face or fingerprint. The Facebook-owned messaging app now lets you add a layer of biometric security using Apple’s Face ID (if you have any iPhone X model) or Touch ID, which was introduced with 2013. You can activate them by going into …

Qualcomm can’t seek damages from Apple for patent infringement that occurred before the chipmaker sued the iPhone purveyor in 2017, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, according to Bloomberg.  The decision came following a request from Apple, the report says. Qualcomm accused Apple of infringing patents linked to graphics processing and energy efficiency technology in phones. The two tech giants have …

Back in the olden days, before Apple switched its MacBook Pro laptops to USB-C MacBook chargers and phased out its quick-release MagSafe connectors, you might have appreciated how you could wrap your charging cable around the charger’s two flip-out wings for tidy transport. Apple dropped that feature, but Fuse Reels’ newest Kickstarter project, called the Side Winder, brings it back. …

With Samsung’s next flagship phone, the Galaxy S10, just around the corner on Feb. 20, you can expect a steady stream of leaks and rumors until then. On Monday we got two image leaks showing off what appears to be white and black versions of the upcoming devices, as reported by Tech Radar. A post from frequent Twitter leaker Evan …

It’s widely expected we’ll see Samsung’s first foldable phone — rumored to be called the Galaxy X, Galaxy F, Galaxy Flex or Galaxy Fold — on Feb. 20 when the company launches its much-anticipated Galaxy S10. Whatever it’ll eventually be called, turning the concept of a folding phone into a real, working device that people actually want will challenge Samsung on every …

Mozilla, the nonprofit foundation behind the Firefox browser, announced Monday that it’s improving your surfing experience a little by blocking autoplaying sound by default, rather than as a site-by-site opt-in.  Chris Pearce, a Mozilla software engineer, blogged that with the arrival of Firefox 66 for desktop and Android, the browser will silently autoplay videos when you open a web page. Currently you …

If you’re a paying pro subscriber or are happy with Flickr’s new 1,000-photo limit for free usage, you’re fine. Otherwise, today is the last day to download your archive. Flickr, now under SmugMug ownership after Verizon sold it out of its Yahoo family of brands, made a sharp turn toward a subscription business last year. The move is designed to …

Snap, which has struggled to keep users on its Snapchat app, broke its losing streak. Snap said Tuesday that 186 million users logged in to the vanishing-messaging app daily in the fourth quarter, the same number as in the previous quarter. Snap had seen a drop in daily usage for two consecutive quarters last year after an unpopular redesign of the …

Congressional lawmakers sent a letter Tuesday to Apple CEO Tim Cook asking for more information about a FaceTime bug that allowed users to eavesdrop on each other. The letter — penned by Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), chairwoman of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee — said …