Jammu and Kashmir has been reeling under terrorism for decades. Armed Forces Special Powers Act was imposed in the valley in 1990 and has been implemented ever since. Over the years, war and terrorism has eroded the valley of its peace and normal life. Stone pelting, firing and teargas shells have claimed a thousand lives. …

Floods in India were responsible for the highest economic losses amounting to $45.7 billion between 1998 and 2017 as per a recent report. Hindustan Times reported losses that were caused to India doubled within 10 years till 2017 as opposed to the previous decade of 1998-2007. The alarming figures were highlighted in a new report published by the Action on …

You may have bought yourself a TV to watch the biggest game of the year, but as any sales-floor employee will tell you, the picture is only half of the story. It’s not just hyperbole: there’s no way a tiny TV speaker can communicate the roar of the crowd, the dialogue of those must-see Super Bowl ads, or the slam …

If you need a smartphone that will also work as a mobile cryptocurrency wallet, Samsung may have a handset for you. Photos tweeted by leaker Ice universe on Wednesday purport to show the Samsung Galaxy S10 with support for cryptocurrencies and sporting a Blockchain KeyStore. Text on the handset’s screen calls the KeyStore a “secure and convenient place for your …

A lesser-known mobile brand is hopping on the flexible phone bandwagon — and it just stole Samsung’s thunder. Xiaomi co-founder and President Bin Lin on Wednesday shared a video on Weibo, a Chinese social media platform, that shows the company’s foldable tablet prototype that bends on both sides of the screen. “Here comes the Xiaomi double folding phone!” wrote Lin …

China is taking its social credit system a step further by naming and shaming “deadbeat” debtors on one of the most popular apps in the country, WeChat. The Higher People’s Court of Hebei launched a new mini program on WeChat last week that lets users see if a debtor listed on the country’s credit blacklist is within 500 meters of …

Not everybody wants Bluetooth headphones. Some don’t like the loss of audio fidelity. Some don’t like dealing with pairing issues, outdoor audio drops, another device to keep charged and so on. I was reminded of this recently when I asked my Twitter followers if they’d like to see a deal on wired ‘phones for Apple devices. I expected a loud …

Samsung is expected to show off a fully functioning version of its hotly anticipated foldable phone at its Galaxy S10 launch event on Feb. 20. But after Chinese rival brand Xiaomi teased its own book-like foldable phone on Wednesday, will people still care?  In a video posted to Weibo, China’s answer to Twitter, Xiaomi co-founder and president Bin Lin plays a …

Verizon has laid off 7 percent of employees in its digital business as the phone company comes to grips with the hard realities of building a major media and advertising business to compete with Facebook and Google. A spokesman for the company confirmed Wednesday that the company laid off about 800 employees in its Verizon Media Group, formerly branded Oath. …

Microsoft’s Bing search engine is inaccessible in China following a government order, the Financial Times reported late Wednesday. State-owned telecom company China Unicom confirmed that the government had ordered the block, the Financial Times reported, citing a source. Microsoft didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment but is reportedly investigating the matter. If Bing is indeed blocked in China, …

A Google plan to improve the Chrome web browser has triggered an explosion of concern that it’ll also cripple extensions designed to block ads, improve privacy and protect against security problems. Google’s proposed approach would torpedo ad blocker uBlock Origin, tracker blocker Ghostery, privacy and password manager Privowny, JavaScript software blocker NoScript and a malware blocker from F-Secure, according to …

The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday briefly suspended arrivals at New Jersey’s Newark Airport after drones were spotted nearby. A pair of drones were seen flying 3,500 feet (just over 1 km) over the smaller Teterboro Airport, which is about 17 miles away from Newark — the 11th busiest airport in the US — at around 5 p.m., an FAA …

Acer is introducing four new Chromebooks for students.  On Wednesday, the computer maker unveiled a new suite of 11.6-inch laptops for education customers: the Chromebook Spin 511, the Chromebook Spin 311, and two called the Chromebook 311 (one featuring an AMD chip and the other powered by Intel). Acer designed the laptops to be extra durable, for students at K-12 …

The price of streaming TV is changing all the time, and Hulu’s latest price adjustments are bringing the price up… and also down. It all depends on which flavor of Hulu you want to subscribe to. The cheapest Hulu plan, with ads, is going down by $2 per month, from $8 to $6 The ad-free Hulu plan price remains the …

Facebook launched a UK-specific tool on Wednesday for people to report scam ads they spot across the platform. At the same time, the social network said it’s donating £3 million ($3.9 million) to set up an action project, due to launch in May, with charity group Citizens Advice that would help people deal with scams. Facebook announced the tool at …