Since picking up a wrench as one of the first female car mechanics in conservative Pakistan, Uzma Nawaz has faced two common reactions: shock and surprise. And then a bit of respect. The 24-year-old spent years overcoming entrenched gender stereotypes and financial hurdles en route to earning a mechanical engineering degree and netting a job …

A court in Hisar, Haryana has sentenced self-styled godman Sant Rampal to life imprisonment in one of the two murder cases he is facing.   On Thursday, he was convicted under Sections 302 (murder), 343 (wrongful confinement) and 120 B (conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).  PTI/FILE The conviction came in the murder of a woman in Satlok Ashram in …

Staring at his ex-wife at a garba in Vadaj got a man into trouble on Saturday late in the night, as the woman’s current husband took it as an affront and thrashed him. At least four persons suffered injuries in the brawl that ensued. Haresh Lalwani, 29, an autorickshaw driver and resident of Sohrabji compound in Vadaj, filed a complaint …

Fried foods: yum. Fried gear: not so yum. But that’s what you’re risking when you plug your PC, TV, stereo and anything else into an outlet that offers no protection against power surges. Fortunately, protection doesn’t have to be expensive. Case in point: For a limited time, and while supplies last, you can get this Bestek 4,000-joule, 10-outlet surge protector …

Google has been experimenting with a censored search engine that would work in China, but it’s not sure if it will ever launch the service, CEO Sundar Pichai said Monday.  Pichai, speaking during the Wired25 conference at the SFJazz Center in San Francisco, said Google started the internal project — dubbed Project Dragonfly — to see what was possible in …

HP wants you to think about professional creative gear as “a cool platform” for getting your work done. Why? Because “‘workstation’ doesn’t resonate.”  And the company has a point: Would you have clicked on this story if I’d used “workstation” in the title? Statistics say no. The word conjures visions of ugly, boring PCs manned by ’70s-era engineers — that …

On this podcast, we talk about: Palm’s crazy sidekick phone concept that’s not a phone. CNET’s Pixel 3 review.   Just a note: Because of technical difficulties, we were only able to record the audio podcast.  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 …

The camera tends to be a major selling point for Google’s Pixel phones, and this year’s Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL are no different. And now, Google appears to be listening to fans that’ve been requesting a certain camera feature. Google said in a forum post on Friday that it’ll be adding support for external microphones to the Pixel …

You might want to choose Venmo’s slower transfer option starting Nov. 6, because you’ll have to pay a 1 percent fee for an Instant Transfer from then on. The payment service, which is owned by PayPal, emailed users about the change and noted that the original 25 cent fee will become the minimum charge, Bloomberg reported Saturday. “The change reflects the value …

When Instagram co-founder and former CEO Kevin Systrom thinks back to the start of his social media company, he compares the process to launching a rocket. “Instagram didn’t feel done by any stretch of the imagination, but it felt like it was in orbit. And if we let go and let others take it, it would continue to go on,” …

Some companies may be rethinking their US Defense Department contracts, but Amazon’s not one of them, CEO Jeff Bezos said Monday.  Bezos, speaking at the Wired25 Conference at the SFJazz Center in San Francisco, said he will continue to support the US Defense Department. Earlier this month, cloud computing rival Google pulled out of the bidding for a $10 billion Pentagon contract …

YouTube’s have a rough couple of years, but that’s just because it’s been growing up, its chief executive said Monday.  CEO Susan Wojcicki, speaking at the Wired25 conference at SFJazz in San Francisco, called the past 18 months YouTube’s “growing-up years.” Now playing: Watch this: YouTube says it’s working on growing up 3:13 “We used to have to argue we’re important, we’re …

Instagram added two-factor authorization last year to help protect your account, and now it’s even better.  Before, IG’s two-factor relied on SMS, which isn’t the most secure way to receive authorization codes. Now, you can set up IG 2FA with an authentication app to make your account even more secure. Here’s how. Protect your Instagram account with 2FA Open Instagram, …

FuboTV, which streams live-TV channels with subscriptions starting at $45 a month, said Monday it’s close to 250,000 subscribers, more than double from a year earlier.  So is that a lot or not? Depends how much slack you give to a service going up against a wall of Goliaths. Most of FuboTV’s competitors are owned and operated by big tech …

Social media sites such as Twitter can reinforce certain political viewpoints or biases by surfacing posts they think its users want to see. It’s a problem that Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey admits the company is trying to solve, but he’s not blaming it on the algorithms. “I think Twitter does contribute to filter bubbles, and I think that’s …