Flash floods and landslides triggered by incessant rains are wreaking havoc across parts of Kerala for a third consecutive day as the downpour shows no signs of slowing down. So far 26 people have been confirmed dead across the state in rain-related mishaps, the most being in Idukki the worst affected district where 11 people …

Every year, India invites world leaders to attend its Republic Day celebrations. For the coming year, India has invited US President Donald Trump as chief guest for the upcoming Republic Day celebrations. According to sources, India and the US are in touch over New Delhi’s invite to the US President to visit the country, and the date, time and occasion …

Cheaper payment systems may cost businesses less, but they could’ve wound up costing customers more. That’s the word from a pair of security researchers, who discovered that mobile payment systems had vulnerabilities that could let hackers steal credit card info or change the value of what people pay. Researchers Leigh-Anne Galloway and Tim Yunusov of cybersecurity company Positive Technologies revealed …

On this podcast, we talk about: All Samsung Galaxy Note 9, all the time.  Watch the full show for a longer discussion of the phone, as well as the Galaxy Watch, Galaxy Home and Bixby. Now playing: Watch this: We’ve got Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9: Get your questions… 4:48 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top …

Previously delivered WhatsApp messages can reportedly be tweaked to change the content or the sender’s identity. Check Point Software Technologies found that hackers can create an altered version of the WhatsApp app and change a quoted message, one that is being replied to, The New York Times reports. Hackers could change the content or the sender, the researchers reportedly found.  Facebook-owned …

Golf’s big names — Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson and Rickie Fowler — are in St. Louis this week for the PGA’s fourth and final major tournament of the year. Will one of the aforementioned favorites take the title or will a young star like Brooks Koepka or Tony Finau be the low man this week? Or …

With the launch of Samsung’s latest top-tier Note 9 phone, the company introduced a handful of new features including an AI-powered camera, a larger 4,000mAh battery and tons of internal storage. But the phone’s signature S Pen stylus underwent a refresh of its own, too. Not only does it flaunt a snazzy vibrant yellow color, but it also has Bluetooth …

Cheap things come to those who wait. If you were tempted, for example, to buy an Amazon Fire tablet during Prime Day, you were smart to hold off: For a limited time, you can get the Fire HD 8 (32GB) tablet for $60. It normally sells for $110, and the lowest it’s been — ever — is $80. See it at …

Samsung‘s heavily rumored Galaxy Note 9, announced Thursday in New York, is a 6.4-inch phone with dual rear 12-megapixel cameras, up to 512GB of storage and a new Bluetooth S-Pen stylus.  Now playing: Watch this: Galaxy Note 9 vs. S9 Plus: What’s the difference? 2:58 It goes on sale on Aug. 24 with a starting price of $1,000 for the …

At a New York press event on Thursday, Samsung took the wraps off the Galaxy Note 9, a 6.4-inch phone that features dual 12-megapixel cameras, a whopping 512GB of (optional) internal storage and an embedded S-Pen stylus with Bluetooth connectivity. The phone will go on sale on Aug. 24 with a starting price of $1,000 for the 128GB version. But …

Magic Leap’s augmented-reality vision started as a comic book. And I’ve read it. The same art in the lobby at the check-in desk at Magic Leap’s Fort Lauderdale headquarters is from a comic that Andy Lanning, co-creator of Marvel’s 2008 revamp of the Guardians of the Galaxy comic and now Magic Leap’s executive creative director, wrote along with Rony Abovitz …

Microsoft’s Edge browser has a dark mode… sorta. Thankfully, an honest-to-goodness dark mode is only an extension away — just as you’ll find with Chrome. Let us review your options for painting Edge black. Edge’s built-in dark theme Edge has a light and a dark theme. To go dark, click the triple-dot button in the top right of Edge, scroll …

Remember two years ago, when the iPhone 6S was still Apple’s flagship phone and the iPhone 7 had yet to launch the no-headphone-jack era? You’d have paid a jaw-dropping $649 for the 16GB model. When the iPhone 7 debuted, Apple dropped the price to $549 and upped the storage to 32GB. Still. Today, and for a limited time, MetroPCS is …

If, like me, you’re tired of these megahuge phones for people with these megahuge hands — like the just announced 6.4-inch(!) Note 9, for example — Palm may have something in store for you. As reported by Android Police, Palm is rumored to be launching a new Android phone with US carrier Verizon, and it will have a very pocketable …

Facebook wants to help you find a mentor. The social network said Thursday it’s launching tools for Facebook Groups, which has 200 million members, that aim to connect people one-on-one. That means the administrators of some Facebook groups can create programs to pair up mentors and mentees. The two people then go through a step-by-step digital guide to get to …