Despite, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) urging states to keep a watch for early detection of such rumours and initiate effective action in the connection, lynchings based on social media rumours continue unabated. The latest harrowing incident took place at Mahur Railway station in Dima Hasao district of Assam where hundreds of locals had …

pti The ban will come in effect from July 15 that will debar use of all types of plastic cups, polythene and plastic glasses as well. The CM urged the masses to cooperate with the government in its endeavour. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) Army Men Saves Three ‘Sadhus’ From Getting Lynched After Child Lifting …

Seattle residents will soon be able to shop at two Amazon Go stores. The company will open its second cashier-free Amazon Go store in Seattle this fall, GeekWire reported Tuesday. The new store will be bigger than the original location, according to the news site. “We’re excited to bring Amazon Go to 920 5th Avenue in Seattle,” confirmed an Amazon …

MoviePass’ promise of a movie every day for $9.95 a month is about to change. MoviePass just announced that it’s rolling out its peak pricing starting today. The new policy will charge you extra if you plan on seeing a popular movie during a sought-after time slot. In the example given, MoviePass shows how it could charge $3.43 to see …

Microsoft is reportedly expanding its Movies & TV app to iOS and Android. The app is currently available on Windows-based platforms such as Windows 10 PC, Xbox and Windows 10 Mobile. But customers who purchase TV shows and movies from Microsoft’s store will soon be able to watch content from their Apple and Android devices, Windows Central reported Thursday. Microsoft …

I used technology to make a baby — no doctor, needles or hormones, just a phone and a thermometer. The phone was for the Kindara app, which I used to track my menstrual cycle for about two years.  I wasn’t disciplined enough to take my temperature every morning, but I logged enough data to get a deeper understanding of what …

It’s a cloudy Tuesday afternoon in San Francisco and I’m outside dodging raindrops to frame a picture of the Ferry Building clock tower. I snap a photo with a Google Pixel 2 and then — a few wet moments later — one with the Samsung Galaxy S9. A quick peek at the Pixel 2’s photo shows the detail, contrast and …

Now you can stream DVD-quality videos through the Spectrum network. Charter Communications has launched Spectrum Mobile, a 4G LTE mobile broadband service that supports DVD-quality video streaming at 480p. You can get an unlimited data plan with free calling and texts for $45 per month, or pay for $14 for each gigabyte of data you use. What you don’t get, apparently, is …

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In an update released Thursday, the Inbox by Gmail iOS app has finally added support for the iPhone X and its notched display. The iPhone X was released back in November 2017, and little by little iOS apps have been adapting their designs to accommodate the iPhone’s notch. In May, Apple made it a requirement for every iOS app update to …

Pokemon games have been consistently popular. Still, the latest entrant to the franchise has had an impressive performance even by those high standards.  The mobile version of Pokemon Quest launched last week and it has already racked up roughly $3 million in revenue, according to Sensor Tower, an app intelligence company. The game has also been installed 3.5 million times …

Picture this. You’re reading through a wall of text and come across a sentence you want to copy and paste. On Android, highlighting a line of text (and not overshooting or cutting off words) can be a pain even if you have the skinniest and nimblest fingers. iOS comes with a text-magnifying feature to make this easier, and it seems …

Soon, it’ll be a little harder for you to tell everyone what you thought of Marvel’s The Avengers. Netflix is removing a desktop-only feature this summer that allowed users to read and write reviews of TV shows and movies on its website. But the shutdown is coming in stages. People will no longer be able to write their feedback on …

Samsung expects its second-quarter profit growth to be its lowest in more than a year, amid reports of lackluster sales of its flagship Galaxy S9 smartphones. The Korean electronics giant said Thursday that it expects to record an operating profit of 14.8 trillion Korean won ($13.2 billion) for the three-month period ended June 30, an increase of 5 percent over …

The Sony A7 III may be the worst nightmare Canon and Nikon have faced in years: a full-fat, full-frame camera for just $2,000. This could cut into their bread and butter — professional/prosumer cameras — at a time when smartphones have already devastated the traditional consumer point-and-shoot.  But apparently Canon and Nikon are just about ready to fight fire with fire …