The government wants you to link anything and everything it can to your Aadhaar in the name of transparency and ensuring that benefits reaches the right persons. But instead of making the system transparent, Aadhaar has often been accused of coming in the way of people getting essential services. Public Distribution System, aka, ration is …

Fifteen-year-old Abhay Gupta did not have a study table or enough space in his one-room home to keep his books. The teen prepared for his ICSE exams under streetlights, perched on a packing case a few yards away from his father’s bookstall on a Park Street pavement. Yet, the braveheart — a student of Harrow Hall School — has secured …

There is a reason why women are praised as Goddesses world over – they have the ability to conquer the whole world and yet be as gentle as a mother. An example of this is 40-year-old  Muri Linggi, resident of Roing in Lower Dibang Valley district, who has earned the distinction of becoming the third woman from Arunachal Pradesh to …

Are you curious about the blockchain-based HTC phone reported this week? Well, this is not that phone. It’s another HTC phone expected on May 23: the flagship HTC U12+. Want to know more? Noted gadget blogger Evan Blass posted photos and even what seems to be an entire three-page spec sheet (and embargo details) of the U12+. HTC U12+ pic.twitter.com/HL48YuoRzr — …

The Red Hydrogen One phone will be available on Verizon and AT&T once it’s released later this year. That widespread availability is a nice feather in the cap for the Hydrogen One, a $1,200 Android phone that’s said to boast a revolutionary 3D display. The phone is the first consumer handset from Red, the company better known for its high-end …

The US Air Force apologized and deleted a tweet Thursday that sought to find humor in killing Taliban militants in Afghanistan by incorporating the viral “Yanny or Laurel” meme. The Air Force’s official account initially joked earlier in the day that Taliban forces wished they had heard either of those words instead of the roar of the military service’s A-10 …

If you find a pet selfie or food pic while swiping through your Instagram feed, now you can add it to your own Instagram story (and even Facebook) with a few taps.  Instagram said on Thursday it’s offering the new feature, which turns other people’s posts into a sort of sticker that you can add your own text to before sharing …

It’s a billion-dollar question: Should we care that there’s a GH59-09418A printed circuit board inside a Samsung smartphone? At US District Court in San Jose, California, the heart of Silicon Valley, Apple and Samsung are trying to persuade a jury to see smartphones in very different ways. An earlier trial in the seven-year case already determined that Samsung infringed three …

The House Appropriations Committee on Thursday unanimously approved an amendment to a bill that would uphold sanctions against ZTE, rejecting President Donald Trump’s defense of the embattled Chinese phone maker. This amendment will “prevent a foreign company that is beholden to its government – and that ignores embargoes – from infiltrating the devices and networks that are now indispensable to …

I walked to a corner of eBay’s office in Manhattan to find a sign that read “Store of Ben.” Just behind that sign, the e-commerce company set up a small model store filled with a bunch of items it thought I’d likely jump at buying, including Philadelphia Eagles gear, Batman toys, PlayStation and Sonos gadgets, and even children’s books for …

YouTube is remixing its subscription services, relaunching its Spotify-like YouTube Music as a $10-a-month membership mostly devoid of video and recasting YouTube Red’s ad-free, paywalled video tier as YouTube Premium — with a $2 price bump.  In addition, Google Play Music, the other subscription streaming music service from the same parent company as YouTube, will be going away eventually. In a …

If you’re into Android phones, the newly announced OnePlus 6 is exciting. If you’re one of the approximately 7.6 billion people who’ve seen Avengers: Infinity War, here’s something extra to get excited about. OnePlus unveiled the Avengers edition of its OnePlus 6 at the phone’s launch in Beijing, China. It’s the same as the regular model, but with a Kevlar-patterned …

Samsung isn’t shy about the message of its latest ad: iPhone owners should upgrade to the Galaxy S9. But it doesn’t compare the Galaxy S9 against its natural rival, the iPhone X, or even one of Apple’s two iPhone 8s. Instead, during the roughly minute-long video posted to YouTube (also below), we see a woman’s slow loading speeds on her …

Samsung is expanding its Bixby smart assistant way beyond phones. The Korean electronics giant is reportedly adding its AI voice assistant to the robot vacuum cleaners and ovens Samsung makes as well this year, according to ZDNet.  The feature, known as Bixby Voice, will allow you to issue voice commands to control your appliances. So, now you can tell Bixby to queue …

Facebook launched a partnership with the Atlantic Council on Thursday that will help prevent malicious actors from using the social network to interfere with elections. The think tank’s Digital Forensic Research Lab will help Facebook monitor specific regions to prevent the spread of misinformation on the platform and educate citizens about the risks, according to a press release. The partnership …