Sri Lanka has declared a state of emergency for 10 days to rein in the spread of communal violence, a government spokesman said on Tuesday, a day after Buddhists and Muslims clashed in the Indian Ocean island’s central district of Kandy. Tension has been growing between the two communities in Sri Lanka over the past …
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A three-year-old girl has been allegedly raped yesterday by a bus-cleaner inside a parked luxury bus in Kolkata’s Canal (West) Road, police said today. The accused 45-year-old Sheikh Munna has been arrested for allegedly raping the girl who is being treated at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, a senior officer of Kolkata Police said. “We are waiting for …
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Telangana home department has decided to beef up security for chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao by procuring a new bulletproof bus after Maoists threatened to target TRS leaders following the killing of 10 guerrillas in an encounter on the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border last week. The bus, to be procured by the roads and buildings (R&B) department, will have state of the …
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UPDATE March 5, 2018: LG has set pricing for many of the TVs described below, starting at $2,500. Click here for details. Aside from this update, this article has not otherwise been modified since its initial publication. If you bought an LG OLED TV in 2017, buyer’s remorse probably won’t be an issue. And if you’re waiting for a final …
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If you’re looking for a new wireless Bluetooth headphone, you’ve probably looked at one of the two big names out there: Beats and Bose. Both the BeatsX and the Bose SoundSport Wireless headphones are $149 in the US, share similar specs and design. How do you decide which one’s right for you? (International pricing is slightly different for both: the …
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Now that the calendar has turned to March, It’s time to start paying attention to college basketball beyond its ongoing corruption scandal. Selection Sunday is less than a week away, which means you have precious little time to study up to prepare your NCAA tournament bracket. Will North Carolina repeat as champions of college basketball? Is this the year that …
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Tencent is still working out how to respond to concerns about addiction to Honour of Kings, China’s most popular mobile game Last year, it began limiting children under 12 to one hour a day of play. The Chinese tech giant is now exploring a feature that would allow parents and children to negotiate a digital contract regarding playtime, local media reported over …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image It seems that not everyone craves Animojis. Óscar Gutiérrez/CNET Not everyone loves the iPhone X. Not everyone thinks it’s the smartphone of the future. Many, as I’ve discovered wandering around America asking real people what they think, believe it’s a good phone. A …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Humans, stupefied, need Google’s Assistant to make them whole. Google/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET What kind of world does Google want to create? One in which talking to machines is as natural — or even more natural — than talking to, well, humans. During the …
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On this podcast, we talk about: What to expect from the upcoming rollout of 5G mobile speeds. Impressions of the new Samsung Galaxy S9 phone. The proliferation of iPhone X notch clones. Now playing: Watch this: Galaxy S9, 5G: Our favorite things from MWC (The 3:59,… 4:36 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of …
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Netflix wants to give parents the keys to the kingdom — so they can lock it up. The streamer said Monday it would be improving its parental controls options, so parents can block individual movies and shows with a PIN. The release says Netflix will implement these controls in the coming months. Currently the primary account holder can set a maturity …
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Apple is developing noise-canceling, over-the-ear headphones that would compete with its own Beats subsidiary, Bloomberg reported Monday. Apple could be releasing new high-end headphones as early as the end of this year. James Martin/CNET There are plans to release the headphones as early as the end of this year, though challenges with development could delay the release, sources familiar with …
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Chinese handset maker Xiaomi has been talking about expanding to the US for years, but has never said exactly when. The company has now narrowed it down a little. Xiaomi’s phones could arrive as soon as late this year or early 2019, CEO Lei Jun told The Wall Street Journal on Monday. Xiaomi didn’t immediately respond to a request for …
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Washington on Monday became the first state in the union to approve its own net neutrality law following the Federal Communications Commission’s dismantling of the controversial Obama-era regulations last year. The law, signed on Monday by Gov. Jay Inslee, prohibits internet service providers from blocking or slowing down web content. The law comes about three months after the FCC voted …
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Another half dozen tech companies are jumping into the legal battle over the FCC’s decision to undo net neutrality rules. Etsy, Foursquare, Kickstarter, Shutterstock, Automattic and Expa filed a petition Monday in a US Court of Appeals as part of a group called the Coalition for Internet Openness. The group is challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s move to repeal regulations …
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