The year started with some great laptop announcements at CES 2020 — from the first with 5G wireless to dual-screen concepts. Despite some delays and shortages, many of those options are now available. So we — CNET’s Dan Ackerman, Lori Grunin and I — picked a few of our favorites that we’ve tested so far …

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The crisis in Assam are worsening as the flood has now spread to 22 of the 33 districts affecting over 16.03 lakh people and claiming the life of one more person, taking the toll to 34 on Thursday. One person died in flood in Goalpara district, Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) bulletin said, adding that 72,717 hectares of crop …

The Karnataka State IT/ITeS Employees Union (KITU) has said that it has initiated legal action against US tech giant Cognizant over the alleged mass layoff of its employees in India. According to KITU, thousands of Cognizant employees across India are being laid off and they have been asked to submit their resignations, to make it look like they have quit …

Amid the ongoing border tensions with China along with the Line of Actual Control (LAC) Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a surprise visit to Leh.  PM Modi reached Ladakh early morning and briefed by the Army, Air Force and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police at one of the forward locations in Nimu.  REUTERS Located at 11,000 feet above sea level, Nimu is …

Salvatore Girone and Massimiliano Latorre, the two Italian Marine who was accused of shooting dead two Indian fishermen in 2012 won’t face trial in the case, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague has said.  The PCA held that the two marines were entitled to immunity from prosecution in relation to the acts that they committed during the …

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, phone companies still plan to release new phones. While many of us are are operating under a budget, companies such as Apple and Samsung are at this very moment still building phones and still hope you’ll buy them.  We’ll see how well that works out. Phones sales were down by 20% so far this year by the …

In the past, Apple products rarely went on sale. Today, you can often find discounts on the Apple Watches, iPads, MacBooks and more, usually at stores like Amazon, Best Buy and Walmart. Right now, for example, the Apple Watch Series 3 38mm is on sale for $169, a savings of $30. That said, I remain a big fan of refurbished …

It’s been more than a year since Samantha Josephson unknowingly got into the wrong Uber car late on a Friday night in Columbia, South Carolina. Fourteen hours later, the 21-year-old was found dead in a wooded area about 90 miles away. For Josephson’s parents, the pain of her death is still agonizing. “Every time we talk about it, it’s hard,” …

This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the voting in November and its aftermath. Facebook on Thursday said it’s launching its Fourth of July voter registration drive this week, the “largest voting information campaign in American history.” This follows an announcement by the company late last month that it aims to get 4 million people to register to vote in …

Microsoft has announced that it is rolling out a handful of Windows 10 upgrades to a small number of testers. These features are not tied to any scheduled update to the operating system, as the announcement made clear, but they do give a window into changes Microsoft may consider adopting in the future. The new menu features a more subdued …

Facebook is shutting down experimental apps Hobbi and Lasso. Users reportedly received notifications that each app will be closing up shop as of July 10. Hobbi, developed by Facebook’s New Product Experimentation team, launched in February for iOS as a Pinterest-like app for organizing and saving photos of personal projects such as baking, ceramics, gardening, arts & crafts and more. …