I’ve covered a number of high-end headphones this year, but it’s been a while since I’ve reviewed a desktop headphone amplifier designed to bring out the best in those headphones. So when Monoprice’s $770 Monolith Liquid Platinum amp showed up on my doorstep, I had high hopes it would shine. The amp was accompanied by its …

Bluetooth turntables have been with us for a while now, with brands like Crosley, Ion and now Sony combining the two most millennial ways of listening to music in one (budget) unit, but no one has ever done one quite like this. The Cambridge Audio Alva TT is a high-end “all-in-one” turntable which also happens to include aptX HD Bluetooth. While …

A gruesome murder took place on Thursday in the national capital when a 23-year-old was murdered using a digging fork, PTI reported. The incident took place in Rana park area at around 8 pm and the deceased has been identified as Gautam Kumar. When a security guard named Indrajeet Mishra visited her sister’s house, her husband’s brother alias Gautam was …

Nine out of 10 Indians don’t worry about the safety of their children on road as neither they buy helmets for the kids if they travel by two-wheelers, nor they secure them with seat belts if the family travels by four-wheelers.  This is an appalling reality that has come to fore due to a study which the union minister for …

In a gruesome crime, two minor girls from Ranchi, aged 13 and 16, were allegedly raped by their boyfriends who had invited them for the picnic. The missing complaint was lodged on January 2 in Jagannathpur police station by family members of the 13-year-old girl and the family alleged that the 16-year-old friend of her had kidnapped her for trafficking.  …

US president Donald Trump on Friday pledged to reform the H-1B visa process, a skilled temporary guest worker programme widely used by Indian professionals, saying he wants to “encourage talented and highly skilled people to pursue career options in the US” and provide “a potential path to citizenship.” The president’s unexpected outreach towards foreign guest workers came amid a furious …

Emigration clearances granted to Indians headed to the Gulf for employment have dropped by 21%, standing at 2.95 lakh during the 11-month period ended November 30, 2018, as compared to 2017. The five-year outflow of Indian workers to Gulf peaked in 2014 at 7.76 lakh. Compared to that figure, the decline in 2018 is as high as 62%. These statistics …

With my kids entering their middle school and high school years, I am starting to be asked to dust off my ancient knowledge of algebra and geometry, and I expect the frequency of these homework-related questions to increase in the coming years. With some algebra equations and many geometry questions, being able to plot out the X and Y axis …

Do you fantasize about the days when little clamshell PDA devices were all the rage?  At last year’s CES in Las Vegas, the Gemini was a novelty that brought a mechanical keyboard to an Android phone. The Gemini’s sequel of sorts, the Cosmo Communicator, is coming this summer for around $799 (about £620 or AU$1,110), also made by the UK-based …

Tech lovers may see fewer cutting-edge gadgets hitting the market in the next few months. That’s because the Federal Communications Commission, the Food and Drug Administration and other US agencies that certify the safety of consumer-electronics devices are closed due to the government shutdown, now in its 21st day. And if the government doesn’t reopen soon, the shutdown could also …