At a time when India’s COVID-19 vaccination drive is failing to keep up with the pace of infections in the country, there may be more to be concerned about. A new strain that was recently discovered in India has three mutations. Triple mutant strains have been found in samples collected from Maharashtra, Delhi, West Bengal, …

The massive second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic barrelled past another grim milestone as India reported nearly 3.16 lakh fresh cases on Wednesday, the highest single-day count recorded in any country so far. Deaths from the virus climbed to another high of 2,102 in the past 24 hours. India logged 3,15,925 new cases on Wednesday, crossing the 3-lakh mark for …

A bride was fined Rs 1,000 for not wearing a mask on her wedding day in Punjab’s Chandigarh. When police questioned her, she cited ‘expensive makeup’ behind the reason for not wearing the mask. The bride from the city of Khanna was headed to Chandigarh’s Sector-8 gurdwara for her wedding with her family members. Given that the UT administration had …

When Apple first introduced the iMac in 1998, it was a revelation to the tech industry. The all-in-one PC was unlike anything else in the industry, with the computer built into the screen. And then there was the body. In a sea of dull tan and grey PCs, the first iMac stood out with its vibrant and colorful translucent plastic …

Ted Lasso, the Apple TV Plus sports dramedy that may be its closest thing to a breakout hit, is set to return July 23. But in a first for a lot of Apple TV Plus subscribers, you might actually have to pay to watch it.  The second-season premiere for Ted Lasso, announced at Apple’s Spring Loaded event Tuesday, will arrive after the date …

Apple will add paid podcast subscriptions within its dedicated podcast app, which it’s also redesigned with new image-forward pages for every show and episode and with channels to help discover new titles, the company said Tuesday. The news came at Apple’s event revealing new iPad tablets, iMac computers and more.  The podcast subscription option “enables you to unlock new content as …

Want to use your iPad Pro in place of a laptop? At one time, using an iPad as a laptop would have been crazy, but not anymore — the iPad Pro is certainly big enough, and the OS, various apps and even accessories have caught up as well. You’ll need a keyboard of course, and ideally you’ll want a model …

Once you make more than a few conference calls from home, you start to appreciate just how mediocre your laptop’s microphone and speaker really are. My advice: Get a speakerphone. You know, like the ones that pepper conference rooms back at the office. There are some value-priced gems out there. eMeet, for example, has a few really nice speakerphone models, …

If you have an old Galaxy phone gathering dust at home, you may now have a good reason to turn it back on: Convert it into a smart home device. All you have to do is install a software update. Samsung said the public beta of its Galaxy Upcycling at Home program, announced back in January at CES 2021, went …

This story is part of Mother’s Day Gift Guide. CNET editors round up the hottest gadgets for Mom this year. Smartphones have been so good for so long, the smart money is now on heavily discounted previous-generation models — as long as they’re new, not refurbished, meaning they have a fresh battery and full warranty. Bam: For a limited time, …