April 1 was set to mark an array of significant changes that were to directly impact the lives of millions of Indians. The government had earlier issued an order to make changes to the wage code that would have impacted crores of salaried employees. Apart from that, announcements were made for changing the interest rates …

President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday ordered France into its third national lockdown and said schools would close for three weeks as he sought to push back a third wave of Covid-19 infections that threatens to overwhelm hospitals. AP With the death toll Macron was forced to abandon his goal of keeping the country open to protect the economy. “We will …

It is probably for the first time many in the US and outside the country are witnessing court proceedings that are broadcasted live around the world. The murder trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who is facing second, third-degree murder and manslaughter charged for the death of George Floyd last year has been going on for three …

New York state lawmakers passed a bill on March 30 legalising recreational marijuana, with Governor Andrew Cuomo saying he would sign it into law, as per AFP.  New York will join 14 other states in USA and the District of Columbia in allowing use after the bill was backed by both state chambers. Cuomo’s Democratic Party holds strong majorities in …

A special CBI court in Ahmedabad discharged three police officers in the 2004 extrajudicial killing of Ishrat Jahan and four others stating there was “no question of any fake encounter” and there was “nothing on record to suggest that the victims were not terrorists”. The two former police officers filed discharge applications after the Gujarat government refused to grant sanction to …

Facebook is giving you more control over what you see when you use the social media platform — in particular what appears in your News Feed and who’s allowed to comment on your posts. The social network announced Wednesday that it’s introducing a number of changes, all designed to boost transparency and trust in the way its algorithms operate. Facebook’s …

Microsoft officially put the Cortana app for iOS and Android out to pasture on Wednesday, announcing the end of support for the mobile apps, effective immediately. Reminders and lists created by Cortana users will no longer be accessible through the mobile app, but they still can be used on the Windows 10 Cortana app, Microsoft said in a Microsoft support …

Instagram said Wednesday it’s rolling out a new feature for its short-form video product Reels that allows people to record a video alongside someone else’s video. Re-re-re-remix 🤩 Now you can use the Remix feature in Reels to create your own reel next to one that already exists 🎭 Whether you’re capturing your reaction, responding to friends or bringing your …

DJI’s new $1,299 (£1,249, AU$2,099) FPV drone is here and its incredible speed and awesome first-person perspective means it’s a flying experience unlike anything else I’ve tried before.  FPV stands for “first person view.” And while all drones offer a point-of-view from the front of the craft, it’s been up to hobbyists and racers to move that view from the phone …

The ThinkPad X1 Nano is Lenovo’s lightest ThinkPad ever, weighing just 2 pounds (907 grams), and yet it still retains a lot of what we like about the rest of the bigger and (not much) heavier X1 business laptop line. That list of likes includes solid build quality, strong productivity performance, a comfortable — if small — keyboard, a nice …