A woman from UAE travelled around the world in a record-breaking time, as per a TNN report. Dr. Khawla Al Romaithi set a new world record for the fastest time to travel all seven continents. She did in a mere 3 days 14 hours 46 minutes 48 seconds. In other words, less than 87 hours.   …

The BBC announced the immediate start of an investigation into how it obtained an explosive 1995 interview with Princess Diana that lifted the lid on her troubled marriage to Prince Charles. The probe has been ordered into allegations that one of its reporters lied and fabricated documents in order to secure the interview and “make Diana talk”. nypost. The corporation said …

Globalisation is the name of the game and when a festival like Diwali leaves India and travels all the way to New Zealand, you realise that it’s a small world after all.  One video that has become the rage on social media is that of a group of police officers dancing to Bollywood songs to celebrate the festival of lights. …

As the COVID-19 situation in Delhi continues to remain critical, the government is planning to carry out more tests among the residence to check the spread of the infection. But due to the high demand for testing kits, scaling up the number of daily tests conducted has been a challenge in the national capital, like the rest of the country. …

This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. A few days ago I shared a roundup of my favorite cheap gifts for the holidays. This week’s episode of The Cheapskate Show is like an audio version of that post — but also much more, because Cheapskate Sr. (aka Dave Johnson) weighs in with …

Disney’s bumper launch of Disney Plus in the last year has helped all three of the company’s streaming services — Hulu, Disney Plus and ESPN Plus — to rank in the top-five most popular US streaming-video subscriptions, according to estimates from researcher Parks Associates Wednesday.  Netflix and Amazon Prime Video continue to hold court as No. 1 and No. 2 on the …

Facebook on Wednesday said it’s making its experimental iOS app E.gg available for download to anyone in the US. The social media giant unveiled the app, which is based on bringing back the internet of the ’90s, in July. It’s the creation of Facebook’s experimental app team, New Product Experimentation, and is “a platform for freeform creative expression,” the company says. “E.gg …

AMD is finally going after 4K gaming with its impressive top-end PC graphics cards, the Radeon RX 6800 and 6800 XT (and 6900 XT) after spending its time concentrating on value buyers. Its still-current RX 5700 XT was formerly the top of the line and designed for 1440p play, though I expect AMD will bring the rest of the Radeon cards up to date with …

Twitter has slowed down the release of its new Fleets feature, saying it needs “to fix some performance and stability problems.” Fleets is Twitter’s attempt to capitalize on the popularity of other social media platforms like Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram by bringing in its own “stories” that disappear within 24 hours. “If you don’t have the feature yet, you may …

Apple’s changing the way it treats small developers next year, halving the 30% commission it charges on sales made through its App Store for the iPhone, iPad and Mac computer. The 15% commission will apply to companies making up to $1 million in sales per calendar year. “The savings mean small businesses and developers will have even more funds to …