Forest fires are happening since time immemorial. Initially, there were natural reasons. Then came human beings and started burning the oxygen source of the planet. The number of forest fires and the magnitude of them have been increasing over the years across the world.  Several reasons including deforestation, global warming among others are being blamed …

Army officer Ponung Doming has become the first woman from the state of Arunachal Pradesh to be made a Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Army. Chief Minister Pema Khandu took to Twitter to congratulate Doming. “A proud moment for all of us … Major #PonungDoming creates history. She is first woman Army officer from #Arunachal to be elevated to the …

Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg once again took the world by storm after addressing the UN climate summit in which she accused the world leaders of betraying her generation by failing to tackle greenhouse gas emissions and asking “How dare you?” An emotional Thunberg began her speech saying “My message is that we’ll be watching you. This is all …

Google on Monday launched Play Pass, a monthly subscription service that gives people access to a library of games and other apps on Google’s Play Store, as the search giant experiments with new pricing models for its products. The service, which costs $4.99, includes more than 350 apps and games, including Monument Valley, Risk and Star Wars: Knights of the …

HyperX’s latest variation of its excellent Cloud Alpha gaming headset, the $130 Cloud Alpha S, adds noise canceling to the mic’s repertoire. It also introduces a better version of the in-line HyperX Amp USB sound card, now dubbed the USB Audio Control Mixer — it still delivers 7.1 virtual surround at the touch of a button, now with the much-needed …

Video site Vimeo launched a marketplace for video jobs, designed to connect creators looking for gigs with businesses, brands and agencies that need freelance video pros. Any paid Vimeo member can be included in the marketplace by marking his or her account as “available for hire,” and people on the hunt to hire someone can post listings via their own …

Google will make changes to its Assistant and be more transparent in the future regarding its review of voice recordings. This move follows a backlash after the company confirmed in July that contractors were listening to users’ recorded audio to help improve the voice-activated virtual assistant’s capabilities. The company laid out changes coming to Assistant in a blog post Monday and clarified …

Looks like the $1,299 price tag isn’t scaring customers away from the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G after all. Sales of the premium, 5G-capable smartphone represented one third of all Galaxy Note 10 sales at Verizon in August, Cliff Maldonado, principal analyst and founder of BayStreet Research, told CNET sister site TechRepublic and confirmed to CNET.  Verizon sold 40,000 …

Eager to sign up for Disney Plus? If you’re in the US, you can now preorder Disney’s forthcoming streaming service ahead of its Nov. 12 launch. Pricing in the US remains the previously announced $6.99 per month on its monthly plan or $70 for the year for an annual subscription.  The pricing and preorders are just for Disney Plus. A …

For the better part of 2019, the iPad 9.7 (not to be confused with the iPad Air and iPad Mini) was on something of a pricing rollercoaster. Apple continued to charge $329 for the 32GB model, but vendors such as Amazon, MassGenie and Walmart frequently sold it for $249. Then came the new iPad 10.2, which sort of reset the pricing …