The Unnao rape case and what followed including the accident and unfortunate critical condition of the victim once again sends a chilling reminder that for a rape victim getting justice is very hard. Crimes against women including cases of rape have been increasing in years and despite many of them getting highlighted, security of women …

Next time you hear “Cleanup on aisle 5,” it could be a robot making that observation. AT&T is working on 5G autonomous robots for retail stores that would identify any out-of-stock, mispriced or misplaced products in a store, as well as finding store hazards. AT&T has partnered with Badger Technologies for the project, which was announced Tuesday.  5G, the next-generation mobile technology, …

AT&T is giving DirecTV Now a makeover, but the new name and app may cause more trouble than it solves. On Tuesday the telecom giant announced that it would be rebranding its struggling streaming service as AT&T TV Now. The new name will be rolled out later this summer and work with a new AT&T TV app. Current DirecTV Now …

Apple is teaming up with Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter on a project to build an easier way for people to transfer data into and out of online services. The iPhone maker has officially joined the Data Transfer Project, or DTP, a collaboration that launched in July 2018. The DTP is working to build a “common framework with open-source code” …

Cricket Wireless and mobile rewards developer Adfone are rolling out a rewards app and program called Ad It Up, the companies said Tuesday. Using the app, Cricket Wireless customers across the US can choose to view ads on their phone and, in return, earn points that can be redeemed for bill credits.  The Ad It Up app will come “preloaded …

A Chinese national living in the US has been sentenced to 37 months in prison for taking part in a scheme to import counterfeit Apple products, the Department of Justice has announced. The products, which included fake iPhones and iPads, were smuggled from China into the US. After serving time, Jianhua “Jeff” Li, 44, will also get one year of …

Apple wants to stay committed to assembling the Mac Pro in the US. That’s according to CEO Tim Cook, who said the tariff exclusions he was seeking from the US government had to do with the intent to make the company’s high-end Mac in America.  “We’ve been making the Mac Pro in the US and we want to continue doing …

Tesla has announced the Megapack battery, its largest energy storage product to date. The company aims to support energy grid usage during peak hours by storing up to 3 megawatt hours of clean wind and solar energy, supplanting natural gas “peaker” plants. The Megapacks are intended to be linked together and will be deployed in four California locations, Tesla said …

Apple Card will hit its summer launch date. During the company’s fiscal third-quarter earnings call Tuesday, CEO Tim Cook announced that the company will begin offering its new card to users next month.  “Thousands of Apple employees are using Apple Card every day in our beta test,” Cook said. “And we plan to begin the rollout of Apple Card in …

Roughly two-thirds of Americans 55 and older want to age in their homes — and home care among seniors 68 and up accounted for 1.6 million houses held back from the market through 2018, according to Freddie Mac. The number of households in the 80-and-over age group will more than double by 2037, Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies says. The trends …