In an alleged case of gangrape, police booked four people for allegedly raping a class 12 Dalit girl and making video of the crime in Basti district of Uttar Pradesh, the police said. The police citing complaint lodged victim’s relatives said that the victim had gone to relieve herself when a villager harassed her. PTI …

Tech executives will apparently gather at the White House on Monday to discuss the US ban on Huawei. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow will meet leaders from software and chip companies, according to Reuters, which cited anonymous sources. Google and Micron will attend, and Intel, Qualcomm and Broadcom have been invited, the report noted. …

Samsung, OnePlus and Huawei often raise the bar on power with every iteration of their popular Android phones. With its newest gaming ROG phone, however, Asus is truly throwing everything in — including the proverbial kitchen sink. A successor to last year’s original ROG Phone, the company’s new ROG Phone II builds on the gaming bonafides with the latest components …

It isn’t just the 2020 iPhone that could be getting a major revamp. Apple may be giving the Apple Watch a big update as soon as next year.  According to a new report from Chinese-language Economic Daily News, spotted by MacRumors, the iPhone-maker could be set to give its Watch a pretty sizable update with the new screen technology. Unlike …

Facebook said Monday that a “technical error” allowed thousands of kids who used the company’s messaging app for children to join group chats with people who weren’t approved by their parents. The app, called Messenger Kids, lets children between 6 and 12 years old send messages and video chat with family members and friends who their parents accept. For example, a …

Microsoft has invested $1 billion in OpenAI and reached a multiyear deal with the artificial intelligence research startup to jointly develop new supercomputing tech, the companies said Monday. OpenAI will run its services on Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform. San Francisco-based OpenAI, which launched in 2015, has repeatedly emphasized its focus on the ethical use of artificial intelligence that “benefits all of …

Chinese tech giant Huawei could have helped secretly build a 3G wireless network for North Korea, according to internal documents leaked by a former employee of the company. Huawei worked with another Chinese company, Panda International Information Technology, on a number of projects in the region over the course of eight years, as suggested by work orders, contracts and spreadsheets …

Proof positive that Prime Day is not the end-all-be-all of product deals, I just spotted a sale on Apple AirPods with a price that rivals Amazon’s big event. For a limited time, and while supplies last, DealSauce (via MassGenie) has the Apple AirPods with wireless charging case for $168.99, which effectively ties Amazon’s $169 Prime Day price. That’s $30 below …

The iPhone 11 is set to be announced on Tuesday, Spet. 10. The latest iPhone 11 rumors are coming to life with more details about the controversial camera bump, thanks to a new video from Unbox Therapy. In this week’s Apple Core roundup, we also have more clues about what might be in store in the 2020 iPhone and some …

Who doesn’t want to play on a screen with sky-high contrast, super-saturated colors and zippy pixel response? That’s what you get with an OLED display. But it’s not all fun and games, as I discovered after spending a couple weeks with an OLED-equipped Alienware m15. The configuration we went hands-on with isn’t available to buy: you can only get this …