A Special CBI Court in Kerala has sentenced two police constables to death and three others to three years each in jail for a custodial death case dating back to 2005. The two police constables, K Jithakumar and S V Sreekumar have also been fined Rs 2 lakhs each. They were found guilty in the …

For decades, the city has seen thousands of reckless deaths as people slip on railway tracks. In a bid to catch the train, many fall into the wide gap between the train and the station and suffer a painful death. According to an RTI query in 2017, around 3,202 commuters lost their life on railway tracks alone. These tragedies have …

“Three bombers with explosive belts targeted Sweida city alone, while the other blasts hit villages to the north and east,” said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Rami Abdel Rahman, the head of the Britain-based Observatory, said the group then followed up with further attacks in the province. AP The assault, which the Observatory said also wounded more than 30 …

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When you take your Apple iPhones, iMacs and MacBooks to an Apple Store for repair… are you curious how they get fixed? We may have just gotten a glimpse into that world, proprietary Apple tools and all. We can’t be sure that they’re legit — Apple didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment — but Motherboard’s sources report that …

Update, August 2018: The Samsung Galaxy Watch has been officially announced. Well, Samsung seems to have confirmed that its next watch is indeed the Samsung Galaxy Watch. Maybe. The expected smartwatch showed up on Samsung’s own website in the US on Monday morning, in a 42mm rose gold model. The model number, SM-R810NZDAXAR, didn’t quite match up with recent reported filings to …

Android and Google Fit syncing can now work with Motiv Ring, the basic but tiny fitness tracker. The Motiv Ring measures steps, sleep, resting and active heart rate. It syncs to your phone via Bluetooth. We complained about the lack of Android support in our Motiv Ring review, and it seems we weren’t the only ones. Android and Google Fit support …

Facebook is doubling its presence in London by acquiring office space across two buildings in King’s Cross. The 600,000 square feet (56,000 square meters) of office space will be enough for more than 6,000 workstations. The social media giant hasn’t said how many new jobs this will create, but it plans to have 2,300 UK employees by the end of …

Apple has been catching heat over the performance of its new MacBook Pro laptops, but the company is hoping its new software update will help cool off outraged power users.  After reports of heat issues leading to throttled performance, Apple has determined that a simple software bug was to blame, and has released what it hopes is a quick fix. …

Verizon has a lot going on: It saw growth in its wireless phone business return for the second quarter, it announced another city for its 5G launch later this year and it’s preparing to transition to a new CEO at the end of the month. On Tuesday, Verizon said that during the quarter it added a total of 531,000 retail …