TimeLine Layout

December, 2021

  • 9 December

    Bhima-Koregaon Case: Activist Sudha Bharadwaj Held Under UAPA Walks Out After 3 Years In Jail

    Sudha Bharadwaj, lawyer and activist, and one of the accused in Bhima-Koregaon violence case walked out of Mumbai’s Byculla jail after three years in detention. She was arrested under the provisions of UAPA. The Supreme Court had rejected a petition by the National Investigation Agency, challenging a Bombay High Court order on her bail. “We …

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  • 9 December

    From SC Bose To Sanjay Gandhi And YSR – A List Of High Profile Air Crash Deaths In India

    It has been more than 24 hours since the news about the Indian Air Force helicopter crash involving Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat broke. The nation is yet to come to terms with the loss of the top figure of the Indian Army, one of the most high-profile names to be killed in an air accident. Here are …

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  • 9 December

    Pakistan Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa, Other Prominent Figures Condole Death Of CDS Bipin Rawat

    As tributes pour in from across the world for India’s Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, who was killed in a helicopter crash on Wednesday, the top brass of the Pakistan Army has also condoled his death. Pakistan Army’s spokesman in a short statement posted on Twitter said that Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Nadeem Raza …

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  • 8 December

    Apple to add iPhone ‘parts and service history’ to iOS 15.2, ahead of DIY repairs

    Apple is adding a new “iPhone parts and service history” section to the Settings app to give you more information about your device as the tech giant prepares to launch a new do-it-yourself repair program. In a support document published Tuesday, spotted earlier by MacRumors, Apple said iPhones running iOS 15.2 or later will show whether some parts of the …

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  • 8 December

    Beats Fit Pro review: The sportier AirPods I’ve always wanted

    Dec 2021 Editor’s note, Dec. 8: This review has been updated to note that the Beats Fit Pro earbuds have been awarded a CNET Editors’ Choice Award. The review is otherwise largely unchanged from the version originally published Nov. 1, 2021. Released just a few days after the debut of the third-gen AirPods, Apple has another new set of earbuds, …

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  • 8 December

    Anker’s budget friendly noise

    I’m not a fan of cheap noise-canceling headphones. I struggled to put together a list of best noise-canceling headphones under $100, because there are so few I’d recommend buying. But Anker’s Soundcore Life Q30 Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Headphones are one of the exceptions. Normally around $80, today they’re $20 off or $60 as an Amazon Deal of the Day. That’s their lowest …

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  • 8 December

    Amazon Halo View review: $80 is a great price, but you get what you pay for

    Amazon’s $80 Halo View addresses one of my biggest complaints about Amazon’s first fitness band: its lack of a screen. As its name implies, Amazon’s latest wearable has a color touchscreen for showing health statistics and the time, along with other things like text messages. It’s a big departure from the distraction-free approach Amazon took with its first Halo band, and …

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  • 8 December

    Spoiler alert: Google says Squid Game was the most trending TV show in 2021

    Google is taking a look back at the top trending searches from the past year on Wednesday with the release of its 2021 Year in Search. The search giant’s lists compile some of the year’s top trending Google searches globally and in the US and delve into categories including TV shows, sports teams, news and video games. It should come as …

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  • 8 December

    Apple gets appeals court to delay App Store changes in Epic Games Fortnite case, for now

    Apple scored another win in its legal battles with Fortnite maker Epic Games when the US District Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit agreed Wednesday to delay a judge’s order to make changes to the way app developers accept payments in Apple’s App Store. Apple now has until its appeals process with Epic concludes, which could take years. “Apple …

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  • 8 December

    AWS outage threw a wrench in Amazon warehouse operations, took down websites

    Amazon said it’s resolved network issues that led to an outage that took down multiple major websites and apps for some people on Tuesday. Amazon workers also reported in social media posts that the company’s warehouses were at a standstill on Tuesday while the company struggled to resolve an Amazon Web Services outage, leaving workers without much to do but hang …

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