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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday added Russia’s AO Kaspersky Lab, China Telecom (Americas), and China Mobile International USA to its list of communications equipment and service providers deemed threats to US national security. The regulator last year designated five Chinese companies including Huawei and ZTE  as the first firms on the list, which was

The 2022 Oscars — or the 94th Academy Awards, as goes the official title — are slated to take place Sunday, March 27 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. This year, the Hollywood awards season concludes later than usual, thanks to the Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics. For the first time, the Oscars

NASA will run a live broadcast of the return to Earth of American astronaut Mark Vande Hei after a record-breaking 355-day mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Along with Vande Hei, two Russian cosmonauts — Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov — will also touch down in Kazakhstan aboard a Soyuz MS-19 capsule on March

Reliance Jio has introduced a new Rs. 555 prepaid recharge plan with one-year subscription to Disney+ Hotstar Mobile. The company has also added Disney+ Hotstar Mobile subscription worth Rs. 499 for one year to its existing Rs. 2,999 prepaid annual recharge plan. The Rs. 555 Jio Cricket Data Add On Pack is valid for 55

iQoo U5x has been launched in China. The new budget 4G smartphone from iQoo is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 chipset and features a 5,000mAh battery that supports 10W charging. iQoo U5x boots Android 11-based Origin OS out-of-the-box and sports a dual camera setup on the back. The new handset from the Chinese company

Samsung Galaxy M33 5G India launch will take place on April 2 at 12pm IST. The launch date has been confirmed via an Amazon microsite dedicated to the midrange offering from the South Korean tech giant. The handset will be powered by a 5nm octa-core processor and pack a 6,000mAh battery with support for 25W

The European Union and the United States reached a preliminary agreement to avoid major disruption in transatlantic data flows that had been jeopardised by a ruling of the EU top court, the EU Commission head and the US President said on Friday. Data transfers between the EU and the US have faced a risk of

Seagate has launched the SkyHawk AI 20TB hard disk drive (HDD) in India. The latest addition to the company’s video imaging and analytics devices, the HDD is meant for network video recorders (NVR), supporting multiple video and AI streams and is built with ImagePerfect AI firmware. The SkyHawk AI 20TB was launched during the ISC

Researchers have detected a mysterious set of waves coming out of the Sun that, inexplicably, appears to travel three times faster than earlier predicted. The researchers think these waves could help them understand the interiors of the Sun, which is usually not observed even by space-based telescopes. Described as a “true mystery”, these waves were

Call of Duty: Mobile Season 3: Radical Raid has just been announced and the new season will feature an ’80s theme. Call of Duty: Mobile will also get a new map, two themed events, an esports world championship, new operators, a new weapon, and other new content. The new season for the multiplayer mobile battle

Honor MagicBook X 14, and MagicBook X 15 are all set to go on sale starting April 6 in India. Honor confirmed the arrival of the new MagicBook X-series laptops in the country via Amazon. A dedicated microsite on the e-commerce website is teasing the specifications of Honor MagicBook X 14 and MagicBook X 15.

Apple is reportedly planning to release a 15-inch MacBook Air in 2023. As per a quarterly report by the Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC), the new 15-inch MacBook Air model is expected to come with a larger version of the existing 13.3-inch MacBook Air. Additionally, the entry-level iPad is also said to get a refresh

YouTube is bringing two new health-focused features to ensure the credibility of health information on its platform in India. The Google-owned video-sharing app has unveiled new health source information panels that will label videos from reliable health organisations and government entities. With this, users can identify data from verified sources. Additionally, YouTube Health has added

Instagram on Wednesday announced Favourites and Following, two chronological news feed options for users on the service. These feed options will allow users to view recent posts from accounts they follow on the platform, in the order that they were posted. The service said that users will be able to easily switch between both Favourites

Poco X4 Pro 5G is all set to launch in India on March 28. Poco India confirmed the arrival of the new Poco X-series smartphone in the country via Twitter. Poco has also shared a poster on the microblogging platform, revealing the smartphone’s design and rear camera module. Poco X4 Pro 5G India variant will

Authentication services provider Okta is investigating a report of a digital breach, the company said on Tuesday, after hackers posted screenshots showing what they claimed was its internal company environment. A hack at Okta could have major consequences because thousands of other companies rely on the San Francisco-based firm to manage access to their own

Godzilla vs. Kong 2 — sequel to the 2021 film — has been doing the rounds of the rumour mill for a while now. The currently untitled sequel will begin shooting later this year in Australia. According to Queensland, Australia’s State Premier, the sequel to Godzilla vs. Kong will increase opportunities and create jobs for people in

The US Justice Department, which has accused Alphabet’s Google of breaking antitrust law in its search business, asked a judge to find that the company abused an attorney-client privilege designation to avoid turning over documents. In a court filing, the Justice Department asked for Google to be sanctioned for creating a “Communicate with Care” program that