Technology
Tim Cook greets first customers as Apple debuts India retail store
Mumbai, April 18 An 'excited' Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday greeted a huge crowd of people and first customers amid desi drum beats as he opened the company's first branded retail store in the country. Cook came out from the Mumbai retail store and took selfies with the first ...Tesla gets new interior ‘personalisation system’ patent
San Francisco, April 17 Elon Musk-run Tesla has received a patent for a new interior 'personalisation system', potentially enhancing the accessibility and comfort of their vehicles to unprecedented levels. The recently filed patent application with the US Patent Office reveals that the company is developing an advanced 'personalisation system' that ...‘Apple Glasses’ expected to launch in 2026 or 2027
San Francisco, April 17 Apple is reportedly planning to launch its augmented reality (AR) 'Apple Glasses' by 2026 or 2027 at the earliest, subject to the successful development of advanced metalens technology in the intervening years. According to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the tech giant is developing metalens technology to ...LockBit ransomware group may target Mac devices
San Francisco, April 17 The notorious ransomware gang, known as LockBit, has seemingly expanded their targets to include Mac devices for the first time, the media reported. In a series of tweets spotted by 9to5Mac, a group of security researchers known as the MalwareHunterTeam said, they have uncovered evidence of ...Apple’s 2024 product roadmap may not include iPhone SE 4
San Francisco, April 14 Apple will reportedly not include the iPhone SE 4 in its new product planning for 2024/2025. Apple analyst Ming Chi-Kuo on Friday shared the information on Twitter, saying: "I think SE 4 is not currently part of Apple's new product planning for 2024/2025." However, Kuo previously ...This AI-based smartphone app may help you quit smoking
London, April 14 Finding it hard to quit smoking? British researchers have developed a stop-smoking mobile app that senses where and when you might be triggered to light up and could help you quit. Research from the University of East Anglia developed the app -- Quit Sense -- which is ...Spanish scientists discover technique that detects cancer ‘within 3 hours’
London, April 13 In a breakthrough, scientists in Spain have developed cheap and easy mobile testing kits that can detect cancer within three hours. The technique developed by a team from Barcelona's Centre for Genomic Regulation uses nanotechnology to analyse ribonucleic acid (RNA) present in blood samples. Published in the ...Playing sports against a robotic opponent can make your brain work harder
New York, April 11 US researchers have discovered that playing sports against a human opponent versus a robot can be different. It can make people's brains work harder. The findings have implications for sports training, suggesting that human opponents provide a realism that can't be replaced with machine helpers. The ...Musk begins following PM Modi on Twitter, users react
New Delhi, April 10 Twitter Boss Elon Musk has started following Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter. On Monday, a screenshot displaying PM Modi's name among the list of 195 individuals he follows surfaced and quickly garnered attention on the micro-blogging platform. With 134.3 million followers, Musk is the most ...Apple fixes 2 zero-day bugs exploited to hack iPhones, Macs
San Francisco, April 10 Apple has fixed two new zero-day security vulnerabilities exploited in attacks to compromise iPhones, Macs, and iPads, in its latest software update. According to BleepingComputer, the two zero-day security vulnerabilities were addressed in iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, macOS Ventura 13.3.1, and Safari 16.4.1 with improved input ...