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Aided by Apple, STM Results Top Forecasts as it Raises Outlook
Demand in this division began to ramp up for new Time of Flight sensors, which a key customer - which analysts widely agree is Apple - is buying as a proximity or motion detector to use in its latest iPhones.
Twitter to Label Election Ads After U.S. Regulatory Threat
Twitter, acting a month after Facebook launched a similar overhaul of political ads, said in a blog post it would start a website so people could see identities of buyers, targeting demographics and total ad spends by election advertisers.
UK Financial Watchdog Investigates Equifax Hacking
The announcement follows a letter from Nicky Morgan, chair of the House of Commons' Treasury Committee to the watchdog, asking if Equifax had violated terms of its licence to operate in the country.
OnePlus 5T Leaked Image Shows Near Bezel-less 18:9 Display
A recently leaked image of the upcoming OnePlus flagship provides us with our first glimpses of the smartphone. Check out what the soon to be released OnePlus 5T looks like.
NASA Warned of Increased Security Breach Risk
In the four years since issuance of the IT governance report, the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) has made insufficient progress to improve NASA's IT governance, casting doubts on the office's ability to effectively oversee the agency's IT...
Mars Has Ideal Conditions to Produc Oxygen From Carbon Dioxide: Study
According to researchers from the University of Porto in Portugal and Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, Mars has 96 percent carbon dioxide (CO2) in its atmosphere.
Uber Opens up Paris Travel Database to Help City Planners
The U.S. ride-hailing app collects huge amounts of data from the billions of trips taken by customers which it uses to improve its services and has recently started to make it available for a number of cities including Washington D.C., Sydney and Boston.
Apple Shares Down Over Poor iPhone 8 Sales: Report
iPhone 8 and 8 Plus went on sale on September 22. Apple has yet to release figures for the early sales of iPhone 8 and 8 Plus. The pre-orders for "super-premium" iPhone X will begin on October 27, with shipping starting November 3.
Apple Hit With Trademark Lawsuit Over iPhone X "Animoji" Feature
Tokyo-based Emonster kk sued Apple on Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco, saying it holds the U.S. trademark on the term animoji and that Apple's use of the word is a "textbook case" of deliberate infringement.
Google Offers $1000 to Find Bugs in Android Apps
"The Google Play Security Reward Programme recognises the contributions of security researchers who invest their time and effort in helping us make apps on Google Play more secure," the tech giant said on its website late on Thursday.
Facebook Testing Paid News Model in Instant Articles
Facebook will support the subscription-based news product in Instant Articles for both metered models (starting with a uniform meter at 10 articles) and "freemium" models (the publisher controls which articles are locked).
Nasscom to Train Girls in Using Technology
The project will be run in four libraries in the National Capital Region of the country, catering to a minimum of 200 girls each year, per library.
Airtel, HPCL Join Hands For Digital Payments in Telangana, Andhra
These cashless payments can be made via smartphones (MyAirtel App) as well as feature phones (USSD) and no transaction fee is charged on these payments from customers, said a company statement.
Exploding Stars Reveal the Secret Where Gold in Your Ring Came From
Scientists have for the first time witnessed the crash of two ultra-dense neutron stars, cataclysmic events now known to have generated at least half the gold in the Universe.
'Android O' Coming to OnePlus 3, 3T
The Android O update will include significant system enhancements including updated security patch, smart-text selection, quick settings design among others, the company said in a statement.
Twitter Turns Over ‘Handles’ of 201 Russia-Linked Accounts
Twitter is set to appear November 1 before the Senate intelligence committee at a public hearing. Both Facebook and Google have been invited to testify at the same hearing.