Oracle, Walmart rescue TikTok in US with Trump's 'blessing'

San Francisco (IANS) In a surprise move, Oracle and Walmart have come together to save TikTok from the ban, forming a new company called TikTok Global which will be headquartered in the US. President Donald Trump said he has given the deal his blessing.

Apple iPhone 12 price may be higher than expected: Report

San Francisco (IANS) Apple is expected to launch four new devices under the iPhone 12 series soon and a new report has claimed that keeping the price of 5G-compatible iPhone 12 the same as last years model appears impossible owing to the increased…

Iranian hackers found using tool to extract 2FA SMS codes

San Francisco (IANS) Researchers at cybersecurity firm Check Point have unravelled an ongoing surveillance operation by Iranian entities who have used multiple tools including an Android backdoor that extracts two-factor authentication (2FA) codes…

Realme 7: Fast charging, good overall performance

New Delhi (IANS) In a bid to make further inroads into the mid-segment market share in India, Realme has left no stone unturned to date. With the recent launch of its 7 series smartphones, the company has brought some more competition in the hot-selling…

TikTok, WeChat to be banned from US app stores on Sunday

San Francisco (IANS) The TikTok and WeChat apps will be banned from US app stores starting Sunday, the country's Department of Commerce said on Friday.

The move "to safeguard the national security of the United States" came in response…

Flipkart launches MarQ Android 9.0 Smart TV range

New Delhi (IANS) Flipkart on Friday launched a new range of MarQ Smart TVs powered by Android 9.0, ahead of the upcoming festive season.

The MarQ Smart TVs will be available in 32-inch HD and 43-inch Full HD/4K Ultra HD variants at a starting…

Microsoft announces new tool to find, fix bugs at scale

New Delhi (IANS) Microsoft has introduced a new tool on its open source repository GitHub that will further help developers and security researchers find and remove critical bugs.

Called Project OneFuzz, it is an extensible fuzz testing framework…

Instagram down, users reporting issues worldwide

New Delhi (IANS) Instagram users, including from the US, the UK, Middle East and India, took to Twitter on Friday to report problems while using the photo and video sharing app.

According to Downdetector website, which monitors online outages,…

Covid vax to be available by 'start of next year': Harsh Vardhan

New Delhi (IANS) Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday said that the coronavirus vaccine will be made available in the country by the start of next year. The remarks come at a time when India is recording more than 50 lakh cases and people…

Antibody treatment found to cut Covid hospitalisation risk

New York (IANS) Raising hope of Covid-19 treatment at an early stage, an antibody therapy has been found to quickly reduce SARS-CoV-2 viral load in newly infected patients and cut hospitalisation risk, US-based pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly said,…