SHENZHEN: Embattled Chinese tech giant Huawei will launch a homegrown new mobile operating system on Wednesday (Jun 2) as it fights for survival in the smartphone arena after the US blocked it from using Android. Huawei will unveil its first mobile devices loaded with the new Harmony OS in an […]
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SAN FRANCISCO: Wearables shipments topped 104 million units worldwide in the first quarter of 2021, according to figures from IDC. That represents a 34.4 per cent increase on Q1 2020. With its range of Apple Watch and AirPods products, the Cupertino tech giant continues to rule over the wearables market […]
Microsoft says another wave of Russian cyber-attacks has targeted government agencies and human rights groups in 24 countries, most in the US. It said about 3,000 email accounts at more than 150 different organisations had been attacked this week. The group responsible was the same one that carried out last […]
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook and Instagram yesterday announced plans to let users stop displaying “like” tallies racked up by posts, letting people opt out of seeking status through the approval of others. The two platforms will let users shun “like” counts completely or just keep such tallies to themselves, according to […]
PARIS: The concept of digital sobriety, which consists in reducing the environmental impact of new technologies through simple gestures, is still relatively unknown. However, an increasing number are becoming aware of the importance of minimising CO2 emissions linked to their online use. Digital sobriety consists in doing everything possible, on […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Besides the Xiaomi Mi TV Q1 QLED TV which costs RM7,999, Xiaomi Malaysia has also introduced its more affordable Mi TV P1 series for the local market. It comes in 3 screen sizes and runs on Android TV with support for Google Assistant. Pricing and Availability To suit […]
Despite restrictions from the US government, Huawei is still continutes to introduce new models for its flagship P-series. After several months of speculation, we have what appears to be the clearest look yet at the upcoming Huawei P50 series. These high-resolution renders were shared by @RODENT950 on Twitter and it […]
An image of an ORC, by Bärbel Koribalski, based on ASKAP data, with the optical image from the Dark Energy Survey In the last few years, astronomers have spotted a handful of gigantic and almost perfectly circular radio objects out in the distant universe. Though no one has an […]
Here a butt, there a butt; everywhere a butt butt. How many butts is too many? One is usually enough for most animals — unless you’re a type of marine worm with a body that divides from a single head into dozens of different directions, and each of those branches […]
SHANGHAI: Remnants of China’s largest rocket launched last week are expected to plunge back through the atmosphere in the coming hours, European and US tracking centres said today. While there were still varying estimates of where the rocket would land, it appeared increasingly likely it would not hit the United […]