FEBRUARY 18, 2021
With CEO Tim Cook reiterating his company’s commitment to give users more control over their data and privacy earlier this month, Apple has come out with its largest platform security guide ever. Unlike the first version that came out a decade back focusing more on using Apple devices in a business context, the new 200-page guide is...
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
For years, Apple has touted the security built into its iPhones and iPads. More than a decade ago, it added ways to encrypt information on the iPhone. In 2010, it introduced encrypted messaging with iMessage. And in 2013, it introduced TouchID biometric sensors to help people unlock phones. Over the years, it's been able to bring those...
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
Impeachment trial of former U.S. President Trump concludes in Washington. - Reuters/HANDOUT
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former U.S. President Donald Trump attacked Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday in a sharply worded statement in the fallout over his impeachment trial.
"Mitch is a dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack, and if Republican Senators are going to stay with him,...
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
A woman wearing a protective face mask walks as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues along the Bayfront Park in Sarasota, Florida. - Reuters/SHANNON STAPLETON
The United States last week reported a 23% drop in new cases of COVID-19 and a 16% fall in the number of people hospitalized with the virus, with both figures declining for...
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. - AP Photo/Susan Walsh
Sen. Ron Johnson said Tuesday that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's excoriation on Saturday of former President Donald Trump put him out of step with the GOP caucus he leads.
McConnell voted Saturday to acquit Trump on the single article...
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., walks on Capitol Hill after the Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. Trump was accused of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and the acquittal gives him a historic second victory in...
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
Brief Scorecard: England 134 and 53 for 3 (Lawrence 19*, Root 2*) need 429 more runs to beat India 329 and 286 (Ashwin 106, Kohli 62, Moeen 4-98, Leach 4-100)
Ravichandran Ashwin celebrates his fifth Test hundred. BCCI
As India flexed their muscle on day three, moving inexorably towards a series-levelling triumph over England, the second Chennai Test...
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
FILE PHOTO: Plastic bull figurines, symbols of the Frankfurt stock exchange are pictured at the Frankfurt stock exchange. - Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - Global shares rose for the 11th day in a row to reach a fresh peak on optimism about the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and new fiscal aid from Washington, while tensions in...
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
In an interview last year to US author and professor Gayle Kimball, who is compiling a book on Gen Z girl climate activists, Indian climate activist Disha A Ravi, 22, weighed in on a question on whether protests and activism is a part of Indian culture.
"In India, protests are a part of life since the Indian freedom...
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Hispanic pastors at the Roosevelt Room of the White House January 25, 2019 in Washington, DC. - Alex Wong/Getty Images
Former President Donald Trump's second acquittal by the US Senate proved the enduring power he holds over the Republican Party, with the results Saturday setting the dangerous precedent that...
