Mired in a massive data breach controversy, Facebook has reportedly rolled out biggest-ever shuffle at the senior management level since its inception — across platforms, including WhatsApp and Messenger. According to tech news website Recode, Facebook has made long-time executive Chris Cox in-charge of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger — now called a “family of […]
Microsoft has announced a unique partnership with China-based DJI — the world’s biggest drone company — where DJI will create a new software development kit (SDK) for Windows 10 PCs. The SDK will bring full-flight control and real-time data transfer capabilities to over 700 million Windows 10 active devices globally, it was announced during the […]
Eric T. Schneiderman, the New York Attorney General who rose to prominence as an antagonist of the Trump administration, has resigned hours after four women accused him of physically assaulting them in an article published by The New Yorker, the media reported. “It’s been my great honour and privilege to serve as attorney general for […]
US Attorney Jeff Sessions has said that Washington will take a stricter stance on illegal crossings at the Mexico border by separating parents from children, rather than keeping them together in detention centres, the media reported. “If you are smuggling a child then we will prosecute you, and that child will be separated from you […]
US President Donald Trump said that he would announce his decision on whether Washington will pull out of the Iran nuclear accord at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, media reports said. “I will be announcing my decision on the Iran deal tomorrow from the White House,” he tweeted on Monday afternoon. Trump is weighing whether to […]
Melania Trump will announce her eagerly awaited formal platform on Monday during a Rose Garden event, nearly 16 months into her tenure as US First Lady, the media reported. She will make the announcement at the Rose Garden, her first speech from the historic location on the West Wing side of the White House, reports […]
At least 26 houses have been destroyed after the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii’s Big Island erupted last week spewing molten rocks and high levels of sulphur dioxide into the area, according to authorities. As of Sunday morning, nine volcanic vents had erupted in evacuated neighbourhoods on the island, CNN quoted County of Hawaii officials as […]
The Kilauea volcano, one of the world’s most active, has erupted near a residential area on Hawaii’s largest island, prompting a local state of emergency and an evacuation of 1,700 residents. The eruption on Wednesday affected Leilani Estates and the Hawaii County Civil Defence asked its residents as well as those residing in Lanipuna Gardens […]
A civilian was injured in Pakistani shelling overnight on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Police said the Pakistani Army resorted to shelling and firing on the LoC in Tangdhar sector at 11 p.m. on Thursday. “Indian positions retaliated effectively. Intermittent shelling and firing exchanges continued till 4.30 a.m. on […]
Abu Dhabi A Dubai-based Indian driver has hit a jackpot by winning 12 million dirhams in a raffle in Abu Dhabi. John Varughese, who hails from Kerala, has been working as a driver for a private company since he came to Dubai in 2016. He won the amount at the Big Ticket raffle held at […]