As Apple tries to depend less on China, Foxconn aims to expand iPhone production in India. The iPhone manufacturer is planning to quadruple its workforce in the Asian country.
As Apple pushes to diversify its supply chain outside China, the Cupertino company has asked its partners to move some AirPods and Beats headphone production to India. While this is a first for the country, it happens at a moment that India is already producing the new iPhone models while previously it would only make …
Facebook has been at the center of a few privacy scandals this year, with the controversial WhatsApp privacy policy update being one of the most notorious. Facebook wants to collect more WhatsApp user data related to in-app commerce features and has had to defend the new terms of service for most of the year after …
After trying to appease unhappy WhatsApp users for the past few months, Facebook rolled out its new terms of service on Saturday. The privacy policy change was announced last year and was originally set to be implemented on February 8th. But Facebook had to deal with a massive backlash from users in early January when …
Ever since devices and apps offering full encryption became popular with consumers, governments around the world have attempted to pass laws forcing companies to break encryption or build backdoors into their products. That way, law enforcement agencies would be able to collect data, including the contents of encrypted phones and chat apps that might be …
Bitcoin topped $61,700 on Saturday, in what was to become the new all-time high for the most popular cryptocurrency in the world. The digital coin has surged so far in 2021, fueled by an influx of cash from institutions and retail investors. Tesla is one of the companies that bet big on bitcoin, announcing a …
A newly-detected asteroid has been spotted by a pair of schoolgirls in India. The two teenagers found the asteroid in images collected by a telescope in Hawaii. The asteroid is currently orbiting near Mars, but that orbit will change and bring it within a close distance to Earth in roughly a million years’ time. When …
Coronavirus transmission can be reduced with the help of face masks, social distancing, and frequent handwashing. Not all face masks and homemade coverings can provide enough protection, as some of them have better filtration systems than others. A strange recommendation from the Indian government advises the population to avoid some masks that were believed to …
Lonar Lake in India has changed color from a deep bluish-green to bright pink. The change happened rapidly, and scientists haven’t nailed down the cause. It’s possibly related to an algae bloom or a shift in the chemical makeup of the water itself. Large bodies of water don’t typically change much over short periods of …
An alcoholic monkey attacked more than 200 people when his supply of alcohol was cut off. The attacks resulted in many bites and one fatality after the monkey bit a man severely. The monkey, named Kalua, will now spend the rest of his life in isolated captivity due to his aggressive nature. Alcohol can have …
