iOS 15 is expected to bring some advanced enhancements and improvements to the selected iPhone models. The arrival of Apple’s new smartphone system is expected to happen this coming fall. (Photo : Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)The Apple logo is displayed outside company’s Regent Street store on September 29, 2016 in London, England. Technology company Apple has announced that Battersea Power Station, a Grade II listed building and former coal-fired power station, is to be its new London headquarters by 2021. The building, which has been unoccupied for decades, is currently undergoing a £9 billion restoration. However, this rumored release…
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Former U.S. Senator John Warner of Virginia, who at times clashed with fellow Republicans during his three decades in office, has died of heart failure. He was 94.Warner died late on Tuesday, with his wife and daughter at his side, his chief of staff Susan Magill said in an email to family and friends, according to a Politico report on Wednesday. The Washington Post said he died in Alexandria, Virginia.Warner was an influential voice in Congress on military policy and served in the U.S. Senate for five terms from 1979 to 2009.A former chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee,…
Boarding pass, suitcase, passport and … digital vaccination certificate?Keen to avoid losing another summer of holiday revenue to the coronavirus pandemic, the European Union, some Asian governments and the airline industry are scrambling to develop so-called Covid-19 vaccine passports to help kickstart international travel.They’re working on systems that would allow travelers to use mobile phone apps to prove they’ve been vaccinated, which could help them avoid onerous quarantine requirements at their destinations.But the multiple efforts underscore the lack of one central international system to electronically verify vaccination status. The projects also face technical challenges in working together, while questions about…
After witnessing a super blood moon during the lunar eclipse on Wednesday, the world is ready for the solar eclipse on June 10. It will be an annular eclipse in many parts of the world, with the Sun and Moon being exactly in line with the Earth. The upcoming solar eclipse is getting a lot of attention since it is dubbed as ‘ring eclipse’, a phenomenon when the Sun appears as a very bright ring surrounding the dark disk of the Moon.A total solar eclipse also requires the Moon and the Sun to be in the direct line of the…
(Photo : GettlyImages/ Justin Sullivan ) Apple sued over patent MemoryWeb, the developer of a photo organizer app, claims that Apple’s Photos and supporting services infringe on patents covering methods of organizing and viewing a photographic archive based on properties like tagged people, location, and other identifiers. MemoryWeb Sues Apple Approaching the U.S District Court for the Western District of Texas on May 25, MemoryWeb’s suit alleged Apple’s Photos app in iOS and macOS infringe on patents that allow people to organize, view, and preserve files with all the memory details captured, connected, and vivified through an interactive interface. MemoryWeb asserts…
More than one million people die in China annually because of diseases caused by smoking and the number could double by 2030, a joint report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and China said on Wednesday.The report said that there were more than 300 million cigarette smokers in China.“About 26.6% of Chinese people aged 15 and above are smokers, and of this age group, more than half of men smoke cigarettes,” the report, quoted by official media, said.The annual report, for the first time this year, added a new health hazard section for e-cigarettes.It added that the number could double…
Iran is banning power-hogging cryptocurrency mining immediately as the demand for electricity in the country reaches its peak. The move will help avoid blackouts in major cities, which could disrupt lives and businesses. (Photo : by Michael Gruber/Getty Images)VIENNA, AUSTRIA – MAY 24: The flag of Iran is seen in front of the building of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Headquarters ahead of a press conference by Rafael Grossi, Director General of the IAEA, about the agency’s monitoring of Iran’s nuclear energy program on May 24, 2021 in Vienna, Austria. The IAEA has been in talks with Iran over…
The United States (US) officially removes Xiaomi from the trading blacklist and “Communist Chinese military company” (CCMC) designation on Tuesday, May 25. The Chinese phone maker has been put in such a label on January 14, and, in response, the company sued the country to denounce it. (Photo : by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)BEIJING, CHINA – MARCH 05: Lei Jun, Chairman and CEO of Xiaomi Technology and Chairman of Kingsoft Corp, talks to the media after the opening session of the National People’s Congress on March 5, 2016 in Beijing, China. Assembly spokesman Fu Ying said that China’s military budget this…
Apple is equipping its next-gen iPhone 13 with a brand-new chip that the company says will bring improved power efficiency and overall performance. And now, it seems like the chip has entered mass production–or so insiders claim. (Photo : Stanislav Kogiku/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)TOKYO, JAPAN – 2021/05/25: Apple brand logo seen inside an Apple store in Omotesando, Tokyo. WCCFTech reported that the Apple A15 Bionic chip, which is based on an improved 5nm manufacturing node called N5P, is now entering mass production at the semiconductor fabs of TSMC. This is happening despite the widespread chip shortage, though it seems like…
The helicopter crashed into a marsh near Leesburg International Airport during a training exercise, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a news release. AP | PUBLISHED ON MAY 26, 2021 04:15 PM IST A firefighting helicopter with four people on board crashed near an airport in central Florida, killing at least one person, officials said.The helicopter crashed into a marsh near Leesburg International Airport during a training exercise around 4 p.m. Tuesday, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a news release.One body was recovered Tuesday night and no survivors had been found, Leesburg Fire Rescue said in a Facebook post.“The…