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Twenty-eight Americans, 83 green card holders and six people with U.S. Special Immigration Visas granted to Afghans who worked for the U.S. government during the 20-year war in Afghanistan were aboard the Kam Air flight. (Representational image: AP)

U.S. bars flight from landing with Americans from Kabul: Report

Biden's administration has said its top priority is repatriating Americans and green card holders unable to leave Afghanistan

29 Sep 2021 10:40 AM

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley listens to a Senator’s question during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan and plans for future counterterrorism operations, on September 28, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Patrick Semansky / POOL / AFP)

US generals say they recommended keeping 2,500 troops in Afghanistan

Milley, McKenzie and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin were grilled by members of the Senate Armed Services Committee about the US withdrawal

29 Sep 2021 10:00 AM

In this photo, a nurse reaches for a vial of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a pop up vaccine clinic. (Photo: AFP)

Pfizer vaccine for kids may not be available until November

The company said Tuesday it provided health regulators with data from a recent study of its vaccine in children 5 to 11 years old

29 Sep 2021 9:16 AM

The 'Hey Disney' custom voice assistant is also available for people who aren't staying in Disney parks. (Photo: Twitter)

Amazon, Disney collaborate to bring custom voice assistant for Echo devices in 2022

'Hey Disney' is ultimately used for customer service inquiries, helping visitors find answers to park-specific questions

29 Sep 2021 8:47 AM

Instagram chief Adam Mosseri announced the news in a blog post, saying that the Facebook-owned company would continue to work on parental-supervised experiences for younger users. (Photo: PTI)

Facebook halts plans for 'Instagram Kids' app after criticism

In the blog post and series of accompanying tweets, Mosseri blamed the critics for misunderstanding the purpose of the app

28 Sep 2021 5:43 PM

Marking the special occasion, the company unveiled a special cake-themed doodle on its homepage.

Google celebrates 23rd birthday with a special doodle

Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in September 1998, as part of a PhD project

27 Sep 2021 3:44 PM

Twitter's poor video quality has been a long-running frustration for users on the platform. (Photo: PTI)

Twitter says new videos will be less pixelated for better experience

Twitter has removed a pre-processing step in its video pipeline when you upload

27 Sep 2021 8:01 AM

Twitter has been steadily updating Spaces since it started testing late last year. (Photo: AFP/File)

Twitter to add Topics to Spaces, but with a limited start

According to The Verge, it's a small addition to start

26 Sep 2021 10:44 AM

Reportedly, the company has started rolling out the filter feature on Gmail for Android earlier this week. (PTI Photo)

Google introducing new search filter in Gmail for Android

The company added the feature to the web version of Gmail last year and has now extended it to the Android app

25 Sep 2021 4:16 PM

Taliban fighters gather along a street during a rally in Kabul. (Representational image: AFP)

US, Pakistan face each other again on Afghanistan threats

American officials accused Pakistan of playing a double game by promising to fight terrorism while cultivating the Taliban

25 Sep 2021 12:55 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Joe Biden meets in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in Washington. (PTI Photo)

PM Modi raises issue of H-1B visas with President Biden: Foreign Secretary Shringla

The technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China

25 Sep 2021 12:04 PM

PM Narendra Modi and United States VP Kamala Harris met in Washington DC. (Photo: Twitter/PMO)

PM Modi meets US Vice President Kamala Harris; discusses bilateral ties, Indo-Pacific

This is the first meeting between the two leaders, Harris had earlier spoken with Modi over the phone during the COVID-19 crisis in India

24 Sep 2021 11:51 AM

Microsoft's Surface Duo 2 adds many highly requested changes from the original, including support for 5G networks and a triple-lens camera system. (AP Photo)

Microsoft's 2021 Surface event: The 7 biggest announcements

The Surface Go 3, Microsoft's low-end Surface, is getting updated with new Intel processors

23 Sep 2021 3:41 PM

The rumoured OnePlus 9RT is expected to be an incremental upgrade to the earlier 8T model. (Photo: AFP/File)

OnePlus 'T' series not happening this year

The company claims that there would not be a OnePlus 9T, but there 'will be other releases'

23 Sep 2021 12:53 PM

US President Joe Biden participates is a virtual press conference on national security with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the East Room of the White House. (Photo: AFP)

US rules out adding India or Japan to security alliance with Australia and UK

On September 15, Joe Biden, Scott Morrison and Boris Johnson jointly announced the formation of AUKUS

23 Sep 2021 11:52 AM

A nurse prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 at the Cecilia Rivadeneira Foundation in Quito. (Photo: AFP/File)

FDA backs Pfizer COVID-19 boosters for seniors, high-risk

Under the FDA authorization, vaccinated Americans are eligible for a third dose six months after receiving their second Pfizer shot

23 Sep 2021 9:20 AM

The company has also promised that there will be strict privacy for the user's data. (Photo: AFP/File)

Apple lets users add Covid vaccination card to Wallet

Also, the just-released iOS 15 already allows users to store verifiable vaccination and test results

22 Sep 2021 1:09 PM

A woman waits for her turn to get inoculated with a dose of the Covaxin vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus, at a temporary vaccination centre set up inside a school in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)

Severe COVID-19 can lead to delirium, US study finds

The study, published in the journal BMJ Open, found that patients with delirium tended to be sicker

22 Sep 2021 12:33 PM

The iPhone 14 series will launch in the second half of 2022. (ANI Photo)

iPhone 14 Pro models could replace notch with punch hole cutout

The 2022 iPhone lineup will also include a new 6.7-inch non-Pro iPhone to complement the standard vanilla model

21 Sep 2021 5:24 PM

Once the protocol is in place, passengers from several countries, including the UK, India and Brazil and Europe would be allowed to enter the US with proof of vaccination. (Representational image: PTI)

COVID: Vaccinated passengers from India, other nations can travel to US from November

The US announced that strict protocols will be in place from early November to curb the spread of COVID-19 from international passengers

21 Sep 2021 11:52 AM

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