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Family members of Pakistani students studying in Wuhan, China, hold a demonstration calling for the evacuation of their relatives after the Chinese city was badly hit by the coronavirus, in Karachi, Pakistan AP photo

Families of Pakistani students stuck in China demand their return

Family members of those stranded in Wuhan demand the evacuation of Pakistani students from the Chinese city

17 Feb 2020 10:01 AM IST

General Motors to exit non-profit markets

GM said in a statement Sunday that it will wind down sales, engineering and design ops for its historic Holden brand in...

17 Feb 2020 9:37 AM IST

File photo provided the file photo provided by the Anti-Poaching Special Squad, police look at items seized from store suspected of trafficking wildlife in Guangde city in central Chinas Anhui Province. AP photo

China virus puts focus on slaughtering wild animals

Coronavirus is spreading through China, so far killing 1,380 people and sickening more than 64,000 eight times the...

17 Feb 2020 9:28 AM IST

People wearing face mask stand at a downtown street in Hong Kong Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. COVID-19 viral illness has sickened tens of thousands of people in China since December. AP photo

China sees new virus cases as death toll goes up

The 2,048 new cases followed three days of declines but was up by just 39 cases from the previous day's figure

17 Feb 2020 9:13 AM IST

Facebook will also roll out a setting to allow people to choose how an advertiser can reach them with a Custom Audience from a list. (Photo: ANI)

Facebook cancels San Francisco summit on coronavirus fears

The event, scheduled for March 9 to March 12 at the Moscone Center, was expected to see over 4,000 participants.

17 Feb 2020 7:42 AM IST

Google is also intending to offer benefits to consumers as well as banks including loyalty programs.

Google protests 'eye-catching' USD 2.6 billion EU fine, judge...

The sparring underlines the battle ahead for the world's most popular internet search engine.

17 Feb 2020 7:18 AM IST

A glimpse of how Huawei operates might be an eye-opener. (Photo: AP)

Rebuffed by UK, US pitches 'big tent' for Huawei rivals in Europe

Huawei has repeatedly and vehemently denied the espionage allegations.

17 Feb 2020 7:13 AM IST

Amazon and Ring are facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly not doing enough to secure their security surveillance systems against hacks. (Photo: ANI)

Amazon, Flipkart seek rollback of new Indian tax on online sellers

The online retail industry is braced for a possible 1% tax on each sale made by sellers on their platforms from April.

17 Feb 2020 7:07 AM IST

Facebook also confirmed that some of its official social media accounts were hacked on Friday.

Treat us like something between a telco and a newspaper, says...

Facebook improved its work countering online election interference; expanded on his previous calls for regulation of...

17 Feb 2020 7:00 AM IST

A prototype of an automated blood drawing and testing device. (Photo: Unnati Chauhan)

This blood-drawing robot is more accurate than humans

Researchers at Rutgers University and Mount Sinai Hospital have developed a blood-sampling and testing device.

17 Feb 2020 6:55 AM IST

Interestingly, the Galaxy Buds+ are now iOS compatible, which basically means, you can ditch your AirPods for Samsungs new earbuds.

Apple's major rival launches iOS compatible earphones

Samsung launches 'iOS compatible' Galaxy Buds+.

17 Feb 2020 6:48 AM IST

Export of plain gold jewellery to Turkey zoomed multiple times to $54.31 million in April-December 2019 against a meagre $2.79 million during April-December 2018, as per the data of Directorate of General of Foreign Trade.

Turkish buyers return to India for jewellery

As per industry estimates, Turkish agents would have been buying more than $200 million worth Indian gold jewellery from...

17 Feb 2020 5:35 AM IST