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Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance pressed India’s telecom watchdog on Friday to reconsider its plan not to auction satellite spectrum but to simply allocate it, in a fresh clash with Elon Musk’s Starlink. India’s telecoms Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia last month said the government would allocate spectrum administratively in line with global trends but a final notification on

Apple recently introduced a new security feature with the iOS 18.1 update that rolled out to users on October 28 that could prove to be troublesome for both thieves and law enforcement officials. According to a report, police officials in the US noticed that some iPhone models that were stored for forensic examination were rebooting

Australia will push ahead with a ban on social media for people aged under 16 despite calls by Meta Platforms for it to consider shifting responsibility for policing usage to app store operators such as Google and Apple. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Friday that all state and territory leaders had signed on to the

iPhone 18 series is not expected to launch until September 2026, but details of the lineup have already begun to surface online. Most recently, TF Securities International analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has claimed that Apple will introduce a significant camera upgrade with the iPhone 18 series by packing an updated main camera with a variable aperture.

iQOO 13 has been confirmed to arrive in India in December. The company’s India head has also announced the launch date of the flagship handset in the country. It will come with Qualcomm’s latest octa-core Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC paired with iQOO’s Q2 gaming chipset. The smartphone, which was introduced in China on October 30,

The new ‘International Incoming Spoofed Calls Prevention System’ has been made operational and in just 24 hours the system has identified and blocked about 1.35 crore calls as spoofed calls, the telecom department said on Tuesday. Indian telecom subscribers should see a significant reduction in such spoofed calls with implementation of this system, it said.

ToxicPanda — a banking trojan that is believed to be in an early stage of development — has been detected by security researchers in Europe and Latin America. It is believed to be derived from another banking trojan detected in 2023, and is used to remotely take over accounts on compromised phones, allowing attackers to

WhatsApp has begun testing a feature that will allow users to quickly look up an image they have received from another user, with a couple of taps. The messaging platform has rolled out a new feature to beta testers that will adds a reverse image lookup feature for images in chats, which could help users

Apple is reportedly working on a display technology with up to 90Hz refresh rate that could make its way to upcoming iPad Air models. Apple’s iPad, iPad Mini, and iPad Air models are equipped with LCD screens with a 60Hz refresh rate, and the Air lineup could be updated with a higher refresh rate. The improved

Red Magic 10 Pro series will launch in China next week. While ZTE sub-brand Nubia has only mentioned the Red Magic 10 Pro series, the lineup is anticipated to include the Red Magic 10 Pro and Red Magic 10 Pro+ — these handsets are expected to arrive as the successors to the Red Magic 9 Pro,

Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani targets a 2025 Mumbai listing for his telecom business Jio, valued by analysts at over $100 billion (roughly Rs. 8,41,090 crore), and plans to launch his retail unit’s IPO much later, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Reliance Industries’ boss Ambani hasn’t updated his IPO timelines after saying in

Red Magic 10 Pro series will launch in China later this month. The lineup is expected to include the Red Magic 10 Pro and Red Magic 10 Pro+ model, succeeding the Red Magic 9 Pro and Red Magic 9 Pro+, which were introduced in China in November 2023. Previous reports speculate that the series may include a Red Magic 10

  Telegram has been updated with improvements to the video and chat features on the messaging service. The latest update brings new video speed controls, while improving the quality of videos along with support for faster loading, based on network connection quality. Users will now be able to add media while editing a sent message.

Apple Inc. agreed to buy software maker Pixelmator, adding a popular high-end photo-editing app to its lineup. Pixelmator announced the acquisition on its blog Friday, saying its Lithuania-based team would be joining Apple. The 17-year-old company — founded by brothers Saulius Dailide and Aidas Dailide — makes apps for the Mac, iPad and iPhone. The

Samsung is expected to release One UI 7 — it’s upcoming software upgrade that is based on Google’s Android 15 update — in early 2025. While One UI 7 isn’t expected to arrive on the company’s smartphones for the next couple of months, Samsung previously revealed that it would release a beta version of One

Apple will invest up to $1.5 billion in Globalstar to fund the expansion of its iPhone communication services, the satellite provider said in a regulatory filing on Friday. Shares of Globalstar jumped over 30%, while Apple was down around 1.4% a day after it forecast tepid quarterly revenue growth. Under the funding agreement, Apple will

Nothing is considering the development of its own mobile operating system, according to CEO and founder Carl Pei. The UK startup’s handsets currently run on Google’s Android operating system, with a custom interface running on top. Most smartphones today run on Android, while Apple’s iPhone models run on iOS, the company’s mobile OS. Developers offering

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and several other company executives hosted an ask-me-anything (AMA) session on Thursday. The session was hosted on the social networking platform Reddit and users were told to ask questions about the AI firm’s products such as ChatGPT or general queries about artificial intelligence (AI) and artificial general intelligence (AGI). During the