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Apple has started testing iPhones with USB-C ports, confirmed Bloomberg reports on Sunday, days after a popular analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that Apple will adopt USB-C on iPhones in 2023. Apple will remain the lightning connector for this year’s iPhones. Additionally, the publication claims that Apple is also working on an adapter that would let future iPhones sporting USB-C work …

New Zealanders who trade in their gas-guzzling car will get financial aid towards buying a cleaner alternative, in one of a raft of climate change initiatives announced by Jacinda Ardern’s government Monday. The country’s first Emissions Reduction Plan, costing nearly three billion NZ dollars (1.88 billion US dollars), outlined spending for the next four years to help meet its goal …

Microblogging social media app Twitter is working on a “liked by author” label which will show up when a tweet’s creator like a reply. TechCrunch, in its report, stated that their team spotted the feature on the app’s Android version. However, there is no word on its worldwide testing but there are reports of it being accessible in many countries. …

A computer made from algae has been successfully operating for a year now and scientists now believe that the organisms could be used for charging mobile devices. A new study published in the journal Energy and Environmental Science revealed that scientists at the University of Cambridge have created a computer that is completely powered by algae. According to a report, the …

A plant virus that infects legumes, called cowpea mosaic virus, has a special power that you may not have known about: when injected into a tumor, it triggers the immune system to treat the cancer—even metastatic cancer—and prevents it from recurring. For the past seven years, researchers at the University of California San Diego and Dartmouth College have been studying …

Elon Musk sent mixed messages Friday about his proposed Twitter acquisition, pressuring shares of the microblogging platform amid skepticism on whether the deal will close. In an early morning tweet, Musk said the $44 billion takeover was “temporarily on hold,” pending questions over the social media company’s estimates of the number of fake accounts or “bots.” That sent Twitter’s stock …

HONG KONG: The meltdown in TerraUSD, one of the world’s largest stablecoins, sent shockwaves through cryptocurrency markets on Thursday, pushing ano­ther major stablecoin Tether below its dollar peg and sending bitcoin to 16-month lows. Cryptocurrencies have been swept up in a sell-off across higher risk assets, which has picked up steam this week as data showed US inflation running hot, …

Elon Musk on Friday put his $44-billion deal for Twitter Inc temporarily on hold, citing pending details in support of calculation that spam and fake accounts indeed represent less than 5 per cent of users. “Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than five per cent of users,” Musk said in …

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple on Tuesday put out word it is no longer making iPods, the trend-setting MP3 players that transformed how people get music and gave rise to the iPhone. Late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs introduced the devices nearly 21 years ago with his legendary showmanship flare, and the small, easy to operate players helped the company revolutionise how music …

Cryptocurrencies extended their sell-off on Thursday, with Bitcoin falling to its lowest levels in 16 months as a stampede out of so-called stable coins sent shockwaves around broader markets. The latest blow to Bitcoin and its smaller rival Ether, which has shed more than half its market value so far this year, came from a meltdown this week in TerraUSD, …