Technology

Apple on Thursday forecast a drop in iPhone sales and targeted overall revenue $6 billion below Wall Street expectations as its China business took a hit. This overshadowed overall fiscal first-quarter sales and profit that beat analysts’ targets, powered by iPhone growth, sending Apple shares down 3% in after-hours trade. The results confirmed some analysts’ concerns that the company’s signature …

Five people were rescued after an accident in Canada thanks to the Car Crash detection feature in an Apple Watch. Apple Computers had introduced the Car Crash detection feature in iPhone Apple Watch in 2022. A sensor in the device alerts emergency services about the mishaps. A report by the United States news agency KTLA 5 stated that a car, …

SEOUL: Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), opens new tab flagged a continued recovery in memory chips and tech demand in 2024, after reporting a 34% drop in fourth-quarter profit despite a memory price rebound as consumer demand remained weak in many businesses. The world’s biggest maker of memory chips said it expected mobile and PC makers to place more, better chips in …

WASHINGTON: Meta (META.O), opens new tab Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday apologized to families at a US Senate hearing about the impact that social media has on children. Under prodding from Republican Senator Josh Hawley, Mark Zuckerberg stood up and addressed families who held up pictures of their children who they said had been harmed by social media. As …

SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk said on Tuesday his Neuralink startup had installed a brain implant in its first human patient with “promising” initial results. The neurotechnology company co-founded by Musk in 2016 aims to build direct communication channels between the brain and computers. The ambition is to supercharge human capabilities, treat neurological disorders like ALS or Parkinson’s, and maybe one …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s telecom sector generated Rs850 billion in revenues in 2022-23, marking a 17 per cent growth from the previous year and demonstrating the sector’s resilience amid challenges of inflation, high business cost, and economic slowdown, the Pakistan Telecommu­nication Authority (PTA) says in its annual report. The report says the industry holds substantial investment potential, with local industry investments of $5.7 …

LOS ANGELES: Nasa’s rover Perseverance has gathered data confirming the existence of ancient lake sediments deposited by water that once filled a giant basin on Mars called Jerezo Crater, according to a study. The findings from ground-penetrating radar observations conducted by the robotic rover substantiate previous orbital imagery and other data leading scientists to theorize that portions of Mars were …

Meta-owned instant messaging service WhatsApp had introduced the screen share feature for its users in 2023. The feature allows users to share their screens with other participants during a video call. This feature is also available on other video-calling platforms like Google Meet and Zoom. Users can share their screen using WhatsApp’s Android, iPhone and Windows desktop app With this …

Microsoft Teams services were restored on Saturday after a disruption blocked access to the messaging platform. “After extended monitoring and mitigation efforts, we’ve confirmed that our Microsoft Teams service and features have been restored or have returned to optimal health,” Microsoft said in its post on X, formerly known as Twitter. Several users had flagged issues with the messaging platform …

WASHINGTON: The United Arab Emirates and its powerful ruler were sued in a Washington court on Wednesday, accused of bankrolling a “dark public relations” operation that falsely linked an American oil trader to terrorist financing. The lawsuit filed by the trader Hazim Nada in the District of Columbia alleges that starting in 2017 the UAE paid a Swiss private intelligence …