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General view of the field during a ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks before the game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Washington Nationals at PNC Park on September 11, 2021 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo: AFP)

Newly released FBI memo hints at Saudi involvment with 9/11 hijackers

The memo from April 4, 2016, showed links between Omar Bayoumi and two of the Al-Qaeda operatives

12 Sep 2021 10:42 AM

WhatsApp users who will choose to opt into encrypted backups will be asked to save a 64-digit encryption key or create a password that is tied to the key. (PTI Photo)

WhatsApp to add encrypted backups for messages

WhatsApp will only know that a key exists in an HSM, not the key itself or the associated password to unlock it

11 Sep 2021 2:44 PM

Evacuees from Afghanistan wait for passport checks upon arrival at Hamad International Airport in Qatar's capital Doha on September 10, 2021. (KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)

32 more US citizens, permanent residents leave Afghanistan

Twenty-one US citizens or permanent residents were on a first Qatar Airways flight that left Kabul

11 Sep 2021 11:18 AM

Smoke billows from one of the towers of the World Trade Center as flames and debris explode from the second tower, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Chao Soi Cheong)

US honors 9/11 dead on 20th anniversary of attacks

At New York's Ground Zero, relatives will read out the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed, in a four-hour-long service

11 Sep 2021 10:47 AM

Ayaan Shankta (in red). (Photo: Facebook/Dhirubhai Ambani International School)

Mumbai teen wins global recognition for environment-related project

Ayaan Shankta won the third place in the 8-14 age category for his project Conservation and Rehabilitation of Powai Lake

09 Sep 2021 8:39 AM

Apple has several other projects in the works that could make appearances at the event as well. (AFP Photo)

Apple confirms September 14 event, expected to unveil iPhone 13

The new phones are also expected to have smaller display notches and improved cameras

08 Sep 2021 7:53 PM

The agency also attached a photograph of a rock core slightly thicker than a pencil inside a sample tube. (Photo: Twitter/@NASAPersevere)

NASA confirms Perseverance Mars rover got its first piece of rock

'I've got it!' the space agency tweeted

07 Sep 2021 7:22 AM

The feature will be made available to Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and Nonprofits customers. (AP Photo)

Google Calendar to show how much time you have spent in meetings

Interestingly, the feature will only be visible to a user, and not their manager, according to Google

06 Sep 2021 3:23 PM

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

80 per cent COVID-19 immunity lost in 6 months in some after Pfizer shot: US study

The research studied blood samples of 120 nursing home residents and 92 health care workers

06 Sep 2021 12:15 PM

The team worked with 10 patient volunteers, aged 19 to 59. (Photo: ANI)

Study finds why adults struggle to learn a new language

The findings of the study were published in the journal 'Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences'

05 Sep 2021 1:17 PM

Android 12 will make you able to automatically fit your phone's colour palette to that of your wallpaper. (Photo: ANI/Representational Image)

Android 12 lets users customize colour palettes for phone

When a user will use a personal photo for wallpaper, the Android 12 feature will automatically choose a matching theme colour for the phone

05 Sep 2021 9:51 AM

Apple's original press release about the changes, which were intended to reduce the proliferation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), had a similar statement at the top of the page. (ANI Photo)

Apple's child protection features get delayed after privacy outcry

The company detailed the iCloud Photo scanning system at length to make the case that it didn't weaken user privacy

04 Sep 2021 3:12 PM

Amazon is not entirely new to the TV market. The company offers AmazonBasics branded TVs in India. (Photo | AFP)

Amazon planning to launch Alexa-powered TV in October

The company is also developing a TV designed in-house, but it's unclear when that might be released

03 Sep 2021 4:06 PM

Inaudible to humans, Tschida said USVs are neither speech nor language. (Photo: ANI/Representational Image)

New study throws light on impact of isolation on mental health

The researchers set out to investigate whether exposure to acute isolation would cause mice to increase so-called ultrasonic vocalizations

03 Sep 2021 12:45 PM

Cars and trucks are stranded by high water Thursday, Sept 2, 2021, on the Major Deegan Expressway in Bronx borough of New York as high water left behind by Hurricane Ida still stands on the highway hours later. (AP/Craig Ruttle)

At least 44 dead as flash floods slam New York area

Ida blazed a trail of destruction north after slamming into Louisiana over the weekend, bringing severe flooding and tornadoes

03 Sep 2021 10:23 AM

A month ago, Perseverance drilled into much softer rock, and the sample crumbled and didn't get inside the titanium tube. (Photo: Twitter/@NASAPersevere)

NASA's newest Mars rover snags 1st rock sample for return

The Perseverance rover's chief engineer, Adam Stelzner, called it a perfect core sample

03 Sep 2021 8:10 AM

ABBA is one of the most popular musical artists in history, having sold hundreds of millions of albums worldwide since its formation in Sweden, 1972. (ANI)

ABBA set to make their return after 40 years with new album, virtual concer

The 'Voyage' album will be released worldwide on November 5 via Universal Music Group's Capitol label

03 Sep 2021 3:54 AM

There is no word on whether the adaptive volume will work in the opposite direction, which means becoming quieter if there is no background noise. (Photo: PTI)

Amazon's new feature will make Alexa respond louder when it's noisy

The feature is currently available to US customers, and Amazon says that a user can activate it by saying Alexa, turn on the adaptive volume

02 Sep 2021 7:26 PM

With the Pixel 6 Pro Google will offer three shooters with up to 4x optical zoom -- a first for the tech giant's smartphone line. (Representational Image: ANI)

Google Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro may launch on September 13

Google's phones have historically offered amazing cameras and it seems like the company is stepping up its camera game further this year

01 Sep 2021 4:35 PM

President Joe Biden speaks about the end of the war in Afghanistan from the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Biden defends departure from ‘forever war,’ praises airlift from Afghanistan

Biden has faced tough questions about the way the U.S. went about leaving Afghanistan, a chaotic evacuation with spasms of violence

01 Sep 2021 11:14 AM

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