Science and Technology

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump warned Friday that he would snub Apple’s requests for tariff exemptions on device components imported from China, as he put pressure on the tech company to shift production to the United States. “Apple will not be given Tariff wavers, or relief, for Mac Pro parts that …

TEHRAN: Iran has rejected US President Donald Trump’s claim that a US warship had shot down an Iranian Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) in the Strait of Hormuz. “We have not lost any drone in the Strait of Hormuz nor anywhere else,” Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi said in …

NEW DELHI: India’s IT ministry has asked video app TikTok, one of the world’s most popular, to explain how it collects user data and creates awareness for safe use of its platform, according to government officials and a document seen by Reuters. TikTok allows users to create and share short …

BENGALURU: India’s space agency said on Thursday it would launch the country’s second lunar mission on July 22, after the original launch was called off due to a ‘technical snag’ earlier this week. Chandrayaan-2, built by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is now scheduled to be launched at 0913 …

SYDNEY: Instagram started hiding “likes” on its platform in Australia, Brazil and several other major markets Thursday, saying it wanted to ease pressure on users, following criticism about its impacts on mental health. The Facebook-owned social media giant’s trial changes mean users in the six countries will no longer be …

TOKYO: A Japanese spacecraft has landed on a faraway asteroid, where it will collect space rock that may hold clues to how the Solar System evolved. The successful touchdown on the Ryugu asteroid was met with relief and cheering in the control room at Japan’s space agency, JAXA. It is …

WASHINGTON: Twitter is moving to filter out inappropriate content based on religion as part of its effort to curb hate speech. In a policy update on Wednesday, Twitter said it would take down “dehumanising language” that targets specific religious groups. Examples shown by Twitter that would be removed would be …

PARIS: Half a century has passed — but the moment Moon pioneer Neil Armstrong took his historic first step on the lunar surface is etched in the memories of those who tuned in. The grainy pictures coming back on the night of July 20, 1969, from a quarter of a …

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook said it was “back at 100 per cent” Wednesday evening after an outage on all of its services affected users in various parts of the world. Online monitoring service DownDetector reported earlier the outage began around 1200 GMT and affected Facebook as well as its Instagram and …

  The man behind the iconic designs of the iPhone, iMac and iPad is leaving Apple. Chief Design Officer Jony Ive is departing after more than two decades at Apple to start his own design firm, China Plus reported. But he’s not completely severing ties with the company he has …