iPhone X Failure Forces Apple Into Drastic Action Once more Apple is making a deeper than expected cut to the production line of its flagship smartphone. This year that means the iPhone X, which was already under performing in Q4 2017 is the handset that is missing its sales targets. […]
Apple Is Redesigning Its Bookstore Apple has an upgrade coming to iBooks, and it’s starting with a name change. iBooks, the Apple e-book store that has existed since 2010, will soon be known as “Books,” and it’ll pay more attention to books you’re reading than the existing app does. The […]
Microsoft issues update to disable Intel’s buggy Spectre patch Microsoft Corp issued an emergency security update on Monday to plug Intel Corp’s buggy Spectre firmware patch after the chipmaker’s fix caused computers to reboot more often than normal. Microsoft said it was rolling out an out-of-band update that specifically disables […]
Police search gardens for alleged serial killer victims Toronto police said Monday they are hunting through backyard gardens and planters across the city for possible victims of a landscaper accused of killing at least five people and suspected of more slayings. Bruce McArthur was charged Monday with first-degree murder in […]
New cryptocurrency rules just came into effect in South Korea South Korean regulatory plans to tackle cryptocurrency speculation spooked investors earlier this month. But as the new rules take effect on Tuesday, participants in the market are sounding a positive note. South Korea’s Financial Services Commission on Tuesday confirmed to […]
North Korea cancels joint cultural performance with South North Korea has abruptly cancelled a cultural event scheduled to be held jointly with the South, Seoul has said. Set for 4 February at Mount Kumgang in the North, it had been part of a series of events ahead of the South’s […]
Former nuclear power Kazakhstan shares lessons for North Korea UN ambassador highlights benefits of denuclearization, harm suffered by testing Few nuclear powers have ever volunteered to dismantle their arsenals, but Kazakhstan’s U.N. ambassador makes the case that a country stands only to gain by such a dramatic gesture. Kazakhstan, which […]
North Korea is scaling back its annual winter military exercises North Korea’s apparent decision to downsize its annual winter military exercises is seen partly as a public relations “ploy” by the nuclear-armed dictatorship given the approaching Olympic Games in South Korea. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that North Korea’s […]
Pentagon blocks release of key data on Afghan war The Pentagon has restricted the release of critical information on the progress being made in the war in Afghanistan, a move that will limit transparency, the U.S. government’s top watchdog on Afghanistan said on Monday. For years, the Special Inspector General […]
Trump rejects peace talks with Taliban in departure from Afghan strategy U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday rejected the idea of talks with the Taliban after a series of deadly attacks in Afghanistan, in an apparent contradiction of his own strategy to end America’s longest foreign war. Trump condemned the […]
