Apple selling 'Made in India' iPhones on trial basis

Deccan Herald | 2017-05-19

Apple has begun selling a trial run of iPhones that are assembled in India, ahead of an estimated full ramp-up in June. The US-based technology major Apple has started selling iPhones at select stores in the country that were assembled in India as part of its trial run. "Apple is selling iPhone SE...

Microsoft withheld update that could have slowed WannaCry—report

Inquirer | 2017-05-19

LONDON---American software giant Microsoft held back from distributing a free security update that could have protected computers from the WannaCry global cyberattack, the Financial Times reported Thursday. In mid-march, Microsoft distributed a security update after it detected the security flaw in...

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UPDATE 1-U.S. charges Virginia man with Fitbit stock hoax

Reuters | 2017-05-19

NEW YORK, May 19 (Reuters) - A Virginia man accused of being the architect of a hoax tender offer that drove up the stock price of Fitbit Inc last November has been arrested and charged with fraud, U.S. prosecutors said on Friday. ......

US stocks broadly higher in afternoon trading; oil rises

Industrial companies led U.S. stocks broadly higher in afternoon trading Friday, extending the market's modest gains from the day before. Investors were cheering solid earnings from several companies. Banks and materials stocks were also up sharply. Energy companies rose as the price of crude oil...

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Stricter cigarette packaging rules come into force in UK

The Guardian | 2017-05-19

Cigarettes to be sold in standardised green packaging bearing graphic warnings of dangers of smoking from this weekend...

New Zika virus inhibitor identified

The Siasat Daily | 2017-05-17

Washington: A new research has brought a drug to treat Zika infections closer to reality. The team led by Alexey Terskikh and Alex Strongin from Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) discovered a compound that prevents the virus from spreading. “We identified a small...

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Harvard Student Submits Rap Album as Senior Thesis

Taipei Times | 2017-05-19

While other Harvard University students were writing papers for their senior theses, Obasi Shaw was busy rapping his. Shaw is the first student in Harvard’s history to submit a rap album as a senior thesis in the English Department, the university said. The album, called Liminal Minds, has earned...

Why are black children missing from the grammar school debate?

The Guardian | 2017-05-19

Expanding grammar schools will only deepen racial inequalities in our society – and leave more black students behind...

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Andy Murray's Rome Masters defence is over with second-round loss to Fabio Fognini

Sky Sports | 2017-05-16

World No 1 Andy Murray was unable to cope with the unstoppable force of Fabio Fognini in front of a fervent atmosphere at the Foro Italico in Rome as his title defence ended with a whimper. Home-favourite Fognini was hoping to capitalise on the mediocre form of Britain's Murray on home soil, and did...



Muguruza marches on, Pliskova bows out in Rome

AOL | 2017-05-19

Garbine Muguruza claimed a hugely encouraging win ahead of her French Open title defence, beating Venus Williams in three sets to reach the semi-finals of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia on...

Nadal loses 6-4, 6-3 to Thiem in Italian Open quarterfinals

Post-Bulletin | 2017-05-19

ROME (AP) — Rafael Nadal's winning streak ended at 17 matches as he lost in straight sets to Dominic Thiem in the quarterfinals of the Italian Open on Friday. The 6-4, 6-3 victory was a sort of revenge for Thiem, who was beaten by the Spaniard in the Madrid Open final last week. "Of course I came in...

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