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India proposes forcing smartphone makers to give source code in security overhaul

NEW DELHI, Jan 12 (Reuters) – India proposes requiring smartphone makers to share source code with the government and make several software changes as part of a raft of security measures, prompting behind-the-scenes opposition from giants like Apple and Samsung. The tech companies have countered that the package of 83 security standards, which would also include a requirement to alert the government to major software updates, lacks any global precedent and risks revealing proprietary details, according to four people familiar with the discussions and a Reuters review of confidential government and industry documents. The plan is part of Prime Minister

Poor sleep has higher mortality risk than bad diet, lack of exercise and loneliness, new study finds

New research from the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), published in the journal Sleep Advances, found that poor sleep may shorten life expectancy more than other lifestyle factors like diet, exercise and loneliness. The study indicates that sleep plays an even greater role in longevity than many people understand. Lifestyle Surveys To draw these conclusions, the researchers examined a large amount of national data from across the United States. They compared life expectancy data with health and lifestyle surveys collected by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention between 2019 and 2025. This allowed them to understand how

I ended eight wars, India and Pakistan were going at it: Trump

New York, Jan 12 (PTI) US President Donald Trump repeated his claim that he has solved the conflict between India and Pakistan, saying he ended eight wars but still did not get the Nobel Peace Prize. “I ended eight wars. I — If you look at those wars, these were tough wars to end, too. And let me tell you, India and Pakistan were going at it. As you know, they were going at it…But that was one of eight. But we ended eight strong wars. Some have been going on for more than 30 years,” Trump said in an

Can the US put a price tag on Greenland?

LONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Despite Denmark’s repeated insistence that Greenland is not for sale, U.S. President Donald Trump and his team are “talking about what a potential purchase would look like”, according to a White House spokeswoman this week. But even as a thought experiment that assumes the presence of a willing seller, discussion of the hypothetical sale of an autonomous territory such as Greenland rapidly encounters imponderables such as how a meaningful price tag could even be established. “There’s not a market for buying and selling countries,” said Nick Kounis, chief economist of Dutch ABN AMRO bank, noting

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