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Microsoft, Facebook in renewable alliance targeting 60 GW power by 2025
14 May 2016
The Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance will connect large energy consumers such as Facebook and Microsoft with small clean energy producers without access to power grids
US regulators seek information about security updates for phones, software from technology majors
10 May 2016
SwiftKey app can make you write like Shakespeare!
09 Apr 2016
Free to download for Android, the app marking the 400th death anniversary of William Shakespeare intersperses Shakespearean lingo with our own to make you sound like the Bard of Avon – and it learns as you go along
WhatsApp now fully encrypted on all platforms
06 Apr 2016
The announcement of full encryption by WhatsApp received a mixed response from the FBI, which said while it may be a good thing, encryption ‘has its costs’
New app launched to keep Windows 10 at bay
29 Mar 2016
Microsoft meets investors trying to buy out Yahoo: report
26 Mar 2016
Microsoft is reported to have met with possible bidders for Yahoo such as Verizon Communications and private equity firms, who needs backing from the software maker for their offers
Facebook, WhatsApp end BB 10 support
23 Mar 2016
Skype adds several new features to Skype for Web
16 Mar 2016
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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