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1-800-Surveillance State: Agencies Can Snoop On Any Computer, Says Centre

Investigating agencies will have more sweeping powers to intercept and monitor information on computer devices after a new home ministry order signed by Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Thursday. Ten central agencies have been equipped with powers of “interception, monitoring and decryption of any information generated, transmitted,

A 2019 Forecast for Data-Driven Business: From AI to Ethics

By Thomas H. Davenport and Randy Bean It should come as no surprise that 2018 continued to mark another year in the progression of data adoption in business.  Companies are pushing forward with efforts to become increasingly data-driven.  Firms are investing in transformation initiatives to establish a

Fact Check: Old video of Rahul Gandhi resurfaces, claims he turned to Islam

Election or no election, discussions over Rahul Gandhi’s caste and religion still hogs the limelight on social media. On Monday, a Facebook post with a video showing Rahul praying with Muslim clerics went viral. The post claims that soon after the elections, the Congress president turned to

Russia Used Every Social Media Platform To Help Elect, Back Trump: Report

The new report offers latest evidence that Russian agents sought to help Donald Trump win the White House Washington: A report prepared for the Senate that provides the most sweeping analysis yet of Russia’s disinformation campaign around the 2016 election found the operation used every major social media

Sprint and T-Mobile parent companies to drop Huawei to appease regulators

The latest news on the Sprint/T-Mobile merger is here, and Huawei will not be happy about it. Sprint and T-Mobile are close to completing the merger of the two US carriers but some concerns about the two carrier’s parent companies need to be addressed. According to a

Apple’s iOS through the years

When Steve Jobs demonstrated the first iPhone at Macworld in January 2007, he famously stated that smartphones at the time had ‘baby software’ while referring to WAP as the ‘baby internet’. While that may have been true, it’s easy to look back today and highlight everything that

Maruti Suzuki car prices to be hiked in January

With most other car makers announcing price hikes, it is, now, the turn of Maruti Suzuki to announce a hike in their car prices. While the other OEMs have given a percentage band, the quantum of the price hike for Maruti hasn’t been revealed. Obviously, it will

ZTE nubia X Starry Night with 512 GB arrives for pre-order

ZTE got back in the smartphone game after tough first half of 2018 with the dual-screen nubia X. It was initially introduced with two storage options – either 64 GB or 256 GB. Today Chinese sources revealed the device is getting a third variant called Starry Night

Indian cardiologist performs world’s first telerobotic surgery from a distance of 32 km

What is a telerobotic coronary intervention? Telerobotic Coronary intervention is a robotic method of performing surgery. With the help of the internet and a robotic tower, a surgeon is able to treat patients from a distance. Da Vinci system is the leading surgical robotics technology provider. About

Oppo R17 Pro Goes on Sale in India: Price, Launch Offers

Oppo R17 Pro ₹ 45,990 is now up for sale in India across numerous online and offline channels. The flagship smartphone from Chinese phone maker Oppo has gone on sale in India a few days after it was launched in India this week. Launched initially in China