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Ban On Gadgets Lifted For Emirates, Turkish Airlines Flights To US

New Delhi: Emirates and Turkish Airlines on Wednesday announced that the cabin ban on electronic items no longer applied on their flights to the US. “Effective immediately, the electronics ban has been lifted for the Emirates’ flights from Dubai International Airport to the USA,” the airlines said.

Government asks Microsoft for discount on Windows OS

The government has asked global software giant Microsoft to offer a “one-time special” discount to its users in India so that they can move to the latest operating system (OS) and stay protected against malware and ransomware attacks. “We have asked Microsoft to offer a one-time special

Google Stakes Its Future on a Piece of Software

Early in 2015, artificial-intelligence researchers at Google created an obscure piece of software called ­TensorFlow. Two years later the tool, which is used in building machine-­learning software, underpins many future ambitions of Google and its parent company, Alphabet. TensorFlow makes it much easier for the company’s engineers

Facebook Working on a Teen Messaging App Called ‘Talk’: Report

HIGHLIGHTS App will allow parents to monitor who their children are in contact with The app, called Talk, cannot be searched by general public The app is expected to be for those who are 13-years-old and above In a bid to protect vulnerable teenagers from online bullying

WhatsApp Starts Allowing Sharing of All File Types on Android, iPhone, Windows Phone: Reports

HIGHLIGHTS Users in Kuwait and Sri Lanka are seeing the support for all file type The roll out has happened only to select users WhatsApp will roll out support to everyone soon WhatsApp has long been used as a medium to share photos, videos, and even Word

Software on Mars rover allows it to pick research targets autonomously

Taking only 21,000 of the Curiosity mission’s total 3.8 million lines of code, AEGIS accurately selected desired targets over 2.5 kilometers of unexplored Martian terrain 93% of the time, compared to the 24% expected without the software. …more (Phys.org)—A team of researchers form the U.S., Denmark and

3 Ways to Maximize Your Content Reach on LinkedIn

Do you publish long-form content on LinkedIn? Are you looking for ways to get more views and engagement with your posts? LinkedIn recently released its list of “top voices” from 2016, and in the process, they also shared what made those bloggers so successful on the platform. As per LinkedIn:

Marshmallow found to be running only on 18.7% of Android devices

With Android 7.0 Nougat preparing a big arrival in the coming weeks, what does last year’s Android 6.0 Marshmallow look like? Well, not so good according to the Android distribution figures posted by Google. It is shown that the late 2015 release of Android is only found

Google, BMW and Tesla’s driverless car tech supplier Bosch sales on a high

German manufacturer Bosch claimed automated driving systems will bring it 1 billion euro worth of annual sales by next year. Bosch has a team of technologists that are developing refined embedded systems to improve autonomous driving.  This includes “more powerful” variations on the minicomputers  that are currently installed

Dennis the Menace to get CGI makeover for new series on CBBC

Dennis the Menace is to get a CGI makeover for a new generation in a series set to air on the BBC next year. The mischief-making Beano character and his faithful companion Gnasher will make the 3D leap in the new series for CBBC. “We’re thrilled to