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Facebook roping in users to fight misinformation
20 Jan 2018
John McAfee claims his Twitter account hacked
30 Dec 2017
US Library of Congress to stop collecting each and every tweet
27 Dec 2017
The library is now only interested in tweets with "event-based" merit or tweets related to "themes of ongoing national interest". Tweets about an annoying little brother or what you had for lunch will no longer make the cut
Social media sites tearing society apart, says former Facebook exec
12 Dec 2017
Chamath Palihapitiya is not the first to speak out against his former employer – in October, Justin Rosenstein, who developed the iconic 'Like' feature for Facebook, said he has banished all apps on his phone
Facebook to open new London office
04 Dec 2017
Google sued in UK for ‘illegally’ mining data from iPhones
02 Dec 2017
According to activist group Google You Owe Us, the tech giant unlawfully harvested personal information from nearly 5.4 million Apple iPhone users in England and Wales between June 2011 and February 2012 through the consumers' use of Safari
Facebook to enable users to know if they were exposed to anti-Hillary Russian propaganda
23 Nov 2017
Deleted WhatsApp messages can still be read
16 Nov 2017
Featured articles
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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