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Apple releases iOS 11.2.2 with security update for Safari to defend against the Spectre bug
09 Jan 2018
Govt to go ahead with Air India stake sale
09 Jan 2018
The government will push ahead with the sale of stake in Air India and save taxpayer money rather than offer another package that will only deepen its debt
Tata Motors to showcase 'smart mobiles’ at February Auto Expo
09 Jan 2018
Tata Motors will showcase 26 smart mobility solutions across its passenger and commercial vehicles brought alive in a specially curated theme across the pavilion
Google’s Gbikes are routinely ‘stolen’; locals see it as CSR service
08 Jan 2018
Google has an unexpected problem: between 100 and 250 company bicycles are stolen from Google’s Mountain View, California campus every week, out of a fleet of around 1,100 so-called Gbikes
Chinese bank withdraws case against RCom; Ericsson battles on
06 Jan 2018
Senior counsel Darius Khambatta, who represented China Development Bank and Ericssson, sought withdrawal of CDB’s case rather than dismissal to ensure that the Chinese lender can approach the court at a later date in case the asset monetization plan does not succeed
AT&T aims to be first with 5G deployment
06 Jan 2018
Toshiba sells Westinghouse to Canada’s Brookfield for $4.6 billion
06 Jan 2018
Bankrupt US nuclear firm Westinghouse Electric Co, which nearly brought its parent company Japan’s Toshiba on the brink of collapse, is being sold to Canadian buy-out firm Brookfield Business Partners
HP issues global recall of laptops with defective batteries
06 Jan 2018
Those who bought laptops or mobile workstations between December 2015 and December 2017 should visit HP's site to learn if their battery should be replaced, which will be done free of charge
Kalanick to sell 29% of his stake in Uber amid SoftBank deal
05 Jan 2018
Former Uber Technologies Inc chief executive officer Travis Kalanick, who has long boasted that he has never sold any shares in the company he co-founded, plans to sell about 29 per cent of his stake in the ride-hailing company
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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