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NASA ex-chief’s ‘KnuEdge’ to make neural microchips
07 Jun 2016
Just coming out of ‘stealth mode’, KnuEdge is working on a brain-like chip that will make the ‘bus’ connecting memory and processor in current computers redundant, and take voice technology to new levels
Move over smartphones, AI is almost here
03 Jun 2016
At the Code conference in California, speaker after speaker – from Microsoft founder Bill Gates to Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to Google’s Sundar Pichai – almost relegated smartphones to the dustbin of history as they waxed eloquent about artificial intelligence
Thoma Bravo to buy business intelligence and visualization software maker Qlik for $3 bn
03 Jun 2016
Xiaomi acquires 1,500 patents from Microsoft
02 Jun 2016
Court rules Michael Dell, Silver Lake underpaid for 2013 Dell acquisition
01 Jun 2016
A US court yesterday ruled that Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners underpriced their $30-billion acquisition of computer maker Dell Inc in 2013 by about 22 per cent
N Korea linked to hack attacks on Asian banks
28 May 2016
Security researchers have linked the recent raft of hack attacks on Asian banks to North Korea, in what they say appeared to be the first known case of a nation-state has gone in and stolen money using hack attacks
Google wins court battle against Oracle over Java
27 May 2016
A US jury ruled that Google’s use of elements of Oracle’s Java technology to develop its Android software did not violate copyright law
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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