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Chromebook shipments outpace Apple’s Macs for the first time in most recent quarter: IDC
20 May 2016
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EU antitrust regulator to fine Google record €3 bn for manipulating search results
16 May 2016
European antitrust regulators plan to impose a record €3-billion fine on Google in the days ahead for abusing its dominance of the online search market
Siri creators showcase next AI assistant Viv
11 May 2016
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Oracle, Google to face each other in legal battle over APIs
09 May 2016
If the dispute over API packages Google uses in the Android mobile operating system were to go Oracle's way, Google could end up owing the software giant up to $9 billion, far surpassing any other copyright verdict
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Wipro UK employee claims to have won discrimination case
05 May 2016
While Shreya Ukil says a British tribunal has upheld her claim that she was a victim of sexual discrimination, Wipro disputes this, contending that she was justly sacked for concealing an affair with a male employee
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Oracle to buy utilities software maker Opower for $548 mn
03 May 2016
The deal comes barely four days after Oracle agreed to buy cloud-services provider Textura Corp for $663 million, in a bid to expand its Web-based services to the construction industry
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Infosys launches artificial intelligence platform `Mana’
29 Apr 2016
Bringing artificial intelligence to the enterprise will enable businesses to continuously reinvent their system landscapes, Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka says
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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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