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Limit to smallness spells obit for Moore’s law
16 Feb 2016
Moore’s Law predicates that computer chips will keep getting smaller at a steady rate – but now they cannot be shrunk much further before the physics fails, and new chip advances will be app-based rather than following the ‘smaller is better’ dictum
Apple to open Rs150-cr tech centre in Hyderabad
15 Feb 2016
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Women better than men at writing computer code
15 Feb 2016
Researchers have found that computer code written by women has a higher approval rating than that written by men - but only if their gender is not identifiable, indicating that a 'glass ceiling' still exists for women
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Wipro acquires US firm HealthPlan Services for $460 mn
12 Feb 2016
In its second-largest acquisition, Wipro has acquired US-based HealthPlan Services from private equity firm Water Street Healthcare Partners
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Identity theft accounts for 73% of frauds in India
11 Feb 2016
In India, identity theft accounted for 77 per cent of the fraud cases in the first quarter of 2015
Google adds enhanced safety feature to Gmail
10 Feb 2016
Hacker group leaks info on 20,000 FBI employees
09 Feb 2016
Pak hackers disrupt Indian income tax website
08 Feb 2016
Google shuts Google Play for ad-blockers
05 Feb 2016
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Microsoft experiments with under-sea data centres to cut power bills
02 Feb 2016
Microsoft has tested a prototype of a self-contained data centre that can operate hundreds of feet below the surface of oceans, eliminating one of the technology industry’s most expensive problems — the air-conditioning bill
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Alphabet pips Apple as world’s most valuable firm
02 Feb 2016
Google’s holding company Alphabet has shown the result of financial tightening under new CFO Ruth Porat by beating Apple in market value during after-hours trading on Monday though its grip on the top spot is tenuous and could change again today
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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!
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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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History of hovercraft Part 3...
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