IT news
Computers better judges of personality than friends, family: research
19 Jan 2015
Computers can judge personality traits far more precisely than ever believed, as artificial intelligence can draw inferences about a person as accurately as a spouse reveals new research
Switch to build world’s largest data centre in Nevada
19 Jan 2015
The 3-million square foot (sq.ft) Supernap data centre, the world's biggest, will be constructed over 1,000 acres of land
Ericsson launches countersuit against Apple
15 Jan 2015
IBM launches the most powerful, secure system ever built
15 Jan 2015
The z13 features the world’s fastest microprocessor, 2X faster than the most common server processors, 300 per cent more memory, 100 per cent more bandwidth and vector processing analytics to speed mobile transactions
Infosys announces $250-mn ‘Innovate in India Fund’ for Indian start-ups
14 Jan 2015
Infosys has announced a $250-million‘Innovate in India Fund’ to support Indian startups
HC restrains TCS from sacking mid-level employee
14 Jan 2015
‘Involuntary attrition’, not mass layoffs, says TCS
14 Jan 2015
TCS, the country's largest software services firm, today defended itself over reports that it has pink-slipped 2,574 employees in the first nine months of this fiscal, and as the total layoffs in the full year are expected to exceed 3,000
Global IT spending to grow 2.4% in 2015: Gartner
12 Jan 2015
Not using coffee shop Wi-Fi no guarantee against snooping
09 Jan 2015
People working from public places, even if they do not use the Wi-Fi connection, are still prone to being spied upon
Stanford to host 100-year study on artificial intelligence
07 Jan 2015
Stanford University will lead a 100-year effort to study the long-term implications of artificial intelligence in all aspects of life
All Samsung products to be internet ready by 2020
06 Jan 2015
Samsung says all its electronics products would be internet-ready within five years as it focuses on the growing businesses of smart homes and smart cars
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