Microsoft has announced a unique partnership with China-based DJI -- the world's biggest drone company -- where DJI will create a new software development kit (SDK) for Windows 10 PCs....
National carrier Air India has commenced an internal probe into allegations involving molestation of a crew member by a pilot on board a Mumbai-Ahmedabad flight on May 4, an official said. "Air India is also providing assistance to Mumbai Police. All due processes and standard operating procedures set up for such incidents have been adhered to," a senior Air I...
The Supreme Court on Monday asked an Indian company to respond to Monsanto's plea challenging a Delhi High Court verdict holding that the American firm cannot claim a patent on its genetically modified (GM) cotton seeds. Issuing the notice to Indian company Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd., a bench headed by Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman said that it...
A bug is being forwarded via messages which when tapped, could send not just the WhatsApp Android app crashing but possibly even the entire Android device as well, the media reported. "As with any message bomb, it involves sending and receiving a specially crafted message with hidden symbols in between spaces. Tapping on a portion of the text wil...
People in Germany's small towns and rural areas are turning to renewable energy in a process that has special lessons for countries like India. Learning how Germany's citizen-owned, highly-decentralised energy transition, named Energiewende, is working to decarbonise the economy, could be most useful for India, the third-biggest solar ins...
Rising oil prices just passed another milestone, jumping above $70 per barrel on Monday for the first time since November 2014. Oil prices have been climbing partly because of expectations that US President Donald Trump will abandon the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which allowed Tehran to export more crude, reports CNN. Prices have also gotten a lift fr...
Broadly positive Asian indices coupled with expectations of healthy quarterly earning results pushed the key Indian equity indices to trade higher during the morning session on Monday. However, gains were capped due to caution over the upcoming assembly polls in Karnataka. According to market observers, healthy buying was witnessed in consume...
Rising oil prices just passed another milestone, jumping above $70 per barrel on Monday for the first time since November 2014. Oil prices have been climbing partly because of expectations that US President Donald Trump will abandon the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which allowed Tehran to export more crude, reports CNN. Prices have also gotten a lift from strong glo...
Google has collaborated with US-based ticketing company Fandango to let users buy movie tickets using voice commands on Google Assistant. "Google has partnered with Fandango to offer movie ticket purchases from Google Assistant. To buy tickets, just say 'buy tickets,' or say, 'Hey Google, get me tickets for...'," The Verge reported late on Friday. Fanda...
Evading Twitter's security algorithms, a mass-scale "botnet" advertising "adult dating" scam websites is back and is rapidly growing on the micro-blogging platform. According to a blog post by Andy Patel, a researcher with the global cyber security firm F-Secure, Twitter had curbed most of the accounts of the earlier botnet called "Pr0nbot" ...
