Science & Technology

Whatsapp co-founder leaving Facebook

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WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum has put out word that he is leaving Facebook, which bought the smartphone messaging service four years ago for USD 19 billion. Koum said in a post on his Facebook page that he is taking time off to pursue interests such as collecting air-cooled Porsches, working on cars and playing ultimate Frisbee. US media reports indicated ...

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Samsung slashes prices of C7 Pro

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Samsung has discounted its Galaxy C7 Pro smartphone by Rs 2,500, which was launched in India last year. It can now be purchased for Rs 22,400, against its previously listed price of Rs 24,900. The discounted price is reflected on Amazon and the company’s official online Shop portal as well. The customers who make the purchase via Paytm Mall will ...

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Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologizes for Facebook data issues

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Under fire for the worst privacy debacle in his company’s history, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg batted away often-aggressive questioning from lawmakers who accused him of failing to protect the personal information of millions of Americans from Russians intent on upsetting the US election. Zuckerberg’s five-hour grilling by 44 lawmakers confirmed Facebook is in for a prolonged period of government scrutiny, ...

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Microsoft to hold AI summit in Bengaluru on March 28

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Tech giant Microsoft will host ‘AI for All’ summit in Bengaluru on March 28 to showcase use cases of artificial intelligence across sectors. The event will feature discussions around the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI), and how this can be used to amplify human ingenuity, a Microsoft India spokesperson told PTI. “This is our first summit of its kind in ...

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Russian astronomers discover new black hole, dedicate it to Stephen Hawking

A new black hole discovered by Russian astronomers has been dedicated to the late British scientist Stephen Hawking, who devoted his entire life to studying the universe. The newborn black hole, which lies in the Ophiuchus constellation, was spotted two days after Hawking’s demise after scientists from the Moscow State University observed a “gamma-ray burst” in the constellation. The burst ...

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Microsoft offering more than Rs 1.5 crore as bug bounty program

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Tech giant Microsoft has introduced a limited bounty program. Under this, the company has announced a reward of 2 million and 50 thousand dollars (about Rs. 1 crore 62 lakh) on finding the fault of the company Meltdown and Spectre. According to Microsoft, the two flaws were found in January and this is important in the research field. In January ...

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Two day Global Digital Summit at Kochi from March 22

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Top corporate honchos, business analysts and academicians will analyse the phenomenal changes in the conduct of businesses that are likely to be unleashed by new age disruptive technologies in the next 5-10 years in the Kerala’s upcoming Global Digital Summit #FUTURE. ‘Technology Disruption and Inclusion’ is among the major topics for panel discussions at the two-day event, to be held ...

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Google maps adds ‘Plus Codes’ for users in India

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Google at an event in New Delhi on Tuesday announced that Google Maps has added support for plus codes, which are a combination of area and local codes to determine addresses for people who do not have one. Voice navigation in the app is now accessible in six more Indic languages – namely, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam. ...

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Microsoft inks renewable energy deal for Bengaluru facility

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Tech giant Microsoft today said it has inked its first renewable energy deal in India for powering its new facility in Bengaluru. The agreement will see Microsoft purchase 3 megawatts of solar-powered electricity from Atria Power for its new office building in Bengaluru, meeting 80 per cent of the projected electricity needs at the facility, Microsoft said in a statement. ...

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GitHub faces world’s largest DDoS attack

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GitHub has revealed that it weathered the largest-known DDoS attack in history this week. DDoS — or distributed denial of service in full — is a cyber attack that aims to bring websites and web-based services down by bombarding them with so much traffic that their services and infrastructure are unable to handle it all. It’s a fairly common tactic ...

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