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From Rajnikanth jokes to gajar ka halwa, Amazon's Alexa finds a desi voice

Less than two years since its journey began in the country, Amazon's voice assistant has picked up thousands of new skills to appeal to the desis

A gaming-first phone, Nubia Red Magic 3 is a compelling all-rounder

At starting price of Rs 35,990, the Red Magic 3 is a compelling go-to device if you are a gamer

Did Trump violate Twitter policies? Notice on leaders' harmful tweets soon

A light gray box will appear before the tweet, notifying users that it's in violation, but it will remain available to them

More transparency? Facebook will soon tell you how it makes money

Facebook is also providing more detail about what happens when people delete content they have shared

Coolpad unveils budget smartphone Cool 3 Plus at starting price of Rs 5,999

The phones starts at Rs 5,999 for the 2GB RAM + 16GB storage variant, while its 3GB RAM + 32GB storage option has been priced at Rs 6,499 and will go on sale on July 2

Are bots boring? Indians prefer human interaction, personalised experience

The top three experience-breakers for Indian customers are hidden fees after purchase, no cancellation policies for travel packages and different returns policies for marketplace sellers

Lack of skilled labour make Indian SMEs deploy robots on factory floors

With high labour costs and skilled workers hard to come by, India's small enterprises are deploying robots on their factory floors, writes Peerzada Abrar

Bringing order to the DNA business

Genetics and genomics are being deployed for offering precision medicine solutions

Asia Pacific to face labour shortage of 12.3 mn workers by 2020: Study

Globally, an average of 42 per cent of the core skills required to perform a job will change between 2018 and 2022, the report finds

Race in a sports car, play against Federer: AI lets you be a sport champ

Thanks to new technologies, you can now play a (virtual) game of tennis with your favourite tennis star, writes Debasis Mohapatra

LG to introduce five devices under India-first W series of smartphones

India is one the biggest markets globally for smartphones

Garmin Forerunner 945 smartwatch launched in India: Know price, features

Garmin Forerunner 945 has built-in storage for up to 1,000 songs. It can stream music from select streaming services like Spotify and has sync features to transfer music from a computer to the watch

Robots on track to wipe out a tenth of manufacturing jobs by 2030: Report

While automation should boost the economy as a whole, it is likely to create greater inequality as employment losses are concentrated in certain industries and countries

More than half of Indians believe smart devices are spying on them: Survey

While 85 per cent of people own a smartphone, 54 per cent believe the technology is spying on them

More fibre networks needed before 5G becomes reality in India: Crisil

According to Crisil report, investment of Rs 1 trillion needs to be made by telecoms to lay fibre networks across the country in the next three years

Tech Mahindra unveils AI-based Humanoid HR for its Noida facility

It can respond to queries with text display along with speech and can address general HR-related employee queries as well as handle personal requests for actions like providing payslip, tax forms, etc

Facebook's Libra coin could define the future of money more than Bitcoin

The future of money is in play and Silicon Valley technocrats have just made a compelling move

Robots may soon be able to accurately spot objects amid clutter

With the new technique, a robot can accurately pick out an object, such as a small animal, that is otherwise obscured within a dense cloud of dots, within seconds of receiving the visual data

Small and cheap: Buzzwords attracting investors to India's space start-ups

Small and cheaper satellites are snapping images used in everything from crop-monitoring and geology to defence and urban planning, bringing down costs and increasing the frequency of images

Indian researchers figure out way to detect facial recognition fraud

IIIT-Delhi has found an algorithm to help machine learning-based facial recognition systems identify synthetic images, which could potentially fool even the most robust systems