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Mark Zuckerberg knew of Facebook's 'problematic' privacy practices: WSJ

Facebook discovered the emails in the process of responding to a federal privacy investigation.

Internet user base has doubled since 2009, but growth slowing down: Meeker

Meeker is US-based venture capitalist, with a decade each at Morgan Stanley and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and is known for her bets on Airbnb, Facebook, and Twitter

Future of 5G will depend on how govt chooses to structure spectrum sale

Limited availability and high prices may deter telcos, but 4G may no longer be adequate for meeting customer needs

Microsoft unveils Project Scarlett, the next-gen Xbox: All you need to know

The device will be four times more powerful than the Xbox One X console

What goes behind the radicalisation of men and women on YouTube

YouTube has been a godsend for hyper-partisans on all sides. It has allowed them to bypass traditional gatekeepers and broadcast their views to mainstream audiences

Fintech firms may cause significant disruption to financial system: Lagarde

Rapid development of financial technology has raised concern about the increasing dominance of big technology firms in mobile payments, said Christine Lagarde

Soon, you can buy a vacation to space. But, tickets won't be cheap

NASA plans to open the station to commercial business, including tourism

NASA says you can visit the International Space Station for $50 million

Those flights could be provided by Elon Musk's SpaceX aboard its Dragon or on Boeing's CST-100 Starliner as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program for an estimated $50 million per person.

Fitbit Versa Lite: A good-looking watch with solid build, colourful screen

It's not for fitness enthusiasts who need technology to track and help improve their performance

Outwitting image recognition

Researchers have shown that image-recognition systems can be fooled offline

High internet usage may alter your brain's cognitive abilities, says report

The bombardment of stimuli via the Internet, and the resultant divided attention commonly experienced, presents a range of concerns

Instagram leak to online frauds, Indian firms have a 'cyber battle' ahead

India was the second-most-affected country for targeted cyberattacks between 2016 and 2018

Hackers may be able to tell what you're typing just by hearing you type

Research suggests that sound waves from typing on a phone can be intercepted and decoded

Instamojo: Helping small businesses and micro entrepreneurs go digital

The platform helps businesses create an online store, accept payments and deliver products from one destination

This start-up uses a wonder material called graphene to clean up oil spills

Graphene-based products are four times as effective than conventional polypropylene, and much safer to use

Facebook eyes greater engagement in India by launching live game show

The social media platform is bringing its live game show Confetti to India on the Facebook Watch platform to increase engagement among users

World's most dangerous laptop auctioned as 'work of art' for $1.3 mn

These six pieces of malware present in the laptop have truly terrible track records

Zuckerberg's security chief put on leave over allegations of racist remarks

A row erupted over alleged racist and homophobic remarks made by the security chief who was put on administrative leave while an external law firm investigated the matter

In a first, an AI taught itself to play a video game, and is beating humans

In a new study, researchers detailed a way to train AI algorithms to reach human levels of performance in a popular 3D multiplayer game - a modified version of Quake III Arena in Capture the Flag mode

Now GPS can detect early signs of megaquakes, improving the warning system

GPS picks up an initial signal of movement along a fault similar to a seismometer detecting the smallest first moments of an earthquake