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This techie holds the key to IBM's huge bet on the Watson AI platform

Sriram Raghavan has recently been elevated to lead IBM's research in AI space globally

How Facebook plans to make Indian tech student job-ready with its VR thrust

The Menlo Park-based social media giant is reaching out to students and exposing them to VR/AR to bridge gap between academia and industry requirements

www @ 30: The story of the web, as told by its creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee

Berners-Lee wrote while the web had created opportunities and made daily lives easier, it had also created an opportunity for scammers, enabled spread of hatred, and made crime easier to commit

Data usage in India to grow at 73% CAGR by 2022: Assocham-PwC study

Average monthly spend on voice services in 2013 was Rs 214 compared to Rs 173 spent on data. In 2016, the spend on voice fell to Rs 124, while data spend rose to Rs 225, says the report

Big Tech may fail: On dot com bubble anniversary, a truth to remember

Today's tech giants have more substance to keep them aloft than those that dominated during the tech-stock boom, but they still may not be great investments

Mobile malware attacks double in 2018

Cybercriminals are actively using popular porn-tags to promote malware in search results. Overall, 87,227 unique users faced such malware in 2018

Here's the rocket science behind SpaceX Dragon 2's nail-biting landing

The landing and recovery of the Dragon 2 will represent a crucial milestone in commercial space flight

Can Mark Zuckerberg really make Facebook a privacy-friendly platform?

Facebook CEO says he is shifting his company's focus to messaging services designed to serve as fortresses of privacy

Odisha govt set to launch Satark app to tame the bolts from the blue

Odisha hopes to save lives and protect people from lightning injuries using a new app

Life Sciences 4.0: Tech-innovations transforming healthcare worldwide

Be it life sciences companies, specialist drug producers, or startups, almost all of them are now in the process of transforming to cater to this new wave

Smart supplies for forces

Logistics management for the Army is focused mostly on inventory tracking, procurement and resource management

Vision VR: Immersive technologies turn businesses, industries smarter

The biggest use of AR/VR is in the entertainment and marketing sectors where 'customer experience' has replaced 'customer service'

Internet users in India to reach 627 million in 2019: Report

Internet usage in the country has exceeded half a billion people for first time, pegged at 566 million, driven by rural internet growth and usage

India offers world's cheapest mobile data packs, reveals UK research

While India ($0.26) topped the scale of cheap mobile data, Kyrgyzstan ($0.27), Kazakstan ($0.49), Ukraine ($0.51) and Rwanda ($0.56) completed the top five countries offering the cheapest data packs

China's Xinhua puts world's first female AI news presenter on the job

Last November, AI news presenter anchor Qiu Hao was unveiled during the World Internet Conference in China

With Crew Dragon launch, SpaceX lowers costs and reduces barriers to space

Between 1970 and 2000, cost to launch a kilogram to space was $18,500 per kilogram. For a SpaceX Falcon 9, the rocket used to access the ISS, the cost is just $2,720 per kilogram.

Facebook sues 4 China-based firms for promoting the sale of fake accounts

The Chinese companies advertised and created the fake accounts over the last two years and marketed them for sale on six websites, selling them in bulk quantities

SpaceX launches Crew Dragon test flight to prove it can fly humans safely

In 2014, NASA awarded SpaceX and rival Boeing Co. combined contracts worth up to $6.8 billion to fly US astronauts to the space station

Mobile phones continue to significantly impact economic growth: Report

5G is now upon us and brings with it the promise of a host of exciting new services

Lok Sabha Elections: Twitter plans to liaise with EC, boost hiring in India

India has stepped up scrutiny of social media firms to curb the propagation of so-called fake news