Indian engineers could be hurt in more ways than one by US president-elect Donald Trump’s promise to bring back jobs for Americans. From the early days of his campaign, Trump’s anti-immigrant stance has included plans to cut down on work visas, known as H-1B, that allow skilled foreign workers toContinue Reading
An Indian security researcher has discovered a bug that could allow someone to bypass Apple’s activation lock in its iOS 10.1 version, according to a media report today. Hemanth Joseph, who works out of Kerala, exploited a weakness in the iOS device setup process. He then tested it on aContinue Reading
Scientists have developed a new process for creating a supercapacitor battery concept that can store more power and can be recharged more than 30,000 times. The method can be used in mobile phones, electronic gadgets and electric vehicles. The new process is being developed by a team of scientists atContinue Reading
Mawlai – A team of young computer engineers in Meghalaya developed for the first time a Bible games application in local Khasi language under the direction of a Khasi Salesian Fr Michael Makri. Two years back in 2014, Fr Makri launched the first ever interactive Khasi Bible Application for android. This yearContinue Reading
Dubai already boasts the world’s biggest shopping mall and tallest building, but it could also soon be home to the world’s fastest train. Hyperloop One, developers of the 500mph tube train concept proposed by Elon Musk, has just inked a feasibility deal with Dubai’s transport authority. The firm will now beginContinue Reading
Ford Motor Co (F.N) is investing 13 billion rupees ($195 million) over the next five years in a technology and business center in Chennai to develop new products, design mobility solutions and provide business services. Dearborn, Michigan-based Ford, which has already invested over $2 billion in India till date, willContinue Reading
Tech evangelists often tout cellular phones and internet access as great levelers—tools that promote equality and ease social disparities. But in countries such as India, the new technology is exacerbating an already deep gender gap. In India, 114 million more men than women have cellphones. That represents more than halfContinue Reading
A major Internet outage affected many of the world’s biggest online firms on Friday, with websites including Twitter, Netflix, Spotify, Reddit, PayPal and eBay down for long stretches. Other services such as PlayStation Network also appeared to be hit by the outage. Google and Facebook were unaffected. The widespread disruptionContinue Reading
Have you ever heard of Mitticool? Literally meaning ‘cool with clay’, the company is the brainchild of Mansukhbhai Prajapati, a tenth-fail former laborer and tea- who created an innovative solution to a problem millions of poor face across the world – he created a low-cost refrigerator from clay! Mansukhbhai hadContinue Reading
Samsung has confirmed that it is permanently stopping production of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after it was involved in dozens of fires and explosions worldwide.In a regulatory filing in South Korea late on Tuesday, the firm said it had made the decision to stop production, for the sake ofContinue Reading
