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A staff member’s face is scanned at an elevator at the FlyZoo hotel in China’s Hangzhou .

Where robots deliver food and mix cocktails

Alibaba’s FlyZoo hotel is an incubator for technology that the Chinese firm hopes to sell to the wider industry in the future

Papal guards keep cool heads with 3-D helmets

Cheerful influencer: Wang Jinxiang performing as she streams it live over the Internet from her home in Beijing.

In China, age is no bar for live streaming

AFP Elderly people in China vie to make a name for themselves on social media

Silhouette Antenna tower and repeater of Communication and telecommunication with the mountain on the background of sunset.Hong Kong China.

Homes and gardens

How to track radiation pollution

Lesley Simeon Think twice before plugging in that new smart home appliance or microwaving your food in a plastic bowl — the radiation pollution may be more than what you bargained for

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Twitter rolls out new interface for web users

IANS Micro-blogging site Twitter is rolling out a new interface for web-users that comes with some shortcuts, an updated trending section and a newly-designed emoji button.“A new Twitter is coming. Some of you got an opt-in to try it now. Check out the emoji button, quick keyboard shortcuts, upgraded trends, advanced search and more,” the company tweeted early on Wednesday. With this update, Twitter has kept in mind little aesthetic updates to make it easier to see who all are involved in a

Google headquarters is seen in Mountain View, California | File

Google to make information on political ads on its platform public

PTI In the run-up to 2019 general elections, tech titan Google on Tuesday said it will make information on political advertisements on its platform public, providing details like who is purchasing election ads and the money spent.“To bring more transparency to the online election ads, Google will introduce an India-specific Political Advertising Transparency Report and searchable Political Ads Library. These will provide comprehensive information about who is purchasing election ads on Google

The move comes at a time when governments and regulators across the world are looking at effective ways to curb the spread of fake messages through digital platforms.

WhatsApp limits ‘forwards’ to 5 chats for users globally to combat fake news

PTI In an update to its blog on January 21, it said that “starting today, all users on the latest versions of WhatsApp can now forward to only five chats at once...”.

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Honor 10 mobile phone. File

Honor 10 Lite with dewdrop notch display in India

IANS The smartphone packs in a 24MP Artificial Intelligence selfie camera, a dewdrop display and a shimmering gradient back.

Special Arrangement

review Nubia’s Red Magic gaming smartphone review: A sprinkle of special

Sooraj Rajmohan Nubia’s Red Magic gaming smartphone ticks the right boxes at a good price. Is it worth pulling the trigger and getting one?

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Meet ROADEO, a robot that will hit the streets of Chennai soon

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Papal guards keep cool heads with 3-D helmets

Where robots deliver food and mix cocktails

Twitter rolls out new interface for web users

Google to make information on political ads on its platform public

upstart Technology

Geopolitics of a startup

micro-chips Technology

The scoop on computational gastronomy

WhatsApp limits ‘forwards’ to 5 chats for users globally to combat fake news

In an update to its blog on January 21, it said that “starting today, all users on the latest versions of WhatsApp can now forward to only five chats at once...”.

Tragedy on celluloid

When is it considered ‘okay’ to use footage of a real-life tragedy for the sake of the arts?

The story behind the Solar Village Project Solar Initiative in Tamil Nadu's Irumbai

How a community-driven search engine and future-minded solar initiative are shedding light on Irumbai

Japanese classic comeback

There has been a lot of focus on Monster Hunter, Resident Evil and Street Fighter from Capcom. Even Devil May Cry is getting a sequel this year, which

Keanu Reeves' reportoire of films

While he is best known as the blank-faced saviour, Neo in The Matrix trilogy, Keanu Reeves displays a jaw-dropping range from goofy comedy and romance to police procedurals and horror

Microsoft to officially end Windows phones

Tech giant Microsoft has asked its users to switch to an Android or iOS device as it announced the end of support for Windows 10 Mobile.In an “End of

As gritty as it gets: Nikesh Murali’s Indian Noir podcast

The stories of Nikesh Murali’s Indian Noir podcast make your stomach turn at times

In China, age is no bar for live streaming

Elderly people in China vie to make a name for themselves on social media

How to track radiation pollution

Think twice before plugging in that new smart home appliance or microwaving your food in a plastic bowl — the radiation pollution may be more than what you bargained for

Facebook shuts hundreds of Russia-linked pages, accounts

The social media company said it took action after finding two networks “that engaged in coordinated inauthentic behaviour” on its Facebook and Instagram platforms

Meet ROADEO, a robot that will hit the streets of Chennai soon

The Chennai Traffic Police on Monday deployed ROADEO, a robot that will hit the streets in a few days, to create awareness on road safety.ROADEO can

Honor 10 Lite with dewdrop notch display in India

The smartphone packs in a 24MP Artificial Intelligence selfie camera, a dewdrop display and a shimmering gradient back.

YouTube clarifies rules on pranks as risky memes rage

Accounts that post videos violating policies on pranks will get a “strike” that will limit some features such as live streaming

Komal Mangtani is driven by the codes

Komal Mangtani, head of engineering for business intelligence at Uber, talks of women in tech spaces and what Uber holds in 2019

And ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ trailer drops today

Peter Parker returns in a what we surely think will be an action-packed trailer, and more

Google Doodle pays tribute to 'Shampooing Surgeon' Sake Dean Mahomed

With a bottle of shampoo, soap powder, mint leaves, ginger and turmeric, Google celebrated Sake Dean Mahomed, an entrepreneur, traveller and author.In

Solving the disruption puzzle

Almost every time I talk of disruption, the first thing that comes to mind is Uber. The old system of cabs everywhere in the world was very

Tech solutions to help you fulfil those New Year resolutions

You entered 2019 with gusto, with a bullet point list that probably has ‘hit the gym’, ‘learn to knit’ or ‘travel more’ right on top. You’ve taken

Nubia’s Red Magic gaming smartphone review: A sprinkle of special

Nubia’s Red Magic gaming smartphone ticks the right boxes at a good price. Is it worth pulling the trigger and getting one?

The 101 on Moodle

With another school term kicking off, some of us hold our heads over the muddle of Moodle

OpenStreetMap: A free map for a global village

OpenStreetMap users in India speak about the project and its potential

A giant leap for seniors at tech show

At CES, companies showcase ‘powered’ clothing and virtual reality that helps in combating isolation

Tesla to retire lowest-priced versions of its Model S, X vehicles

Tesla will stop selling the lowest-range versions of its Model S sedans and Model X SUVs from Monday, the electric car maker’s CEO Elon Musk

Twitter for transparency in ads

With general elections in India less than five months away, Twitter will soon introduce its Ads Transparency Centre in the country that will enable

Older adults more likely to share fake news: Study

The study also found that more Republicans, than Democrats, share fake news.

Google Assistant breaks language barriers

Tech giant unveils ‘interpreter mode’ that can translate between two people in real time

Watch: Hyundai introduces a car that can climb walls

Hyundai unveiled the first look of a vehicle with robotic legs that will let it walk or crawl over treacherous terrain. Hyundai Elevate can roll along

Qualcomm says Apple CEO's comment ‘misleading’

Apple and Qualcomm have been locked in a legal battle.

The expanse of singularity

As January 8 marks the late Stephen Hawking’s birthday, we unravel one of his most famed space-time theories — singularity

Shame on you, LinkedIn

There’s a seedy underbelly to the professional network against which women are finally taking a stand

Get me out of here!

Mind-boggling traps laced with high-risk technology have been long raising the blood pressure of audiences

Machines getting more intelligent

With democratisation of AI, developers are able to make better use of niche technologies

Juvenile users of Chinese gay app contract HIV

Teenagers had unprotected sex through the app: report

A graying Facebook will require a different leader

Surmounting the crisis will require a new business model

Smartphone apps are helping researchers detect depression

Teenagers leave digital footprints that offer clues to their mental health

Smartphone interred in ‘techno’ time capsule

A laptop, smartphone, voltage resistor and a portable stereo were among an assortment of objects placed in a ‘time capsule,’ that was “interred” by

Is there money in making podcasts?

Hosts and producers get honest about the financial success of podcasts and whether it could replace radio

2019: The year of the Indian podcast

“The 2018 way of making a new friend is by asking them to be a guest on your podcast.” This tweet that made the rounds on the Internet a few months

Andhra Pradesh’s local market now just few clicks away

SHGs and rural entrepreneurs in Andhra Pradesh go online with their products at kalgudi.com under the brand ‘eMahila’

Netflix asks viewers to stop taking #BirdBoxChallenge

Netflix U.S. has urged its viewers to refrain from undertaking #BirdboxChallenge.The challenge, which dares people to complete everyday tasks while

How Pixalive, India’s own social media app, came into play

Meet Rajasekar Sundaresan, the man behind homegrown social media app Pixalive, that is present in over 100 countries

2019 New Year’s resolutions for the web

Here’s an off-the-top-of-my-head list I definitely didn’t ponder for the last twelve months.

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