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If you think the notch on the iPhone Xs screen is stupid, then you have not been paying attention to other gadget categories. 2017 has been the year when the tech industry added LEDs and Wi-Fi to any household item and label it smart. And most of the times, the added features did not improve the product in any sensible way. (Representative Image))

Consumer group In China seeks answers for slowing iPhones

In a letter to Apple, the council requested an explanation for the slow-down and about what is being done to rectify the...

16 Jan 2018 10:05 AM IST

Bitcoin is a type of digital currency in which encryption techniques are used to regulate the generation of units of currency and verify the transfer of funds.

China to block cryptocurrency platforms that allow centralised trading

Chinese authorities will target individuals and companies providing market-making, settlement and clearing services for...

16 Jan 2018 7:53 AM IST

(Photo: Representational | AP)

World Economic Forum ranks India 30th on a global manufacturing index

India has been placed in the Legacy' group along with Hungary, Mexico, Philippines, Russia, Thailand and Turkey, among...

14 Jan 2018 6:02 PM IST

Social network size and participation in social activities may eventually be used as indicators of diabetes risk. (Photo: Pixabay)

Stress at work may cause diabetes

According to researchers, workers who experience increasing stressful tasks on job are 57 per cent more likely to...

12 Jan 2018 8:58 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi pointed out that while fighting for rights, one should not forget about duties. (Photo: PTI)

PM's China swipe: We don't covet anyone's territory

Telling Indian-origin foreign MPs that India was taking great strides economically, the PM said there had been an FDI...

10 Jan 2018 1:52 AM IST

A book by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz says analysing Internet searches can tell us who people really are. (Photo: Pixabay)

China shuts 128,000 'harmful' websites in 2017: Report

30.9 million illegal publications were confiscated over the course of 2017, while 1,900 people were subject to criminal...

9 Jan 2018 8:19 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP)

Watch out for Land of Morning Warning'

Japan is universally known as the Land of the Rising Sun and the Korean peninsula as the Land of Morning Calm.

5 Jan 2018 12:10 AM IST

Her parents, who are believed to be from Marseille, realised it had come from their Christmas tree because they were missing a bulb.

Baby inhales Christmas light from family tree

Medical scans revealed U-shaped foreign body in her left lung, which was removed using a bronchoscope.

4 Jan 2018 5:00 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will also visit their constituencies to cast their votes. (Photo: ANI)

Globally, India must play a waiting game

India's Pakistan policy of boycott and threats has faltered as Pakistan is even more defiant.

3 Jan 2018 12:05 AM IST

A woman in China has allegedly had her leg severed by a faulty lift after getting it trapped between the closing doors. (Photo: Youtube Screengrab)

Woman has her leg cut off after getting stuck between elevator's...

CCTV footage of short-haired woman shows her looking at her phone while walking into lift when she trips and falls on...

2 Jan 2018 6:17 PM IST

Although surveillance is pervasive in many countries, including the United States, and has the potential for abuse, the technology is being deployed far more broadly in Xinjiang.

Human Rights group blames China using Big Data as a Repression tool

Rights group used publicly available government procurement documents, media reports and interviews to assemble details...

27 Feb 2018 3:09 PM IST

India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)

India congratulates China for FATF post, hopes Beijing to be balanced

At FATF plenary meeting, US and some of its European allies were in favour of placing Pak on the list of supporting...

25 Feb 2018 3:23 PM IST