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Blue Whale is a social media challenge game that is feared to have taken the lives of more than 100 youngsters.

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NBC News launches digital video service to woo social media users

News organizations like NBC News are under pressure to find ways to draw younger viewers who increasingly turning to...

13 Jun 2017 9:39 PM IST

The point of a voice assistant on your mobile device is to make your life easier. It was conceptualised to let lazy blokes exempt themselves from the painful task of moving a finger and touching certain keys on a touchscreen panel.

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Are voice assistants helpful?

Tech giants are keen on incorporating voice-based assistants that many users believe are not very practical.

13 Jun 2017 7:54 PM IST

Reliance Jio topped the chart with Idea and Airtel lagging behind at 8.33Mbps and 7.66Mbps respectively. (image: yourstory.com)

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Avail 20 per cent extra 4G data with Jio's Lyf smartphone

Users who own Lyf smartphones are eligible for the 20 per cent free 4G extra data.

13 Jun 2017 5:44 PM IST

The government of the Indian state of Karnataka said on Thursday it welcomed Apples proposal to begin initial manufacturing operations in tech hub Bengaluru, its state capital, hinting it is moving forward with plans to assemble iPhones in India.

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Leaked images of iPhone 8 surface online

As per the images, front panel of the alleged iPhone 8 does not sport a cut-out for the Home Button.

13 Jun 2017 5:43 PM IST

Digital payments by mobile wallets bring in convenience with a few clicks, tendering exact change, and so on.

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Soon, a government helpline for e-payments grievance redressal

Digital payments on UPI platform have grown from Rs 3,721 till November 8, 2016 to Rs 3.31 lakh as on May 17, 2017.

13 Jun 2017 5:41 PM IST

The Daydream platform is supposed to provide an unparalleled VR experience to the user.

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Google Daydream finally arrives in India

The Daydream View has a fabric coating and comes with a Bluetooth controller for seamless VR experience.

13 Jun 2017 5:05 PM IST

The Honor 9 will be available in Amber Gold, Black, and Blue colours.

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Honor unveils its flagship Honor 9 smartphone in China

The flagship from Huawei's sub-brand has been launched in three RAM/storage variants and starts as Rs 22,000.

13 Jun 2017 1:31 PM IST

It takes inspiration from the pricier Moto G5 series which is surely not a bad thing.

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Motorola unveils Moto E4/E4 Plus with metal body, fingerprint scanner

The old budget workhorse from Motorola gets a promotion to be the second entry-level offering with a taste of premium...

13 Jun 2017 11:47 AM IST

The kind and the scale of these cyber weapons was such that even the CIA lost control of majority of its hacking arsenal which includes state of the art malware, viruses, Trojans and weaponised zero day exploits which can be worth millions of dollars each in dark web.

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Cyber firms warn of malware that could cause power outages

Two cyber security firms have uncovered malicious software that they believe caused a December 2016 Ukraine power...

13 Jun 2017 10:05 AM IST

$Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot (R) and game designer and producer Shigeru Miyamoto (C) introduce \Mario + Rabbits, Kingdom Battle\ to the audience at the Ubisoft E3 Conference in Los Angeles, California on June 12, 2017. (Photo: AFP)$ Technology

Raving Rabbids, Mario join forces in new Switch game

Video game giants Ubisoft and Nintendo have teamed up to put their respective stars, Raving Rabbids and Mario, together.

13 Jun 2017 8:21 AM IST

Toshiba currently expects an annual net profit of 145 billion yen, up 45 percent from an earlier estimate, on sales of 5.4 trillion yen.

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Foxconn says Apple, Dell join its bid for Toshiba chip business

The Taiwanese firm is also in discussions with Alphabet Inc's Google, Microsoft Corp and Cisco Systems.

12 Jun 2017 10:03 PM IST

Some examples of these robots are Kenshiro and Eccerobot. They are aimed to closely replicate the detailed anatomy of the human musculoskeletal system, which include muscles, tendons and bones.

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Radiation, risk and robots: Ripping out a reactor's heart

About 200 nuclear reactors around the world will be shut down over the next quarter century.

12 Jun 2017 10:01 PM IST