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The primary vision behind holding the Life Skills Olympiad, as explained by Mr. Sidharth Tripathy, is to prepare young children for real-world challenges.

Life Skills Olympiad (ILSO) 2019, Launched in 100+ Countries

This test will primarily focus on evaluating real-world skills and competencies that are critical for young children.

14 Aug 2019 1:38 PM IST

Trump hit China with punitive tariffs on another USD 300 billion in goods. (Photo: AFP)

US delays tariffs on Chinese cellphones, laptops, toys

Trump's 10 per cent tariffs will be effective from Dec. 15 for thousands of products including clothing and footwear.

14 Aug 2019 12:40 PM IST

Googles advertising revenue, its key moneymaker, grew by 15 percent to $30.7 billion slower than investors had hoped. Its digital-ad rivals Facebook and Amazon, meanwhile, both reported strong earnings last week, adding to the investor surprise when Alphabet stumbled despite a strong economy.

Job portals complain against Google's job search service

Other job technology firms say Google has restored industry innovation and competition.

14 Aug 2019 12:14 PM IST

Apples AirPods are quite expensive and would cost the Taiwan man Â£65 to replace it so he chose to recover the one that he accidentally swallowed from his poop instead. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Apple AirPods also stuck in Trump's China tariffs

President Donald Trump said the change was to avoid an impact on US customers during the Christmas shopping season.

14 Aug 2019 11:52 AM IST

The algorithms have been released on Github and Facebook hopes that developers and other companies will make use of it to identify harmful content.

Facebook paid outsiders to transcribe users' audio

Shares of Facebook pared gains after the report and were up 1.66 per cent at USD 188.44.

14 Aug 2019 11:15 AM IST

Spotify, launched in 2008 and available in more than 60 countries, is the biggest music streaming company in the world and counts services from Apple, Amazon and Google as its main rivals.

Spotify for Podcasters open now; comes out of beta

The platform is aimed at podcasters and features a discovery and analytics dashboard.

14 Aug 2019 10:55 AM IST

The Dark Mode appears to be in an early stage of development as only certain parts of the app have been reworked to support the mode. (Photo: CNET)

Facebook app may finally eat up less battery with upcoming dark mode

Dark Mode in the Facebook app for Android indicates that the company has started implementing it.

14 Aug 2019 8:16 AM IST

. The squishy Rubiks Cube can form 43 quintillion configurations, enabling a vast amount of data storage.

Watch: Squishy Rubik's Cube can help monitor health conditions

The squishy cube is built using self-healing coloured hydrogel blocks.

14 Aug 2019 7:44 AM IST

Doorbell surveillance cameras captured the man, wearing a TV set over his head, laying an older set down on someones front porch and just walking off.

Watch: TV Man is leaving free 'old' TVs at people's doorsteps

The discovery happened Sunday morning in Henrico's Hampshire neighbourhood, with outdated boxes found at more than 50...

14 Aug 2019 7:38 AM IST

President of the Software Engineering Department, Huawei Consumer Business Group

Huawei Launches EMUI 10 to enable smart life in all scenarios

EMUI has over 500 million daily active users (DAU), and a dark mode was added to EMUI10.

13 Aug 2019 8:44 PM IST

When opened up, the design resembles a smartphone and a tablet placed adjacent to each other. (Photo: LetsGoDigital))

LG's new 'Z-fold' phone patent has 2 screens, 3 pieces, no ports

An LG smartphone design patent has surfaced online and is unlike any foldable screen we've seen so far.

13 Aug 2019 6:28 PM IST

The phone will likely sport a 6.7-inch 90Hz AMOLED panel.

Huawei Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro to launch on September 19

The phones are expected to have two 40MP sensors on the rear.

13 Aug 2019 5:51 PM IST