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A technology analyst said Zoox has one of the better autonomous driving offerings but is currently suffering from its inability to forecast market readiness and demand for its product. (Photo | Zoox)

Amazon enters ride-hailing space with purchase of self-driving taxi...

Amazon and Zoox will compete with robotaxi offerings from Waymo, Cruise, Uber and Mobileye.

26 Jun 2020 8:40 PM IST

With a profusion of cameras and identity-matching, it raises the question how far is big data from Big Brother? (Photo | Flickr - Yeong-Nam)

Israel depends on its tech startups to stave off coronavirus second...

They hope to use the best technological tools to monitor the state of health of the population" but it raises...

26 Jun 2020 8:03 PM IST

Facebooks research has found that the timeliness of an article is an important piece of context that helps people decide what to read, trust and share and that some news organizations have complained that sharing of older stories purported to be current news can misconstrue the state of current events. (Photo | AP)

Coronavirus posts on Facebook will come with a notification on its...

Our goal is to make it easier for people to identify content that's timely, reliable and most valuable to them, a...

26 Jun 2020 7:25 PM IST

Chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White briefs reporters at the Pentagon, May 3, 2018. DoD photo by Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith

Not just the US election, even critical infrastructure faces rising...

Virtual war games are being conducted to sharpen the US Cyber Command's ability to counter online threats.

26 Jun 2020 6:48 PM IST

Verizon joins Ben & Jerrys icecream, sporting goods makers Patagonia, North Face and REI, as well as the freelance staffing agency Upwork in stopping placement of ads on Facebook. (Photo | Flickr - Mike Mozart)

Verizon latest to ditch advertising on Facebook for allowing hate...

Recently a Verizon ad appeared next to a video from the conspiracy group QAnon drawing on hateful and anti-Semitic...

26 Jun 2020 5:47 PM IST

Don't allow Beijing to expand surveillance state, US will help buy...

There's lots of financing tools...countries like us are willing to help provide, because we recognize this danger, US...

25 Jun 2020 7:52 PM IST

IIT-Bombays announcement comes at a time the HRD Ministry is holding discussions on revising the academic calendar in view of the spike in COVID-19 cases.

IIT Bombay campus will be empty as new academic year begins, all...

As a large section of students are from economically weak families, the director appealed for donations to help bridge...

25 Jun 2020 7:22 PM IST

A nine-member panel has been asked to study and understand the insurance needs of Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) owners and operators.

Increasing use of drones amid lockdown prompts insurance regulator to...

Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India sets up panel to work out products covering risks related to...

25 Jun 2020 6:24 PM IST

We believe that products should keep your information for only as long as its useful and helpful to you, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post, adding that the changes were designed to keep less data by default. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Nguyen Hung Vu)

Now, new users on Google have auto-delete already activated to wipe...

Current users can already opt in to auto-delete their data every three or 18 monthsa setting that has not changed.

25 Jun 2020 5:29 PM IST

Brad Bender, Googles vice-president of product management, said they had been in discussions with partnered publishersincluding the Spiegel Group in Germany, Schwartz media in Australia and Brazils Diarios Associadosfor several months, with more to come. (Representative Image)

Google gives up resistance, says it's ready to pay publishers for high...

Google said in a blog post that it would launch a licensing program to pay publishers

25 Jun 2020 4:51 PM IST

While Trump has argued the temporary freeze was aimed at helping US workers facing high unemployment during the coronavirus pandemic, critics said the move would backfire and hurt one of the key segments of the American economy. In this picture, a view of Tesla headquarters in Palo Alto, which is part of the San Francisco Bay Area, considered part of Silicon Valley in the United States. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Tumbenhaur)

Key segment of US economy, tech firms will be hit by Trump's ban on...

Google, Apple, Microsoft and other tech firms have long relied on skilled immigrants to fill key positions of engineers...

24 Jun 2020 7:38 PM IST

Gamers will be encouraged to transition to Facebook Gaming, which has some 700 million people who play or watch games every month.

Can't keep up with Twitch, YouTube, Microsoft gives up livestreaming...

Microsoft Mixer will be shuttered on July 22, the tech giant said in a statement.

24 Jun 2020 7:10 PM IST