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The Alliance has also given simpler names to the existing standards Wi-Fi 5 for 802.11ac and Wi-Fi 4 for 802.11n standard. (Photo: Pixabay)

Wi-Fi 6 makes it easier to understand for everyone

The Wi-Fi Alliance has adopted a simpler naming convention for all its existing Wi-Fi standards.

5 Oct 2018 1:19 PM IST

Next generation of fake news will be empowered by Artificial Intelligence and be far more sophisticated, and even more disastrous.

Researchers build AI that scans source for fake news

The AI uses machine learning algorithm which has been trained using Media Bias/Fact Check's analysis of over 2,000 news...

5 Oct 2018 9:44 AM IST

Twitter says less than 1 percent of its 335 million users were affected. (Photo: AP)

Twitter adds data-saving feature to main app

Twitter's new feature now allows you to switch to a data-saving mode on your iOS or Android version of the app.

5 Oct 2018 9:08 AM IST

The Jaguar deal will expand upon a fleet of self-driving cars that Waymo has been gradually building in partnership with Fiat Chrysler since 2015. (Photo: Jaguar)

US plans to rewrite rules that impede self-driving cars

The NHTSA is moving ahead with plans to revise safety rules that bar fully self-driving cars from the roads.

5 Oct 2018 7:53 AM IST

A man uses a smartphone in Tokyo. Visitors to New Zealand can be fined 5,000 New Zealand dollars ($3,243) for refusing to provide passwords to unlock electronic devices and allow customs officials to examine them under a new law that a civil liberties group condemned as a grave invasion of privacy. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

New Zealand fines travelers who won't unlock secure devices

Visitors to New Zealand can be fined 5,000 New Zealand dollars ($3,243) for refusing to provide passwords to unlock...

5 Oct 2018 7:43 AM IST

Reserve Bank on Thursday tightened the rules to discourage use of virtual currencies like Bitcoins.

Cryptocurrency ATMs coming to Argentina to exploit peso volatility

Cryptocurrencies are virtual currencies not backed by any central bank or hard asset, with bitcoin the world's biggest...

4 Oct 2018 9:06 PM IST

The hackers gained information about supersonic anti-ship missile for use on U.S. submarines.

Mauritius bank's India operations hit by cyber fraud

SBM said that no loss had been caused to customers and that the Indian business operations would continue as normal.

4 Oct 2018 8:59 PM IST

These pair of augmented reality glasses display subtitles in real time.

Smart caption glasses refocus the action for deaf playgoers

The glasses use software to display captions that are synchronised with the actors' performances.

4 Oct 2018 8:55 PM IST

The feature will be available in Windows as an app called Your Phone and is aimed at allowing Android phone users view or use any app on their device from a Windows desktop, The Verge reported.

Microsoft unveils Windows 10 app mirroring feature for Android and iOS...

The 'Your Phone' app will be available with the new Windows 10 October update.

4 Oct 2018 12:40 PM IST

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Facebook, responding to lawsuit, says sex trafficking banned on site

The social network said that it works internally and externally to thwart such predators.

4 Oct 2018 9:25 AM IST

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Britain says Russian military intelligence behind host of global cyber...

GRU, Britain said, was almost certainly behind the BadRabbit and World Anti-Doping Agency attacks of 2017.

4 Oct 2018 8:53 AM IST

Telecom regulator Trai will frame its views on net neutrality by October-end. (Photo: PTI)

Internet provider groups sue over California net neutrality rules

Four industry groups filed suit seeking to block California's new law to mandate net neutrality rules.

4 Oct 2018 8:34 AM IST