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A cloud-based telecom network is considered more efficient and flexible in delivering services specially new applications at large scale in less time with reduced capital and operational expenditure. (Photo | Wikimedia

Airtel partners with IBM, Red Hat to build open cloud network for 5G...

Airtel will build its next generation core network, analytical tools and new consumer and enterprise services on this...

11 May 2020 3:28 PM GMT

The company wants to reiterate that there are no retrenchment plans. Wipro has well defined policies and people practices in place to take care of its employees, Wipro said. In this image, the Sarjapur office of Wipro is seen. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons)

As techies worry about covid impact, Wipro denies rumours of...

Employees who are in between projects have not been asked to take a pay cut, the IT company clarifies.

11 May 2020 2:20 PM GMT

The sensor, a flexible band-aid-like sticker made of soft silicone material, is stuck on the neck at the lower throat, and works by constantly measuring vibrations from coughing, chest wall movements, respiratory sounds and heart rate as well as body temperature. It produces insights using machine learning. (Photo | Northwestern University)

This wearable covid sensor could help monitor symptoms early, manage...

Northwestern university and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago have jointly developed a wireless sensor to monitor...

11 May 2020 12:37 PM GMT

Content moderation at Facebook is going to be a long fraught battle, led by the board. (Photo | AFP)

Tech This Week | Will Facebook's Supreme Court' make the internet a...

Best case scenario: The body achieves incremental progress by laying out key principles that guide Facebook's content...

11 May 2020 11:41 AM GMT

Beyond the legal ramifications, how does one find websites where the pills are sold? How do you make sure you get them quickly? What is the pain like? Dozens of women are exchanging advice, tips and notes about their experiences in the abortion forum on the popular social network Reddit.

Women in US forced to depend on online pharmacies, googled...

Abortions using mifepristone and misoprostol pills are safe but the real concern about self-managed abortion aren't...

10 May 2020 3:23 PM GMT

A few banks have also come up with lockdown offers for their customers. HDFC Bank offered discount on purchase of jewellery on Akshaya Tritya, Union Bank of India on purchase of medicine, and SBI on taking key lab tests.

Banks get on social media to brighten up the lockdown with customer...

HDFC started The Art Project to give customers a #BreakFromBoredom while PNB started a Mother's Day contest

10 May 2020 2:17 PM GMT

Voice assistants are not only answering queries and shopping, but also being used for smart home control and for a range of business and medical applications which could see increased interest as people seek to limit personal contact.

People lose the touch, adopt the voice as covid makes Siri, Alexa and...

Voice control can mean avoiding commonly touched surfaces such as smartphones, TV remotes, light switches, thermostats...

10 May 2020 11:56 AM GMT

A UV cleaning robot cleans the floor at Pittsburgh International Airport on May 7, 2020 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Airport has put UVC fixtures on its floor-cleaning robots, making it the first airport in the US to test the use of the ultraviolet rays to scrub the coronavirus from surfaces. If effective, the UV-cleaning robots could be a model for other airports as they plan to reopen and try to persuade people to travel again. (Photo | AFP)

Whaddaya know! Trump was off the mark but UVC lamps could actually aid...

Tests are being conducted to confirm that these particular ultraviolet rays are harmless to humans.

10 May 2020 10:36 AM GMT

Vegetable shops have switched to Swiggy and Zomato, and now with Amazon and Jio trying to rope in more kirana stores into going online, Indians will have no bargaining chip left.

Days of haggling for free dhaniya over, consumer behaviour shifts as...

This has also led to a sharp increase in adoption of digital technology by older people

10 May 2020 9:16 AM GMT

Apart from mango icecream and cake, which topped the search tally, people also looked for instructions on how to make samosa, jalebi, momos, dhokla, pani puri, dosa and paneer dishes.

As sweet shops stay closed during lockdown, Google searches for...

Searches for 'Chicken momo recipe' rose 4,350 per cent and for 'Mango icecream' 3,250 per cent in April compared to a...

8 May 2020 3:59 PM GMT

Zoom, which boasts 300 million users, had the luck to be in the right place at the right time just as millions of employees around the world suddenly found themselves ordered to work from home.

Facing flak over lapses, Zoom acquires security firm Keybase to fix...

Keybase is Zoom's first acquisition. The company will help Zoom implement end-to-end encryption.

8 May 2020 2:42 PM GMT

Sidewalk Labs, a unit of Googles parent company Alphabet, had been proposing to turn a rundown part of Torontos waterfront into a wired community but the project is no longer financially viable. (Illustration | Sidewalk Toronto)

Google abandons plan to build tech city where smart streets would melt...

Uncertainty in the real estate market of Toronto where it was planned has made the project unviable, Google affiliate...

8 May 2020 1:42 PM GMT