Technology, Mobiles tabs, 2nd Aug 2017, News & Stories from India

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Technology Mobiles & Tabs 02 Aug 2017

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These Innovation Labs will support innovation across diverse fields including machine learning, Artificial Intelligence, data science, IoT, penetration testing, software defined radios and wireless communication, VR/AR, computer vision and basic robotics.

PayPal launches two technology innovation labs in India

The lab is the first by PayPal in India and its third after the USA and Singapore.

02 Aug 2017 3:04 PM

CNN identified Tom Bossert, President Donald Trump's homeland security adviser, as one of the officials who fell for the prank. (Photo: File)

White House investigating British-based email prankster against top officials

House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders says it takes cyber-related issues seriously and is looking into the incidents.

02 Aug 2017 3:03 PM

RBI cuts key rate by 0.25 per cent; to lower home, auto EMIs

This is the first rate cut since October 2016 and the interest rate is now at 6-year low.

02 Aug 2017 3:01 PM

Early in June, according to the Chinese interpretation of events, Indian guards crossed into China’s Donglang (Doklam) region and obstructed work on a road on the plateau. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

Sikkim standoff: India making excuses over illegal border entry, says China

China’s foreign ministry said the Indian military was still in Chinese territory, and that China had acted with a great deal of restraint.

02 Aug 2017 2:54 PM

In the lengthy fact sheet, the World Bank said Pakistan asked it to facilitate the setting up of a Court of Arbitration to look into its concerns about the designs of the two hydroelectric power projects. (Photo: AFP)

Despite Pak objection, India allowed to build water projects on Indus: World Bank

Pak had approached the World Bank last year and raised concerns over the designs of 2 hydroelectricity projects in Jammu and Kashmir.

02 Aug 2017 2:37 PM

The plane, a Boeing 208, had been waiting to taxi to its arrival gate when the teen opened an emergency exit, jumped out and ran away. (Photo: Representational/ AP)

17-year-old teen jumps out of plane from emergency door at San Francisco airport

San Francisco Airport spokesman Doug Yakel says the 17-year-old removed the door as the plane was heading to a gate on Tuesday.

02 Aug 2017 2:30 PM

The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday slashed benchmark repo rate by 25 bps from present 6.25 per cent to 6 per cent.

Loans to get cheaper as RBI slashes repo rate by 25 bps to 6 per cent

In its June review meet, the MPC had held the repo rate citing the risk of fiscal slippages.

02 Aug 2017 2:29 PM

Dujana was killed on Tuesday in a well-planned operation by a joint team of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, Army and CRPF in Pulwama district of south Kashmir. (Photo: Screengrab)

Pak High Commission asked to claim body of LeT chief Abu Dujana

It will be the first time that the Pakistan High Commission is asked to claim the body of a militant killed in Kashmir Valley.

02 Aug 2017 2:23 PM

The fat in his body is already taking a toll on his liver and heart (Photo: Facebook/Abby Clare Hunt)

Toddler survives deadly tumour but is left at risk due to weight gain

The surgery managed to remove the tumour and save his life but triggered weight gain that may prove fatal.

02 Aug 2017 2:16 PM

Fazer 250 is based on the FZ25 and will be Yamaha's second full-faired bike to be manufactured in India after the R15 Version 2.0.

Production-spec Yamaha Fazer 250 spotted sans camouflage

New Fazer 250 is a clear example that opting for shortcuts while designing a bike isn’t really a clever option.

02 Aug 2017 2:11 PM

TNT 300 being is one of the highest selling 300cc motorcycles in the market today.

DSK Benelli to launch 3 new bikes this fiscal

Currently a total of 120 units of the TNT 300 are sold every month and the 302R should make for another 60 to 80 units.

02 Aug 2017 2:05 PM

With the most probably launch in September alongside the new iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus, the iPhone 8 is however slated to hit the shelves at a later time.

Apple iPhone 8 sales will be strong, says CEO

Tim Cook did not, however, mention it in specifics about the iPhone 8 which will help the company recover in the next quarter.

02 Aug 2017 2:04 PM

CNN identified Tom Bossert, the president's homeland security adviser, as one of the officials who fell for the ruse. Bossert apparently believed he was corresponding with Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, and included a personal email address in his reply.

White House investigating email prank against top officials

The White House acknowledged that top officials, including President's homeland security adviser, responded to a email prankster.

02 Aug 2017 2:01 PM

Tom Hiddleston's 'Avengers: Infinity War' releases next year.

Tom Hiddleston to play Hamlet on stage to raise funds for theatre academy

He will portray the role of popular Shakespearean character Hamlet on the stage of Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

02 Aug 2017 2:01 PM

Global warming reduces protein in key crops: study

This is causing populations at risk of growth stunting and early death. Find out more.

02 Aug 2017 1:52 PM

Nahla is the daughter of Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry. (Photo: AP)

'It's visceral': When Halle Berry thought she lost her daughter forever

The 50-year-old star said she lost it when she was unable to find her now nine-year-old daughter while shopping at a store.

02 Aug 2017 1:50 PM

Apple is embedding AR-ready technology into its iPhones later this year, potentially setting the stage for a rush of new apps that blur the line between reality and digital representation in new and imaginative ways.

Apple's next big leap might be into Augmented Reality

Apple is hoping to transform the technology from a geeky sideshow into a mass-market phenomenon.

02 Aug 2017 1:48 PM

Income Tax Department conducted searches at 39 locations related to Shivakumar. (Photo: ANI)

Raids at K'taka minister's house not linked to 44 Cong MLAs from Gujarat: I-T dept

The IT department's clarification came after Congress termed the raids as 'political witch-hunt of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

02 Aug 2017 1:34 PM

The technique goes beyond traditional geology by amassing data about how and where minerals have formed, for instance by the cooling of lava after volcanic eruptions.

Scientists turn to big data in hunt for minerals, oil and gas

The method has already helped to discover 10 carbon-bearing minerals and could be widely applied to exploration

02 Aug 2017 1:34 PM

The Income Tax officials said they seized Rs 5 crore cash from the Delhi residence of Shivakumar, who has been taken to his house in Bengaluru from the resort by the I-T team. (Photo: Deccan Chronicle)

Cong slams BJP, calls I-T raids at K'taka minister's house political witch-hunt

Arun Jaitley said this raid should not be linked with any Gujarat poll; this is a purely economic offence.

02 Aug 2017 1:23 PM

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