Technology, Mobiles tabs, 19th Nov 2018, News & Stories from India

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Technology Mobiles & Tabs 19 Nov 2018

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The company also said it disabled more than 1.5 billion fake accounts in the latest six-month period. (Photo: AP)

Facebook says it’s better at detecting rule violations

The findings were spelled out Thursday in Facebook’s second semiannual report on enforcing community standards.

19 Nov 2018 10:00 AM

Sara thinks Kareena would have ‘nervous breakdown’ if she called her ‘choti maa’

Speaking further about Saif and her mother Amrita Singh, Sara said that they are much happier now.

19 Nov 2018 9:51 AM

Leading the ranking is Amazon, accounting for 48 percent share, owing to the upcoming holiday season.

Walmart pushes down Apple to become number 3 online retailer

Walmart is poised to capture 4 percent retail e-commerce sale this year making USD 20.91 billion.

19 Nov 2018 9:47 AM

Doctors conducting post-mortem of the bodies had to cut the palms of five victims to obtain their fingerprints as they could not be identified, the police said. (Representational Image)

Tension grips Odisha after 10 chopped palms recovered in Jajpur area

Police had found five pairs of chopped palms, which were preserved in a medical box in a club near the site, police said.

19 Nov 2018 9:44 AM

Members of the BIPM, which groups some 60 nations, agreed on Friday after a week-long meeting at the nearby Palace of Versailles to redefine a kilogram in terms of a tiny but unchanging value called the “Planck constant”. (Photo: Pixabay)

How much does a kilogram weigh?

Since 1889, a kilogram has been defined by a shiny lump of platinum-iridium kept in a special glass case.

19 Nov 2018 9:39 AM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Stolen Picasso resurfaces in Romania six years later

Anti-organized crime prosecutors are investigating the circumstances.

19 Nov 2018 9:38 AM

Amitabh Bachchan and Shweta Bachchan Nanda with AbRam Khan.

AbRam is convinced I am his grandfather, says Amitabh Bachchan

Big B, who played SRK's father in 2001 blockbuster Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, shared a cute picture with AbRam.

19 Nov 2018 9:31 AM

Infants born to obese mothers can develop liver disease, obesity

Childhood obesity has become a growing epidemic.

19 Nov 2018 9:24 AM

Germany has been a difficult market for Uber given the strict regulatory environment.

German transport minister wants to welcome Uber, others by 2021

Current law bans drivers from accepting contracts directly from individuals.

19 Nov 2018 9:21 AM

Tech giants Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon are all members of the council.

Thai proposal for all-powerful cyber agency alarms businesses, activists

Civil liberties advocates, internet companies and business groups are protesting the planned legislation.

19 Nov 2018 9:14 AM

Cellular proliferation keeps HIV infected cells alive: Study

The scientists found out that reducing cellular proliferation could help deplete the number of infected cells

19 Nov 2018 9:12 AM

The five-minute video shows the teacher beating the boy with his shoe and even hitting his fingers with a key-like object. (Photo: ANI)

UP: Tuition teacher thrashes minor boy with shoe, incident caught on CCTV

Video shows boy being hit with shoe, hit on fingers with an object and being grabbed by hair, ear and shaken and punched repeatedly.

19 Nov 2018 9:06 AM

Thackeray also asked party workers to conduct a 'maha aarati' (grand puja) on November 24 all over the state as well as in other parts of the country where the Sena has presence. (Photo: File)

'First temple, then govt': Shiv Sena's new slogan ahead of 2019

Uddhav Thackeray held a meeting with senior party leaders to review preparations for his visit to Ayodhya on November 24 and 25.

19 Nov 2018 8:59 AM

Strength training could benefit heart health

Here is what a new study has found.

19 Nov 2018 8:58 AM

Due to the early incidents of violence at the hill-top shrine, the police had imposed strict restrictions for devotees at Sannidhanam, including not allowing them to stay back in the night. (Photo: PTI)

Fresh protests in Sabarimala, 28 devotees taken into preventive custody

On second day of two month-long pilgrimage season, devotees gathered at covered pathway to temple when they were asked to leave Sannidhanam.

19 Nov 2018 8:49 AM

Trump also said that he has plans to visit Iraq and Afghanistan to meet American troops stationed there. (Photo: File)

Pakistan doesn't do 'a damn thing' for US, says Donald Trump

In Sep, Trump administration cancelled USD 300 mn in military aid to Pak for not doing enough against terror groups active on its soil.

19 Nov 2018 8:39 AM

Sources said Patel is unlikely to yield under pressure and will rather mount a strong defence of the central bank’s policies regarding stringent NPA recognition norms as well as measures taken to ease credit supply to MSMEs. (Photo: File)

RBI, Govt board meeting begins, likely to reach common ground on key issues

If not in this board meeting, the issue of relaxation of PCA framework would reach a resolution in the next few weeks.

19 Nov 2018 8:20 AM

Police sources claimed they had information that the protesters might create trouble at Sannidhanam and therefore, precautions were taken accordingly. (Photo: PTI)

Midnight clashes at Sabarimala; BJP, RSS protest outside Kerala CM’s house

'We have organised state-wide protest against this emergency like situation in the state,' Yuvamorcha state president Prakash said.

19 Nov 2018 8:15 AM

The number of people booking homes on Airbnb in the third quarter was up 91 per cent in Beijing, 79 per cent in Mexico City and 70 per cent in Birmingham, England, from the same three-month period a year ago, Airbnb said.

Airbnb had 'substantially more' than USD 1 billion in quarterly revenue

The quarter was the first time it “substantially” exceeded USD 1 billion in revenue, Airbnb said in a statement.

19 Nov 2018 8:01 AM

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Pakistan govt to file four cases on Nawaz Sharif

The government decided to refer four new cases of to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for investigation.

19 Nov 2018 8:00 AM

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