London: The risk of a “serious cyber attack” on nuclear power plants around the world is growing, a report said on Monday. According to the report by London-based think-tank Chatham House, cyber criminals, state-sponsored hackers and terrorists were all increasing their online activity, meaning that the risk of a significantRead More

BRUSSELS: The EU’s top court is set to rule Tuesday on a transatlantic data deal, relied on by companies such as Facebook, a judgement that could see it declared invalid given spying revelations in the Edward Snowden scandal. The landmark case before the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg stemsRead More

Bengaluru Google Inc has morphed into Alphabet Inc. After US markets closed on Friday, Alphabet replaced Google as the publicly traded company that will house Google’s search and Web advertising businesses, maps, YouTube and its “moonshot” ventures such as driverless cars. Google’s class A shares and class C shares willRead More

Washington D.C.: A new study shows that cheating is not so serious when it’s done on Facebook. In the study, researchers at the Concordia University polled 151 social media gamers between the ages of 18 and 70. They asked them to respond to questions about why people would choose toRead More

Washington: This may annoy some souls but according to an Indian-origin researcher and his team, tweets sent from smartphones are more likely to be egocentric and self-praising in nature than those sent from computers or laptops. Dhiraj Murthy from the University of London and associates found that mobile tweets areRead More

Rome: At a time when the world is struggling to tackle issues related to climate change as a result of rising temperatures, an Italian architect has come up with an adorable floating eco-friendly solar powered home made of recycled and sustainable materials. Called ‘Water Nest 100’, the 1000-square-foot floating pod-shapedRead More

Washington: Impressed by Google’s flagship Project Loon that takes internet to the remote and inaccessible areas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes this has multiple uses like long distance education, rural schools and telemedicine, officials said. He was given a briefing about Loon during his tour to the Google headquarters inRead More

San Francisco: Facebook Inc introduced a slate of new advertising products on Sunday, most of which are aimed at luring television advertisers onto the 1.5-billion user social network. The advertising options, most of which will also be available on Facebook-owned Instagram, are designed to take advantage of the social network`sRead More

SAN JOSE:  Google will help India provide free WiFi at 500 Indian railway stations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said at the Digital India dinner with top CEOs at Silicon Valley. Google’s India-born Chief Sundar Pichai, who was among some 350 CEOs present at the dinner, said the prime ministerRead More

San Jose: India will play a big part in driving technology forward in the future, Google CEO Sunder Pichai said on Saturday and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for accelerating India’s effort to become the next global hot bed of innovation and entrepreneurship. Driving technology forward would really improve people’sRead More