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12 December, 2020

Halo Infinite is finally launching in the fall 2021

The much-awaited Halo Infinite will officially be launching in the fall of 2021. The announcement about the game was made…

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12 December, 2020

Google Photos now lets you sync  images with those in Apple’s Photos app

Keeping a track of all your liked (heart) or favorite photos on both Google Photos and Apple Photos apps can…

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6 December, 2020

Google set to win EU approval for Fitbit takeover next week

Google is set to win conditional European Union approval for its $2.1 billion takeover of health tracker Fitbit Inc. this…

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21 November, 2020

Opera Integrates Player Feature on Browser

Opera is integrating a Player feature on its desktop browser that will give users quick access to music streaming platforms…

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7 November, 2020

Researchers invent flexible and highly reliable sensor

Guided by the theory of contact mechanics, a team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) came up…

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7 November, 2020

Mysterious radio signal spotted in Milky Way for first time

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are some of the most energetic — and most brief — blasts of light in the…

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7 November, 2020

Samsung to replace its Daily feed

Samsung, last year, replaced Bixby Home with a new content discovery platform called Samsung Daily. Now, almost a year after…

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7 November, 2020

Google starts rolling out Categories in Google Messages

Google Messages is one of the fundamental apps that is available on almost all Android smartphones. Over the years, Google…

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7 November, 2020

Google to allow Meet users replace background with image

Google has started rolling out a new feature that will allow users of its Meet video conferencing platform to replace…

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21 August, 2020

Indian Origin Doctor in UK Wins Royal Academy Award for Transformative Work during Pandemic

LONDON (TIP): Dr Ravi Solanki, an Indian-origin physician is among 19 winners of the UK's Royal Academy of Engineering President's…

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31 July, 2020

Indian American Anil Cheriyan Named Cognizant’s Strategy, Technology EVP

TEANECK, NJ (TIP): Anil Cheriyan, former director of the General Services Administration’s Technology Transformation Services, will join Cognizant  on Aug. 3…

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31 July, 2020

Indian American John Cyrus Joins HighPoint as IT Strategy, Business Solutions Director

WASHINGTON (TIP): HighPoint,  a provider of IT and digital services for government agencies, announced the addition of John Cyrus as Director of IT Strategy…

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26 June, 2020

5 Indian-origin environment techies feature in UK’s Top 50 Women in Engineering list

LONDON (TIP): The UK Atomic Energy Authority's Chitra Srinivasan is among the five Indian-origin engineers to be named among the…

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26 June, 2020

Indian Origin Sethuraman Panchanathan named Director of National Science Foundation

WASHINGTON (TIP): Arizona State University Executive Vice President and Chief Research and Innovation Officer Sethuraman “Panch” Panchanathan has been named the 15th…

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12 June, 2020

Indian American Shankari Rajagopal Named Stanford Science Fellow

NEW YORK (TIP): Indian American Shankari Rajagopal has been named as one of the 2020 Stanford Science Fellows. She is among…

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12 June, 2020

Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal gets 2020 World Food Prize

NEW YORK (TIP): Eminent Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal was on Thursday, June 11  named this year’s recipient of the…

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29 May, 2020

Indian American IBM Scientist Rajiv Joshi Wins Inventor of the Year Award

NEW YORK (TIP): Indian-American scientist Rajiv Joshi has bagged the prestigious Inventor of the Year award in recognition of his…

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10 April, 2020

Restarting America

    It may be accepted that waiting to restart all sectors of the economy simultaneously will  unnecessarily keep some…

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16 February, 2018

New age-detecting system to make your smartphone childproof

WASHINGTON (TIP): Your smartphone may soon be able to tell if your toddler is swiping the screen and automatically block apps that are…

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16 February, 2018

NOT OUR JOB TO RECRUIT JOURNALISTS FOR CONTENT, SAYS FACEBOOK

SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): In a clear message to news publishers, a top Facebook executive has emphasised that it is not their job…

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9 February, 2018

SHARK SKIN INSPIRES DESIGN FOR BETTER DRONES, PLANES

BOSTON (TIP): Harvard scientists have developed a new structure inspired by shark skin that could improve the aerodynamic performance of planes, wind…

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9 February, 2018

Microsoft enhances real-time translation for three Indian languages

NEW DELHI (TIP): To make technology accessible and productive for all Indians, Microsoft on Feb 7 announced the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and…

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26 January, 2018

Our Rapidly Changing Digital Hi-Tech World: The future is approaching faster than one can handle

BY 2020 (some suggest this is happening now) WHAT A UNIVERSITY STUDENT LEARNS IN THE FIRST YEAR OF A 4…

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1 December, 2017

INDIAN STARTUP FIRST TO SOLVE FACEBOOK GLOBAL CHALLENGE IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Bangalore based startup first in the world to finish all 20 Facebook QA bAbi tasks with 100% accuracy BENGALURU (TIP):…

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29 July, 2017

NEW 4D CAMERA TO BOOST ROBOT VISION, VIRTUAL REALITY

BOSTON (TIP): Stanford scientists have developed a first-of-its-kind camera which can generate information-rich four dimensional (4D) images that robots need to navigate the world.…

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29 July, 2017

Moon’s interior may contain water say researchers

NEW YORK (TIP): There may be substantial amounts of trapped water in the interior of the moon, researchers have said. By analysing satellite…

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29 July, 2017

Microsoft Paint brushed aside

SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): Microsoft has announced the end of days for its pioneering Paint application as it focuses on software for 3- D drawing. Paint drawing…

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29 July, 2017

USER INTERACTIVE COLOR CHANGING ELECTRONIC SKIN DEVELOPED

BEIJING (TIP): Scientists have developed a user interactive colour changing electronic skin inspired by chameleons that could be used in robotics, prosthetics…

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18 July, 2017

Google Earth to let users post stories and photos

RIO DE JANEIRO (TIP): Alphabet Inc wants users to post millions of stories, video and photos on its Google Earth platform in the…

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10 July, 2017

Smart headlights can help drivers see through rain, snow

WASHINGTON (TIP): Scientists, including one of Indian origin, have developed a smart headlight system for the first time that can help drivers see through…

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