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'Big red flag': Amazon Alexa reviewers can access customers' home addresses

Amazon says 'access to internal tools is highly controlled, granted to a limited number of employees'

As 5G rollout nears, the unending debate over health effects is back

5G networks will use a frequency band separate from the already congested 4G networks

Consumer trust highest in India despite maximum number of e-frauds: Report

65% of Indian businesses have experienced an increase in online fraud-related losses over the past 12 months

These techies are riding on Reliance Industries' might to enter mega league

For Arvind Pani of Reverie and Haptik's Aakrit Vaish, RIL's investment allows them to continue pursuing their passion and building solutions for a much larger audience that only a Reliance can provide

Jio's GigaFiber to offer broadband, landline, TV combo for Rs 600 a month

Reliance Jio is currently pilot-testing GigaFiber in New Delhi and Mumbai, providing 100 gigabytes (GB) of data at 100 megabytes per second (mbps) for free

Promise of AI transforming everything overblown? Here's what scientists say

Researchers have learned much the same for biology and medicine. 'Big data,' as one group puts it, 'needs big theory too'

Fantasy sports ride on wave of real life tournaments like IPL, Pro Kabaddi

Beyond just fan engagement, these games are also incentive-driven. Monetary rewards sustain interest and keep users going

Flipkart launches 2nd data centre in Hyderabad to strengthen e-commerce biz

Flipkart had built its own data centre infrastructure much earlier, to store and manage the enormous data that gets generated from online sales, involving customers and sellers

Setu, a money bridge that doubles up as drawing board for fintech products

Setu builds platforms that offer secure transactions and a drawing-board for new financial products at the same time

Firearms anonymously bought and sold around the world on dark web: Study

The dark web is World Wide Web content that exists on networks that use the Internet but require specific software, configurations, or authorisation to access

Facing snoring problem? Thomsen anti-snoring pillow may be worth a try

The porous outer fabric makes the pillow breathable and keeps it cool

Stalkerware: Violating your privacy by creeping up on you via your phone

Stalkerware is a subset of spyware - programs designed to infiltrate digital devices

Avita Liber 13.3 review: A strong style statement in a competent machine

Avita Liber series is trendy, powerful and efficient for its price

Millions of Instagram users affected by password security lapse: Facebook

Facebook said in late March that it had inadvertently stored passwords in plain text, making it possible for its thousands of employees to search them

First 50 retweets key to predict whether a tweet will go viral: Study

A tweet's virality is modulated most by its early spread rate and a gradual loss of interest over time

JustDial data leak exposed personal details of 100 million users: IT expert

Cyber-security researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia claims that user data 'including name, email, mobile number, gender, dob, address, photo, company, occupation & other details' are publicly accessile

Why India's ban on Video app TikTok is unnerving the tech industry

TikTok, which allows users to create and share videos with special effects, has become a sensation in India, where it has been downloaded by nearly 300 million users so far

In charts: Why privacy for internet users in urban India is so important

The survey was conducted among a sample size of 1,520 users across 15 Indian cities. Some of the findings of the survey are quite interesting in this context

Flipkart amping up its tech with next 100 million users in mind

E-commerce firm is targeting its next 100 million users by boning up its search function and giving even more focused product recommendations

Talking to a revolution

For the millions of newly emerging smart phone users, voicing a query or recording a message is much easier than typing into a tiny keyboard