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Toreto Xplosive headphones have a tacky build, but they deliver solid sound

The Toreto Xplosive stays true to its name, belting out high-quality sound that doesn't compromise on the bass

Dhanbad best city for 4G availability in India, Srinagar grabs 3rd spot

Of India's largest cities, none were really stoking the fires in OpenSignal's 4G availability analysis

Facebook to change how political ads are handled ahead of EU elections

All EU advertisers will need to be authorised in their country to run ads related to politics and issues, a move intended to be a barrier to potential election interference from outside a country

Crackdown on hate speech: Facebook to curb white nationalism, separatism

The ban will be enforced starting next week at the leading online social network and its image-centric messaging service Instagram.

These engineers are building robots to kill India's manual scavenging issue

While Genrobotic's 'Bandicoots' are capable of cleaning manholes in 20 minutes, the company is looking at using artificial intelligence for building fully autonomous robots

From TV app to digital credit card, key highlights of Apple show time event

Apple also introduced updates to its payment system, launched a games arcade, and added magazines to its news app

Hackers strike Asustek computers, over a million users affected: Report

Hackers targetan unknown pool of users, who were identified by their network adapters' MAC addresses.

Share facts, not rumours: WhatsApp educating users on spotting fake news

Aimed to educate people, the short online videos (available on YouTube) shows step-by-step tutorial on how to exit a group, block a contact and the significance of the forwarded label

PUBG ban: This 'epidemic' game can turn kids into psychopaths, says India

Computer games have outraged parents and politicians for at least 20 years

YouTube bows out of race with Netflix; cancels expensive dramas, comedies

The retreat from direct competition with Netflix Inc and Amazon.com Inc's Prime Video service reflects the high cost -- in billions of dollars

Your health app could be sharing your medical data with a host of companies

A big concern for app users is how their data will be used and by whom

Netflix enthusiast? Soon, you could get mobile-only plan at Rs 251 a month

The basic Netflix streaming plan in India starts from $7.27 (Rs 500) and the test plan would slash the existing subscription plan exactly by half

Skullcandy Push wireless earbuds is a performer when it comes to music

The Push has an on-battery time of around five hours - not exceptional, but decent

Arming CXOs with data: 25-year old's budgeting tool project goes global

An MBA candidate is helping companies increase efficiency, use data-based budgeting

MBA student who uses data to tell best spot for e-vehicle charging points

A 27-year-old final-year MBA candidate's project may provide a template for planning a future electronic vehicle transport ecosystem across major cities

Now, AI to predict Cricket matches, assess the luck of the players

IIT Madras and ESPNcricinfo partner to create an engine that leverages rich data collected from over over a decade of insights of ball-by-ball updates

Facebook admits to storing passwords in plain text on internal servers

The security slip left the passwords readable by the social networking giant's employees

How political parties are leveraging social media ahead of 2019 elections

With 500 million internet users, which is about half of India's electorate, no party can afford to ignore the digital space

From 1950 to 2018: How Artificial Intelligence has evolved over the years

In 1956, a conference was held at Dartmouth College where the term Artificial Intelligence was coined

Virtual advice for real finances

Physical advisors have been receiving tough competition from algorithm-based investment counselling and robo-advisories