Walmart-owned e-commerce major Flipkart has entered into a strategic and commercial partnership with the Adani Group to enhance its supply chain infrastructure and set up its third data centre in the country. The online retailer…
A drug used to treat sleeping sickness may…
MICE are not humans. But they are close enough that many drugs that work in mice turn out to work in people, too. Three years ago Robert Naviaux, a researcher at the University of California,…
How Indian IT can compete with Google and…
By Mishi Choudhary and Eben MoglenThe world's major societies are now wrestling with the enormous social power wielded by the internet's “platform companies“.In Europe they speak of “GAFA“: Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon.Twitter, Uber and…
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by Satyajit DasInnovation, everybody hopes, will rescue the world from economic stagnation. I'm not so sure. The extent to which an innovation is significant depends on the degree to which it alters existing activity or…
Uber CEO's mother dies in boating accident: 'Unspeakable…
Who Is Travis KalanickUber CEO Travis Kalanick's parents were involved in a boating accident on Friday that killed his mother and left his father badly injured. The company, in a statement on Saturday, called the…
These Are Millennials' 5 Most Popular Stocks
Shutterstock photoMillennials seem to get a bad rap, especially when it comes to investing. But is the reality really as bad as it seems, or are millennials just the victim of unfair assumptions spread by…
Jay Z’s Tidal Loses Its Third CEO in…
Shutterstock photoJay Z 's Tidal is in the midst of another executive change: Jeff Toig , who became the streaming service's CEO 18 months ago , has left the company, Tidal confirmed on Friday. "As part…
Coolest gadgets to kick off summer
It's time to power-down your phone, put on some SPF 30 and head outside for BBQs, hikes and the beach days. But you don't have to give up all technology to relax. Here are some…
How to build cheaper smart weapons
ON APRIL 7th a salvo of missiles fired by American warships in the Mediterranean scored direct hits on several Syrian aircraft shelters from hundreds of miles away, demonstrating once more the effectiveness of precision, or…