FILE PHOTO: Applied Materials will cut about 4% of its workforce, or roughly 1,400 jobs, to streamline operations. | Photo Credit: Reuters Applied Materials will cut about 4% of its workforce, or roughly 1,400 jobs, to streamline operations, the chip equipment maker said on Thursday as tighter U.S. export controls on semiconductors weigh on its... Read More

Minister for Transport and Backward Classes (BC) Welfare, Ponnam Prabhakar. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Telangana Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar has warned the private bus operators that the Government will not hesitate to book murder cases against the owners of the private bus operators if they endanger the lives of innocent people by running... Read More

Clippy, the animated paper clip that annoyed Microsoft Office users nearly three decades ago, might have just been ahead of its time. Microsoft introduced a new artificial intelligence character called Mico (pronounced MEE’koh) on Thursday, a floating cartoon face shaped like a blob or flame that will embody the software giant’s Copilot virtual assistant and... Read More

The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruled against Apple after a trial of the lawsuit, brought on behalf of around 20 million iPhone and iPad users in the United Kingdom [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Apple on Thursday lost a London lawsuit accusing the U.S. tech company of abusing its dominant position by charging app developers... Read More

You must have recently seen mentions of something called ORS in the news. Do you know what it stands for? And why is it in the news? So, ORS stands for Oral Rehydration Solution and is also referred to as Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT). It is a type of fluid replacement which has sugars and... Read More

FILE PHOTO: A fifteen-year veteran of Amazon’s devices division who had a hand in developing many of the most recognizable gadgets is leaving the company. | Photo Credit: AP A fifteen-year veteran of Amazon’s devices division who had a hand in developing many of the most recognizable gadgets is leaving the company at the end... Read More

FILE PHOTO: Microsoft introduced new features in its digital assistant Copilot, including collaboration and deeper integration with other apps such as Outlook and Google. | Photo Credit: Reuters Microsoft introduced new features in its digital assistant Copilot on Thursday, including collaboration and deeper integration with other applications such as Outlook and Google, beefing up its... Read More

Image used for representation | Photo Credit: The Hindu Police gunned down a wanted criminal carrying a reward of ₹1 lakh, and known to be a member of the Sanjeev Jeeva gang, during an encounter in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district, officials said on Friday (October 24, 2025). According to a statement issued by the Shamli... Read More

Google’s recent deals have included purchasing electricity from advanced nuclear reactors, geothermal and hydropower [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Google has entered into the first corporate agreement to buy electricity from a U.S. power plant using carbon capture and storage in a deal to help fuel its data centres in the country’s Midwest region, the... Read More

Image used for representation The main accused in the murder of journalist Lakshmi Narayan Singh alias Pappu was arrested late on Thursday night after a police encounter in Prayagraj, officials said on Friday (October 24, 2025). Singh (54), a journalist by profession and nephew of former High Court Bar Association chief Ashok Singh, was hacked... Read More