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ELECTRONICS January 19, 2020 Is It Smart To Buy Pulz Electronics Limited (NSE:PULZ) Before It Goes Ex-Dividend?
By: Loknath DasSome investors rely on dividends for growing their wealth, and if you’re one of those dividend sleuths, you might be intrigued to know that Pulz Electronics Limited (NSE:PULZ) is about to go ex-dividend in just 3 days. Ex-dividend means that investors that purchase the stock on or after the 23rd of January will not receive this dividend, […]
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COMPUTERS January 18, 2020 That This Doctor Cannot Even Afford Computer Shows Iraqis Still Paying Price of US Invasion
By: Loknath DasDr. Mazin Al-Jadiry, a senior oncologist and assistant professor of medicine, needs a new computer. His old one, purchased in 2015 is worn down and out-of-date. Not a big problem for most doctors or professors as computers are—to state the obvious— critical, an absolute necessity, provided and maintained as part of the job. But this is […]
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January 13, 2020 GCHQ warns not to use Windows 7 computers for banking or email after Tuesday
By: Loknath DasGCHQ has warned people not to do internet banking or use emails from computers with Windows 7 from Tuesday, when Microsoft will end support for the software. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the public-facing arm of the cyber spy agency, said that devices still using the operating system after next week will become increasingly […]
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January 11, 2020 Man caught smuggling live monitor lizards inside electronics
By: Loknath DasA Florida man pleaded guilty to his part in a trafficking scheme in which live water monitor lizards were stuffed into socks and concealed inside electronics to be smuggled from the Philippines to the United States. Akbar Akram, 44, pleaded guilty in Tampa federal court Wednesday to one count of wildlife trafficking in violation of […]
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ELECTRONICS January 5, 2020 Diamonds can be gen-next wonder material in electronics
By: Loknath DasCan diamond, the hardest material on the Earth, be bent? The question that intrigued scientists for years, now has an answer in the affirmative thanks to nano-engineering, according to Subra Suresh, a former professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and one of the world’s top technologists. In one of his new cutting-edge research, Suresh […]
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ELECTRONICS January 4, 2020 Diamonds can be next wonder material in electronics
By: Loknath DasIn a series of experiments, the scientists demonstrated how synthetic diamond on a nanoscale can be bent up to a point, opening up completely new frontiers in electronics, microelectronics and nanoengineering. Representative image/Pixabay Can diamond, the hardest material on earth, be bent? The question that intrigued scientists for years, now has an answer in the […]
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HOME & GARDEN December 31, 2019 Discovery to launch Home & Garden TV in Italy
By: Loknath DasDiscovery Italia will strengthens its free to air offer by adding its ninth free-to-air channel in its portfolio: HGTV – Home & Garden TV on February 2. HGTV – Home & Garden TV will replace Motor Trend on the country’s DTT network. Alessandro Araimo, CEO of Discovery Italia: “Our portfolio continues to grow as well […]
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ELECTRONICS December 30, 2019 Tamil Nadu to set up four Electronics Manufacturing Clusters
By: Loknath DasThe Tamil Nadu government is planning to develop four Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMCs) in Chennai, Tiruvallur, Hosur and Kancheepuram, according to sources in the state industries department. The project is likely to come up by 2023. The EMCs will provide necessary bolster to the upcoming electronic manufacturing industries in the state. According to sources, the […]
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ELECTRONICS December 27, 2019 Huawei announces festive freebies with multiple electronics
By: Loknath DasThe special deals will run from December 25th, 2019 to January 5th, 2020 across both offline as well as online platforms. On the purchase of Huawei P30 Pro and Huawei Mate 20 Pro, they will get free Huawei FreeLace worth Rs 6,999 absolutely free. Huawei Consumer Business group, India, adds on to the early Christmas […]
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ELECTRONICS December 22, 2019 Here’s Why We Think Haier Electronics Group (HKG:1169) Is Well Worth Watching
By: Loknath DasIt’s only natural that many investors, especially those who are new to the game, prefer to buy shares in ‘sexy’ stocks with a good story, even if those businesses lose money. But as Warren Buffett has mused, ‘If you’ve been playing poker for half an hour and you still don’t know who the patsy is, […]
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COMPUTERS December 14, 2019 General Election 2019: How computers wrote BBC election result stories
By: Loknath DasFor the first time, BBC News published a news story for every constituency that declared election results overnight – all written by a computer. It was the BBC’s biggest test of machine-generated journalism so far. Each of nearly 700 articles – most in English but 40 of them in Welsh – was checked by a […]
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ELECTRONICS December 11, 2019 Scientists Just Created Quantum States in Everyday Electronics
By: Loknath DasQuantum computing has the potential to revolutionise the processing power at our fingertips, but for the moment a lot of it is just potential. Researchers have been uncertain on whether we’ll ever be able to harness quantum computing in a practical, affordable, realistic way. But we might have an exciting new lead. Two new studies show how quantum […]