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HOME & GARDEN January 3, 2022 Home decor advice: Here’s how to make your surroundings calm and soothing
By: Loknath DasOur homes are possibly the most lived-in spaces, considering the numerous lockdowns, long hours of work-from-home and social distancing. With rising cases of Omicron reported around the world and tell-tale signs of home isolation, how can you make sure that your space is peaceful, relaxing and conducive to your growth and productivity? Don’t shy away from lights Lighting is […]
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NEWS December 30, 2021 LG DualUp, UltraFine Display monitors make life easier for multitaskers, creators
By: Loknath DasLG has announced two new monitors and the first of the two isn’t just just big, but big enough to be mistaken for two vertically stacked monitors. Meet the LG DuaIUp, a 16:18 monitor that doubles the vertical aspect ratio to help with multitasking and lets you open two full windows stacked vertically. The monitor […]
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COUPONS December 21, 2021 What Parliament Panel Is Considering To Make Social Media Platforms More Accountable
By: Loknath DasA parliamentary committee on Thursday recommended widening the scope of proposed data protection legislation to include both personal and non-personal data and sought greater accountability for social media platforms by treating them as publishers. The Joint Committee on Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, headed by BJP MP PP Chaudhary, tabled its report in both the […]
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HOME & GARDEN November 12, 2019 Easy ways to make your home and garden more sustainable this fall
By: Loknath DasAs the final leaves drop from the trees and the temperatures continue to plummet, you’ve likely already prepped the woodpile and dug out your winter wear. But before you head inside to hunker down with movies and hot cocoa, also prep your home and yard to act sustainably throughout the months ahead. Preserve foods Before […]
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ELECTRONICS October 14, 2019 MeitY May Provide Extra Benefits To Electronics Manufacturers To Make In India
By: Loknath DasThe ministry of electronics and IT (MeitY) is now looking to increase its next round of incentives to attract new investments from the electronics industry in the country. A media report cited a senior government official as saying that MeitY is looking to push the finance ministry to approve the additional incentives that are meant to attract […]
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COUPONS August 21, 2019 6 sneaky ways coupons and sales actually make you spend more money
By: Loknath DasCouponing has become an increasingly popular hobby in the US, as companies distributed 256.5 billion coupons in 2018. While many think clipping coupons and chasing the biggest sale will save you a ton of money, there is growing evidence that the opposite is true. Business Insider spoke with several marketing experts and found that the coupon actually […]
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ELECTRONICS March 27, 2019 New technique can make flexible electronics self-repairing too
By: Loknath DasFlexible electronics is making possible tiny gadgets for a variety of applications such as wearable devices and strip thermometers. But circuits inside them are prone to breakage if such flexible electronic devices are bent in different directions over a period of time. A new technique developed by a group of Indian and British researchers promises […]
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COMPUTERS March 9, 2019 INSIDE THE HIGH-STAKES RACE TO MAKE QUANTUM COMPUTERS WORK
By: Loknath DasDEEP BENEATH THE Franco-Swiss border, the Large Hadron Collider is sleeping. But it won’t be quiet for long. Over the coming years, the world’s largest particle accelerator will be supercharged, increasing the number of proton collisions per second by a factor of two and a half. Once the work is complete in 2026, researchers hope to […]
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CLOTHING January 10, 2018 Borrowed From The Boys? Here’s How To Make Their Clothes Work For You
By: Loknath DasDon’t let your style be held hostage by outdated norms of gendered clothing! You can borrow clothes from his wardrobe and look feminine too Sometimes the best pieces can be tucked away in the men’s section of a store or on a site for that matter. Then there are times when the one thing you’ve […]
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CLOTHING December 19, 2017 Art Museum’s fashion exhibit shows how words make clothing ours
By: Loknath DasTOM GRALISH From the “Wear Words: Text in Fashion. On display (from left) are: “Woman’s Dress,” Summer 1960, Designed by Tina Leser, American, 1910-1986, checked linen plain weave, flocked acrylic fiber /// “Woman’s Sweater,” Mid-1990s, Iceberg a division of Gilmar, Milan, Wool, angora, and rayon knit with wool and alpaca knit appliqués and wool yarn […]
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COMPUTERS September 8, 2017 This qubit redesign may make it easier to make quantum computers
By: Loknath DasQuantum computers could handle models that are too complex for us to run now Tomasz Zajda/Alamy Stock Photo The race to create superfast computers is accelerating. A rethink of one of the most fundamental parts of a quantum computer could pave the way for ultra-powerful devices. Andrea Morello at the University of New South Wales in […]
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COMPUTERS August 27, 2017 DARPA project aims to make modular computers out of ‘chiplets’
By: Loknath DasThe Defense Department’s research arm has officially kicked off its effort to create a modular computing framework, with pieces pulled from a mix-‘n-match set of “chiplets.” Producing something this weird will take a village, the agency suggested — in fact, “an enormous village rife with innovators.” DARPA did always have a way with words. The program, […]