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COMPUTERS 
August 7, 2016 Donald Trump Says He’ll Make Apple Manufacture Its ‘Damn’ Products in the US
If Donald Trump becomes the President of the United States, he says he will make Apple manufacture its products in the country instead of outsourcing the job to foreign countries such as China. Trump adds that he will impose a huge tariff on imports. The Republican front-runner speaking at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia on […]
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NEWS 
August 6, 2016 Lots Of Quotes, Photo-Ops. But How Real Is The PM Modi-Obama Friendship?
It looked like genuine affection when PM Modi pulled President Barack Obama into a bear hug as he stepped off Air Force One last year. (AFP File Photo) NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON: HIGHLIGHTS PM Modi in Washington, to meet President Obama for 7th time PM Modi will address a joint meeting of Congress tomorrow Visit comes as […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
August 6, 2016 The Secret Garden: Unexpected Beauty Beneath This Mumbai Flyover
Nanalal D Mehta Garden under Tulpule Flyover on Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Road, Mumbai HIGHLIGHTS Empty space under a flyover in Mumbai is converted into a garden. The newly opened Nanalal D Mehta Garden is located under Tulpule Flyover. One Matunga, a NGO, took the initiative of creating this park. The underbelly of a flyover is […]
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ELECTRONICS 
August 5, 2016 Samsung Unveils UFS Cards, Successor to the Beloved microSD Standard
HIGHLIGHTS UFS stands for Universal Flash Storage Read speeds five times that of the microSD cards No word on pricing and availability In a bid to move the world of memory cards to the next level, Korean electronics giant Samsung has announced a new type of removable memory card in Universal Flash Storage (UFS) that […]
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COMPUTERS 
August 2, 2016 Chromebook Shipments Overtook Mac for the First Time in the US: IDC
HIGHLIGHTS An IDC analyst claimed that Chrome OS overtook OS X in the US. PC shipments recorded a decline last month. Dell overtook HP in the US PC shipments last month. Google’s Chrome OS-powered laptops and PCs have for the first time outsold Apple’s OS X-based Mac PCs in the US. The Verge cites IDC […]
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NEWS 
August 2, 2016 Toot Toot: The Politely Honking Driverless Car Is Here
HIGHLIGHTS Google’s self-driving cars can honk the horn like a regular human. The system will likely require a lot more fine-tuning. Google’s honking will be more reliable than human honking. Google has revealed that its self-driving cars don’t just know how to change lanes and run yellow lights – now, they can even honk the […]
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COMPUTERS 
August 2, 2016 ‘Press the Big Red Button’: Computer Experts Want Kill Switch to Stop Robots From Going Rogue
Pop culture wants us to fear the artificially intelligent robot: The titular “Terminator” characters goes back in time to kill a mother and her child. Cylons of “Battlestar Galactica” fame destroy Earthly civilization and, bloodthirst not slaked, pursue the remnants of humanity through space. “The Matrix” begat two sequels and “Jupiter Ascending.” Today’s artificial intelligence […]
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COMPUTERS 
August 2, 2016 Three Great Projects Using a Raspberry Pi 3 for the Summer
HIGHLIGHTS A Raspberry Pi is a computer the size of a credit card. You can use this low-cost device to hack together cool projects. We put together a media centre, game console, and smart assistant. The Raspberry Pi sounds like a dessert for math lovers but it’s really a computer the size of a credit […]
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NEWS 
July 31, 2016 Pokemon Go: Windows 10 Mobile Users Petition Makers to Bring It to the Platform
HIGHLIGHTS The game has been released only in three countries so far It is not available for Windows 10 users Users petitioned Niantic to bring game to Windows The Pokemon Go game app has taken the world by storm as hordes of Android and iOS users have been downloading and playing the game on their […]
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COMPUTERS 
July 12, 2016 Chromebook Shipments Overtook Mac for the First Time in the US: IDC
HIGHLIGHTS An IDC analyst claimed that Chrome OS overtook OS X in the US. PC shipments recorded a decline last month. Dell overtook HP in the US PC shipments last month. Google’s Chrome OS-powered laptops and PCs have for the first time outsold Apple’s OS X-based Mac PCs in the US. The Verge cites IDC […]
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COMPUTERS 
July 12, 2016 Toot Toot: The Politely Honking Driverless Car Is Here
HIGHLIGHTS Google’s self-driving cars can honk the horn like a regular human. The system will likely require a lot more fine-tuning. Google’s honking will be more reliable than human honking. Google has revealed that its self-driving cars don’t just know how to change lanes and run yellow lights – now, they can even honk the […]
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COMPUTERS 
July 12, 2016 ‘Press the Big Red Button’: Computer Experts Want Kill Switch to Stop Robots From Going Rogue
Pop culture wants us to fear the artificially intelligent robot: The titular “Terminator” characters goes back in time to kill a mother and her child. Cylons of “Battlestar Galactica” fame destroy Earthly civilization and, bloodthirst not slaked, pursue the remnants of humanity through space. “The Matrix” begat two sequels and “Jupiter Ascending.” Today’s artificial intelligence […]
