Valve has released software updates for the Steam Deck on the stable and beta channels which bring improvements and new features to the device, but also squash some bugs. The beta firmware adds an uncapped framerate setting to the Quick Access > Performance menu and also fTPM support which enables Windows 11 installation. Additionally, the build improves the Steam [...]
April 8, 2022
Loknath Das
Technology
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 5G has a more usable cover screen than its predecessor, but it’s still far from letting you control all of the phone’s features. It basically runs a copy of the Galaxy Watch4’s OS – giving you an always-on clock, notifications, and a few control toggles. But a launcher called CoverScreen OS tries [...]
January 27, 2022
Loknath Das
Technology
Sustainability efforts present an opportunity to tap new sources of capital and innovation. GETTY Sustainable investing has moved to center stage in early 2020. In his latest letter to CEOs Blackrock CEO Larry Fink writes that sustainability, which involves integrating environmental and social concerns into business decisions, would be at the center of his firm’s investment approach. [...]
January 28, 2020
Loknath Das
Business
Default by real estate-focused non-banking financier Altico Capital indicates the rising cash crunch with the developers, which is credit negative for banks given their exposure to the realty sector, warns a report. Poor liquidity had last week forced Altico Capital to default on an under-Rs 20-crore scheduled interest payment on an ECB loan from Masherq Bank of the UAE. [...]
September 20, 2019
Loknath Das
Real Estate
Indians are investing more in real estate in foreign countries India’s outbound capital in buying commercial property overseas nearly doubling in the last financial year said a report. Now standing at $0.7 billion, the increase has been witnessed in 12 months to Q1 2019 while the past number stood at over $0.37 billion in the [...]
June 19, 2019
Loknath Das
Real Estate
Singapore/Seattle: In a rare retreat for Amazon.com Inc., the e-commerce giant plans to shut down its Chinese marketplace business in July as it shifts its focus to offering mainland consumers overseas products rather than goods from local sellers. Amazon will keep running its other businesses in China, including Amazon Web Services, Kindle e-books, and cross-border operations [...]
April 21, 2019
Loknath Das
Business
For a computer scientist and best-selling author, Cal Newport keeps a low profile on the internet. “You won’t find him on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram,” says the bio on the flap of his recent book, Digital Minimalism: On Living Better With Less Technology. This “outsider status”, as Newport calls it, hasn’t stopped him from giving [...]
March 17, 2019
Loknath Das
Technology
Between Fed, China and Apple, get ready for more volatility 7:09 PM ET Fri, 7 Dec 2018 | 00:59 Investors should prepare themselves for more stock market swings as a host of “difficult crosscurrents” weigh on equities, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday as stocks traded lower. “Now that the S&P 500 has gone negative for [...]
December 9, 2018
Loknath Das
Business
Jet-air hand dryers should not be used in hospital toilets as they spread more germs than disposable paper towels, a study warns. Published in the Journal of Hospital Infection, the study looked at bacterial spread in a real world setting — in two toilets in each of three hospitals, which were in the UK, France [...]
September 12, 2018
Loknath Das
Health
A number of studies have pointed to the potential benefits of workplace wellness programmes — from increased gym use to decreased health-care spending. But what wasn’t clear was whether wellness programs are really making people healthier, or whether healthier people are more likely to enroll in them. A new study suggests it’s the latter. Long before this insight was [...]
August 17, 2018
Loknath Das
Health
If you like consuming alcohol with energy drinks, beware. A key ingredient found in energy drinks can worsen the negative effects of binge drinking, reveals a new study. Many people mix energy drinks with alcohol to neutralise the sedative nature of alcohol, tricking people into feeling more awake and less drunk than they really are. Researchers from the [...]
August 17, 2018
Loknath Das
Health
Here’s a heart health advisory every youngster would do well to keep in mind. If you want to keep your heart healthy and stay away from heart attacks and other diseases, stop binge drinking. According to a new study, binge drinking, or having more than four drinks in row, can increase the risk of heart diseases in young adults later in [...]
July 3, 2018
Loknath Das
Health