NEW DELHI: A business class passenger travelling from Mumbai to Newark on an Air India flight shifted to a vacant seat in the economy class to be next to a female passenger and then allegedly groped her when she fell asleep. The man’s inappropriate touch woke up the woman and ... Read More »
Artificial intelligence player BrainChip has announced the deployment of its game card reading technology at a second casino in the United States. The company, which announced a similar deal with an unnamed Las Vegas casino in September last year, said this morning its “Game Outcome Solution” technology that can read ... Read More »
Four persons have been arrested in connection with the alleged gangrape of a US national in a five-star hotel in New Delhi earlier this year. A senior police officer said they arrested a tour guide, a driver, a cleaner and a hotel staff. He, however, refused to reveal the names ... Read More »
America spends more on healthcare per capita than any other country in world. In 2015, the US devoted 17% of the gross domestic product, more than $3 trillion, to health expenditures. 17% of the GDP is approximately twice the average health cost of the OECD countries. Unfortunately this unsurpassed spending ... Read More »
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street traders sometimes root for year-end “Santa Claus rallies,” but on Friday, hardly a creature was stirring as stocks finished slightly higher on the quietest full day of trading in more than a year. Health care companies brought in most of the gains. Major U.S. ... Read More »
On Tech Tent this week we ask whether the tech industry is out of touch with the real world. In the rush to disrupt every industry and to reinvent the way we live, do the tech utopians forget the negative impact some of their miraculous products can have on the ... Read More »
The six-member monetary policy committee (MPC), headed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Urjit Patel, on Wednesday unanimously decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 6.25 per cent, considering the “heightened uncertainty” of volatility related to US rate hike and the local demonetization drive. RBI also withdrew ... Read More »
The US surgeon general has said e-cigarettes pose an emerging health threat to young people. In a report released on Thursday, Vivek Murthy acknowledged a need for more research into the health effects of vaping, but said e-cigarettes were not harmless and too many teenagers were using them. “My concern ... Read More »
The first time my father looked at me was on a screen, using technology developed to detect flaws in the hulls of ships. His father, my grandfather, could only rest his hand on my grandmother’s belly and imagine his infant in his mind. But by the time I was conceived, ... Read More »
Apple has told US regulators that it is still interested in developing self-driving car technology. Steven Kenner, the computer giant’s director of product integrity, has written to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, to confirm that it remains interested in autonomous vehicles. The letter re-affirming its belief in the viability ... Read More »
The US unemployment rate fell to a nine-year low in November, adding to expectations that US interest rates will rise later this month. Figures from the Labor Department showed the US economy created 178,000 jobs in November, while the jobless rate fell to 4.6% from 4.9% in October. The data ... Read More »
Emily Henderson is quite possibly one of the most charming home and lifestyle bloggers. Her aptitude for styling and decorating is something you don’t come by very often, and her friendly, cheeky personality is even rarer. We sat down with Emily to chat about her partnership with IZZE and all ... Read More »
