Technology
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Stock markets see volatility as Biden drops out of US presidential race
New Delhi: With US President Joe Biden dropping out of the 2024 race for the White House, stock markets worldwide, including in Asia, may see a volatile period ahead, experts said on…
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PhonePe CEO clarifies comments on Karnataka job quota bill, offers apology
Bengaluru: PhonePe Founder and CEO Sameer Nigam on Sunday clarified his personal comment regarding Karnataka’s draft job reservation bill, saying it was never his intention to insult the state or its people.…
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CrowdStrike bug hit 8.5 mn Windows devices, says Microsoft
Washington: Microsoft said on Saturday that the CrowdStrike update that grounded hundreds of fights around the world besides disrupting online services affected 8.5 million systems using the Windows operating software, which was…
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Indian govt domains compromised, misleading search results raise concern
Hyderabad: Several prominent Indian government domains are likely to have been compromised, with their subdomains appearing in Google search results under ‘suspicious and misleading’ search terms. The affected domains include ICAR.GOV.IN, MP.GOV.IN,…
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Commercial vehicle sales surge amid rapid urbanisation, economic growth in India
New Delhi: Driven by friendly government policies, rapid urbanisation and economic growth, sales volumes of commercial vehicles (CV) have nearly recovered to the pre-Covid times, according to Girish Wagh, Executive Director of…
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100 crore new jobs to be created globally in 20 years, India to have 25 pc share
New Delhi: The world is likely to see a huge addition of 100 crore new workers in the global economy in the next 20 years and India will have at least 25…
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UPI adding up to 60 lakh new users every month, global adoption surge
New Delhi: The digital payment growth continues to surge and Unified payments Interface (UPI) is now adding up to 60 lakh new users every month. The stupendous growth in UPI transactions has…
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Explained: How global tech outage disrupted ops across industries
By Parameswaran Valeri A global tech outage triggered by a cybersecurity update crippled operations across sectors including air travel, healthcare, finance and many more, in the early hours of Friday. The services…
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China launches new Earth observation satellite
Beijing: China on Friday sent a new Earth observation satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province. The Gaofen-11 05 satellite was launched at 11:03 a.m.…
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CrowdStrike says single software update behind Microsoft Windows crash
New Delhi: As the Microsoft Windows crash created mayhem globally, cyber-security platform CrowdStrike on Friday said it is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update…
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SBI says systems working fine, unaffected by Microsoft outage
Mumbai: Country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) on Friday said its systems are unaffected by the Microsoft global outage. “We are all fine,” its chairman Dinesh Khara told PTI, when…
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Retail sales surge in India amid high disposable incomes, rising consumption
New Delhi: As household consumption expenditure on goods and services surged with rising disposable incomes, the country saw a significant 5 per cent growth in retail sales in the month of June.…
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Musk again denies donating $45 mn to Trump per month
San Francisco: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, on Friday, again denied donating $45 million per month to former US president Donald Trump. Reacting to a viral note which alleged that Musk…
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Paytm share price sees positive momentum, as firm announces Q1 FY25 results
New Delhi: In a wider trend when stock prices of domestic technology majors are down by 2-2.7 per cent, One 97 Communications, the parent company that operates the brand Paytm, has seen…
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Global IT outage disrupts major Microsoft services across multiple sectors
A significant global IT outage has caused widespread disruptions across various sectors, primarily affecting Microsoft and CrowdStrike services. The outage began on July 19, 2024, around 6 PM ET, and quickly spread…
