India’s major tech firms may end up paying a hefty price if US president Donald Trump goes through with an overhaul of the country’s current visa rules.
India took another step toward a digital economy with the government’s announcement that it would provide free wi-fi to 1,050 villages in the next six months as part of its Digital Village initiative, CNN reported. Cell phone users will get access to the internet via wi-fi hotspots mounted on towers.
As Uber and Ola strive to make ride-sharing a reality in more of India, a pushback from the Karnataka government could derail their plans.
China is dumping more electronic waste per year than any other country around it, but when it comes to e-waste per capita, Hong Kong takes the cake.
Between hacking, phishing, and the Internet of Things, cyberattacks are a growing threat—and most Americans seem to know that. They just can’t be bothered to do anything about it.
In April 2015, an earthquake in Nepal killed nearly 9,000 people, destroyed buildings, and triggered a series of deadly landslides. It may also have knocked Mount Everest down an inch.
India’s startup giants may be raking in the big bucks but true innovation is happening in the dorms and labs of one of India’s top-tier institutes.
Indian smartphone makers are getting beat on their home turf.
In a country where schools and universities have long championed rote learning, a team of engineering students is doing pioneering work on “a submarine with a brain of its own.”
Indians have quite the presence in tech. Two of the industry’s most powerful executives—Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella—are of Indian origin, as are Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen and Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri. In the startup world, $2 billion grocery-delivery platform Instacart was founded by Indian-born Apoorva Mehta.
Ride-hailing rivals Uber and Ola are taking the road less travelled to overcome a talent shortage.
While automation has struck some fear in the heart of the average worker, most employers expect it to actually create jobs. Well, most employers outside of India, that is.
To remain competitive in today’s economic landscape, cities have to keep innovating and adjusting to constantly changing circumstances.
Indians have become the top Android app users in the world.
A 12-year-old streamed her suicide live on social media, and for nearly two weeks, the video was easy to find on Facebook.
India’s national carrier will soon let women choose to purchase seats in a female-only section of its airplanes.
In much of the world, not identifying as male or female can lead to a life plagued by discrimination.
Women’s safety in India has started the year on the wrong foot, and how.
Amazon could be shut out of India, all thanks to some ill-advised home goods for sale on the retail giant’s Canadian website.
Organ transplants in the United States reached a record high for the fourth consecutive year.
The Internet of Things (IoT) is coming to a 535-acre slum in the heart of Mumbai.
The awards season is upon us.
On Jan. 3, 50 scantily clad pole dancers gyrated atop a colorful convoy of jeeps with poles affixed to their roofs while loud pop music blared through the streets of the Chiayi county in Taiwan.
Alexa is turning out to be a pretty bad listener.
