Category: General Interest

The social media company said it will invest more than $1 billion to build its first data center in Asia in Singapore, slated to open in 2022. The new data center will come up near rival Google’s existing regional data center. Facebook, a social media and social networking site, was launched by Mark…

Russia’s space agency said on Wednesday it hopes to announce the origin of a small hole found on a Russian module docked at the International Space Station in the coming weeks, including addressing whether the damage was deliberate. The International Space Station was intended to be a…

A superbug resistant to all known antibiotics that can cause “severe” infections or even death is spreading undetected through hospital wards across the world. “Superbugs” is a term used to describe strains of bacteria that are resistant to the majority of antibiotics commonly used today. Antibiotic resistance is a naturally…

US Diplomats and family members stricken in Cuba and China by unknown illnesses. Havana denies involvement in these attacks. Another incident had previously been reported in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, but was subsequently discounted by the U.S. State Department. Relations between US..

Google and Mastercard inked a secret deal which tracked the retail purchases of customers. Most of the two billion Mastercard holders are not aware of this behind-the-scene tracking as the companies never told the public about the arrangement. Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that was founded in 1998..

FBI arrests man who threatened to kill Boston Globe staff for criticizing Trump. President Trump has earlier referred to the Boston Globe employees as the “enemy of the people” and “fake news”. President Trump has used his dislike for the mainstream media as a tool to bolster his image in the face of rising criticism..

Synergia Foundation organized a round-table discussion with Stepahèn Lauret, Chief Executive Officer of Safran India, and moderated by KD Nayak, Former Director General of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The event was attended by experts who shared their insights…

Teams from Pune Police arrested several prominent human rights activists late Tuesday for inciting clashes at Bhima-Koregoan protests in January 2018. The Police and a few media networks termed the raids as an ‘anti-Naxal’ operation. India`s Supreme Court has asked the Indian government..

The popular messaging app declined to help the Indian government to trace the origin of potentially inflammatory messages, citing confidentiality of its users. WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging services across the internet, through which users make voice calls and send text…

Pharmaceutical giant gears up for a wave of incoming lawsuits which may amount to billions in damages. Monsanto is an agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation headquartered in Creve Coeur, Greater St. Louis, Missouri. Monsanto was one of four groups to introduce genes into plants in 1983 and was among..