Category: General Interest
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Imagination sells itself
Imagination Technologies, the UK-based chip maker that used to provide Apple with its mobile graphics components, has agreed to sell itself to Canyon Bridge, a Silicon Valley-based..
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Robot dentist
A robot dentist has successfully conducted dental surgery on a patient in mainland China. It conducted an implant surgery where a female patient was outfitted with two new teeth..
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Fighting cancer
A research team from Israel may have developed a new methodology to effectively treat cancer. The team discovered that removing oxygen from the killer T cells resulted in an effect..
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Cryptocurrency war?
John McAfee, anti-virus software giant and a proponent of cryptocurrency, has said that there is going to be war between sovereign nations and cryptocurrencies in the immediate future..
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World running out of antibiotics?
According to a new report by the World Health Organization, the world is running out of antibiotics that effectively combat a number of serious health conditions..
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Implications of the Tata-Thyssenkrupp merger
Tata Steel and Thyssenkrupp have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to merge their European operations. The new company would be Europe’s second largest producer..
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Hurricane Maria on a warpath
Hurricane Maria, a Category 5 hurricane, has caused widespread devastation in Dominica. Is climate change to blame for the hurricanes hitting the Caribbean and US territories? ..
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Criminal probe into Equifax
The US Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into Equifax, one of the largest consumer credit reporting agencies in the country. The company disclosed a data breach..
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China takes over
Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group has announced that it will be buying 74% of Gland Pharma, an Indian pharmaceutical company. The deal is worth $1.1 billion..
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Culture of Cruelty
Culture of cruelty is sweeping the world and it cuts across ideological as well as national borders. In India last week, the murder of Gauri Lankesh, a prominent journalist was..