Category: Technology

A US company has become the first in the country to microchip its employees. Three Square Market, a Wisconsin-based company..

The Federal Trade Commission in United States is reportedly investigating Amazon’s pricing practices. A Reuters report has revealed that the probe will look into allegations of “deceptive pricing” by the e-commerce giant. Amazon is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company that was founded on July..

German automaker Audi, will voluntarily retrofit 850,000 diesel cars with new software to improve their emission performance. According to recent research studies, diesel cars produce 10 times more toxic air pollution than heavy trucks and buses. A group of researchers set..

Two of the largest marketplaces in the “dark web”, Alphabay and Hansa, have been shut down. The shutdown was a joint effort by the US Department of Justice and Europol. The two marketplaces served hundreds of thousands of customers and sold illicit items like..

In a world to be largely powered by lithium, the Alkali metal is likely to become one of the most valuable commodities on the planet. Lithium is the lightest solid element placed third in the Periodic Table. It is used in the manufacture of a variety of products from medicine to..

Cartivator, a Japanese company is developing a flying car with the objective of launching it in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Skydrive is fitted with three wheels, a motor and four can take off and land vertically from public roads without runway. Cartivator was founded in 2012..

Last month, about 2000 people were protesting in Delhi and several across India against rising attacks on Muslims and Dalits by vigilante cow protection groups. Protests were also being held in 15 other cities as well as in London. Prime Minister Narendra Modi..

On Saturday, Mr. Elon Musk, Tesla’s co-founder and chief executive shared the first images of the electric car company’s Model 3 after it came off the assembly line. Mr Musk tweeted a picture captioned “First Production Model 3”. Tesla Model 3 is an all-electric..

Scientists at the University of California Berkeley have created a robot that has learnt to pick up virtually any object. The way the robot understands the world is through its vision and it can also construct models using Lego pieces. Nearly 60% of custom home can be..

The giant tech company is slashing thousands of jobs, mostly in sales positions. Microsoft (MSFT, Tech30) confirmed the move in a statement, taking steps to notify some employees that their jobs are under consideration or that their positions will be eliminated..