Miscellaneous

New York, Oct 24: Wealthy people pay less attention to those around them as compared to people of lower social status, according to a new study that used Google Glass headsets to track gazes. The research shows that people who categorise themselves as being in a relatively high social class spend less time looking at passersby compared with those who are not as well off, a difference that seems to

New Delhi, Oct 24: Microsoft India has launched its first full-scale Cybersecurity Engagement Center (CSEC) in India, after a successful year-long pilot. Situated in Delhi, the center will bring together Microsoft capabilities to foster deeper cybersecurity collaborations with public and private sector organizations and build a trusted and secure computing environment, a critical enabler for India

Consider what's faced by people who want to end their TV subscriptions — what's known as cutting the cable cord. There are multiple streaming services and bills to juggle. And there are numerous streaming gadgets to choose from. So to make moving away from cable cords easier, we teamed up with the Wirecutter, the product recommendations website, to compile the definitive guide to cord-cutting. The

Oct 21: Self-driving cars hold the promise of saving thousands of lives each year on US roads. But does pointing out flaws with the technology effectively put people in danger? That claim was put forth Wednesday by Tesla Motors CEOElon Musk, who criticised the media for harping on the relatively few crashes involving Tesla's semi-autonomous driving system called Autopilot, while saying little

Paris, Oct 20: Some 300 wild mammal species in Asia, Africa and Latin America are being driven to extinction by humanity's voracious appetite for bushmeat, according to a world-first assessment released today. The species at risk range from rats to rhinoceros, and include docile, ant-eating pangolins as well as flesh-ripping big cats. The findings, published in the journal Royal Society Open

New Delhi, Oct 19: Dissatisfaction with job is on the rise and employees blame poor work-life balance for this state of affairs, with a whopping 80 per cent of them looking for a change, says a TimesJobs survey. The findings of the 'Job Satisfaction 2016' survey by TimesJobs.com revealed that 60 per cent employees are not satisfied with their current job, while 80 per cent said they are looking to

Oct 19: Apple has consistently taken digs at Google by comparing the adoption rate of the latest versions of both iOS and Android at its launch events. It seems the slow adoption rate is one of the key reasons why a large chunk of Android users are still not safe from dated malware. Ghost Push, the malware that had infected over 900,000 Android devices till last year, continues to wreak havoc on

Vadodara, Oct 17: A two-feet long crocodile was found from a bathroom of a house in a society here, which was released in the Vishwamitri river today, forest officials said. The crocodile was found on Saturday night in the society on Dabhoi road in Pratapnagar locality. It was released in the river today, Vadodara Range Forest Officer (RFO) G Chauhan said. Nidhi Patel, an 11th grade student

Mumbai, Oct 15: With Diwali round the corner, which can get you a long weekend this year, Dubai has topped the list of popular searches for out-bound destinations for Indians while Goa stays on top domestically, says a report. For the upcoming long Diwali weekend, Dubai is the top searched out-bound destination for Indians while Goa continues to rule on the domestic front, showed search results by

Oct 14: In a post yesterday, Facebook revealed that Indian cyber security pros are at the top of the list for rewards distributed under the company's bug bounty program. Launched in 2011, the program was created to report security flaws and bugs in Facebook. Later, it's ambit was extended to cover other Facebook owned operations such as Instagram and WhatsApp. The Facebook post suggested that in 5