Virus Made Us Love the Internet Again

The wave of enthusiasm for digital technology had faded as we'd grown more and more worried about what smartphones and social media were doing to society and to us as individuals.Now that......

Clubhouse's Challenge to Facebook/Twitter

Like the other platforms, the Clubhouse will have more users in India than anywhere else because of the interest we have in knowing what others are doing and in letting others know about our......

'Covid response is highly dependent on leadership'

'If you don't have a strong political leadership, however much expertise a country may have, in pandemic preparedness or infectious disease, will not matter.''It's really about having strong......

Cyber-attacks: What Modi must know!

'What we are actually missing in India is a platform wherein the government engages with cybersecurity experts, gets them employed and then utilises their capability to deter such attacks.'......

Wipro set to cut hundreds of jobs

After startups and Big Tech, the layoff season may have begun at the $245 billion Indian information-technology (IT) industry. Photograph: Abhishek N Chinnappa/Reuters Bengaluru-based IT major......

Cloud a big game changer, says Satya Nadella

Microsoft chairman and CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday said there is tremendous momentum in cloud adoption, as he termed cloud a "big game changer". Photograph: Saumya Khandelwal/Reuters Nadella,......

Microsoft gives ONDC its first Big Tech push

Microsoft has become the first global Big Tech company to join the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), an Indian government initiative for developing a first-of-its-kind open network for......

Restaurant to jewellery, brands make a beeline for metaverse

'We're seeing major Bollywood celebrities, fashion icons, and even movie studios  all wanting to build Metaverse experiences' *IMAGE: The Oculus app, which is used to manage the Oculus......

The JINX Shabana Wants to BREAK!

'My entire house turn their backs on me when a cricket match is happening.''The minute I look at the TV screen, an Indian player gets out.''So if I do enter the room, I have to sit with my back to......

Shabana Azmi to work with Spielberg!

Photograph: Kind courtesy Shabana Azmi/Instagram The veteran ladies of Bollywood seem to have caught Hollywood's eye. After Dimple Kapadia was signed on by Christopher Nolan, Shabana Azmi has......

Emmys 2018: Scarlett Johansson, Padma Lakshmi look stunning

Who are the big winners of the night? We tell you! The 70th annual Emmy Awards saw red carpet magic at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on September 17. But we sure missed our desi......

Emmy 2016: Aziz Ansari wins his first, Games of Thrones wins big

 The 68th annual Emmy Awards were held at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on September 18. A look at the big winners of the night. IMAGE: Writer-producer Alan Yang and......

Global cyber outage crashes IT systems of Paris Olympics

Paris 2024 says impact of global cyber outage limited, ticketing unaffected IMAGE: The Paris Games are a week away with the Opening Ceremony to be held on July 26. Photograph: Marko......

Cricket's 2023 Rewind: Olympics to IPL's billion-dollar deals

IMAGE: LA Olympics could help cricket gain universal appeal. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Cricket got a glimpse into its future during a momentous 2023 but its present continues to be......

Big money, big names: Major League Cricket looks to crack US market

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Major League Cricket/Twitter Major League Cricket (MLC) finally got underway in the United States last week after several false starts, fuelling hopes that the sport is......

USA's MLC to create seismic shifts in world cricket

IMAGE: Former Australia skipper Aaron Finch will captain the San Francisco Unicorns in the inaugural edition of the United States' new Twenty20 tournament, Major League Cricket. Photograph:......

Soaring heart rates laid bare on TV as archers okay new tech

IMAGE: Japan's Miki Nakamura competes in the archery Women's Individual 1/8 Eliminations at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Yumenoshima Park Archery Field. Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty......