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Super election year increases risks of political violence in many countries, warns Allianz
As unrest can now spread more quickly and widely, thanks in part to...
US federal court orders Philips to restrict production of sleep apnea devices
The agreement followed the recall of millions of breathing devices...
Elon Musk says new tech will make Tesla car ‘follow you like a pet’
By next year, a Tesla should be able to drive around a parking lot, find an empty spot, read signs to confirm it’s valid and park,” Musk tweeted late Wednesday. The electric carmaker’s “Autopilot” feature also uses software and hardware to enable automatic steering, braking, accelerating and lane changing under certain conditions.
India’s digital journey to accelerate with stronger safeguards: UIDAI CEO
The Supreme Court had in a landmark verdict in September restricted the use of Aadhaar authentication by private entities in the absence of a legal provision, but allowed its mandatory use for welfare schemes, filing of Income Tax (IT) returns and allotment of Permanent Account Number (PAN).
Private messages of 120 mn Facebook users hacked, says BBC report
Several users whose details have been compromised were based in Ukraine and Russia but some were also from the UK, US, Brazil and elsewhere, the report said on Friday.
Blockchain technology brings crop insurance to paddy field farmers
Aon, Etherisc and Oxfam in Sri Lanka collaborate to give thousands of Sri Lankan small holder farmers access to blockchain-enabled micro-insurance/A major barrier to entry for farmers is a lack of affordable and reliable insurance products, and understanding about how insurance will help them survive and when it will pay out. By leveraging blockchain technology it is intended to automate parametric insurance products, transforming and simplifying the claims process to the point that the farmer would not need to submit a claim and the insurer would not need to send a claims adjuster in the field.
Microsoft tests show 91% new PCs from India loaded with pirated software
The worst were South Korea, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand, all with 100 percent of the purchased personal computers loaded with pirated software.
SC bans 15-yr-old petrol, 10-yr-old diesel vehicles in NCR due to pollution
The bench directed the CPCB to immediately create a social media account on which citizens could lodge their complaints directly about pollution on which appropriate action could be taken by the authorities concerned.
India’s digital economy likely to cross $1 trillion by 2022, says KPMG
According to the report, the total mobile subscriber base is expected to reach 1.28 billion in FY 2022 and data consumption is expected to reach 7 GB (giga bit) per subscriber per month.The expansion will “further witness digital diversity in the online audience taking it from the current 225 million in FY18 to 550 million by FY23,” the report noted.
RBI issues guidelines to allow payments among mobile wallets
MobiKwik, Oxigen, Paytm, ItzCash, and Ola Money are some of the popular mobile wallets in the country.Currently, a mobile wallet does not allow customers to send or receive money from a wallet run by another company.
Softbank pushes link-ups as insurance strategy takes shape
Three of the 10 biggest investments in new digital insurance firms over the past year — PolicyBazaar, Lemonade and Nauto — were led by Softbank, according to data from Willis Towers Watson and CB Insights
U.S. Warns of New Cyber Attacks by Group with China Ties
The Department of Homeland issued a technical alert for cloudhopper, which it said was engaged in cyber espionage and theft of intellectual property, after experts with two prominent U.S. cybersecurity companies warned earlier this week that Chinese hacking activity has surged amid the escalating trade war between Washington and Beijing.
Chinese authorities have repeatedly denied claims by Western cyber security firms that it supports hacking.