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This Indian startup has a shot at becoming the Tesla of electric two-wheelers
Launching a new automotive brand in India is no mean feat, and the challenge becomes even more difficult when you plan to ...
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Google launches an app for discovering your neighborhood through local experts
Google has launched Neighbourly, a mobile app designed to help you learn about your neighborhood by asking other residents. ...
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A yoga guru is taking on WhatsApp in India with a rival messaging service (Update: not anymore)
Swami Ramdev may not be a household name around the world, but boy, is he big in India. After taking the country's consumer ...
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President of China endorses blockchain technology
Blockchain technology has received an unlikely endorsement from the president of China. Xi Jinping was speaking at the ...
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Cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb to block trading in 11 countries
Bithumb — the world's fifth largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume — is banning the use of its platform across ...
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North Korea's willingness to temporarily suspend nuclear testing can be explained by geology
Just days after North Korea announced it was suspending its testing programme, scientists revealed that the country’s underground nuclear test site had partially collapsed. This assessment was based on data gathered from smaller earthquakes that followed North Korea’s biggest ...
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Coinsecure starts the refund process after its $3.5 million cryptocurrency heist
Coinsecure, the Indian exchange desk that lost $3.5 million worth of cryptocurrency in a heist last month, is finally ready ...
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Chinese officials are invading people's privacy by literally sleeping in their beds
Imagine government officials in your country all of the sudden move into your house for a week every other month. They sleep ...
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This AI tool could detect dengue outbreaks 3 months in advance
An artificial intelligence system that claims to predict dengue outbreaks up to three months in advance has been rolled ...
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President Trump promises to grant ZTE a new lease of life
Chinese hardware firm ZTE, which you'll remember as the company behind last October's foldable Android phone and the owner ...
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This tiny Buddhist frog is haunting me
Guess what: I’ve found the most stressful game ever. It’s called 旅かえる (Tabi Kaeru or Travel Frog), and I have ...
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Telegram is now banned in Iran, affecting 40 million users
After being blocked in Russia last month, Telegram now finds its encrypted messaging service banned in Iran. The country's ...
