A recent study has suggested that diners could be prone to ordering more of unhealthy food if one is dining out in a restaurant that has loud musing playing most of the time. The ambient music volume at restaurants could be an important factor in people deciding to on whether to order a cheeseburger or…
The effectiveness of the ban by Facebook on foreign advertisement during the abortion referendum in Ireland has come into question after an inquiry into possible ‘fake news’ in the referendum was ordered by British and Irish parliamentarians. The inquiry was ordered after findings that in the run up to polling day, it was still possible…
First joint projects in the fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data has bene launched by India and China. While on Sunday, a platform based on big data-focused IT cooperation was launched in the southwestern city of Guiyang in China by both the countries, the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian was the place where…
An ultra-high-efficiency powertrain for India and other global markets would be developed with technical cooperation between Suzuki Motor Corp., Denso Corp and the world’s largest automaker, Toyota Motor Corp. Suzuki would be transferred technology for the same by the rest two. However, no details of the proposed powertrain were made available to the media. “We…
Tiny machines and computers can be created by manipulating the shape of DNA, claim scientists and added that a range of new “triggers” to control this process have also been discovered. DNA molecules can be forced to change shape by inserting elements like copper and oxygen. Scientists are able to create tiny pieces of technology…
It was about two months ago that a pedestrian was killed in an accident that involved a driverless test car of Uber in Arizona, U.S., following which the company announced the closure of its self-driving car operations there this week. But the company said that it might restart self-driving tests in Pennsylvania some time this…
Iran was warned with the “strongest sanctions in history” by the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. European companies were also issued a warning by the U.S. against maintaining business relationship with Iran indicating a stiffening of stance against Iran ever since U.S. president Donald Trump took the company out of the Iran nuclear deal.…
In what is the latest development in the acquisition battle between Comcast and Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox, Britain will most likely oppose the proposed takeover of British satellite broadcaster Sky by American cable giant Comcast, said Britain’s culture secretary on Monday. He does not have storing intentions to interfere in the $30.7 billion deal…
The first installment of the tax amount that was ordered by the European Commission (EC) to pay back to the Irish government on Apple was paid up by the U.S. company. The Commission had made the order based on allegations of violation of the State Aid rules of the European Union (EU). The company deposited…
Any attempt by U.S. President Donald Trump at blocking a proposed gas pipeline project between Russia and Germany would be resisted strongly, said the Russian President Vladimir Putin to German Chancellor Angela Merkel during their meeting on Friday. While Germany has severely protested the Russian annexation of Crimea four years ago and the two countries…
