To avoid detection, the Apple staff looking to unionize have held secret meetings and communicated using encrypted messaging using Android phones rather than iPhones to avoid any possibility of snooping by Apple, The Washington Post, said, citing anonymous sources familiar with union drives at multiple Apple Stores in the US. […]

Apple Store employees use Android phones to help keep their ...

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A few months ago, Mark Zuckerberg brought metaverse into the forefront of tech vocabulary by rebranding Facebook to Meta and illustrating his vision for Horizon Home, an early vision for a home base in the metaverse. Interestingly, Facebook’s rebranding came with a quiet announcement that it was killing the Oculus […]

Facebook goes Meta, Microsoft buys Activision for $69 billion, Sony ...

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru, a premier educational and research institution has begun removing ceiling fans from hostel rooms, apparently aimed at preventing suicides. The move comes after four students at the premier science institute died allegedly by suicide in their hostel rooms since March this year. […]

To curb student suicides, Indian Institute of Science, a premier ...

Drones have been touted as a potential solution to bridge the last-mile supply chain problem in dense urban areas and remote terrains Inaccessible by traditional modes of transport. India’s National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) recently conducted a unique technology demonstration by delivering COVID-19 vaccines through an ‘Octacopter’ class drone nicknamed “Octa […]

India enters Drone era – NAL’s drone delivers Covid-19 vaccine ...

According to a recent National Family Health Survey (NFHS) from International Institute for Population Sciences, the Fertility Rate is declining in India. The report was released by Indian Union Health Ministry on 24th November. This is a significant news coming from the second most populous nation on earth with nearly […]

India’s rate of population growth is finally declining : Government’s ...

In a bizarre incident, a man from Nagercoil in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu committed suicide after landing a coveted bank job. He had earlier promised God that he would “offer himself  in sacrifice” if got a job. 32 year old man identified as Naveen had been frustrated in life […]

Indian man kills self as an “offering to God” after ...

According to the 2020 census data, the white people declined in numbers for the first time on record while Hispanic and Asian populations boomed this past decade.  The number of people living in the United States including the 50 states and the District of Columbia, was 331,449,281 as of April […]

Census data: America is Browning and Diversifying while White population ...

The practice of Tipping service workers is quite prevalent in the US,  but continues to be hotly debated. How much do you tip a delivery girl or gal? Some even question the premise of tipping: Why even tip when the delivery service includes a service fee? A video that has […]

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Indian IT seems to be shrugging off its pandemic blues. Recent announcements by software service majors indicates ha hiring boom for fiscal 2022 as the $150-billion industry races to meet the exponential demand for technology services and offshoring. While the country’s big four software exporters — Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, […]

Indian IT shrugs off pandemic blues. Big-tech like INFY, TCS, ...

We have all be hearing about the “global chip shortage” in the news for some time. According to industry analysts and manufacturers, there seems to be a breakdown in the supply chain and distribution of semiconductors and chips adding to months-long shortage that remains widespread and is likely to continue […]

Why are we facing a global chip shortage, and how ...