Clinton proposes talks on jobs

Burdened by rising joblessness, US President Bill Clinton wants world leaders to meet to find a solution to the vexing problem

Microsoft accuses Linux of patent violations

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What is 'open' in Free and Open Source Software?

"Culmination of the IT revolution"

Ashok Jhunjhunwala, professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, is the man behind the wireless local loop technology cor dect and the …

Why Artificial Intelligence developers should be more responsible

If we’re not careful about possible mishaps, all the excitement surrounding AI could end up in a dystopian world

India collected just 3% e-waste generated in 2018, 10% in 2019: CPCB report

In 2020, e-waste generation rose 32 per cent to 1,014,961 tonne 

Is Delhi prepared to handle its e-waste?

In India, over 95 per cent of e-waste generated is managed by the unorganised sector. Integrating and formalising this sector can help …

Recreating Denmark

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Algorithms workers can’t see are increasingly pulling the management strings

Giving self‐learning algorithms the responsibility to execute decisions affecting workers carries a host of risks in depersonalising management …

How long before quantum computers can benefit society? That’s Google’s $5 million question

Reducing computational time for optimisation could save energy, reducing carbon footprint of many computers

Telecom towns

A chain of 'digital cities' will link up the European Union

Each computer leaves a toxic trail

Is the Grid ready for the windy days?

The monsoon months of May through September are some of the windiest months in the peninsula and Tamil Nadu has a lot to gain during these months …

Sudev Barar on open-source software

Nuchem is a company in Delhi that develops and sells water/effluent treatment technologies, chemicals and laminated panels. Sudev Barar, its …

World Cities Day: How humans and robots can co-exist in cities

Robots are taking on more tasks in the world’s cities but create more challenges for policymakers

India rejects Microsoft's Office Open XML

Union Budget 2020-21: Quantum computing gets funds

Rs 8,000 crore over 5 years may go some way to help Indian researchers catch up with a dast-evolving global scene

Trio win Nobel Prize for computer modelling of chemical reactions

Models evolved by Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel could help optimise solar cells, catalysts in vehicles and even drugs

EU court asks Microsoft to fall in line

Foss time in India

Microsoft is the most familiar term in the proprietary software industry. The company's penetration in people's minds is so deep that it is often …

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