NEW DELHI — Indian investment information and credit rating agency ICRA said that satellite communication would play a prominent role in the country’s broadband inclusion. ICRA, originally named Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency of India Limited, measures debt instruments issued by corporate entities, commercial banks, non-banking finance companies, financial institutions, and the public sector. “Satellite […]

MUMBAI, India — A virtual hearing against the rollout of 5G wireless network technology at a court in India’s capital Delhi in June was repeatedly interrupted by fans of plaintiff and Indian actor-turned-environmentalist Juhi Chawla. Chawla, a top Bollywood star in the 1990s, had filed a lawsuit in the Delhi High Court with two others—Veeresh Malik and Teena […]

SEOUL, South Korea — Speculations are rising regarding Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Unpacked 2021 event, which might see the firm launch two foldable phones and a Galaxy Watch. The invite for the event revealed the shapes of the new phones resembled the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and the Galaxy Z Flip 3.  Following the invite, Samsung president and […]

WASHINGTON — American software giant Microsoft announced on Aug. 9 that it was bringing xCloud to Windows PCs with the Xbox app. “Xbox Cloud Gaming with the Xbox App provides the same great Xbox experience you’re used to,” said Microsoft in a press release.  “Play over 100 high-quality Xbox console games with your friends; pick up from a saved […]

WASHINGTON — A United States panel was informed that the Chinese government had amassed enough stolen data from the United States to effectively create dossiers on every American citizen. Mathew Pottinger, a deputy national security adviser during the Donald Trump administration, testified before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Aug. 4. “Assembling dossiers on people […]

Wine grapes, tree nuts and avocados are some of the crops grown more efficiently today thanks to drip-irrigation methods pioneered in Israel in the 1960s. But a new development may help many farmers who can’t afford drip irrigation systems. As opposed to flood irrigation, drip irrigation uniformly delivers drops of water and fertilizer to each […]

NAIROBI, Kenya — Dorcas Wanjiru Kiarie pushes a bag of vegetables aside and opens the door to her grocery shop in Kawangware, an informal settlement in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. Her three-year-old son cries for attention, but a sweet or biscuit will calm him. Her bigger cause of worry, however, is her firstborn daughter Susan Kiarie, 14, […]

Supermarkets sometimes have packers at checkout lines to help bag groceries. Today, markets more urgently need pickers — people who comb the aisles for items ordered online. Every step in the food e-commerce process is complex, from building and managing a user-friendly website that reflects constantly changing prices and inventory, to personalizing special offers, fulfilling […]

BRASÍLIA, Brazil — China has expressed strong opposition over the remarks made by the United States Embassy that raised concerns about the Chinese tech firm Huawei’s role in the communications infrastructure around the world. “We express strong discontent and vehement objection to such behaviors of publicly coercing and intervening in other countries’ 5G construction and sabotaging […]

WASHINGTON — Multinational tech corporation Microsoft has recently announced a new feature for its business communication platform Teams to improve its search functionality. Called ‘Top Hits’, this feature will automatically generate the most relevant search results for the user. Microsoft has said that the ‘Top Hits’ section will auto-suggest the most relevant results across chats, files, people, and […]