Hurricane Laura kills 6, causes widespread destruction in US

-- More than 800,000 homes and businesses are without power in Texas and Louisiana as of Thursday morning -- Laura's 150mph winds made it the strongest hurricane to strike the US this year and in......

COVID-19: What eating out will look like

Life will hardly remain the same when we get to the other side of the Covid-19 pandemic. Economists and social scientists are predicting lasting changes in the way we live, work and eat. Already......

'Lost Paradise': California's worst fire finally contained

The deadly northern California wildfire that destroyed the mountain town of Paradise has been fully contained after burning for more than two weeks. The catastrophic Camp Fire in northern......

Woman opens fire at YouTube HQ, injures 3 before killing self

The suspect, identified as 39-year-old Najafi Aghdam from San Diego, California, was upset with the policies and practices of YouTube. IMAGE: Cops said the motive behind the shooting at the......

From data security to AI in agriculture, Modi, Pichai hold wide-ranging talks

We spoke on a wide range of subjects, particularly leveraging the power of technology to transform the lives of India's farmers, youngsters and entrepreneurs, the PM said. Prime Minister Narendra......

Meet the Chennai-born heading Alexa's Hindi project in LA

Since 2015, Prem Natarajan had been watching from the outside and with growing interest the emergence of Alexa. In June 2018, he joined Amazon and began work on the Hindi project, says Bibhu......

Why Cisco is wooing hi-tech start-ups in India

It is eyeing the transportation and infrastructure modernisation opportunity in the country, expected to attract $500 billion in investment over the next five years. Quantum cryptography that......

From Memoji to group FaceTime, what's new with Apple devices

The highlight of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference 2018 was the power-packed iOS 12 mobile software, which comes with customised animations, a tool to monitor addiction, group FaceTime and......