Gasps, silence as passenger trains cross Odisha crash site

Some passengers gasped. Others muttered 'Jagannath Jagannath'. Most were too stunned to say anything as everyone gazed out of the windows. IMAGE: An RPF personnel keeps watch as Coromandel Express......

Real Heroes Of Web Revolution

The tech creators, or the ones who made billions, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Just the other day, gazing from my home balcony at the distant hills of Raigad, I......

Big Tech Is Rushing To Train AI In Local Languages

Indian mobile and Web consumers speak in 30 languages and around 1,600 dialects. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   Users of smart devices in India often find their artificial......

Govt proposes new data privacy law, raises penalty to Rs 500 cr for violations

The government on Friday proposed a new data privacy law that allows the transfer and storage of personal data in some countries while raising the penalty for violations. The draft Digital......

Modi's US visit: Why Amazon, Google raised their India bet

American online major Amazon seems to be almost doubling its India investment going by the company’s recent announcement during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to the US.......

Shoppers need not stop: Dynamics of in-store payments is being rewritten

In March this year, Worldline India launched Vabox (Voice Alert Box): merchants will now get instant audio alerts on the settlement of UPI (Unified Payments Interface) payments via QR codes in......

Has Apple's Roller-Coaster Ride In India Ended?

The new mantra was to align Apple's ambition with the government's, focusing on Modi's favourite themes of Make in India, employment generation and India as a high-tech export hub. IMAGE: Apple......

Indian can choose default search engine on Android phones: Google

After failing to get a court order to block an antitrust ruling, Google on Wednesday said it will allow users in India to choose default search engine on Android-based smartphones. Photograph:......

When did vying for attention become so evil?

The Social Dilemma shows how social media is turning human beings into lab rats and zombies, notes Chintan Girish Modi. IMAGE: A scene from The Social Dilemma. All photographs: Kind courtesy......