Promises of guaranteed placements during the economic slowdown are driving engineering graduates to spend extra money on courses which they’ve already graduated in. . By Yashasvini Razdan Declining placement rates in engineering colleges are forcing engineers to spend money on additional courses, to make themselves employable as per industry standards. Arpitha, a Computer Science engineer […]
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Over a dozen fraud cases have been registered with the city cybercrime police station in Bengaluru in past one month. By Abhinav Kumar Contactless debit and credit card users in Bengaluru are under higher risk of banking frauds. Around 15 cases have been registered with the Cyber Crime Cell in the month of October. Such […]
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Meity’s DigiLocker fails as users complain of bug issues time and again By Shivani Verma Bengaluru: Ever since the launch of the DigiLocker application in 2015 by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity), Government of India, over 30,000 critical reviews regarding bug and login issues are found in PlayStore alone. “There hasn’t been […]
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Though 50 to 60 cybercrime cases are reported every day in the city, victims of cybercrime have to go to the only cybercrime police station in Infantry Road to lodge a complaint. Yumna Ahmed There is one cybercrime station in Bangalore and officials say that there is a delay in solving cases due to shortage […]
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The numbers of patients taking treatment for gaming addiction are increasing in the city. By Abhinav Kumar SHUT (Service for Healthy Use of Technology) Clinic at NIMHANS Bengaluru has seen 720 patients in 2017-18 obsessed with online gaming in computers, play stations and smartphones. Aman, a patient of SHUT clinic, said, “Before getting the treatment, […]
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Virtual and augmented realities have created a special line of toys and games By Jignasa Sinha Bangalore, April 11, 2019: Bangalore-based companies are changing the ways of the gaming industry for kids and adults in India. Virtual reality (VR) is the use of computer technology to create a simulated environment, used in games and videos. […]
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A change in copyright law at the European Union could impact you. Ajay Ramanathan Bengaluru, April 10, 2019. In late March of this year, the European Union has passed the final vote on new copyright law. Termed as the ‘Directive on the Digital Single Market,’ the law holds intermediaries like Facebook and Youtube responsible for […]
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Chairperson of Karnataka Women’s Commission calls for a ban of TikTok. By Ajay Ramanathan Bangalore, April 9, 2019. The Chairperson of the Karnataka State Commission for Women Nagalakshmi Bai noted that 70 to 80 percent of complaints registered were for harassment on mobile applications. Explaining why the harassment of women was particularly problematic, Bai remarked, […]
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The automobile industry in India is looking forward to making a future out of electric vehicles (EVs). By Rohit Chatterjee Bengaluru, April 9, 2019: The Indian automobile industry is trying hard to match with other countries in the segment of electric vehicles,to make them the new mode of transport. However, certain problems are making it hard […]
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Hackers are infecting devices with crypto-malware to steal computing power. By Sharathkumar Nair Bengaluru, April 8, 2019 The world has been gripped by a new wave of cryptocurrency revolution. The advent of Bitcoin in 2009 has created new ways for people to do transactions globally. Bitcoins were primarily created as an alternative to the traditional […]
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