New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Even as India has successfully handed over the BRICS Chair to China from January 2022, it will be hosting five international events through the year, it was decided at the 15th meeting of the BRICS Science Technology Innovation (STI) Steering Committee.

San Francisco, Jan 18 (IANS) In the biggest deal ever in the world of gaming, Microsoft on Tuesday announced to acquire Activision Blizzard, the maker of popular games like Call of Duty (CoD) and Warcraft, for a whopping $68.7 billion.

Chandigarh, Jan 18 (IANS) Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Tuesday said new startups and Information Technology companies would be given exemption for two years under the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020.

San Francisco, Jan 18 (IANS) Smart wearables and GPS tracker maker Garmin on Tuesday unveiled all-new Fenix 7 series with Epix, which is a rugged outdoors smartwatch with an always-on colour display.

London/New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The UK government on Tuesday joined a slew of nations in cracking down on misleading cryptocurrency ads to protect consumers.

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) As India renews its thrust on local manufacturing of electronics under the production-linked incentive scheme (PLI) with Union Budget 2022-23 around the corner, Apple and Samsung alone are expected to manufacture/assemble smartphones worth around $5 billion (nearly Rs 37,000 crore) in the financial year 2021-22.

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Amid the fast-paced, pandemic-driven digitalisation across the globe, the world is facing cyber attacks led by ransomware like never before -- an average of 270 attempts per firm - and the cost of breaches to an organisation amounted to an average of $3.6 million per incident last year, a World Economic Forum (WEF) study revealed on Tuesday.

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Imagine Marketing -- the parent company of earwear brand boAt and electronics manufacturing firm Dixon Technologies -- on Tuesday announced a 50:50 joint venture to manufacture wireless audio products.

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Integrated grain commerce platform Arya.ag on Tuesday said it has raised $60 million in its Series C round via a mix of equity and debt, and aims to capture 20 per cent of $100 billion grain commerce market.

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) With an aim to reign in cryptocurrency ads promising wild returns, Spain has now joined countries like Singapore and India, stressing that the advertising of crypto-assets must be clear, balanced, fair and explain risks to the public.

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Leading homegrown robotics company Addverb Technologies on Tuesday said that Reliance is investing up to $132 million in the company to become its largest shareholder. The funding will accelerate its expansion in Europe and the US, enabling Addverb to set up the biggest robotic manufacturing facility at a single location.

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Samsung Galaxy S21 FE has started receiving the January security patch in some Asian markets along with the US as its very first update.

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Motorola on Tuesday launched the Moto Tab G70 LTE tablet in the Indian market.

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Meta (formerly Facebook) on Tuesday appointed Meghna Apparao as the Director of e-commerce in India to lead the strategy and solutioning that is focused on the company's e-commerce advertisers.

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) China continues to lead in hosting the highest number of potential Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) cyber attack weapons, including both amplification weapons and botnet agents, to install modern malware on organisations globally, a new report showed on Tuesday.

Seoul, Jan 18 (IANS) Samsung is reportedly planning to add its first-ever "Ultra" model with a notch to its upcoming Galaxy Tab S8 lineup, which will also include a Tab S8 and S8 Plus.

Seoul, Jan 18 (IANS) South Korean tech giant Samsung on Tuesday announced its new premium mobile processor 'Exynos 2200' with an aim to redefine mobile gaming experience.

San Francisco, Jan 18 (IANS) Amazon has reversed its earlier decision to ban Visa credit cards over fee issues from January 19.

Geneva, Jan 18 (IANS) Cities contribute 80 per cent to global GDP -- but they also account for 75 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Integrating nature-positive solutions can help protect cities from growing risks associated with extreme weather while driving sustainable economic growth.

San Francisco, Jan 18 (IANS) A full-page advertisement in The New York Times by advocacy group The Dawn Project has slammed Tesla's 'Full Self-Driving' (FSD) beta software, calling it "the worst software ever sold by a Fortune 500 company".

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) After going through two stressful years of the Covid-19 pandemic, more than 7 in 10 (71 per cent) of professionals questioned their abilities at work more now than before the pandemic while 63 per cent said they suffer from 'imposter syndrome', a new LinkedIn report showed on Tuesday.

Singapore/New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) After India, Singapore has now warned cryptocurrency and digital token providers not to promote or advertise their digital tokens via various media platforms to the general public.

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Sony PlayStation 3 games may soon be playable directly on PlayStation 5 consoles, as the titles begin to appear on the PS5 Store.

San Francisco, Jan 18 (IANS) Apple is reportedly planning to launch a fifth-generation iPad Air with an A15 Bionic chip, 12MP Ultra Wide front camera with Center Stage support and 5G for cellular models.

Hyderabad, Jan 17 (IANS) A team of scientists at the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad have found novel genetic mutations that are responsible for causing dilated cardiomyopathy among Indians.