Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, the newly appointed vice-chancellor of India’s prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University, seems set to continue on the same academic and administrative path as her controversial predecessor, M. Jagadesh Kumar, if her public statements on Twitter are a fair indication of her approach to university matters and public affairs. Her appointment was announced on Monday, … Read more
Although WhatsApp recently limited forwards on the app, Ministry of Electronic and IT Secretary Ajay Kumar Sawhney on Monday noted that this alone would not be enough to tackle the growing problem of circulation of fake or speculative news. “It (WhatsApp) has become a publishing medium, so there should be rules made for it, as publishing is from one … Read more
It has been five days since a dozen boys were rescued from a flooded cave in Thailand, and five days since Elon Musk has been wandering in a Twitter labyrinth of his own making. The Silicon Valley engineer and billionaire was briefly seen in Thailand last week, hauling a miniature submarine to the mouth of the cave just before … Read more
Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren on Monday called for the U.S. central bank to step up its pace of interest-rate increases from the once-a-year pattern it has pursued since 2015, warning of inflation risks if it does not. “I expect that appropriate monetary policy will need to normalize more quickly than over the past year,” … Read more
Fake or distorted news is an “epidemic” affecting the news media, Bridgewater Associates Chairman and Chief Investment Officer Ray Dalio said Tuesday following a report that was critical of his firm. While fake news is being recognized as a problem, there are no talks on how to fix problems of trustworthiness with the mainstream media, … Read more
Harman subsidiary JBL took the wraps off nine new audio products at CES on Wednesday, but we think this trio is the most interesting of the bunch: The Cinema SB450 sound bar is a 2.1-channel home theater system with a wireless sub, the Playlist is a table-top speaker with integrated Chromecast audio-streaming technology, and the … Read more
Credit: Michael Kan COMMENTS Michael Kan IDG News Service Nov 4, 2016 5:16 PM The hacker who claims to have breached the Democratic National Committee isn’t done trying to influence this year’s election. On Friday, Guccifer 2.0 warned that Democrats might try to rig the vote next Tuesday. Guccifer 2.0 wrote the statement in a … Read more
David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Twitter’s Jack Dorsey Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey defined one of the company’s missions as being the “people’s news network,” according to an internal memo seen on Monday. The 10-year-old social networking service has long struggled to define its core purpose and is under the spotlight as … Read more
David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Twitter’s Jack Dorsey Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey defined one of the company’s missions as being the “people’s news network,” according to an internal memo seen on Monday. The 10-year-old social networking service has long struggled to define its core purpose and is under the spotlight as … Read more
word out of PAX East final week is that Shadow Warrior 2 is definitely damned exact. here to ram that factorhome? Twelve minutes of warm Wang motion, featuring jokes like “Mess with the bull, you get the Wang.” Which isn’t even without a doubt a joke, however I laughed besides. severe faces something approximately this … Read more