Car buyers take fancy to mid-size SUV models

Mid-size SUVs’ market share rises to 18.2% as premiumisation reshapes India’s car market CHENNAI: Indian car buyers’ love for sports utility vehicles (SUVs) is moving up the price ladder. After years in which compact SUVs powered the country’s shift away from hatchbacks and sedans, mid-size SUVs are now taking a bigger slice of the passenger…

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Astronomers uncover evidence of a galaxy merger 12 billion years ago that helped shape the young Milky Way |

PC: NASA, ESA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)/Handout via REUTERS Nearly 12 billion years ago, the Milky Way was still in its infancy, assembling itself from smaller collections of stars, gas and dark matter. During that turbulent period, another galaxy came within its gravitational reach and was eventually absorbed, leaving traces that have survived to the present…

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TCS denies employee laptop surveillance reports after monitoring tool claims spark workplace privacy concerns

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has reportedly introduced a Digital User Experience Monitoring tool on company-issued laptops, sparking debate over workplace privacy and surveillance. The technology can reportedly track application usage and time spent on devices. While such tools can strengthen cybersecurity, concerns remain over data collection, employee monitoring, access controls and transparency surrounding their use….

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay mourns veteran actress Sowcar Janaki’s death; calls it an ‘Irreplaceable loss’ to Indian cinema |

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay shared his condolences after South Indian veteran Sowcar Janaki passed away on Friday in Chennai after age-related complications at the age of 94. The actor turned politician remembered her seven-decade-long contribution to Indian cinema and said her death was an “irreplaceable loss” to the film world. C Joseph…

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Mcafee Labs: Your holiday photo may reveal more than you think: McAfee says AI tools could identify a photo’s location with up to 91% accuracy, giving scammers fresh clues to build convincing personalised frauds |

AI-generated representive image That holiday photograph you casually post on Instagram may be doing more than preserving a memory. It could also be revealing where you are- or where you have recently been- to someone looking for clues.A new research exercise by McAfee Labs has found that AI models can identify the location of travel…

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‘Come out of Hindu-Muslim mindset’: Kangana Ranaut hits back at Sharmila Tagore over ‘Vande Mataram’ remarks | Mumbai News

The ‘Queen’ actress, on Thursday, shared a video of Tagore’s recent interview on her Instagram Stories and said she respected the veteran actor’s right to have reservations about the national song. MUMBAI: Actor-politician Kangana Ranaut has responded to veteran actor Sharmila Tagore’s recent remarks on ‘Vande Mataram’, arguing that the national song should not be…

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Indian man and woman plead guilty to ‘PayPal refund scam’ in US: ‘Traveled recently, family in India was in danger, was asked to pull off fraud’

Indian man and woman plead guilty to PayPal scam in Arkansas. Gajera Prashant and Dharaben Bhavadiya, an Indian man and a woman, pleaded guilty to a PayPal refund scam in Arkansas. They have received five-year suspended sentences which means they do not have to go to jail immediately despite their serious crime. The PayPal refund…

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Tablets gain from rising laptop prices

Bigger screens and PC-like features fuel tablet demand, with 12GB models jumping 835% year-on-year in Q1 NEW DELHI: As laptop prices rise, tablet makers are making a stronger play for everyday computing, armed with bigger screens, more memory, keyboards and increasingly PC-like multitasking capabilities.The shift is showing up in what Indians are buying. Research agency…

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