FEBRUARY 7, 2022
The agency had planned to require taxpayers send video scans of their face to a private company starting this summer
The IRS sys it will stop using facial recognition technology to authenticate people who create online accounts after the practice came under criticism from privacy advocates and lawmakers. (Susan Walsh/AP)
The Internal Revenue Service has abandoned its plan to...
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
Meta Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. - TheWrap
Meta's stock continued to plummet Monday, adding another 5% to what is now a 27% drop in the last week since the company's disappointing Q4 earnings.
After shedding more than $230 billion of its market value in the last week, its valuation is less than a quarter of Apple's $2.8 trillion market...
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
A small number of pleasure craft are seen in Sydney Harbour in front of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, 31 December 2021. Fireworks at 9pm and midnight will be displayed against the backdrop of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge with crowd numbers...
FEBRUARY 6, 2022
Lata Mangeshkar sang more than 30,000 songs. - Getty Images
Lata Mangeshkar, one of India's most venerated singers who sang tens of thousands of songs in her lifetime, has died at the age of 92.
She had been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai city in January after testing positive for Covid-19.
Federal minister Nitin Gadkari confirmed the news on...
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
Americans have double vision when it comes to satisfaction with their lives and with the country’s direction.
They are chipper on how things are going for them personally, but glum about what’s happening in the bigger world around them, according to a new Gallup poll.
At a time when the pandemic is slogging toward its two-year mark, stock market...
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
An Indian data scientist maximized the computing powers of NVIDIA GPU by creating a model that translates Braille to text and audio, lending a helping hand to people with visual disabilities.
A YouTuber, Bhavesh Bhatt is a master of machine learning, data science, and a programming language called Python. He regularly breaks down key concepts in his clips,...
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
Brief Scorecard: India 195 for 6 (Sindhu 50*, Rasheed 50, Boyden 2-24) beat England 189 all out (Rew 95, Bawa 5-31, Ravi 3-34) by four wickets
Nishant Sindhu celebrates the moment of victory. - ICC/Getty Images
It was India's seamers, not spinners, who plotted England's downfall in the Under-19 World Cup final as Raj Bawa and Ravi Kumar...
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook, is placing a major bet on the metaverse. - Pete Marovich/NY Times
Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, suffered its biggest one-day wipeout ever on Thursday as its stock plummeted 26 percent and its market value plunged by more than $230 billion.
Its crash followed a dismal earnings report on Wednesday,...
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled the ‘Statue of Equality’ to commemorate the 11th-century Bhakti saint Sri Ramanujacharya in Hyderabad and said the statue will encourage youth and will be a symbol of knowledge, detachment, and ideals. PM Modi landed in the city earlier this afternoon where he also attended the 50th-anniversary celebrations of ICRISAT.
“Statue...
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
NEW DELHI: Education sector cannot remain isolated from the rest of the developments and for the new chairperson of the University Grants Commission, M Jagadesh Kumar, online education and use of technology in the physical setup is going to be a focus area. Kumar spoke to the TOI on a range of issues including the common university...
