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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PSBs losing share in high-value business: Report

Govt conclave flags PSBs’ shrinking CASA share and weaker presence in high-value banking segments NEW DELHI: Public sector banks (PSBs) have rapidly lost market share in the higher value segment of the industry, such as credit cards business, where they are offering lower range card variants and in global capability centres (GCCs), to private and…

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Informal sector establishments up 9%

Informal sector sees strong Q1 growth, with women making up nearly one-third of its 13.7 crore workforce NEW DELHI: The informal sector, which constitutes major part of the economy, registered robust growth in Q1 (April -June) of the current financial year as number of establishments in the sector grew 9% (y-o-y) to 8.7 crore from…

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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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College by day, petrol pump by night: The young woman who works till 10 PM to pay her fees is inspiring the Internet with her determination |

For many college students, a day can feel exhausting after classes, assignments, and exams. But for one young woman from Raigad, the day does not end when college does. After attending college during the day, she heads to a petrol pump and works until around 10 pm. On weekends, she takes on double shifts. Her…

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Fadnavis letter: SG flags power tribunal to CJI | India News

SG Tushar Mehta asks CJI Surya Kant to examine APTEL’s functioning after Maharashtra govt flags alleged pro-private power developer bias New Delhi: Days after Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis flagged pro-private power developer bias of Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) in a letter to PM Narendra Modi, solicitor general (SG) Tushar Mehta on Friday requested…

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Indian-American Silicon Valley investor says people fake degrees, 20-25% of those who come to US on H-1Bs are frauds

Indian-American tech entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa said many H-1B visa holders have fake degrees. Indian-American investor Vivek Wadhwa recently said that he’s aware that 20-25% of people who come to the US on H-1B are frauds. In a podcast with Mark Halperin, the India-born Silicon Valley investor spoke about H-1B abuse and Green Card limbo. “See,…

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After a 1962 storm battered Fire Island, Robert Moses proposed a highway along the New York barrier island; residents fought it and 17 private communities now sit inside a national seashore

Robert Moses at the placing of final steel, Fire Island Inlet Bridge 1962. A powerful nor’easter hit the eastern coast of the United States in March 1962. The storm destroyed dunes, swept nearly 100 homes into the Atlantic Ocean, and cut through the narrow barrier island off Long Island’s south shore. The storm, known as…

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