It sounds like a place that only exists in a science fiction book, but it is making us ask some crucial questions.
When we saw the word, Metaverse, the Marvel Cinematic Universe came to our mind. Metaverse sounds like a place where fictional superhero characters have built their base of operations, and make plans to safeguard the planet. But as much as we like to believe that the metaverse is something that was created by Stan Lee for comics, it is an actual thing that exists in planet Earth right now.
The Delta variant is spreading rapidly, while more variants are popping up too, making us question, will this pandemic ever end?
The pandemic — a word for which many didn’t know the meaning of last year — became one of the most feared words after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID-19 as one on March 11, 2020. We all frantically googled the meaning of the word, while some started making connections with the Spanish flu, which was also a pandemic that lasted from February 1918 to April 1920.
Our lives turned upside down. Major economies collapsed, while some countries…
With Bengal’s CM Mamta Banerjee calling the Pegasus spyware scandal as worse than America’s Watergate scandal, we are taking a hard look at it.
In a petition to the Supreme Court, senior journalists N Ram and Sashi Kumar said that the Pegasus spyware should be probed by a sitting or former judge. The apex court should direct the government to disclose whether it has obtained a licence for the spyware or used it — directly or indirectly — to conduct surveillance of any kind.
Meet Pegasus
This mobile phone spyware is produced by Israel-based “Cyber Warfare” vendor NSO Group, and…
The pandemic has helped them grow bigger than ever. But will this last?
Byju’s, edtech unicorn and India’s most valuable startup, is on an acquisition spree. Recently, the startup acquired after-school learning app Toppr and upskilling platform Great Learning in a cash and stock deal, showed the regulatory filings filed by the firm. In 2021 alone, Byju’s has bought six startups across India and the U.S. Also, Byju’s, which added 45 million new users in 2020, saw a record monthly revenue of ₹350 crore in April 2020. Not only Byju’s, but other edtech startup are also logging strong growth.
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Tech support scams are increasing in India and Indians losing more money each year. How did we get here?
Scams have existed around the world for decades. Despite having access to resources about these kinds of things, people still get scammed, and new kinds of scams are popping up everywhere now. From credit card scams to crypto scams, people of various age groups are targeted by fraudsters every day. One such notorious scam, for which a lot of people fall prey to, is a tech support scam.
A report by cybersecurity firm Avast Threat Labs explains how these scams work…
China cracked down on cryptocurrency mining, and that has helped Bitcoin mining to become friendlier to the environment.
Just like a YouTuber or an Instagram influencer, cryptocurrency miner is one of the jobs that was given to us by the 21st century. Crypto mining means gaining cryptocurrencies by solving cryptographic equations via the use of computers. This process involves validating data blocks and adding transaction records to a public record (ledger) known as a blockchain. Crypto mining is not legal everywhere, and it depends on where you live and whether you mine crypto via legal means. …
The time just hasn’t been right for the Adani Group companies. But how did they reach here after having the best year?
Once the Adani Group was on top of the hill and Gautam Adani was Asia’s second-richest man after Mukesh Ambani. But now, the group companies’ stocks are falling while the capital markets regulator is investigating the firms.
The Golden Year
From April 2020 to April 2021 (for around 12 months), the Adani Group companies witnessed a massive growth. Since the end of March 2020, the combined market capitalisation of six Adani Group companies jumped around 455% against an…
This mysterious territory is now seeing more visitors, and more companies are becoming interested in this industry.
A famous quote from Star Trek goes like, “Space: the final frontier…to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.” Space journeys are fascinating to read and interesting to watch on TV. From Neil Armstrong to Richard Branson, we can see that the exploration of this territory has attracted a lot of attention. What once was explored only by the governments, space, has now become a tourist attraction. …
Meme cryptocurrencies have taken over the world. So, what are they?
What Is It?
Meme coins are cryptocurrencies, which have amassed huge popularity in a short period of time. Their popularity primarily rose as a result of influencers and retail investors promoting them online. The original meme coin is Dogecoin, which was created in 2013 by software engineers Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer, as a joke based on a meme.
Since anybody can create a new cryptocurrency, developers have released a series of meme coins after Dogecoin. Several of these coins are spinoffs of Dogecoin, for example, like the coin…
With so many variants popping up around the world, what do we know about each one of them?
What’s Happening?
- Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) has said that the Delta Plus, and AY.2 are unlikely to be more transmissible than the Delta variant. It said that these two sub-lineages are also below 1% in the genome samples sequenced in the country in June.
- Also, PTI reported quoting state health minister Raghu Sharma, 11 cases of the Kappa COVID-19 variant have been detected in Rajasthan, writes, Hindustan Times.
New Variants
There have been so many new variants around the globe now…
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