Solar energy has fallen in cost faster than experts predicted. How did electricity from photovoltaic panels get so cheap? The plummeting cost of turning sunlight into electricity is beating forecasts by decades, speeding the transition...
Microsoft has reported a rise in profits, exceeding Wall Street expectations. The tech giant’s cloud computing services have flourished in a global economy reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. Microsoft on Wednesday posted a sharp rise...
Developers have done a lot to ensure that we can use the Internet freely. Now the programmers need our help: If as many users as possible install the app “OONI”, it will come to light...
As the e-mobility drive gets stronger, it’s already clear that there will soon be huge piles of discarded electric batteries. Some of the materials used to make them are clearly too precious to be thrown...
Elon Musk has steered his electric carmaker into new territory as the company, for the first time, is valued at more than $100 billion. How has Tesla surpassed Volkswagen which sells 30 times more cars?...
Innovation and upgradation have always been a key to success for any industry. Considering life sciences and healthcare industry, where innovation may be a matter of time, upgradation is always a tool in hand to...
Digitization has played a crucial role in enhancing efficiency and convenience in the Banking and Finance sector. As a result of technological advancement, borrowers can avail credit products and insurance policies from the comfort of...
WeWork was just late to the defenestration party. Everyone – including infamously me – has been trying to pinpoint the exact moment when the magnificent startup-unicorn-bubble broke, and I mean not just broke but imploded...
Performing an unimaginable number of operations in the shortest time possible, quantum computers inspire the imagination. Their task: to crack complicated equations. But how they do it is less simple. It marks a huge breakthrough in...
In typical Elon Musk style, he almost casually announced plans to build the European Tesla factory on the outskirts of Berlin. For German carmakers the plans have come just at the right time, says DW’s...
The People’s Republic of China has launched Huawei 5G networks, but the telecoms giant cannot shake off the view it is too close to the Chinese government, argues DW’s Clifford Coonan. Months ahead of schedule,...
It’s official now! A draft bill is prepared to ban cryptocurrency lock, stock and barrel in India. India, more precisely its bureaucracy, christened as ‘Inter-Ministerial Committee’, has submitted a bill which has not only criminalized...