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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicBig data

Topic: big data

Don’t be shocked at spies tracking your phone

The discovery of "stingray" devices in Washington is a reminder of how much data we're giving away. The press has been in a lather of...

Rahul Gandhi calls Narendra Modi ‘Big Boss who likes to spy on Indians’

The BJP rubbished Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's claims that NCC cadets were being forced to download the Narendra Modi app and it was illegally using user data.

Facebook has every right to make money but it shouldn’t deny it sells user data

There is always some distance between what a company says it does and what it actually does. For Facebook, it’s greater than most.

The firm at the centre of FB data leak row: A mining behemoth of a different sort

Cambridge Analytica, headquartered in London, is known to aid political campaigns through voter profiles crafted via extensive data mining. New Delhi: A UK-based data analytics...

Privacy verdict presents big data as a reality we need to work with, not against.

It is difficult to say if the verdict places individual consent as a deal-breaker when used by private actors.

On Camera

Trump is swinging on Russia again. What this means for Europe’s security architecture

The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.