World’s richest man and Amazon’s top boss Jeff Bezos is against the concept of work-life balance, and calls it a ‘debilitating phrase.’ He prefers work-life harmony instead. “I get asked about work-life balance all the time. And my view is, that’s a debilitating phrase because it implies there’s a strict trade-off,” Jeff Bezos said.

Alarmed by the mammoth spread of fake news, tech giant Microsoft is working round-the-clock on building “trusted” algorithms to control false news on its platforms like Bing Search engine and professional networking website LinkedIn.

According to David Heiner, Strategic Policy Advisor at Microsoft, the problems Facebook and YouTube are facing with fake news today have alerted the tech companies the world over and Microsoft is right on the job in building Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven systems to fight back.

The benchmark Sensex ended the week with strong gains, rallying 620.41 points close at 35,535.79, while the broader Nifty ended at 10,806.50, garnering 188.25 points.

Bulls dominated and remained in control despite anxiety ridden trading week ahead of Karnataka Assembly elections, also inhibited by weak rupee, surging crude prices and US bond yields as well as political tensions in middle east.

A staggering 93% of the total H-4 visa holders in the US having work authorisation are from India, a latest Congressional report on the spouse visa has said. Over one-fifth of the H-4 visa holders with work authorisation live in California, it said.

WASHINGTON: NASA has confirmed it is sending an autonomous helicopter to Red Planet that will travel with the Mars rover mission, currently scheduled to launch in July 2020.

The small, lightweight Mars Helicopter will demonstrate the viability and potential of heavier-than-air vehicles on the Red Planet.

MUMBAI, May 12 (Reuters) - Walmart Inc said on Saturday in a filing with a U.S. regulator that it may take India's Flipkart public in as early as four years, detailing for the first time a potential listing timeline for Walmart's largest-ever acquisition.

Minority investors holding 60 percent of Flipkart's shares "acting together, may require Flipkart to effect an initial public offering" (IPO) four years after the close of the Walmart-Flipkart transaction, the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer said in a May 11 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Calcutta: ArcelorMittal plans to scale up Essar Steel's capacity to 8.5 million tonnes in the medium term if it manages to win the bid, the company informed shareholders while declaring a robust first-quarter result that saw a net income of $1.19 billion, backed by the highest steel margin in nearly six years.

The Luxembourg-based company did not give any indication on how aggressive it was going to be for Essar but said the asset provided a compelling opportunity to enter a high growth market like India.

After a night of heavy rains, Bengaluru woke up to a cool morning on Saturday. Several voters from across the City reached their polling booths early in the morning to cast their votes in the 2018 Assembly elections.

Voters will be exercising their franchise to elect their representatives for 26 Assembly segments in the city.

Shares of incumbent operators Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular tumbled on Friday following Reliance Jio Infocomm’s announcement of a new postpaid plan on Thursday evening after market hours, which has brought the tariff war in a segment (post-paid) that was so far untouched by its disruptive pricing. While shares of Idea Cellular on the BSE fell 11.83% to end at Rs 51.45 each, Bharti Airtel saw a drop of 6.44% to close at Rs 385.70.

In order to achieve the goals set at the 2017 Paris Climate Accord, The International Energy Agency (IEA) says there need to be about 100 million electric cars on road globally by 2030. It believes that one-fifth of all vehicles in the world (including two-wheelers, buses, trucks and cars) should run on batteries. France has already hinted on banning cars with a combustion engine in Paris by 2030. European Union (EU) plans to have 30% of all new vehicles to either be all-electric or hybrid to reduce emissions.

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