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Washington: A team of researchers has discovered 11 previously undetected space anomalies, seven of which are supernova candidates. The study was published in the journal, ‘New Astronomy’. The researchers analysed digital images of the Northern sky taken in 2018 using a k-D tree to detect anomalies through the ‘nearest neighbour’ method. Machine learning algorithms helped […]
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New Delhi: Twitter has fixed a security bug that exposed data of at least 54 lakh accounts on its platform that were put up for sale on the Dark Web. Twitter said that if you operate a pseudonymous Twitter account, “we understand the risks an incident like this can introduce and deeply regret that this […]
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New Delhi: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has claimed that Twitter does not follow the law of the land in India and this has jeopardised one of its largest markets. In a countersuit against the micro-blogging platform filed in a Delaware court in the US late on Friday, Musk said he was “hoodwinked” into signing the $44 […]
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San Francisco: Tech giant Apple is unlikely to redesign the standard “Apple Watch Series 8”, with more significant updates planned for the rumoured “Pro” model. A Twitter leaker named ShrimpApplePro has apparently obtained final production information for the “Apple Watch Series 8”, AppleInsider reported. While the leaker was not clear, it seems they have access to […]
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New Delhi: Capturing the milestones the country has achieved in its 75-year journey since independence, software major Google has unveiled an online project, drawing from rich archives and featuring artistic illustrations to tell the story of India. The project — “India ki Udaan” — executed by Google Arts and Culture celebrates the achievements of the […]
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San Francisco: Meta’s AI research labs have reportedly created a new state-of-the-art chatbot and the tech giant is letting members of the public talk to the system to collect feedback on its capabilities. According to The Verge, the bot is called BlenderBot 3 and can be accessed on the web. Though, right now, it seems only […]
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Hyderabad: A relatively new service for smartphone users, an eSIM, or an electronic SIM, is becoming the latest ploy used by cyber fraudsters to cheat people of their money. According to a recent tweet by Cyber Dost, the cyber security awareness Twitter handle of the Ministry of Home Affairs, cyber crooks are now calling potential […]
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Washington: Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is locked in a court battle with Twitter over a failed acquisition bid that Twitter now intends to force through, said that the social media giant jeopardized its third largest market by failing to disclose “risky” litigation against the Indian government. In a countersuit in a Delaware court which […]
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San Francisco: Google-owned streaming platform YouTube is testing a new feature in its mobile app with its premium subscribers that allows them to zoom in on any video. The latest opt-in experimental feature enables a pinch-to-zoom gesture for videos — and it works both in portrait and full-screen landscape view, reports The Verge. According to […]
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San Francisco: After several media outlets reported that Elon Musk may soon get to build his private airport outside of Austin, Texas, the tech billionaire denied the rumours and said it “would be silly”. On the microblogging site, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO slammed the plans to develop a new private airport, mentioning that the news […]
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Hyderabad: The rise in global population, climate change, poverty, poor harvest, and escalating conflicts between countries are a few factors contributing to food insecurity. To overcome the problem of food insecurity, scientifically advanced countries are striving hard to find alternate ways to increase crop production. In their effort to do so, scientists seem to have […]
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New Delhi: Four different space companies — Rocket Lab, ULA, Blue Origin and SpaceX — are all set to launch their rocket missions on Thursday. After facing a delay on its second satellite launch due to software updates, American firm Rocket Lab on Thursday successfully launched the NROL-199 spy satellite for the US National Reconnaissance Office […]
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San Francisco: Tech giant Apple is planning to delay the launch of iPadOS 16 until October, indicating that the iPad software will not launch alongside iOS 16 in September as it typically does. Apple has been developing a new multitasking feature for the iPad called Stage Manager, with the option designed to offer a more Mac-like […]
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San Francisco: A US judge has ruled that Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s responses to Twitter’s lawsuit can be made public by Friday, as the micro-blogging platform needs more time to review what Musk and his legal team have documented in their reply. Twitter, which has now dragged Musk’s billionaire friends along with Tesla into the […]
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San Francisco: Smartphone users in more than a dozen worldwide markets, including India, spend four to five hours per day browsing apps in a day, says a new report. While the daily time spent on apps varies by country, there are now 13 markets where users spend more than four hours per day using apps, citing […]
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San Francisco: With an aim to take on abusive messages, Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp will soon release a new feature that will allow group admins the ability to delete messages for everyone. According to WABetaInfo, the platform is rolling out a new update through the Google Play Beta Program, bringing the version up to 2.22.17.12 […]
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New Delhi: As the race to launch 5G services for millions of smartphone and internet users take steam, Reliance Jio may launch its 5G services on August 15. Earlier this week, Akash Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Jio Infocomm, said that they will celebrate ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ with a pan-India 5G rollout. “Jio is committed to offering […]
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New Delhi: Facebook has announced to shut its live shopping feature from October 1 and focus on the short-form video platform Reels on its main app and Instagram. The users will still be able to use Facebook Live to broadcast live events, but they won’t be able to create product playlists or tag products in their […]
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San Francisco: To help its users work easier and faster on their favourite devices, tech giant Microsoft announced that it has created a native version of its Microsoft Teams app optimised for the Mac lineup with Apple silicon. The company said it is rolling out a production-grade universal binary version of Teams, which means it […]
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New Delhi: Alongside the next generation of OnePlus operating system (OS) — OxygenOS 13, the global smartphone brand has made its newest flagship smartphone — OnePlus 10T 5G — official globally as well as for Indian consumers. The OnePlus 10T 5G with 8GB+128GB storage variant is priced at Rs 49,999, the 12GB+256GB model comes at Rs […]
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Hyderabad: Imagine a scenario where the moment you walk into a government or a private healthcare facility, the care giver, with a few clicks on the computer is able to pull-out your entire healthcare history in a digital format, right from the day you were born to every single visit to the doctor you have […]
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Hyderabad: When it comes to making a lifestyle change to save our planet, we always think of the hardest things to do and end up doing nothing. Thinking of hard things can make us feel small and defeated even before we start something. Climate warriors feel that taking small steps towards change can help in […]
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New Delhi: Uber on Wednesday announced the launch and expansion of the WhatsApp to Ride (WA2R) product feature for users in Delhi-NCR. Through this integration, riders across Delhi NCR will be able to book an Uber ride via its official WhatsApp chatbot in Hindi, the company said in a statement. Following a successful pilot in […]
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Hyderabad: Right after a clip of Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra moving her bag and tucking it under the table during the price rise debate in the Lok Sabha went viral, #LouisVuitton started to trend on Twitter. Apparently, her bag was from the expensive brand – Louis Vuitton. In a video tweeted by Ajit Datta, […]