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London, May 29 (IANS) An international team of astronomers have detected the signal from the active supermassive black holes of dying galaxies in the early Universe. The appearance of these active supermassive black holes correlates with changes in the host galaxy, suggesting that a black hole could have far reaching effects on the evolution of […]

Washington: The Ingenuity Mars helicopter’s black-and-white navigation camera has provided dramatic video of its record-breaking 25th flight. The flight, which took place on April 8, covered a distance of 704 metres at a speed of 5.5 metres per second. It was the Red Planet rotorcraft’s longest and fastest flight to date, NASA said in a […]

San Francisco: Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink, the satellite Internet division of his rocket company SpaceX, has received the green light in the Philippines, Nigeria and Mozambique. In a statement on Friday, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) said it has approved the registration of Starlink Internet Services Philippines Inc. as a value-added service (VAS) provider, reports […]

Hyderabad: The Internet is raging over the government’s new advisory on Aadhaar. In a notification, issued on May 27, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has issued a new warning to people to not share the photocopy of their Aadhaar card with any organisations as it can be misused. “Do not share a photocopy […]

New Delhi: Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Sunday once again raised the presence of fake/spam accounts or ‘bots’ on Twitter, saying the micro-blogging platform has ‘very bot-friendly’ rules. Musk has put the $44 billion Twitter buyout on hold till its CEO Parag Agrawal tells him the exact percentage of bots on the platform. Twitter currently says […]

San Francisco: Meta-owned Facebook’s dark mode interface for iOS platform has reportedly disappeared for several users. According to 9to5Mac, the dark mode option in Facebook for iOS has disappeared without explanation. While this is likely a bug, the tech giant has not acknowledged the issue or provided a timeline for a fix. Facebook users have taken […]

San Francisco: After releasing the Reactions feature, Meta-owned WhatsApp is now planning to improve the function even more with a few tweaks for iOS users. With this feature, users can react with up to six emojis in any conversation, audio, photo, and more. Beta version 22.12.0.70 of WhatsApp for iOS brings detailed Reactions information. This […]

San Francisco: A group of US senators have urged the tech giants Apple and Google to prohibit the apps in their app stores from collecting data that could be used to identify women seeking abortions, media reports say. The letter, signed by five Democratic and independent senators, comes in the wake of a leaked draft […]

Geneva: While the 5G network is yet to be available worldwide, global smartphone brand Nokia’s CEO Pekka Lundmark has claimed that 6G mobile networks will be commercially available by 2030. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Lundmark mentioned that he does not believe that smartphones will be the most “common interface”, reports GizmoChina. “By […]

San Francisco: Micro-blogging site Twitter, which started testing Circle earlier this month with a limited group, has started rolling out the feature to more users. The feature, which allows users to choose up to 150 people, works a lot like Instagram’s Close Friends, as it allows users to send out tweets to a specific group […]

San Francisco: As the tech giant Apple is preparing for the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2022, it has now updated the Apple Developer app with information about the 2022 event. The Apple Developer app has details on session videos, Digital Lounges, labs, coding challenges, and more for WWDC 2022, allowing developers to sign up to participate […]

San Francisco: Tech giant Google is working on two built-in snores and cough detection features that will let it detect if users snore or cough in their sleep. The tech giant is reportedly working on these features for Pixel and Android, 9To5Google reported. The tech website spotted lines of code in the installation file of the […]

New Delhi: Third-party smartphone apps for connected cars belonging to top brands like Tesla, Nissan, Renault, Ford, and Volkswagen are using the vehicle owners’ credentials without asking for their consent, a new report claimed on Friday. On top of this, one in five of applications have no contact information, which makes it impossible to report […]

San Francisco: Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite game, has challenged Apple for its stand that third-party app stores would compromise the iPhone’s security. In a fresh court filing, Epic said if Apple can allow sideloading on Mac devices and still call those computers secure, then surely it could do the same for iPhone, reports […]

San Francisco: A Twitter shareholder has sued Elon Musk, alleging that the Tesla CEO actively manipulated the company’s stock for personal gain. The lawsuit alleged that Musk proceeded to make statements, send tweets, and engage in conduct designed to create doubt about the deal and “drive Twitter’s stock down substantially in order to create leverage that […]

Tokyo: Japanese tech giant Sony is planning to bring another next-gen product to market, an upgraded virtual reality headset. According to Engadget, PlayStation VR2 (PSVR 2) may not have a release date yet, but Sony has big plans for it. At an investor briefing, the company revealed that there will be at least 20 “major” PSVR […]

San Francisco: Services of Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram started coming back online after being down for several users. On Thursday, reports across the internet noted issues, with many people seeing screens saying they were not logged in, blank image posts, “Welcome to Instagram” messages like they have a brand new account, or feeds that stopped […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated Bharat Drone Mahotsav at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Here, he interacted with kisan drone pilots and witnessed open-air drone demonstrations in the drone exhibition centre. Bharat Drone Mahotsav is a two-day event and is being held on May 27-28. Over 1,600 delegates comprising government officials, foreign […]

San Francisco: Microsoft has confirmed that it is bringing the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) — which allows users to run Android apps on Windows 11 — to five new markets later this year. Currently only available in the US, WSA will launch in France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the UK before the end of […]

Washington: NASA has shared one last selfie taken by InSight Mars lander that is about to retire soon as it is losing power due to dusty solar panels. The final selfie was taken on April 24 and shows the lander completely covered in dust. “A dusty self-portrait,” NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which manages InSight, said in […]

New Delhi: Huawei Telecommunications India Chief Executive Officer Xiongwei (David) Li has approached the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of a Look Out Circular (LOC) against him which restrained the Chinese national from leaving the country. On May 1, Xiongwei was stopped at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi as there was the LOC against […]

San Francisco: Tech giant Google has reportedly delayed the release of its first foldable smartphone, the so-called Pixel Notepad foldable phone, until 2023. According to SamMobile, following the pushback, the first foldable phone from Google is now reportedly scheduled to hit the market next spring. As per the report, it is too early to tell, and […]

San Francisco: As Apple is prepping up to unveil new-generation iPhones, a new report said that its Pro version may come with ‘Always On Display’ due to better screen refresh rate. According to GizmoChina, while the iPhone 13 Pro series arrived with a ProMotion display that had a 120Hz refresh rate, it seems that this […]

London: Consumer tech brand Nothing is likely planning to launch its first smartphone, Nothing Phone (1), with a transparent design on July 21. The brand is targeting a price range of around 500 euros ($534), GizmoChina reported on Wednesday citing a German publication. The pricing suggests that the upcoming smartphone may not be a flagship device. […]