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New York: NASA is reportedly staging an elaborate dress rehearsal with its massive new rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) — practicing all of the major steps the agency will have to perform when the vehicle launches for the very first time. It is a major milestone for the rocket’s development and one of the […]

San Francisco: In a bid to improve the quality of writing and fix straightforward grammar and spelling errors, tech giant Google is adding several new assistive writing features in Google Docs for its users. The new features offer a variety of stylistic and writing suggestions as users compose documents. “We have added several new assistive […]

New Delhi: Samsung on Saturday launched its new smartphone Galaxy M33 5G with a large 6000mAh battery and 120Hz FHD+ display in the Indian market. A Galaxy M33 5G is priced at Rs 18,999 for 6GB+128GB and Rs 20,499 for 8GB+128GB variant. At a special introductory price, the smartphone will be available at Rs 17,999 […]

New Delhi: Spacetech startup Pixxel has successfully launched its first fully-fledged commercial satellite called ‘Shakuntala’ with Elon Musk-run SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rocket. Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/98AatbJNTO — SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 1, 2022 Being Pixxel’s first fully-fledged satellite, ‘Shakuntala’ hosts one of the highest resolution hyperspectral commercial cameras ever flown to space, bringing it one step closer to building […]

New Delhi: WhatsApp on Friday said that it banned 1,426,000 bad accounts in India in the month of February in compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021. The platform had banned 1,858,000 accounts in January. The company said that it also received 335 grievance reports in the same month from the country and took action […]

New Delhi: Meta, which launched the Meta Business Coach tool on WhatsApp as an innovative and easily-accessible way for owners of small-and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across India, on Friday announced that it plans to expand the reach of the chatbot in India in the coming months. The company said that in less than four months […]

New Delhi: The number of electric vehicles on roads in India has reached over ten lakh with around 1,700 charging stations operational in public places across the country, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari informed Lok Sabha in a written reply on Thursday. As per Vahan 4 data, as of March 25 this year, a total of […]

San Francisco: Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram has announced that it is connecting the Messenger and Instagram experience to bring some of the best Messenger features to the photo-sharing platform. The company said it is rolling out new features on Instagram and Messenger in a few countries around the world, and it will expand globally soon. […]

San Francisco/New Delhi: In a startling revelation, a group of Meta engineers has reportedly identified a “massive ranking failure” that exposed nearly half of all Facebook News Feed views to potential “integrity risks”. According to a report in The Verge citing an internal Meta report on the incident, the software bug exposed the Facebook News […]

San Francisco: Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 14 series in or around September and a new report claims that the upcoming series is not going to ship with the speculated Touch ID support. According to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the iPhone maker may be unable to meet up with the periscope camera technology […]

New Delhi: A 22-year-old man was arrested for allegedly creating fake accounts on Instagram, stalking dozens of people and threatening them, police said on Friday. The accused has been identified as Mithun Tiwari, a resident of Anand Parbat here, they said. On March 17, a woman complained to the police that a man, who had […]

San Francisco: Apple has released macOS Monterey 12.3.1, a minor update to the macOS Monterey operating system that launched in October. The macOS 12.3.1 includes fixes for USB-C or Thunderbolt displays not turning on when connected to a 2018 Mac mini as a second display, reports Apple Insider. Apple also fixed an issue where Bluetooth […]

New Delhi: Microsoft has announced to acquire Minit, a leader in process mining technology, for an undisclosed sum. Slovakia-based Minit enables businesses to uncover opportunities for continuous process improvement and better operational efficiency. Microsoft said that the acquisition will further help its customers digitally transform and drive operational excellence by creating a complete picture of […]

New Delhi: Google has announced to add a new “highly cited” label to Search results to help users find the original source of a trending story. The company said it is introducing a way to help people identify stories that have been frequently cited by other news organisations. “This label will appear on Top Stories. […]

San Francisco: Chip-maker Intel has announced to acquire Granulate Cloud Solutions Ltd, an Israel-based developer of real-time continuous optimisation software, reportedly for up to $650 million. The acquisition will help cloud and data centre customers maximise compute workload performance and reduce infrastructure and cloud costs, Intel said in a statement late on Thursday. “Granulate’s cutting-edge […]

San Francisco: Google-owned video streaming platform YouTube is likely getting a dedicated podcasts homepage. According to TechCrunch, the details were published by Podnews, which recently got its hands on an 84-page presentation where YouTube described its podcasts roadmap. In the document, the company said it will improve podcast ingestion by piloting the ability to pull […]

San Francisco: In a bid to end its legal tussle with the Dutch regulators, Apple has announced to finally allow dating apps in the country to use third-party payment options on App Store. Apple, which has been fined $55 million so far for failing to adhere to Dutch policies on dating apps, has published a […]

San Francisco: Apple has announced that it will now allow “reader” apps to offer a link to an external website so users can create and manage accounts outside of the App Store. The company announced that reader apps can now link their users to the developer’s website for account creation and management. “With the update […]

Washington: NASA and European Space Agency’s Hubble Space Telescope has established an extraordinary new benchmark by detecting the farthest individual star ever seen to date. The star named Earendel, which means “morning star” in Old English, is estimated to be at least 50 times the mass of our Sun and millions of times as bright, […]

New Delhi: Microsoft on Thursday launched its ‘Startups Founders Hub’ in India to support founders at every stage of their journey with access to more than $300,000 in benefits. Startups in the country will also be able to gain mentorship and skilling opportunities with industry experts and ‘Microsoft Learn’ initiative. The company said that the […]

New Delhi: YouTube TV on Thursday announced that it has started rolling out picture-in-picture (PiP) to its iPhone and iPad app. “We are happy to share that picture-in-picture is now rolling out to your iOS 15+ devices. Simply select a video to watch and swipe up from the bottom of the screen to return to […]

Washington: At least 17 solar eruptions from a single sunspot on the sun have blasted into space in recent days, and may reach Earth as moderate geomagnetic storms by Thursday. The sun eruptions originated from an overactive sunspot, called AR2975, which has been firing off flares since Monday (March 28). The stellar event may also […]

The company is also looking to capture 10 per cent of the market in the next three years in the 4-stroke engine segment and these motors are priced between Rs 1.8 lakh for 6 hp and Rs 23 lakh for 250 hp.

San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s legal skirmish with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues, with the executive invoking popular rapper Eminem in a filing submitted to a Manhattan federal court. Musk is currently looking to throw out his 2018 agreement with the SEC, which requires him to get pre-approval for tweets that […]