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Washington:  NASA has sent a telescope in space that will measure the amount of light reflected off the Moon in order to improve the accuracy and consistency of measurements among Earth-observing satellites. The airborne Lunar Spectral Irradiance, or air-LUSI, flew aboard NASA’s ER-2 aircraft to accurately measure reflected moonlight. By using the Moon as a […]

Hyderabad: Our civilisation is built upon our ability to distinguish facts from fiction. What would happen to our communities, our businesses, and our government if we couldn’t trust what we read, heard or saw? Right now, we are in a time where sensationalism is rewarded because it attracts attention and manipulates beliefs and drives people […]

Moscow: A data leak in Russia’s popular food delivery service Yandex Food has exposed personal information of 58,000 users, including those associated with the government’s secret police. Among the users affected are serving agents of Russia’s security services and military who even ordered food to their places of work using their official email addresses, according […]

San Francisco: Android 12 has brought a lot of additional features and now a new report has claimed that Google is working on a way to allow users to have dual-SIM capabilities on handsets running on Android 13 with a single eSIM chip. According to GSM Arena, through a feature called Multiple Enabled Profiles (MEP), […]

By Aditya Deshbandhu The last few years have seen a transformation in the way games are being purchased and acquired by the players. As games make the shift to becoming services, companies like Microsoft, Apple, and now Sony are looking at new ways to offer gamers the next game they would like to play in […]

Washington: Social media giant Twitter has started testing the ‘co-author’ tweet feature, just as Instagram rolled out in 2021 on its platform. As per TechCrunch, Twitter has confirmed it’s “exploring” a new feature that would allow two account to co-author a single tweet. App researcher Alessandro Paluzzi has been posting evidence of the feature’s development […]

New Delhi: Apple made history by grabbing Hollywood’s most coveted honour, as its original film ‘CODA’ won the Oscar for best picture at the 94th Academy Awards. ‘CODA’ marks the first time a streaming service has won the best picture Oscar, beating rival Netflix to the punch. Can this make Apple TV+ a household name […]

San Francisco: Electric vehicle company Tesla delivered 310,048 vehicles in the first quarter of 2022, despite what CEO Elon Musk says was an “exceptionally difficult quarter”, citing global supply chain issues and a brief closure at Tesla’s Shanghai factory. Tesla said the Model 3 and Y made up 295,324 of these deliveries, while 14,724 were […]

New Delhi: Tata Group has finally announced to launch its much-anticipated super app called aNeu’ on April 7, as it attempts to take on Amazon and Jio Platforms amid the stupendous growth in the consumer digital economy space in the ‘mobile-first’ country. The company revealed the launch date of ‘Neu’ on its app as well […]

San Francisco: The Discord servers of popular none fungible token (NFT) projects, including the Bored Ape Yacht Club, were targeted by scammers in the early hours of April Fool’s Day. Some users reported losing money to the bad actors who hacked the projects’ bots to post fake offers with links to their phishing websites, citing […]

San Francisco: Mozilla, the firm behind the popular web browser Firefox, said that Microsoft took a step in the right direction regarding default browser choice but that there is more to be done. Earlier this month, Microsoft rolled out an optional cumulative update for Windows 11 that made it easier to change the default browser […]

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 […]