24 Apr 2019 | 2:38 PMSAN FRANCISCO: Instant messaging app WhatsApp is testing an ‘Authentication’ feature which would bar users from taking screenshots of their private conversations.
24 Apr 2019 | 10:40 AMMUMBAI: Seeking more personalised experiences, Indians are spending over 10 hours on their devices daily, representing the changing content consumption habits, a new Adobe survey revealed on Wednesday.
23 Apr 2019 | 7:20 PMPARIS: Up to one million species face extinction due to human influence, according to a draft UN report obtained by AFP that painstakingly catalogues how humanity has undermined the natural resources upon which its very survival depends.
23 Apr 2019 | 4:49 PMBOSTON: Global warming has caused the Indian economy to be 31 per cent smaller than it would otherwise have been, according to a Stanford study which shows how Earth's temperature changes have increased inequalities.
23 Apr 2019 | 4:38 PMWASHINGTON: A technique called abdominal etching can help create the classic "six-pack abs" for those who have trouble getting the toned appearance with their diet plans and workout routine, scientists claim.
23 Apr 2019 | 2:09 PMNEW YORK: Dear parents, please take note. When it comes to video gaming, girls in the 6-12 age group are at a heightened risk of developing less social competence than boys, warn researchers.
23 Apr 2019 | 2:06 PMSAN FRANCISCO: Retail giant Amazon will withdraw its domestic e-commerce marketplace business in China, effective from July 18, but will keep operating its other business sections, including Amazon Web Services, Kindle e-books and cross-border operations.
23 Apr 2019 | 12:30 PMSAN FRANCISCO: Apple is expected to release a 5G-equipped iPhone in 2020 powered by chipsets from Qualcomm and Samsung that would take the total iPhone shipments to 195-200 million units in two years, according to Apple expert and predictor Ming-Chi Kuo.
22 Apr 2019 | 5:54 PMWASHINGTON: Saving the diversity and abundance of life on Earth may cost USD 100 billion a year, say scientists who have proposed a policy to prevent another mass extinction event on the planet.
21 Apr 2019 | 5:13 PMSAN FRANCISCO: Apple is planning to upgrade camera resolution and setup in iPhones, to be unveiled this year.
21 Apr 2019 | 4:13 PMWASHINGTON: Society's expectations about gender roles alter the human brain at the cellular level, scientists say.
21 Apr 2019 | 2:58 PMSAN FRANCISCO: Amazon's online shoppers are being fooled by fake review factories running on multiple Facebook groups.
21 Apr 2019 | 12:44 PMWASHINGTON: A steady supply of beer may have helped keep the Wari empire in Peru running for 500 years, eventually giving rise to the Incas, a study has found.
21 Apr 2019 | 11:07 AMLONDON: Millions of people are using easy-to-guess passwords on sensitive accounts, with "123456" being the most widely-used on breached accounts, suggests a security study.
20 Apr 2019 | 2:57 PMSAN FRANCISCO: Photo-messaging app Snapchat is working out ways to spread awareness about bullying on its platform by launching its first ever social impact-based Lens Challenge.
20 Apr 2019 | 1:36 PMSAN FRANCISCO: To channelise user-focus on sharing better and sensible content on its platform, Facebook-owned photo-messaging app Instagram is planning on hiding the ‘Like’ counts for posts on its app.
20 Apr 2019 | 12:44 PMSAN FRANCISCO: Ahead of its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) scheduled for June 3, Apple is working on bringing two of its operating systems (OS), macOS and iOS, closer together by introducing several useful iPhone features to its line of MacBooks.
20 Apr 2019 | 12:11 PMNEW YORK: People who smoke marijuana or cannabis weigh less as compared to adults who don’t, a new study suggests.
19 Apr 2019 | 9:48 PMWASHINGTON: What makes our decisions morally just or objectionable? It is the brain activity that is responsible for the differences in our moral behaviour, reveals a new study.
19 Apr 2019 | 5:49 PMSAN FRANCISCO:Google-owned YouTube is now offering its music streaming service for free on Google Home as well as other Assistant-powered smart speakers.
19 Apr 2019 | 10:22 AMSAN FRANCISCO: A day after admitting it "unintentionally" uploaded emails of nearly 1.5 million of new users, Facebook has now revealed that millions of Instagram passwords were stored on its servers in a readable format.
18 Apr 2019 | 1:23 PMLOS ANGELES: Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) system to help radiologists improve their ability to diagnose prostate cancer.
18 Apr 2019 | 1:22 PMLOS ANGELES: Yale University scientists have succeeded in restoring basic cellular activity in pigs’ brains hours after their deaths in a finding that may one day lead to advances in treating human stroke and brain injuries, researchers reported on Wednesday.
18 Apr 2019 | 12:15 PMWASHINGTON: NASA astronaut Christina Koch is going to have her mission on the International Space Station (ISS) extended to 328 days, which would set a record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, the US space agency said.
18 Apr 2019 | 11:17 AMSAN FRANCISCO: In a latest privacy goof up, Facebook "unintentionally" uploaded the emails of nearly 1.5 million of its users during the past three years.
18 Apr 2019 | 11:10 AMSAN FRANCISCO: In a bid to take on Amazon Alexa or Google Home, Facebook is working on a voice-based assistant for its Portal video chat service and other future projects.
17 Apr 2019 | 9:28 PMWASHINGTON: Mercury buried in ancient rock provides the strongest evidence yet that volcanoes caused the biggest mass extinction in the history of the Earth, scientists say. The extinction 252 million years ago was so dramatic and widespread that scientists call it "the Great Dying".
17 Apr 2019 | 4:53 PMLOS ANGELES: Streaming giant Netflix gained 9.6 million streaming customers in the first quarter of 2019. But a price hike in the US and other countries is slowing its momentum going into the second quarter.
17 Apr 2019 | 4:45 PMWASHINGTON: In order to defend Earth from asteroids, the trick is to spot the near-Earth objects first, according to NASA researchers.
17 Apr 2019 | 2:23 PMSAN FRANCISCO: As part of the efforts to make its platform appear less toxic, Twitter is planning to give people an option to hide replies to their tweets, thereby giving users more control over the nature of conversation they would like to have on the platform.
17 Apr 2019 | 1:46 PMWASHINGTON: Satellite measurements by NASA researchers have verified the ground-based data which shows the Earth's surface has been warming globally over the past 15 years.
17 Apr 2019 | 12:35 PMSAN FRANCISCO: Mozilla, the maker of the Open Source browser Firefox, has launched a campaign asking Apple to make it harder for advertisers to track iPhone users by changing the unique ID for each iPhone every month and building comprehensive profiles of users over time.
17 Apr 2019 | 12:14 PMWASHINGTON: Saturn's largest moon Titan has small liquid lakes that run more than 100 metres deep, perched atop hills and filled with methane, scientists have found using data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
17 Apr 2019 | 11:52 AMPUNE: Scientists have captured the deepest radio images of the Sun, an advance that may help reliably predict space weather and its possible effects on Earth.
16 Apr 2019 | 3:54 PMSAN FRANCISCO:The much-anticipated mid-rangers from Google—the Pixel 3a and 3a XL smartphones could launch on May 7, said the company's own store page.
16 Apr 2019 | 2:58 PMNEW DELHI: Facebook and the Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME)—a consortium of public and private organisations—on Tuesday announced a partnership to train entrepreneurs and create jobs across India.
16 Apr 2019 | 2:55 PMLONDON:The evolution of modern human face may have been partly driven by our need for good social skills, according to a study.
16 Apr 2019 | 1:22 PMWASHINGTON: NASA's latest planet-hunting probe has discovered its first Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting a star 53 light-years away.
16 Apr 2019 | 1:13 PMWASHINGTON: Adopting electric vehicles (EVs) could improve overall air quality and lower carbon emissions, according to a study.
16 Apr 2019 | 1:13 PMLONDON: People are losing their collective attention span rapidly owing to the ‘fear of missing out’ (FOMO), staying up-to-date on social media and breaking news coming at them 24/7 via various platforms, a team of European scientists has warned.
15 Apr 2019 | 7:42 PMBERLIN: The ‘fear of missing out’, keeping up to date on social media, and 24/7 cycle of breaking news is narrowing our collective attention span, a study has warned.
15 Apr 2019 | 1:37 PMWASHINGTON: Taking short breaks, early and often, may help our brains learn new skills, according to a study.
14 Apr 2019 | 2:30 PMLOS ANGELES: Our brains may someday be able to directly connect to vast cloud-computing networks in real time, allowing us to gain a Matrix-style instant access to the world's knowledge by simply by thinking about a specific topic, scientists claim.
14 Apr 2019 | 1:09 PMNEW DELHI: With nearly 450 million smartphones powered by cheapest data packs, the online music streaming industry in India is witnessing a phenomenal growth like over-the-top (OTT) video streaming players.