San Francisco, June 8 (IANS) After reports of Facebook’s data-sharing partnerships with 60 device makers including some Chinese players raised eyebrows, members of the US Congress have now reportedly expressed concern about Google’s parent company…
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) India will soon have a policy on cargo, or the carriage of goods, that is being finalised by the new department of logistics, the government said on Friday. Addressing the…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Why do we fear death and how do we overcome this fear and rise to a higher level of consciousness? The fear comes primarily for two related…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Kaala”; Director: Pa.Ranjith; Cast: Rajinikanth, Huma Qureshi, Easwari Rao, Nana Patekar, Pankaj Tripathi and Anjali Patil; Rating: *** Pa. Ranjith’s “Kaala”, showcased in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, is a captivating socio-drama….
New York, June 8 (IANS) China-based TCL Corporation that manufactures and markets BlackBerry-branded smartphones, has launched the BlackBerry KEY2 at an event here. “BlackBerry KEY2 is both slimmer and lighter than the BlackBerry KEYOne, has…
Lucknow, June 8 (IANS) People in Uttar Pradesh got some respite from the heat and humidity after skies opened up over the state capital and neighbouring areas on Friday. As heavy rains lashed the city…
Business Wire IndiaThe first eSIM connected watch is now available in Thailand, thanks to a launch from TrueMove H. Based on IDEMIA subscription management, or remote SIM provisioning, the technology allows to remotely connect the…
Mumbai, June 8 (IANS) Indian football team skipper Sunil Chhetri has welcomed the overwhelming fan support from across the country after his emotional message on social media urging to back the team up went viral….
New York, June 8 (IANS) The mother of a five-year-old girl in the US shared a picture of a rhyme that teaches toddlers how to prepare for a mass shooting, that has gone viral with…
By Nury Vittachi The Chinese government recently decided that all spermatozoa donated to Beijing’s main sperm bank must be loyal to the communist party. Good idea! But how do you check? You can’t interview them….
Canberra, June 8 (IANS) A coral fertility treatment designed to help heal damaged parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is showing signs of success and now needs to be scaled up to create a bigger…
San Francisco, June 8 (IANS) Facebook-owned Instagram announced a change to its “Stories” feature which will allow users to instantly repost a “Story” they are tagged in, as theirs. “When someone mentions you in their…
Sydney, June 8 (IANS) Dolphins may be more akin to humans than believed, said a study released on Friday, confirming that the marine mammals use individual “names” to identify friends and rivals among social networks….
Pyongyang, June 8 (IANS) Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan met his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong-ho here to finalise the details of the security measures and protocol of the upcoming US-North Korea summit. The Ministers…
Washington, June 8 (IANS) NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered “tough” organic molecules in three-billion-year-old sedimentary rocks near the surface of Mars — a finding that suggests the planet could have supported ancient life. It has…
Islamabad, June 8 (IANS) Pakistan and Russia have finalised a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for conducting a “feasibility study” of a planned undersea gas pipeline. While speaking at the weekly media briefing, Foreign Office (FO)…
San Francisco, June 8 (IANS) After facing backlash over its involvement in an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered Pentagon project “Maven”, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has enphasised that the company will not work on technologies that cause…
San Francisco, June 8 (IANS) In yet another privacy goof-up, Facebook has admitted that 14 million users were affected by a bug in May that automatically suggested posting publicly when the users were writing posts…
Canberra, June 8 (IANS) Members of Australia’s elite special force units allegedly committed war crimes in Afghanistan, anal internal inquiry revealed on Friday. According to the inquiry, Australian soldiers carried out “unsanctioned and illegal application…
Abuja, June 8 (IANS) Nigeria have dropped to 48th in the FIFA’s global rankings in June, a week away from the start of 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Its World Cup opponents Argentina, Croatia,…