San Francisco, Jan 21 (IANS) A blind Facebook employee is developing a technology that will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to verbalise the content of an image or video and enable the visually impaired to “see”…
San Francisco, Jan 21 (IANS) The chief lawyer of Snap Inc, the parent company of popular photo-sharing platform Snapchat, has warned the employees of the company saying they could be sued or jailed if they…
London, Jan 21 (IANS) Screening all women over 30 years age for breast and ovarian cancer gene mutations can be cost effective and could also prevent more of these cancers than just screening those at…
San Francisco, Jan 21 (IANS) Despite the growth of sophisticated cyber threats globally, Google has said that less than 10 per cent of active Gmail users have enabled two-factor authentication making the remaining 90 per…
Beijing, Jan 21 (IANS) Riding on the success of its innovativeness and authenticity, Chinese smartphone brand Huawei has been voted as most recommended Chinese mobile phone industry brand in 2018, a report said on Sunday….
Kabul, Jan 21 (IANS) At least 12 civilians were killed after a roadside bomb struck a civilian vehicle in Afghanistan’s western Herat province on Sunday, police said. “The militants planted a mine on a road…
Seoul, Jan 21 (IANS) Prosecutors in South Korea have begun an investigation into suspicions mounting over the slowdown of older iPhone models, for which consumers have blamed Apple so that people buy a new version….
Toronto, Jan 21 (IANS) Researchers have developed a new synthetic virus that can lead to the development of a more effective vaccine against smallpox in humans. Researchers from the University of Alberta produced an infectious…
Kabul, Jan 21 (IANS) At least 18 pro-government militiamen were killed following a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan’s northern province of Balkh, officials said on Sunday. The incident occurred in village Bozboy in Sholgra district on…
Moscow, Jan 21 (IANS) Smartphone cameras are now helping Russian researchers analyse rare ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR). According to a team from the Laboratory of Methods for Big Data Analysis (LAMBDA) at the National…
Kabul, Jan 21 (IANS) Terrorists stormed the upscale Intercontinental Hotel here, triggering heavy fighting with security forces that ended on Sunday leaving 10 persons including all four attackers dead, authorities said. Seven others were wounded…
Islamabad, Jan 21 (IANS) Pakistan on Sunday again summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh to condemn “unprovoked ceasefire violations” by India along the Line of Control, which it said had killed two civilians and…
Los Angeles, Jan 21 (IANS) Two US Army pilots were killed in a helicopter crash in the California desert during a routine training exercise, the media reported. Both the pilot and the co-pilot were killed…
San Francisco, Jan 21 (IANS) In what could be a move to challenge Amazon’s domination in the market, Google might soon sell audiobooks on its Play Store, media reported. News portal 9to5google reported late on…
Islamabad, Jan 21 (IANS) The United Nations Security Councils sanctions monitoring team will visit Islamabad on a two-day trip starting next Thursday for an assessment of Pakistans compliance with the world bodys sanctions regime. “The…
Kabul, Jan 21 (IANS) At least five people have been killed and six others injured in an attack on a luxury hotel in Kabul after it was stormed by militants, officials said on Sunday. The…
London, Jan 21 (IANS) A team of physicists has developed a sensor-driven electronic “skin” that can enable people to manipulate everyday objects or control appliances both in the physical world and in Augmented or Virtual…
New York, Jan 21 (IANS) A year after millions of people turned out for the Women’s March and took to the streets en masse to protest President Trump’s inauguration, demonstrators gathered in cities across the…
Moscow, Jan 21 (IANS) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson discussed ensuring stability in northern Syria by phone Saturday, after Turkey started bombing Kurdish forces in Afrin in northern…
New York, Jan 21 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned against all forms of hate at a ceremony marking the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. In his…