SpaceX to build Mars rockets in Los Angeles
San Francisco, April 22 (IANS) The Big Falcon Rocket, or BFR, which will be used to explore Mars — a goal that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk hopes to accomplish by 2022 — will be built…
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More than 7,000 students visit IIT Delhi Open House
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) More than 7,000 students visited the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) as it opened its gates to school children on Saturday, showcasing a number of its innovations and technologies…
Teen who hacked top US officials gets 2 years jail
London, April 21 (IANS) A British teenager who hacked into a former US security chief’s TV and taunted him by posting a “I own you” message on the screen, besides targeting CIA and FBI officials,…
Users’ data transmitted over ‘HTTP’ at great hacking risk: Kaspersky
Moscow, April 21 (IANS) As the Facebook data scandal refuses to die down, researchers at Russia-based Kaspersky Labs have revealed that unencrypted user data transmitted over insecure “Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)” is at heightened…
Apple loses $60bn over reports of weak smartphone demand in 2018
Taipei, April 21 (IANS) Apple lost over $60 billion in market cap in two days after Taiwan Semiconductor, Apple’s biggest supplier, said in an earnings update that second-quarter revenues would be hit by “weak demand…
Google’s ‘Chat’ service a precious gift to cybercriminals: Amnesty
San Francisco, April 21 (IANS) Google’s decision to launch a new messaging service called “Chat” without end-to-end encryption shows utter contempt for the privacy of Android users and has handed a precious gift to cybercriminals…
Canon infusing AI into cameras for Indian millennials
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) As the millennials in India constantly strive to click that “wow” moment and instantly share it with friends on social media, Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled cameras with “minds…
Apple offers battery replacement for some 13-inch MacBook Pros
San Francisco, April 21 (IANS) In a bid to compensate for some manufacturing defects, Apple has rolled out a battery replacement programme for its “non-Touch Bar 13-inch MacBook Pro” devices. The Cupertino-headquartered tech giant claimed…
Twitter suffers another worldwide outage
San Francisco, April 21 (IANS) For the second time this week, Twitter users around world faced difficulties in sharing their thoughts on the microblogging platform, the media reported. Twitter confirmed the problem on Friday and…
Twitter bans Russia-based Kaspersky Lab from buying ads
Moscow/New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Twitter has banned Russia-based cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab from advertising on its platform, stating that the company “operates using a business model that inherently conflicts with acceptable Twitter Ads…
China launches database for stolen foreign antiques
Beijing, April 21 (IANS) The State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH) in China launched a database on Friday for stolen foreign antiques to prevent them from entering and circulating in the country. The administration will…
Qualcomm to lay off 1,500 employees to cut costs
Los Angeles, April 21 (IANS) US Chipmaker Qualcomm started to cut jobs at its facilities in California in order to meet the company’s promise to investors to cut costs by $1 billion. The San Diego-based…
Teen gets two years jail for cyber terrorism
London, April 21 (IANS) A British teenager was sentenced to two years behind bars on Friday after he was convicted of illegally obtaining the E-mail and phone accounts of senior US intelligence officials. Eighteen-year-old Kane…
Porsche executive arrested in connection with Volkswagen scandal
Berlin, April 21 (IANS) German police arrested a senior Porsche AG executive in the wake of raids this week to gather evidence allegedly linking the sports car maker to Volkswagen AG’s emissions scandal, prosecutors said…
Agri-app to answer farmers’ queries through live scientist
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Using a new mobile application, soon to hit the market, farmers can now have their crop-related queries answered through a ‘chatbot’ and this does not work, by a live scientist….
Three held for killing young computer specialist
Ghaziabad, April 20 (IANS) Two of the three young men who abducted a young computer expert from Ghaziabad and killed him after failing to get a ransom for his release have been arrested, police said…
New device to prevent drunk driving
Dehradun, April 20 (IANS) If you are drunk and trying to drive, your vehicle will not start. Uttarakhand researchers have developed a new technology from waste that will prevent vehicles from operating if the driver…
Leading Classic Hardware Emulation Provider, Stromasys, Leverages Expertise to Enhance Support Options for OpenVMS Clients
Business Wire IndiaStromasys, Inc., the global leader in legacy system virtualization solutions, announced the launch of its OpenVMS Operating System support on both the original VAX hardware and emulated platforms. This new initiative, which is…
IDEMIA and JCB Trial of the First F.CODE Payment Card in Japan
Business Wire IndiaAs announced at the Taipei JCB World Conference, on November 2, 2017, IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, and JCB, the leading international payment network in Japan, have started the pilot of…
Gionee to launch new smartphones in India on April 26
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Amid restructuring plans to scale up its India business, Chinese smartphone maker Gionee is set to launch a new range of smartphones on April 26. According to industry sources, the…