Pune, Dec 24 (IANS) Researchers at global IT security firm Quick Heal Technologies have discovered in Google Play Store certain fake apps that trick people to download and rate other sponsored apps. “These applications appear…
London, Dec 24 (IANS) Internet giants like Google, Facebook and Twitter must take steps to block the spread of material that tells people how to end their lives, Britain’s minister for suicide prevention has demanded….
San Francisco, Dec 24 (IANS) Fearing a conservative backlash, Facebook has reportedly shelved a feature intended to encourage more civil discussion among users of opposing political beliefs. Joel Kaplan, Facebook’s Global Head of Policy, flagged…
San Francisco, Dec 24 (IANS) Despite Amazon Alexa being more popular globally, Google Assistant has outperformed her — and other voice assistants like Apple Siri — in a test meant to understand the effectiveness of…
Washington, Dec 24 (IANS) Billionaire Elon Musk-owned SpaceX has successfully launched and deployed a powerful next-generation GPS navigation satellite into orbit — making it the company’s first-ever US government-sanctioned national security space mission. A SpaceX…
San Francisco, Dec 24 (IANS) Apple has removed a religious app from App Store after a petition by an LGBTQ rights organisation called for its removal as the app portrayed homosexuality as “sickness” and “sin”….
New York, Dec 23 (IANS) Following the massive #MeToo movement, around 50 million Google searches on sexual harrasment, reporting and prevention of such behaviour were recorded in the US during October 2017 to June 2018,…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Safdarjung Hospital in the national capital is all set to start surgeries using robotic technology in the Urology Department from January 2019 onwards, with the aim to increase the number…
New York, Dec 23 (IANS) Researchers have developed a robotic system capable of representing, learning and inferring ownership relations and norms that may address some challenges associated with teaching robots social norms and how to…
San Francisco, Dec 23 (IANS) Google’s video chat app Duo has now been downloaded more than 1 billion times on Google Play. The company launched Duo in 2016 along with instant messaging app Allo with…
By Arun Kumar Das New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety (CCRS) has given his clearance — a must for the commercial run of any new service — for the launch…
San Francisco, Dec 23 (IANS) Facebook has said that it has removed five accounts of Americans who used its platform improperly in the hard-fought Alabama Senate election of 2017. Facebook has shut down “five accounts…
Bhubaneswar, Dec 23 (IANS) Nuclear strategic ballistic missile Agni-IV was successfully test fired from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast on Sunday. The Strategic Forces Command of Indian Army successfully test fired the…
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Compared to other Asia-Pacific mobile sites, those from India fall behind on speed and therefore run the risk of poor conversions, a new study has warned. Indian mobile websites, however,…
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Researchers have developed a system using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to quickly diagnose and classify brain haemorrhages and to provide the basis of its decisions from relatively small image datasets. According…
San Francisco, Dec 22 (IANS) Five countries – Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the UK – have joined the US in accusing China of stealing trade secrets of major companies around the world through…
Seoul, Dec 22 (IANS) South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics has inked a deal to manufacture seven-nanometre (nm) microprocessors for US-based technology company IBM’s central processing units (CPUs). Samsung will manufacture seven-nm microprocessors for IBM…
Ottawa, Dec 22 (IANS) Allegations against China of cyber attacks reported by the Canadian media were fabricated stories, which have seriously misled the public, the Chinese embassy here has said in a statement. The Canadian…
Vilnius (Lithuania), Dec 22 (IANS) A company controlled by Google’s parent Alphabet Inc. has received an electronic money institution (EMI) license in Lithuania that will allow it to offer payment services across the European Union…
By Vivek Singh Chauhan New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) With PC and laptop gaming gaining momentum in India, Taiwanese electronics major ASUS aims to garner 10 per cent market share next year with launching innovative…