Science/Technology News

Hong Kong, July 6 (IANS) Researchers have now claimed that medications commonly prescribed to treat high blood pressure may also reduce patients' colorectal cancer risk.

New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Facebook-owned Instagram is planning to expand its new video-music remix feature Reels which offer TikTok-like functionalities to more countries and I....

San Francisco, July 6 (IANS) North Korea-based hackers have engaged in a large scale digital skimming activity since May 19, breaking into online stores like international fas....

San Francisco, July 6 (IANS) Google on Monday launched a free training programme for small-to-medium sized news publishers that would be available first in Europe and will rol....

New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Digital payment transactions in India have rebounded by 23 per cent in the last 30 days, full-stack financial solutions company Razorpay said in a rep....

Seoul, July 6 (IANS) South Korean tech giant Samsung is reportedly preparing to launch Galaxy Fold 2 on August 5 and according to a listing at the Chinese regulatory 3C, it wi....

New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Samsung on Monday started offering customer support through WhatsApp to provide prompt resolution to queries of consumers from the comfort of their homes.

London, July 6 (IANS) Scientists using simulations in the lab have revealed that changes in the direction of the Earth's magnetic field may take place 10 times faster than pre....

San Francisco, July 6 (IANS) In a dig at Tesla stock short sellers, its Founder and CEO Elon Musk has launched an exclusive line of ‘short shorts on the automobile firm's we....

New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) While overall IT budget is likely to reduce by four per cent on average amid Covid-19 pandemic, Indian enterprises will increase spending on Internet ....

Sydney, July 6 (IANS) Young children from dog-owning households have better social and emotional wellbeing compared to those who do not own a dog, say researchers.

New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) on Monday launched a virtual incubator to empower tech startups from smaller towns and cities tha....

New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Audible, an Amazon.com subsidiary and a provider of premium digital spoken audio content on Monday announced that many of the titles from Audible Suno....

New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Facing social media onslaught over it being a Chinese company, US-based video meet platform Zoom on Monday that they are clear about its identity and ....

Mumbai, July 6 (IANS) Foodtech unicorn Swiggy on Monday said it has integrated its premium on-demand delivery platform Scootsy as well as its restaurant partners within the Sw....

New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Nokia on Monday announced that its CloudBand-based software products have started powering Bharti Airtels Voice over LTE (VoLTE) network in India.

New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Home-grown regional language social media app ShareChat's short video sharing platform Moj has crossed five million downloads from Google Play Store i....

Toronto, July 6 (IANS) Dear parents, if your teenage child is not going to bed early and is hooked to screen late in night, read this carefully.

San Francisco, July 6 (IANS) The popular action role-playing game Horizon Zero Dawn on Sony PlayStation 4 is all set to make its debut to PCs on August 7, and will be sold thr....

New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) There is always room at the top and even when the premium smartphone segment gets crowded like at the bottom, creating a space is not a daunting task ....

San Francisco, July 6 (IANS) Apple's upcoming iPhone 12 is likely to feature high-end lens arrays in the rear camera to improve image quality.

San Francisco, July 6 (IANS) Leading US drugstore chain Walgreens and New Zealand-based news site Stuff have decided to quit Facebook and its sister platforms amid criticism o....

New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Samsung's Galaxy Tab S6 Lite arrived in India just when you desired it the most. Your school-going children perhaps never truly needed a device like t....

London, July 5 (IANS) Breast cancer patients, who are overweight or obese, might benefit less from treatment with docetaxel, a common chemotherapy drug, than lean patients, wa....

Beijing, July 5 (IANS) Apple has removed at least 4,500 games from China's App Store under the pressure from the Chinese government to comply with its Internet policies.

New York, July 5 (IANS) A rocket from American launch firm -- Rocket Lab has failed to reach orbit while attempting to launch seven small satellites for three different custom....

New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Sony India recently introduced the latest addition to its truly wireless category, with the launch of WF-XB700 and WF-SP800N headphones.

New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Sunday announced a partnership with Facebook to provide training on digital safety, online well bei....

New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The Covid-19 lockdown forced enterprises in India to shift their operations overnight to immediately accommodate a remote workforce. During four month....

San Francisco, July 5 (IANS) Tesla and SpaceX CEO has once again denied any links with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein's alleged accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell after a phot....

San Francisco, July 5 (IANS) Gmail users around the world were complaining about spam messages flooding their inbox over the weekend as the Google service was apparently suffe....

Hong Kong, July 4 (IANS) After China imposed a controversial new National Security Law in Hong Kong, US tech giants like Facebook, Google and Twitter now face a free speech te....

San Francisco, July 4 (IANS) A hacker was trying to extract money from administrators of around 22,900 MongoDB databases that are accessible without a password, said a media r....

San Francisco, July 4 (IANS) After exposing TikTok, the game-changing Beta version of iOS 14 has now spotted Microsoft-owned LinkedIn allegedly copying content from Apple user....

San Francisco, July 4 (IANS) The popular online video game 'Roblox' users report their accounts have been hacked and are now being used to send pro-Trump messages to other players.

New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Think and Learn, the parent company of Bengaluru-based edtech unicorn BYJU'S, is in talks to acquire Mumbai-based startup WhiteHat Jr, media reports said.

San Francisco, July 4 (IANS) Nearly 80 per cent of the Covid-19 infections have been caused by the top 30 per cent most infectious people worldwide and there is a very wide ra....

San Francisco, July 4 (IANS) Tesla aims to do a cross-country drive with Cybertruck later this year to let people closely see the electric pickup truck, said Elon Musk.

San Francisco, July 4 (IANS) Facebook-owned Instagram is preparing to launch a huge redesign that would make easier to watch favourite Stories in one place.

New York, July 4 (IANS) Researchers have identified human antibodies that potentially can prevent a rare but devastating polio-like illness in children linked to a respiratory....