Riyadh: Social media platform Snapchat has blocked access to Al Jazeera content in Saudi Arabia, the media reported on Monday. The popular photo-sharing app said it was asked by the Saudi authorities to remove the Qatari-backed broadcaster’s Discover Publisher Channel because it violated local laws, reports the BBC. “We make an effort to comply with […]
San Francisco: Free-speech social media platform Gab.ai has sued Google, saying the technology giant has violated federal antitrust laws by rejecting its app from the Google Play Store. In the lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania federal court, Gab alleged that “Google deprives competitors, on a discriminatory basis, of access to the App Store, which an essential […]
New York: Six Nasa scientists, who were living in isolation on a Mars-like habitat in Hawaii since January to determine astronauts’ psychology and requirements during manned space missions, will return to civilization on Sunday. In January, the crew of four men and two women were quarantined on a vast plain below the summit of the […]
San Francisco: An update to Gmail app for Android devices is being rolled out that brings some minor but visually distinct changes to the service. Swiping to archive an email is now presented in a different way, giving users access to an undo button located at the bottom of the screen. This placement makes it […]
Washington: US President Donald Trump’s administration was working to allow energy exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for the first time in more than three decades, the media reported. In a memo dated August 11, US Fish and Wildlife Service Acting Director James Kurth directed the agency’s regional director for Alaska to get […]
Bengaluru: India would resume launching satellites in November or December, unfazed by the failure of its rocket in deploying a spare navigation satellite in the earth’s lower orbit on August 31, space agency chief A.S. Kiran Kumar said on Friday. “We will resume the launches by November or December, with one of the remote sensing […]
San Francisco: To help its users during disasters, Facebook has created a new centre for crisis response where people can find information about recent crises and access the social network’s crisis response tools — including Safety Check, Community Help and Fundraisers to support crisis recovery — all in one place. “We are also introducing links […]
New Delhi: Instant gratification is the key takeaway for the millennials and keeping this in mind, global PC and printing major HP Inc. on Wednesday launched “Sprocket” — a pocket-sized photo printer — in India for Rs 8,999. The unique hand-held printer would allow you to click instant pictures (2 X 3 inch size) and […]
New Delhi: Microsoft on Thursday unveiled Azure confidential computing to provide enterprises with Next-Gen data security as cyber attacks gain momentum worldwide. Azure confidential computing is a set of features and services that provide protection that is missing from Public Clouds — encryption of data while in use. “Today, Azure delivers cutting-edge support for encryption […]
Dhaka: The launch of Bangladesh’s first satellite Bangabandhu-1 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, has been delayed due to the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma, officials have said. “The Cape Canaveral launch pad in Florida is currently inactive due to the adverse weather. It was due to launch satellites of South Korea and Bulgaria but those dates […]
New York: Using newly calibrated data taken from NASA’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper, which flew aboard India’s Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, scientists have created the first global map of water in the Moon’s soil. The study, published in the journal Science Advances, builds on the initial discovery in 2009 of water and a related molecule — hydroxyl, which […]
New Delhi: Full service passenger carrier Vistara on Wednesday said it has launched ‘Vistara Hackathon for the aviation sector. According to the airline, the hackathon will involve 20 teams that will create new applications to address aviation-related challenges in areas such as, tracking traveller behaviour and personalisation, amongst other challenging aspects. The all-India ‘Vistara Hackathon’ […]
San Francisco: Living up to the hype it generated on the 10th anniversary of iPhone, Apple on Tuesday unveiled iPhone ‘X’ with facial recognition system, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, new Apple Watch Series 3 and Apple TV 4K. The device can be pre-ordered from October 27 will be available from November 3 for […]
London: Researchers have developed a new application which may help physically impaired persons write songs and surf internet as well as write emails — all with the power of their mind. Using the new brain-computer interface application, developed by Gernot Muller-Putz, scientist at Austria’s Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), people can compose music and […]
New York: Nasa’s robotic spacecraft Cassini that has been orbiting Saturn for 13 years is set for a final dive towards the planet and burn up in its atmosphere in a “grand finale” after it flies past Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, on September 15. Cassini’s imaging cameras will take their last look around the Saturn […]
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