Science News Updates

New Delhi: You can now post 3D photos on Facebook timeline from smartphones with single camera. The feature has so far relied on the dual-lens “portrait mode” capabilities available only in new, higher-end smartphones. The feature hasn’t been available on typical mobile devices, which have only a single, rear-facing camera, according to Facebook. “To bring […]

New Delhi: The coronavirus outbreak which has hampered global tech giants’ 2020 plans leading to cancellation or postponement of global flagship conferences is set to hit supplies of smartphone components from China to India at least till the second quarter of this year. While smartphone manufacturing has picked up in India over the past few […]

New Delhi: Multiplex major PVR Cinemas has launched its skill on Google Home, enabling users to seamlessly explore upcoming movies, show timings, location and ticket pricing. What is more, the skill can also be accessed via the Google Home application on Android devices, PVR Cinemas said on Monday. So the skill can be accessed on […]

New Delhi: Last year ‘WhatsApp killer” yoga guru Ramdev’s dream ‘swadeshi’ messaging app ‘Kimbho’ was taken down from app stores owing to privacy concerns as it also failed to create any buzz. Though launched with much fanfare from the house of Patanjali Ayurved, ‘Kimbho’ which means ‘how are you’ or ‘what’s new’ promising features such […]

New York: Early Earth, home to some of our planet’s first lifeforms, may have been a real-life “Waterworld” without a continent in sight- a discovery that can scientists to better understand how and where single-cell organisms first emerged on Earth. The researchers took advantage of a quirk of hydrothermal chemistry to suggest that the surface […]

Chennai: Owing to technical reasons, the launch of India’s first Geo Imaging Satellite-1 (GISAT-1) scheduled for March 5 evening has been postponed, the Indian space agency announced on Wednesday. “The launch of GISAT-1 onboard GSLV-F10 (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-F10), planned for March 05, 2020, is postponed due to technical reasons. Revised launch date will be […]

San Francisco: Twitter has expanded its rules around hate speech to include language that dehumanises people on the basis of their age, disability or disease. Last year, the micro-blogging platform updated its Hateful Conduct’ policy to address dehumanising speech, starting with one protected category: religious groups. “Our primary focus is on addressing the risks of […]

New Delhi: Tech giant Intel and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to digitally empower nearly one lakh students with Artificial Intelligence (AI) integration in India’s education system. Initiatives include the roll-out of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) curriculum framework for grades VIII, IX and X for 22,000 […]

New Delhi: The much-awaited ‘Dark Mode’ feature on Facebook-owned WhatsApp arrived for its over 400 million users in India on Saturday. The features is aimed to reduce eye strain in low-light environments and prevent those awkward moments that happen when your phone lights up the room. The company announced this week that the feature is […]

San Francisco: Consumer watchdog Which? has claimed that more than one billion Android phones and tablets are vulnerable to hackers as they no longer supported by security updates. According to the research report, the most at-risk phones are any that run Android 4 or older and those smartphones running Android 7.0 which can not be […]

Sydney: With the help of an improved sight-correcting system, self-driving cars could learn just by observing human operators complete the same task, researchers have found. The team implemented imitation learning, also called learning from demonstration. In this, a human operator drives a vehicle outfitted with three cameras, observing the environment from the front and each […]

San Francisco: Cupertino-based tech giant Apple is reportedly planning to bring blood oxygen detection and an improved ECG to its next Watch Series 6. The technology for blood oxygen detection has existed in the Apple Watch since the first version, it has never been used, but now “Apple Watch Series 6” may have the ability, […]

San Francisco: Social media giant Facebook is testing a new feature that would allow Facebook Stories to be cross-posted to Instagram Stories, TechCrunch reported on Tuesday. Currently, Instagram Stories can be shared to Facebook Stories, but the reverse is not possible. The feature comes as Facebook continues to integrate Instagram with the rest of its […]

New York: Astronomers have discovered more than 100 new trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), minor planets located in the far reaches of the solar system. For the study, published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, the researchers used data from Dark Energy Survey (DES), an international collaborative effort to map hundreds of millions of galaxies, detect thousands […]

London: If your iPhone or Android smartphone PIN starts with 1234, 0000, 2580, 123456 or 654321, you are in a soup as these PINs are most prone to hacking as your device can be unlocked easily by others. According to the study, the 10 most popular four-digit PINs are: 1234, 0000, 2580, 1111, 5555, 5683, […]