Can Wikipedia Live Forever?
London, Jan 19 (IANS) Wikipedia, the crowd-sourced digital encyclopedia which seems to have all the answers when you need them the most, turned 15 years old on January 15. But will it be here for…
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Facebook Launches Initiative to Counter Hate Speech in Europe
New York, Jan 19 (IANS) In a bid to answer critics that it has not done enough to tackle online racist and hate speech at a time when Europe is going through a refugee crisis,…
Hcl Awards First Grant to ‘Going to School’ NGO
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The HCL Foundation has announced the first HCL Grant of Rs.5 crore ($740,000) to the Going to School (GTS) NGO here. The winning NGO was selected from six finalists and…
Twitter Goes Offline on Tuesday
San Francisco, Jan 19 (IANS) Microblogging site Twitter on Tuesday went offline for users, with web visitors being greeted by an error page. Some mobile users were also unable to read or post tweets to…
Kerala Amateur Scientist’s Escape Shute Impresses BARC
Alappuzha (Kerala) Jan 19 (IANS) A escape system developed by 60-year-old amateur Kerala scientist M.C.David has impressed a team of the Mumbai-headquartered Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). The innovative escape system, a simple spiral sliding…
New Lab to Provide Researchers Remote Access to Robots
New York, Jan 18 (IANS) Aimed at boosting research in robotics, the Georgia Institute of Technology is building a new laboratory that would allow roboticists from around the US to conduct experiments remotely. With the…
Chunk Of Responses on Free Basics Rather Than Net Neutrality: Trai
Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS) India’s telecom regulatory authority, which had launched a public consultation on a differential pricing of data, said on Monday that a major chunk of responses were on Facebook Free Basics rather…
Whatsapp to Cease Annual Subscription Fee, Will Be Free
Bengaluru, Jan 18 (IANS) Global instant messaging behemoth WhatsApp on Monday said it will waive its annual subscription fee over the next several weeks as it has not worked well. “For many years, we have…
Countdown for Launch Of Indian Rocket Starts
Chennai, Jan 18 (IANS) The 48-hour countdown for the lift of an Indian rocket — the first one for 2016 — with the country’s fifth navigation satellite as the sole passenger began at 9.31 a.m….
App to Help Doctors Predict Preterm Birth Risk
London, Jan 18 (IANS) A new app can help doctors better identify women at risk of giving birth prematurely. Called QuiPP, the app developed at King’s College London was tested in two studies of high-risk…
Spacex Launches Ocean-Monitoring Satellite, but Drone Ship Landing Attempt Fails Again
Washington, Jan 18 (IANS) US private spacecraft company SpaceX launched on Sunday morning the Jason-3 ocean-measuring satellite, but failed in its attempt to land the spent first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on a…
New App Hides User-Location from Third Parties
New York, Jan 17 (IANS) A team of researchers at a US university has developed an app that blocks third parties from identifying an individual’s location based on what they search for online. “The trend…
US Photographer Jennifer Rondinelli Reilly Sues Twitter for Not Removing Pictures
New York, Jan 17 (IANS) A woman photographer has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Twitter in a US court, claiming that the micro-blogging site failed to remove a photo of hers that was posted…
Spurned UK Boy Posts Girl’s Number with Sex Video on Facebook
London, Jan 17 (IANS) A British teenager posted on Facebook the phone number of a girl who spurned his advances, alongside an obscene video with a message saying she would perform sex acts if she…
NASA Programme to Protect Earth from Asteroids
City destroyed by meteor shower New York, Jan 17 (IANS) NASA has started a new programme called the Planetary Defence Coordination Office (PDCO) which will coordinate the space agency’s efforts to detect and track near-Earth…
Facebook Testing New Browser. A Ploy to Increase Ad Revenue?
New York, Jan 17 (IANS) Social networking website Facebook is testing an improved in-app browser that would allow users input their own URL should they want to check another page without leaving the Facebook app,…
NASA to Launch New Ocean-Monitoring Satellite
New York, Jan 17 (IANS) NASA is scheduled to launch its new ocean-monitoring satellite — Jason-3 — from Vandenberg air force base in central California on Sunday, the space agency said. The liftoff aboard a…
Woman Faces Jail for Tagging Sister-In-Law on Facebook
New York, Jan 16 (IANS) A woman in the US was awarded a year in jail for violating a restraining order after she tagged her victim — her sister-in-law — on a Facebook post that…
Smartphone the ‘Most Indispensable’ Travel Companion : Study
New York, Jan 16 (IANS) Most young and tech-savvy Indian travellers now consider the smartphone to be their single-most indispensable item while they plan to travel ahead of a toothbrush, deodorant and driving licence, according…
NASA Cuts Short ISS Spacewalk After Spacesuit Malfunction
Washington, Jan 16 (IANS) The US space agency terminated a spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) owing to a spacesuit malfunction where a US astronaut reported a small water bubble had formed inside his…