Washington, Jan 6 (IANS) NASAs Chandra X-ray Observatory has spotted evidence for powerful blasts produced by a burning giant black hole. This is one of the nearest supermassive black holes to Earth that is currently…
New York, Jan 6 (IANS) Want to convey more to your friends and policymakers on Twitter? Soon, you may be able to tweet in 10,000 characters on the micro-blogging site. According to media reports, Twitter…
Bengaluru, Jan 5 (IANS) Swedish automobile giant Volvo on Tuesday said it is developing intelligent high bandwidth streaming capabilities in collaboration with Ericsson which can create the possibility of a highway full of autonomous cars….
Mysuru, Jan 5 (IANS) More nuclear power could be generated if foreign suppliers make technology and products affordable for setting up reactors, an expert said on Tuesday. “The stumbling block is economics, as installing a…
New York, Jan 5 (IANS) Facebook is ready with a contingency plan should Google ever pull its Android app from the Play Store, according to a media report. Facebook and Google are at odds with…
London, Jan 5 (IANS) Social networking website Facebook censored Copenhagen’s iconic statue of the Little Mermaid for showing “too much bare skin or sexual undertones”, but reversed its decision following an appeal made by a…
New York, Jan 5 (IANS) Muzik, a high-end headphone startup, is coming up with a new device that will allow users to control the tunes they are listening to by swiping on buttons on the…
New Delhi: GM CEO Mary Barra at the of launch the Chevrolet Trailblazer in New Delhi, on July 29, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Chicago, Jan 5 (IANS) The General Motors Board of Directors unanimously elected Mary…
Beijing, Jan 5 (IANS) China’s commerce regulator on Tuesday launched a further probe into Microsoft’s alleged anti-monopoly case, in a display of the country’s latest effort to enforce its Anti-Monopoly Law. State Administration for Industry…
San Francisco, Jan 5 (IANS) Ride-hailing application startup Lyft Inc. has received a $500 million investment from General Motors to build a fleet of driverless cars. Lyft, based in San Francisco, on Monday said GM’s…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Chinese smartphone maker Letv on Tuesday launched its innovative Le 3D helmet, LeMe Bluetooth headphones and a super cycle here. The devices were launched by Dickson Lee, general manager, APAC…
New York, Jan 5 (IANS) While Oculus “Rift” — a Virtual Reality (VR) device — is set for a launch in the first quarter of this year, Facebook has decided to delay the launch of…
Washington, Jan 5 (IANS) A new green-related technologies developed and refined by NASAs aeronautics researchers during the past six years can help commercial airlines save more than $250 billion dollars. These new technologies, developed under…
New York, Jan 4 (AFP) The US government sued Volkswagen today for installing equipment on nearly 600,000 diesel cars that intentionally subverted clean-air regulations, resulting in excess harmful emissions. Civil penalties in the lawsuit, filed…
Mysuru (Karnataka), Jan 4 (IANS) India’s maiden spacecraft to Mars is still groping around the red planet to locate methane gas in its atmosphere, a senior space scientist said on Monday. “The Mars Orbiter Mission…
London, Jan 4 (IANS) Unfaithful lovers can use a new app that allows them to keep multiple phone numbers on their existing smartphone and cheat on their partners. The app, called Swytch, allows users to…
Mysuru, Jan 4 (IANS) The Indian space agency is soon opening a 100-acre Space Park in Bengaluru where private industry players would be allowed to set up facilities to make subsystems and components for satellites,…
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Helpchat, one of India’s biggest personal assistant apps, has launched a new “pollution metre” feature that monitors the air in the surrounding environment and delivers you a personalised air quality…
Patna, Jan 4 (IANS) The cyber cell of the Bihar Police has begun a probe into the use of social networking site Facebook by jailed gangster Santosh Jha, police said on Monday. Jha’s role is…
New York, Jan 4 (IANS) South Korean electronics giant Samsung got a patent application published by the US Patent and Trademark Office related to foldable phones that may have features like a hologram and a…