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China plans to send 40 spacecraft into orbit this year
BEIJING: China will launch more than 40 spacecraft, majority of them communication satellites, into orbit this year. The China Aerospace...
Google researchers achieve new record accuracy of 99.63% on widely used Labeled Faces in Wild LFW dataset
NEW YORK: The Google researchers, Florian Schroff, Dmitry Kalenichenko and James Philbin, say that their system achieved a new record...
Nintendo to work with compatriot DeNA to develop its titles for mobile devices
TOKYO: Nintendo said it would work with compatriot DeNA to develop its titles for mobile devices. Yesterday, the stock barely...
Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge sale to start in India from April 10 with 32GB, 64GB, 128GB storage options
New Delhi: Samsung will introduce Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge smartphones in India on March 23. While the phones...
Microsoft to test Windows 10 Technical Preview on Xiaomi Mi 4 smartphones
BEIJING: Microsoft will test Windows 10 Technical Preview on Xiaomi Mi 4 smartphones. The announcement left a lot of Mi...
Google Wishes ‘Happy Navroz’: Google expresses joy, becomes colourful to welcome spring
LONDON: Google is celebrating 'Navroz' as posted a colourful doodle representing spring on its search page. Navroz marks beginning of...
BlackBerry creates SecuTABLET, “spy-proof” device in partnership with Samsung, IBM
BERLIN: At CeBIT, a global technology conference hosted in Germany, BlackBerry introduced the SecuTABLET, a “spy-proof” device created in a...
Users can get WhatsApp voice-calling feature by receiving just one call from their friends
LONDON: The voice-calling can be activated is by receiving a call from someone whose voice-calling is already activated. After you...
Xenoblade Chronicles 3D, new Nintendo playing game gets updates
TOKYO: Xenoblade Chronicles 3D, the New Nintendo 3DS port of the role playing game has been updated earlier today. The...
Philippines’ revenue board raises tax exemption to PHP82,000
MANILA: Philippines’ revenue board raised individual income tax exemption to PHP82,000 (USD1,827), as compared to its past level of PHP30,000....
Sony verifies Android 5.0 Lollipop updates for entire Xperia Z series including smartphones, tablets
TOKYO: Sony could finally release the Android 5.0 Lollipop update before the end of the month as it confirmed on...
Bandai Namco announces release of Gameplay video for One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 via Twitter
TOKYO: One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 is an action game that incorporates elements from both the Dynasty Warriors Franchise (hack...
Pwn 2 Own contest: South Korean serial browser hacker Jung Hoon Lee pops Internet Explorer 11, Google Chrome Apple Safari, Firefox, wins US$225,000 prize
LONDON: South Korean security researcher and serial browser hacker Jung Hoon Lee, known online as lokihardt, single-handedly popped Internet Explorer...
Bioware developer leaks Dragon Age secret quest for players
TOKYO: Bioware developer leaked that there was something hidden in Dragon Age: Inquisition that nobody knew about. As ProjectFalconPunch explains...
Pew Research’s study reveals 29% people think internet has good influence on morality as opposed to 42%
NEW YORK: Most of the people in the world strongly believe that internet has negative influence on morality. While others...
University of Copenhagen research reveals there are two planets in our Galaxy where life is possible
NEW YORK: Scientists have studied more than 150 explanatory systems with more than one planet circling the host star, thru...
Australian fish in Great Barrier Reef target small fishes by changing colour
SYDNEY: A predatory fish in the Australian Great Barrier Reef preys on smaller fish by changing colour and pretending to...
Lenovo ‘Moto 360’ images pop up: looks quite different to the existing variant of the wearable
DELHI: Motorola has been adding a dash of style to its Moto 360. Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing had posted the...
Afghan national intercepted with smuggled gold worth Rs5.5m
KABUL: An Afghan national was intercepted by customs officials at Hamid Karzai International Airport for trying to smuggle gold worth Rs5.5...
Russia’s first ‘free port’ will be operational in 2016
MOSCOW: Russian President, Vladimir Putin, announced that Russia’s first ‘free port’ will be operational from 2016 in the Far East....
