Tech
World's Largest Superconducting Camera Can Spot Nearby Exoplanets
The team from California Institute of Technology and Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the US created a device named DARKNESS the first 10,000-pixel integral field spectrograph designed to overcome the limitations of traditional semiconductor detectors.
Microsoft Introduces Azure Sphere For Securing IoT Devices
Microsoft has introduced "Azure Sphere", the industry's first holistic platform to create secured, connected microcontroller unit (MCU) devices on the "intelligent edge".
Facebook Must Face Class Action Over Facial Recognition: US Judge
U.S. District Judge James Donato ruled in San Francisco federal court that a class action was the most efficient way to resolve the dispute over facial templates.
Facebook Fuels Broad Privacy Debate by Tracking Non-Users
Privacy concerns have swamped Facebook since it acknowledged last month that information about millions of users wrongly ended up in the hands of political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.
Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri Aims to Enable 5G in India by 2020
The Delhi-born Suri is excited about the potential of 5G. After the US launch, Suri, said the technology will penetrate markets like China and finally reach India by 2020.
Google Officially Stops Selling Pixel, Pixel XL Smartphones
Pixel was the first smartphone with Google Assistant -- a built-in AI programme that works as an intelligent personal assistant and knowledge navigator like Apple's "Siri".
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Resists Effort by US Senators to Commit Him to Regulation
During nearly five hours of questioning by 44 U.S. senators, Zuckerberg repeated apologies he previously made for a range of problems that have beset Facebook, from a lack of data protection to Russian agents using Facebook to influence U.S. elections.
ISRO Launches IRNSS-1I Navigation Satellite
The 1,425 kg satellite was carried into space by Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket's 'XL' variant.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Faces ‘Grandpa’ Questions From Lawmakers
The hearings were a major test for Zuckerberg. Facebook is confronting its biggest privacy scandal in 14 years after it was revealed that the data firm Cambridge Analytica misused data from up to 87 million users.
How the Senate's Tech Illiteracy Saved Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg
The problem was that once Zuckerberg responded -- and he largely stuck to a very strict script in doing so -- the lack of tech knowledge among those asking him questions was exposed. The result? Zuckerberg was rarely pressed, rarely forced off his talking...
Does Facebook Track Your Activities Even After You Log Out? Zuckerberg Doesn't Know
While Zuckerberg was able to answer most of the questions from the US Senate, some question left him totally clueless at the hearing.
Latest on Facebook: Facebook Starts Sending Privacy Alerts to Users Affected in Cambridge Analytica Scam
The notice says the app misused the information, including public profile, page likes, birthday and current city, by sharing it with the data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica.
Despacito Returns on YouTube With Original Number of Views Hours After Hackers Delete it
The music video with the maximum number of views on YouTube is now back, post deletion by hackers.
NASA Set For Historic First Mars-Bound Mission
NASA is all set for its first interplanetary launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on May 5 with the Mars-bound InSight lander.
Muscle Loss May up Mortality Risk in Breast Cancer patients
Measures of sarcopenia provide significant prognostic information in nonmetastatic breast cancer and will help to identify high-risk groups and guide interventions to optimise survival outcomes.
Tobacco Products Promoted on Facebook Despite Restrictive Policies: Study
Among 108 company-sponsored pages for leading brands of cigars, e-cigarettes, hookah tobacco and smokeless tobacco, more than half provided buttons allowing users to buy products.