Sydney, April 20 Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffered a “catastrophic die-off” of coral during an extended heatwave in 2016, threatening a broader range of reef life than previously feared, a report revealed on Thursday. Scientists said some 30 per cent of the reef’s coral died in the heatwave from MarchRead More

New Delhi: Expanding its “Big View” screen design category, Panasonic India on Tuesday launched an affordable “P101” smartphone that comes with an 18:9 aspect ratio display for Rs 6,999. The dual-SIM 4G VoLTE device comes with a 5.45-inch 2.5D curved screen, Android 7.1 Nougat, 8MP and 5MP primary and secondaryRead More

San Francisco: Continuing with its efforts to protect users’ privacy after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook on Wednesday introduced new privacy updates for its users in Europe as part of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that will be effective from May 25. Apart from seeking inputs from regulatorsRead More

San Francisco: Responding to a study that found nearly 60 per cent of free Andorid apps used by children potentially violate a federal law, Google has said that it will take action if company’s policies are violated. “If we determine that an app violates our policies, we will take action.Read More

New York, April 17 The Pentagon is working on an app that will keep track of US soldiers’ health and deliver cost-saving treatment by monitoring the data accumulated on their smartphones, the media reported. According to The Washington Post, scientists at the Pentagon’s secretive weapons development arm wants to useRead More

Paris, April 17 A car-sized asteroid that exploded in Earth’s atmosphere in 2008, raining down diamond-bearing rocks, was a fragment of a Solar System planet that existed billions of years ago, researchers said on Tuesday. The parent planet was about as large as Mars or Mercury, and was formed inRead More

Washington If you are not aware that a giant asteroid the size of a football field flew past Earth over the weekend, you are not alone as even NASA scientists got to know about the flyby only a few hours before it happened, media reported. NASA scientists noticed the massiveRead More

San Francisco: Facebook-owned Instagram is reportedly testing a new feature dubbed as “Nametags” — a clone of Snapchat`s `Snapcode` which will let users create a “custom scannable tag” by designing a pattern of emojis. The feature will also offer an option to use a selfie image for creating a customRead More

New Delhi: Chinese technology company Lenovo on Thursday refreshed its “Think” line-up with a new range of “ThinkPad X1” laptops in India. The latest “Think” portfolio with advanced PC performance, that includes a new “T”, “X” and “L” series, comes with 8th-Gen Intel Core processors. “With the new Intel processorRead More

Washington: Overuse of smartphones is just like any other type of substance abuse, say scientists who found that digital addiction makes people feel lonely, depressed and anxious. Smartphones are an integral part of most people’s lives, allowing us to stay connected and in-the-know at all times. The downside of thatRead More