New York, November 13 A new biometric-based authentication approach that uses your body sweat may securely help you unlock your smartphone and other wearable devices, scientists say. The new approach proposed by researchers at University at Albany in the US relies on analysing skin secretions – or sweat – toRead More

Melbourne, November 13 In an attempt to tackle poor vegetable intake among adults, Australian scientists today launched a smartphone app that challenges people to eat more veggies. The VegEze app aims to motivate people to add extra vegetables to their daily diets and form long-term, healthier habits through a 21-dayRead More

London, November 12 Picture and video sharing platform Instagram will soon roll out its latest update, this time, enabling users to follow hashtags as well as accounts of their choice. The platform, in a move to keep its consumer base engaged, is rolling out the new feature for users toRead More

SAN FRANCISCO: In yet another overhaul within a week, Twitter has doubled the length of users’ display names to 50 characters — up from the original 20. “The new length means the user can add more emojis. Many users embraced the change, though some also questioned why Twitter was addingRead More

London China, which on its way to emerge as a Space Superpower, claims to be the first nation to make contact with alien life using the world’s largest radio dish. According to researchers, the dish, which is 500-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope is about twice the size of the US’ AreciboRead More

New Delhi: Following up with the earlier increase in character count for tweets, popular micro blogging site Twitter has now extended character count for usernames on the platform. In its latest update, Twitter announced that starting today, users can have a username consisting of up to 50 characters, it said.Read More

San Francisco: Alphabet Inc`s Google unit told US election regulators in a letter seen by Reuters on Thursday that it “strongly supports” tightening rules on online political advertising as part of efforts to curtail “foreign abuse and influence” in elections. Federal lawmakers have criticized Google, Facebook Inc and Twitter IncRead More

Sydney: Facebook is testing a new method to stop revenge porn that requires you to send your own nudes to yourself via the social network`s Messenger app. This strategy would help Facebook to create a digital fingerprint for the picture and mark it as non-consensual explicit media. So if aRead More

New Delhi: Chinese smartphone maker Vivo on Thursday introduced V7+ — its selfie-focused flagship smartphone with 24MP front shooter — in energetic blue colour in India. “We are excited to bring our V7+ flagship in another stylish `energetic blue` colour variant,” said Kenny Zeng, Chief Marketing Officer, Vivo India, inRead More

Mumbai: Idea Cellular on Wednesday announced its partnership with Sony India for 4G data offers for those purchasing Sony Xperia R1 Plus and R1 smartphones. Idea users opting for Sony Xperia R1 Plus and R1 smartphones — priced at Rs 14,990 and Rs 12,990, respectively — will get the benefitsRead More