London British scientists have developed the world’s smallest surgical robot that could transform daily operations for tens of thousands of patients, the media reported on Sunday. From a converted pig shed in the Cambridgeshire countryside, a team of 100 scientists and engineers have used low-cost technology originally developed for mobileRead More

Toronto, August 21 Can anyone claim the red planet or natural resources on asteroids? Business leaders and legal experts say the question has become more than philosophical as a growing number of firms, often backed by capital and technology from Silicon Valley, have set their sights on the resources ofRead More

Instagram has started rolling out new ways to interact with friends on the photo-sharing social network. Instagram has now made it possible to reply with a photo or a video to specific photos, videos, and reshared posts in the Direct messages feature. The reply tool automatically includes a snapshot ofRead More

Videos and GIFs are an increasingly-popular medium on Facebook to express in a way people want to. However, everyone wants to get as many views on their videos they can for staying on the top of the popularity list. This has led to deceptive promotions of links to low-quality websites,Read More

ASUS has finally unveiled its complete Zenfone 4 lineup, consisting of six smartphones varying across multiple smartphone segments. The ZenFone 4, ZenFone 4 Pro, ZenFone 4 Selfie, ZenFone 4 Selfie Pro, ZenFone 4 Max, and ZenFone 4 Max Pro will consist of ASUS’s smartphone lineup for this year. As usual,Read More

San Francisco To make News Feed more conversational and easier to read and navigate, Facebook has made a few updates to its design, including the comment style and readability, the company said on Wednesday. “We are always working to help people have more lively and expressive conversations on Facebook. CommentsRead More

Los Angeles Deep sleep can help the brain reinforce newly learnt motor skills that involve handling objects, Indian-origin scientists have found. Researchers at University of California San Francisco in the US found that during non-rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, slow brain waves bolster neural touch points that are directly relatedRead More

Jerusalem Using a smiley face emoji or similar emoticons in work-related e-mails may not create a positive impression and could actually portray low competence, a study suggests. “Our findings provide first-time evidence that, contrary to actual smiles, smileys do not increase perceptions of warmth and actually decrease perceptions of competence.Read More

London Scientists have uncovered how the goldfish produce alcohol to survive harsh winters beneath frozen lakes, a remarkable ability that makes it one of the most resilient pets under human care. Humans and most other vertebrate animals die within a few minutes without oxygen. Yet goldfish and their wild relatives,Read More

San Francisco, Facebook is rolling out a new video service offering professionally produced shows in a challenge to rivals such as YouTube, and potentially to streaming providers like Netflix. The Facebook service called Watch will include a range of shows, from reality to comedy to live sports, the social networkRead More