San Francisco, July 23 If you are an Apple device user and want to dodge a potential hacking, you must download the new software update for iOS and MacOS that the Cupertino-based giant has released. According to a report in Fortune, for users of iPhones, iPads and Mac computers, downloadingRead More

San Francisco In an application filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office, Facebook is exploring the development of a ‘modular electromechanical device’ (read smartphone) that will allow users to add different components onto a device. The modular device can incorporate a speaker, microphone, touch display, GPS and function asRead More

New Delhi, Expanding its ‘X’ series, Sony India on Thursday unveiled in India the mid-range device ‘Xperia XA1 Ultra’ that features a borderless design, two high-quality cameras and an octa-core processor. Xperia XA1 Ultra is available for Rs 29,990 in black, white and gold colours at Sony Centres and majorRead More

Washington, July 21 Scientists, including one of Indian origin, have developed a new way to make low-cost holograms that are more realistic, bringing the chess game played in the Star Wars series closer to reality. The team, led by associate professor Rajesh Menon from University of Utah in the US,Read More

Boston, July 21 Stanford scientists have developed a new soft robot equipped with cameras that can ‘grow’ like a vine into tiny nooks and crevices to look for people trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building. The robot is inspired by natural organisms that cover distance by growing –Read More

iPhone chip supplier Qualcomm Inc faces a fresh set of antitrust allegations from a group of four companies that assemble the iPhone and other products on behalf of Apple Inc. Foxconn parent Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, Wistron Corp, Compal Electronics Inc and Pegatron Corp alleged that Qualcomm violated twoRead More

London As the spread of fake news on social media gains momentum, researchers now reveal that people can detect a fake image of a real-world scene only 60 per cent of the time. Even then, they can only tell what is wrong with the image only 45 per cent ofRead More

Washington Language learning begins in the womb, say scientists who have found that babies can distinguish between someone speaking to them in English and Japanese a month before they are born. Previous studies have demonstrated this by measuring changes in babies’ behaviour — for example, by measuring whether babies changeRead More

Toronto, July 18 Scientists have discovered a new species of 71 million-year-old bird-like dinosaur in Canada that is roughly the size of a human. Palaeontologists initially thought that the bones of the dinosaur — Albertavenator — belonged to its close relative Troodon, which lived around 76 million years ago —Read More

San Francisco, July 16 Facebook has quietly rolled out a new feature that allows users to make short “GIFs” using the in-app camera. The GIF could be customised using several frames and filters and shared on Facebook, Engadget reported on Saturday. Users can tap the camera icon on the appRead More