WhatsApp for Android beta has rolled out two new features for the app. The update brings a new redesigned call screen and media sharing. Both features should be available in the WhatsApp beta version, reports Android Police. WhatsApp beta Android users will get the latest update before other users. TheRead More

London, June 28 Your handwriting can tell if you have a personality similar to Isaac Newton or Queen Victoria, say scientists who have decoded character traits of some of Britain’s most famous names by decoding their writing style. Researchers from Royal Mail in the UK, along with Tracey Trussell, aRead More

Washington, June 27 NASA has no announcements to make about the discovery of alien life, a spokesperson said, dismissing media reports which claimed that the US space agency was about to discover extraterrestrial life. Last week, the hacking group Anonymous posted a video on YouTube suggesting that NASA is aboutRead More

New York, June 27 Scientists have developed a new ‘mind reading’ artificial intelligence system that can decode complex human thoughts just by measuring brain activity. The AI system indicates that the mind’s building blocks for constructing complex thoughts are formed by the brain’s various sub-systems and are not word-based. “WeRead More

Seoul Scientists have built the first foldable walking robot that pops up when deployed, and could be used for future space missions as well as seabed exploration on Earth. The robot, which the researchers call DeployBot, is assembled from eight modules: four for the body and one for each ofRead More

Washington,  Inspired by the nanostructures found on moth eyes, scientists have developed a new anti- reflection film that could allow people to read from their smartphones and tablets even in bright sunlight. The film exhibits a surface reflection of just 0.23 per cent, much lower than the iPhone’s surface reflectionRead More

NEW YORK: With an aim to empower its creator community, Facebook has announced that it is planning to launch a new app just for them later this year. The essentially a video creation app will be made just for its star broadcasters, who are also the same folks who areRead More

WASHINGTON: Scientists have developed a novel design approach for exoskeletons and prosthetic limbs that incorporates direct feedback from the human body. The approach will dramatically improve energy economy, speed and balance for millions of people, especially those with disabilities, researchers said. The technique, called human-in-the-loop optimisation, customises walking assistance forRead More

Washington DC It’s now hard to imagine a life without selfies! Thanks to front-facing cameras and the rise of social media, selfies populate our camera rolls, Instagram feeds, dating profiles, and vocabularies. To better understand the photographic phenomenon and how people form their identities online, Georgia Institute of Technology researchersRead More

London, June 22 Being married makes men gain weight, and the early days of fatherhood may lead to further pile up of extra kilos, a study has found. The study shows that married men have a higher Body Mass Index (BMI) than their non-married counterparts, adding about 1.4 kilogrammes toRead More