Washington, March 4 Scientists have discovered a previously unknown “supercolony” of more than 1,500,000 Adelie Penguins in the Danger Islands, a chain of remote, rocky islands off of the Antarctic Peninsula’s northern tip. For the past 40 years, the total number of Adelie Penguins, one of the most common onRead More

San Francisco, March 3 Facebook is testing a new feature called “Add Voice Clip” that appears in its status update composer menu that allows users to record a short audio snippet to use as a status update. The new feature was first spotted by an Indian user and the socialRead More

Washington The sea level may rise twice as high by 2100 as previously estimated as a result of climate change, a new NASA study says. According to the findings detailed in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, rise in sea level may increase by up to 65Read More

Goa (Cavelossim), March 3 It is easy to differentiate between an ordinary malware from ‘state-sponsored’ ones by identifying the patters on the victims, said researchers at the 9th annual edition of the Nullcon, the international security conference, that kicked off in Goa on Friday. Leading security researcher Eva Galperin, DirectorRead More

SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter has launched its ‘Bookmarks’ feature globally that will give its over 300 million users a new way of saving tweets they like and might want to revisit and share. With our new “share” icon on every Tweet, the users will be able to bookmark a tweet, shareRead More

TORONTO: People who use their smartphones while out for dinner with friends and family enjoy themselves less than those who do not, a study has found. Researchers from the University of British Columbia in Canada looked at the effect of smartphones on face-to-face social interactions. “As useful as smartphones canRead More

London An international team of astronomers has discovered evidence to show that some stars located in the Galactic halo surrounding the Milky Way were original residents of our galaxy but were kicked out from their birthplace by some invading galaxies. The surprising discovery about the birthplace of groups of starsRead More

San Francisco, February 28 To help “metro newspapers” take their digital subscription business to a new level, Facebook has launched a local news accelerator for news publishers. The $3 million, three-month pilot programme titled “Journalism Project: Local News Subscriptions Accelerator” will begin in the US with 10-15 metro news organisations.Read More

San Francisco, February 28 Apple has provided an acknowledgement for the first time that it is relying on rival Google’s public cloud for data storage for its iCloud services, according to the latest iOS Security document that the Cupertino-headquartered giant updated on its website. “The disclosure is fresh evidence thatRead More

Washington, February 28 Scientists have created stable DNA circuits that can more efficiently transport charge, paving the way for a new generation of bio-devices. The DNA circuits created by researchers at Arizona State University (ASU) and Duke University in the US is capable of splitting and combining current, much likeRead More