Washington, February 26 For those looking for free news online, the search is becoming harder. Tougher restrictions on online content have boosted digital paid subscriptions at many news organisations, amid a growing trend keeping content behind a “paywall.” Free news has by no means disappeared, but recent moves by mediaRead More

Barcelona (Spain) February 26 South Korean tech major Samsung today unveiled Galaxy S9 and S9+, its latest flagship model in the smartphone segment, a day before the Mobile World Congress 2018 here. The phones have features like dual aperture and slow motion video options that compete with iPhone X andRead More

Washington, February 26   Scientists are developing ‘happy space suits’ that can monitor symptoms of depression in astronauts, and provide real time feedback to improve the atmosphere of the spacecraft as well as boost the occupants’ mood. Depression is a major problem in space, as astronauts can be adversely affectedRead More

Seoul, Feb 24 Samsung Electronics Co will unveil its new Galaxy S9 smartphone using Augmented Reality (AR) technology at its launch event next week at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018 — the world’s largest gathering for the mobile communications industry. During the event, the South Korean tech giant willRead More

San Francisco, Feb 24 Google Assistant is set to get smarter as the company makes it ready to be multilingual and be available in more than 30 languages, including Hindi, by the end of this year. The search engine giant’s digital assistant will be able to respond by text inRead More

San Francisco, Feb 24 Taking on Apple and Google, Microsoft and Chinese electronics major Xiaomi have signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered budget speakers and smartphones. The companies would work closely in Cloud computing, AI and hardware. Since they have chosen to sign a memorandum, theirRead More

LOS ANGELES: Social media experiences of teenagers may spill over into real life and affect their relationships, a study suggests. According to researchers at University of California, Irvine in the US, a new digital divide appears to be emerging over the types of experiences teens have online. In the researchRead More

Washington, February 22 Scientists, including those of Indian origin, have developed a laser emitter that can safely charge a smartphone across a room as quickly as a standard USB cable. Researchers mounted a thin power cell to the back of a smartphone, which charges the smartphone using power from theRead More

Washington Average brain size of humans increased gradually and consistently over the past three million years, growing to over three times larger than our closest living relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos. The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, shows that the trend was caused primarily byRead More

Melbourne Scientists have developed a 3D printable clip-on that allows anyone to turn their smartphone into a fully functional microscope. The smartphone microscope is powerful enough to visualise specimens as small as 1/200th of a millimetre, including microscopic organisms, animal and plant cells, blood cells, cell nuclei and more, researchersRead More