Washington The UN Paris Agreement that aims to limit the global temperature rise to less than two degrees Celsius is unlikely to be met, and could increase the likelihood of extreme weather, a study warns. Researchers found that emissions consistent with the commitments countries have made are likely to resultRead More

New Delhi Buoyed by its performance in the fourth quarter last year, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi on Wednesday launched two devices — Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 and Note 5 Pro — in the price-sensitive Indian market. Redmi Note 5 — a successor to the highly-acclaimed Redmi Note 4 — willRead More

London, February 13 Snapchat’s latest redesign, which was released last week, has not gone down well with many users. This is evident from the fact that an online petition calling for removal of the new update has attracted more than than 6 lakh signatures. The “Remove the new Snapchat update”Read More

New York, February 13 Social media giant Facebook will begin allowing news publishers to run paywalls inside the iOS app from March 1. According to TechCrunch, Facebook’s head of news partnerships Campbell Brown said that publishers wanted to give away five free articles, not ten, so Facebook is switching toRead More

Sydney Do you tend to get aggressive just after a peg or two? It is because certain areas in the brain that temper aggression shuts off, researchers say. In the study, the researchers noted changes in the working of the prefrontal cortex—the brain area involved in tempering a person’s levelsRead More

Washington, February 12 Searching for a power outlet to charge your devices may soon become a thing of the past, as scientists have developed a small metallic tab that can generate electricity from simple body movements. “No one likes being tethered to a power outlet or lugging around a portableRead More

Los Angeles Neanderthals lacked the hand- eye coordination to draw vivid renderings of animals and other figures, unlike early modern humans, according to a study that may explain the differences in how both groups hunted. While Neanderthals had large brains and made complex tools, they but never demonstrated the abilityRead More

Boston Fine volcanic ash can be used as a sustainable additive in concrete, and significantly reduce the energy spent in building infrastructure, a study has found. Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US found that, by replacing a certain percentage of traditional cement with volcanic ash, theyRead More

San Francisco: Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp is testing a new payments feature in India that aims to allow people to send money to their friends on the app, media reports said. The feature is currently in beta, but has not been publicly announced because it is not widely available atRead More

New Delhi, Feb 10 Reliance Jio on Saturday partnered with Indian mobile wallet major MobiKwik to sell the JioPhone on its platform. “We are proud to become the first mobile wallet to sell Jio phones in India. Users can book their phone in four easy steps and avail great benefitsRead More