New Delhi, February 6 Though 89 per cent Indians think that privacy is important in a relationship, 84 per cent people have shared their passwords and PINs with their partners, a McAfee study revealed on Tuesday, calling for vigilance while sharing personal information. According to the study, 77 per centRead More

Berlin A metal-gobbling bacteria manages to ingest toxic metallic compounds and still thrive, producing tiny gold nuggets as a side-effect, scientists have found. High concentrations of heavy metals, like copper and gold, are toxic for most living creatures, researchers said. However, that is not the case for the bacterium CRead More

Mumbai, Feb 6 In its bid to add new experiences to Pixel phones, Google on Tuesday announced that the “Pixel Visual Core” for Pixel 2 users — a custom-designed co-processor for the device — is now turned on and the update will be rolled out in the next few days.Read More

New Delhi, Feb 5 Sony on Monday launched the “Xperia L2” smartphone in India for Rs 19,990. The device sports a 5.5-inch HD display and 8MP 120-degree super-wide angle selfie camera and 13MP primary camera with aperture of f/2.0. The smartphone is powered by 3,300mAh battery and a fingerprint SensorRead More

WASHINGTON: Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence technique that will teach robots and computer programmes to interact with a human instructor and perform tasks for the army. Researchers at the US Army Research Laboratory and the University of Texas at Austin considered a specific case where a human provides real-timeRead More

London, Facebook has filed a patent application for a technology that will automatically detect the users’ socio-economic status and segregate them in one of three classes — working class, middle class or upper class. According to the patent, the social media giant wants to build a system that collects users’Read More

San Francisco,  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has shown confidence in users’ ability to choose what is right and wants them to dictate the veracity of news by ranking the content on the platform. During a conference call with analysts, he said he does not want Facebook to edit news becauseRead More

San Francisco, Encrypted messaging platform Telegram is back on Apple’s iOS App Store after being removed for reportedly making inappropriate content available to its users. “Telegram is back in the AppStore after being absent there since midnight CET. Every day 500,000+ users download Telegram for Android and another 100,000 downloadRead More

San Francisco: Facebook has rolled out an update to its News Feed that will prioritise local news that have a direct impact on the users and they can discover what’s happening in their area. The update comes after the social media giant announced changes to News Feed that showed postsRead More

San Francisco: Microsoft has acquired gaming start-up PlayFab for an undisclosed sum and will integrate its services into Azure platform to help developers build better games. PlayFab powers more than 1,200 live games and has served over 700 million players. “Together, Azure and PlayFab will further unlock the power ofRead More