New York, November 24 Researchers have converted a natural bacterial immune system into the world’s smallest data recorder, laying the groundwork for a new class of technologies that use bacterial cells for everything from disease diagnosis to environmental monitoring. The researchers at the Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) in theRead More

New Delhi, November 22 When it comes to the premium smartphone segment in India, Samsung and Apple rule the roost, with Google round the corner. Now, almost doubling its market share in the premium category — capturing 28 per cent market share in the third quarter this year — ChineseRead More

WASHINGTON: An expert human pilot was successfully able to beat flying drones controlled by artificial intelligence (AI) systems in a race organised by NASA. However, the AI-driven drones were more consistent in their performance, scientists said. Drone racing is a high-speed sport demanding instinctive reflexes. Researchers at NASA’s Jet PropulsionRead More

Berlin, November 21 Materialistic people use Facebook more frequently and intensely, treat their online friends as “digital objects” and feel a greater need to compare themselves to their peers on the social networking website, scientists say. The research also found that they have more friends than people who are lessRead More

Berlin Scientists have found the world’s oldest drawings of pet dogs in 8,000-year-old hunting scenes etched into rock walls in Saudi Arabia, suggesting that humans were training canines even before they settled down into farming communities. While documenting thousands of rock-art panels from the sites of Shuwaymis and Jubbah inRead More

London With the aim of contacting alien life, astronomers have sent a radio message to a neighbouring star system, one of the closest known to contain a potentially habitable planet. The target star is GJ 273, also known as Luyten’s star, a red dwarf in the northern constellation of CanisRead More

LONDON: Women are less likely to be distracted while driving than men, according to a study which debunks stereotypes about ladies being bad drivers. Researchers suggested that young men and extroverted or neurotic people are more prone to distraction. Ole Johansson, from the Institute of Transport Economics in Norway, surveyedRead More

Washington: Twitter is changing its policy on “verified” accounts, reserving the right to remove the blue badges from users who violate the online platform’s terms of service. The move came a week after Twitter launched a review of its policy following disclosures that neo-Nazi and white supremacist leaders had receivedRead More

San Francisco: Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp may be working on an app for iPad users as references of WhatsApp for iPad are spotted on latest WhatsApp desktop app. WhatsApp change tracking website WABetaInfo tweeted that WhatsApp is gearing up for a dedicated application for iPad. WABetaInfo also stated on TwitterRead More

New Delhi, November 16 Starting on Thursday, Google invites developers and companies to build voice-enabled apps to engage with Indian users through Actions on Google, the developer platform for the Google Assistant. For anyone who wants to build for the Assistant, resources such as developer tools, documentation and a simulatorRead More