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17 Feb 2016

India

World cheapest smartphone to be unveiled today

Noida based company Ringing Bells is launching the world's cheapest smartphone Freedom 251.

16 Feb 2016

Technology

Wake Forest University Scientists print living body parts

Scientists from Wake Forest University printed a transplantable human ear, muscles and bone tissues using an advanced bio printer, in a US Army funded study.

16 Feb 2016

Technology

TN college claims meteorite killed Vellore man

A study by the Tiruchirapalli-based National College categorically states that it was a meteorite and not any other explosion, that killed the man in Vellore recently.

12 Feb 2016

Technology

100 years after prediction, gravitational waves detected

In a landmark discovery which has left the scientific community world-over ecstatic, scientists have finally announced that they have not just seen but also heard the gravitational waves.

10 Feb 2016

Technology

Gravitational waves discovered?

Scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) have scheduled a press conference to announce the possible discovery of gravitational waves

10 Feb 2016

Technology

NASA refutes claim of killer meteorite

Scientists from NASA refuted the claims that a meteor killed a man in Tamil Nadu, saying that the photographs were more consistent with "a land-based explosion", than with something from space.

9 Feb 2016

Technology

NASA looking into the Tamil Nadu meteorite story

Local authorities have begun their investigations to ascertain if the death of a man at a college campus in Tamil Nadu was because of a falling meteorite.

9 Feb 2016

Technology

Indians spend Rs.1.5 lakh crore on diabetes care

According to a study published in the reputed British medical journal, The Lancet, Indians spend Rs.1,50,000 crore annually on diabetes treatment.

8 Feb 2016

Technology

Google doodle for 'Father of Periodic Table'

Google commemorated the 182nd birthday of Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, the Russian chemist and inventor with a doodle.

7 Feb 2016

Technology

PM urges scientists to make innovation available to people

PM Modi urged scientists to make innovation beneficial to the masses and advance technology that is accessible to the people with "zero defect" and "zero effect" on the environment.

31 Jan 2016

Technology

Now, a technique to extract gold from e-waste

Scientists from University of Saskatchewan in Canada have discovered a novel technique to extract gold from e-waste.

27 Jan 2016

Technology

Doomsday Clock: It's 3 minutes to midnight

The Doomsday Clock, a symbolic countdown to the world's end, stands still at three minutes until midnight, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists announced.

25 Jan 2016

Technology

Wikimedia Foundation distances itself from Free Basics

A US-based non-profit organisation- The Wikimedia Foundation which maintains and owns Wikipedia and other autonomous sites has also inched itself away from Facebook's Free Basics programme.

22 Jan 2016

Technology

Caltech scientists say Planet X exists

According to respected planetary scientists Konstantin Batygin and Mike Brown of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), evidence points to the existence of a ninth planet in the solar system.

21 Jan 2016

Technology

2015: World's hottest year on record

According to data released by NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2015 was the hottest year ever recorded.

20 Jan 2016

Technology

5th navigation satellite to be integrated with IRNSS

ISRO launched the IRNSS 1E, the fifth satellite that will join the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System from Sriharikota at 09:31 IST.

12 Jan 2016

Technology

CES 2016 demonstrates how tech is changing

The 2016 version of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), held in Las Vegas every year in January, did not produce any revolutionary technologies but demonstrated how the world and technology in general is changing.

4 Jan 2016

Technology

4 new elements make it to the periodic table

4 new elements were added to the periodic table.

31 Dec 2015

Technology

A look at the science/tech breakthroughs of 2015

Technology is perhaps the greatest agent of change and as 2015 comes to an end, we take a look at the most ingenious and revolutionary breakthroughs of 2015.

24 Dec 2015

Technology

Hello Kitty security loophole fixed

Sanrio, owner of popular character Hello Kitty, said that it has fixed the security loophole in its website SanrioTown.com after researcher Chris Vickrey uncovered a leak in its database.

22 Dec 2015

Technology

SpaceX successfully lands its Falcon 9 rocket

Space Exploration Technologies Corporation commonly known as SpaceX, in a revolutionary feat, successfully landed its unmanned Falcon-9 rocket upright after delivering 11 commercial data-relay satellites into orbit.

18 Dec 2015

Technology

Google hits back at California law

Chris Urmson, the head of Google's self-driven car project stated that California's new laws would make Google's cars illegal as they have neither steering wheels nor pedals, as required.

9 Dec 2015

Technology

Google, NASA display quantum computing tech

Google and NASA made a public debut of their new quantum supercomputing system that will revolutionize the computing industry.

7 Dec 2015

Technology

Security of VTech toys breached, 6 million affected

VTech, the giant of children's learning toys announced that its Kidizoom smartwatches and VTech InnoTab tablet had exposed the children to identity theft.

6 Dec 2015

Technology

ISRO bags more launch contracts

ISRO's expendable launch system, the PSLV rocket, bagged two more launch contracts from US-based commercial weather satellites operator PlanetiQ, since launching 5 UK satellites in July 2015.

25 Nov 2015

Technology

2015 set to be 'hottest year on record'

2015 is set to be the "hottest year on record", according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

24 Nov 2015

Technology

Google Doodle honors Lucy- the Australopithecus

Today's Google Doodle marks the discovery of Lucy, a skeleton found 41 years ago in Ethiopia.

23 Nov 2015

Technology

Titan-HP to launch smart watch

Watch-maker Titan and IT major HP have joined hands to launch a range of smart watches.

19 Nov 2015

Technology

Anonymous posts success against IS

Anonymous- the collective hackers declared their first success against the IS.

18 Nov 2015

Technology

Google back with a simpler Google+

Google is relaunching its social network Google+ with new features, look and added weight on steps to "join interest groups, called Communities.

12 Nov 2015

Technology

Modi congratulates ISRO on GSAT-15 launch

"Congratulations to the entire team @Isro for the successful launch of GSAT-15 Communication Satellite," tweeted PM Modi.

9 Nov 2015

Technology

Nuclear-capable Agni-IV test-fired as part of user trial

India successfully test-fired the nuclear-capable Agni-IV ballistic missile from launch complex-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) located in Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast.

5 Nov 2015

Technology

PM, President launch project 'Imprint India'

PM Modi along with the President, launched Imprint India.

3 Nov 2015

Technology

ISS celebrates 15 years of astronaut inhabitation

The International Space Station (ISS) marked 15 years of continuous human presence in space on 2 November 2015.

3 Nov 2015

Technology

Google gets Indian government nod for balloon internet

Google has got India's nod for its Project Loon which provides internet connectivity by using large balloons.

28 Oct 2015

Technology

Government tells research labs to 'self-finance' projects

The Ministry of Science and Technology mandated organisations involved in scientific research to start 'self-financing' projects, send in monthly updates and ensure that research stays in sync with the Central government's 'social and economic objectives.'

28 Oct 2015

Technology

Net Neutrality is an important principle: Zuckerberg

Speaking at the townhall session at IIT-Delhi, Mark Zuckerberg said that internet.org was a voice for people who did not have access to internet.

22 Oct 2015

Technology

SanDisk acquired in a $19 billion deal

SanDisk, the notable flash memory company is being taken over by hard-disk drive maker Western Digital.

22 Oct 2015

Technology

Humanoid robot makes European debut in France

A humanoid robot, named Pepper, made its European debut, helping shoppers "with wine, and more" in a Carrefour shop in the Claye-Souilly region of France.

21 Oct 2015

Technology

'Interview' lawsuit costs a pricey $8million to Sony

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc will have to pay $8 million in "The Interview" lawsuit where employee data was stolen.