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11 Aug 2016

Russia News

Google introduces security warnings for Gmail users

Google launched new alerts for its Gmail account users, where they are alerted when an unauthorized email hits their inbox.

09 Aug 2016

India

Mahindra Intertrade and MSTC to start Auto Shredding Joint Venture

On 9th August, 2016, Mahindra Intertrade and MSTC entered a joint venture agreement to build India's premiere auto shredding and vehicle recycling unit.

09 Aug 2016

London

MI5's Anti-Terror Mind Reading Team

British domestic counter-intelligence agency MI5's Behavioural Science Unit (BSU) is a specialised team tasked with helping the intelligence agency prevent terror attacks.

08 Aug 2016

California

Chris Urmson quits as Google's self-driving car division

Google's Chief Technology Officer for its self-driving car unit, Chris Urmson, announced his exit from the technology company in an online post.

08 Aug 2016

Taiwan

Gogoro partners with Bosch to bring its scooters to Europe

Taiwan-based start-up Gogoro teamed up with a subsidiary of Bosch, called Coup, marking its entry into Europe.

06 Aug 2016

iPhone

Apple to offer cash rewards in its 'Bug Bounty' program

At the Black-Hat Cyber Security Conference on Thursday, Apple unveiled its plans to offer up to $200,000 rewards to researchers who will find security bugs in its products.

04 Aug 2016

Sri Lanka

Researchers find evidence supporting India-Antarctica supercontinent hypothesis

Geologists from Switzerland and India found evidence that India was a part of Antarctica 1.5 billion years ago.

04 Aug 2016

iOS

Google launches new map-based game 'Verne', challenges Pokemon Go

Google has now launched its newest addition to its spree of app-based games, which is enabled using their Google Maps platform.

02 Aug 2016

India

The Kumbh Mela experiment to advance predictive analysis

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), the Government of India, and two Indian startups - Tarah Technologies and Aarav Unmanned Systems - collected a huge amount of data during the Kumbh Mela 2016 for research purposes.

31 Jul 2016

Technology

SwiftKey app faces bug leaking users' search feeds

Recently, a whole lot of SwiftKey users faced a bug in the app, where their prediction columns were populated with search words and phrases that another user had searched for.

30 Jul 2016

Technology

INSPIRE Awards renamed as MANAK

The INSPIRE Awards (Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research) is a popular outreach program of the Department of Science and Technology (DST).

28 Jul 2016

Technology

Baidu creates composer AI

Chinese web services giant Baidu has created an artificial intelligence algorithm that can create music by looking at images.

27 Jul 2016

Technology

Cockroach milk to be a super health food?

According to recent research, cockroach milk could, one day in the future, become a super health food.

26 Jul 2016

Technology

Researchers look to enable information storage in DNA

Scientists and researchers are exploring options to store digital data in genetic DNA.

26 Jul 2016

Nokia Mobiles

Nokia's two Android 7.0 smartphones to hit the markets soon

According to reports, Nokia is planning to re-enter the market with two new smartphones powered by Google's latest Android Nougat.

24 Jul 2016

Technology

Edward Snowden designs phone cover that prevents data monitoring

Whistleblower Edward Snowden and hardware hacker Andrew "Bunnie" Huang have designed a phone cover; dubbed as the "introspection engine".

22 Jul 2016

Technology

WikiLeaks threatens Twitter over 'cyber feudalism'

WikiLeaks threatened the social media giant Twitter over an alleged issue of creating 'cyber feudalism'.

22 Jul 2016

Technology

Google uses DeepMind-Powered AI to manage power usage

Internet giant Google started using Artificial Intelligence technology of its subsidiary DeepMind to reduce the energy consumption of its data centers.

18 Jul 2016

Technology

Techie arrested for hacking Air India website

Delhi's cyber crime unit arrested Anitesh Goswami, a former Air India employee, for hacking the company's website.

16 Jul 2016

Technology

Google's first-ever Indie-Game Festival to be held in San Francisco

Google's Indie Game Developer Conference is scheduled to take place on 24 September at the Terra Gallery in San Francisco.

11 Jul 2016

Technology

Chat app Line targets $1.14B raise in IPO

Japanese messaging-app operator Line Corp. announced pricing for its dual initial public offering in New York and Tokyo, raising $1.14 billion ( 115.5 billion yen ).

10 Jul 2016

Technology

As many as 85 million Android devices infected

Mobile security company Check Point released a report which says that as many as 85 million Android devices may have been infected by a malware called HummingBad.

08 Jul 2016

Technology

The first public beta version of iOS 10

The beta version is now available and can be downloaded without paying $99 per year by anyone owning an Apple device.

08 Jul 2016

Technology

India's first Centre of Excellence

India's first CoE for IoT, a joint initiative between Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Education and Research Network, Nasscom and the government, has been set-up in Bangalore.

07 Jul 2016

Technology

Facebook unveils its new open wireless access platform 'OpenCellular'

In a fresh attempt to improve connectivity in remote areas, Facebook announced an open source and cost effective, software-defined wireless platform.

07 Jul 2016

Technology

Alibaba dabbles with driverless car technology, launches smart cars

Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group said it will launch its new fleet of smart cars into the market, in collaboration with China's SAIC Motors.

05 Jul 2016

Technology

China completes telescope ahead of schedule

China completed the installation of the Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) in its southwest Guizhou province, fitting the last of its 4,450 triangular panels into the big dish.

04 Jul 2016

Technology

Research shows marijuana helps slow down plaque build-up

Researchers from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, California, found that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a compound present in marijuana, helps slow down plaque build-up in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease.

03 Jul 2016

Technology

BMW, Intel and Mobileye announce deal

BMW, Intel and Mobileye entered into a research partnership to develop self-driving robot cars.

01 Jul 2016

Technology

Study shows evidence of Antarctic's ozone holes starting to heal

Scientists have gathered evidence that Antarctic's ozone hole is now finally starting to heal, stating that there has been decreasing levels of substances like chloroflourocarbons (CFC's) that cause ozone depletion.

29 Jun 2016

Technology

Brexit wouldn't affect ITER, India on schedule: ITER spokesperson

Laban Coblentz, ITER International Fusion Energy Organization's spokesperson, claimed that Brexit wouldn't cause any delay in the construction of multi-billion-dollar International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor in Southern France.

26 Jun 2016

Technology

First successful drone delivery in New Jersey

Australian start-up Flirtey has successfully tested its first ship-to-shore drone delivery in New Jersey.

16 Jun 2016

Technology

India signs pact to explore metals in ocean

India is set to sign a pact with the International Seabed Authority (ISA), to help undertake exploration of metallic minerals in the Indian Ocean.

13 Jun 2016

India

About 2,500 Indian children suffer from Medulloblastoma yearly

According to a report, over 2,500 Indian kids suffer from Medulloblastoma, a common pediatric malignant primary brain tumor.

9 Jun 206

Technology

Apple revamps its App store

Apple Inc announced a series of long-awaited enhancements to its App Store aimed at improving the experience for both developers and consumers alike.

7 Jun 2016

Technology

Finland prepares to bury highly-radioactive nuclear waste

The Finns will get rid of their nuclear waste underground on the lush green island of Olkiluoto, off Finland's west coast.

1 Jun 2016

Technology

Investments in renewable energy hit record levels

According to the Renewables Global Status report, in 2015, double the amount was spent in investments in renewables than new coal and gas-fired power plants.

28 May 2016

Technology

Arnab De honored with Springer Theses Award

Arnab De, an Indian-American scientist, has been awarded the prestigious Springer Theses Award to recognize his outstanding research done on developing a transgenic mouse to study A20, a critical tumor suppressor.

26 May 2016

Technology

Chicxulub 'Dino' Crater drilling project declared successful

A UK/US-led team declared that the attempt to drill into Mexico's Chicxulub Crater has been an outstanding success.

21 May 2016

Technology

MedGenome to create Indian genome database

The Sequoia backed MedGenome, based in Bengaluru, tied up with a southeast Asian consortium, which has committed to 'GenomeAsia 100k', which involves sequencing 1,00,000 Asian genomes.