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21 Sep 2016
MicrosoftMicrosoft announces AI-based healthcare initiatives
Microsoft announced a quartet of healthcare initiatives to "solve" cancer using algorithms and computer science rather than beakers and test tubes.
21 Sep 2016
CaliforniaGoPro unveils 'karma' drone and new cameras
GoPro unveiled its much anticipated drone 'Karma', along with two new Hero5 cameras, the next in line of its portable action cameras.
20 Sep 2016
XNow, Twitter's 140-character tweet limit will exclude add-ons
On 19th September, 2016, Twitter declared that its 140-character tweet limit would no longer include add-ons like photos, videos and gifs.
19 Sep 2016
iOSKeyMe is here to revolutionize key duplication!
KeyMe, a New York based start-up has raised a Series C round of investment of $15 million to expand its digitised key-copying venture.
18 Sep 2016
EnglandGround breaking study paves path for egg-less embryos
In a breakthrough experiment, scientists at England's University of Bath succeeded in developing embryo without fertilizing an egg.
18 Sep 2016
NetherlandsNetherlands ready to deploy anti-drone eagle squad
The Netherlands police announced that it was ready to deploy its anti-drone eagle squad after a year of training the birds, making Netherlands the first country to use such a tactic.
17 Sep 2016
AppleExplicit adult GIFs surfacing on the new iMessage
Apple's newly released iOS 10 update, among other enhancements, brought a range of upgrades to its iMessage chat app.
17 Sep 2016
GermanyFirst artificial photosynthesis facility developed
Scientists from the Forschungszentrum Jülich research facility in Germany have developed the first complete and compact design for an artificial photosynthesis facility for usage beyond labs.
15 Sep 2016
South KoreaDelhi to host India-UK Tech Summit 2016
Delhi will host the 'India-UK Tech Summit', scheduled to be held from 7-9 November 2016.
14 Sep 2016
IndiaSeven Oil PSUs co-create start-up fund
Seven Oil Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) including Indian Oil, Gail India, Bharat Petroleum and others have come together to establish a start-up fund of Rs.100 crore.
13 Sep 2016
AppleAre Apple AirPods ushering in a new future for technology?
Apple's decision to remove the long-standing 3.5 mm earphone jacks from iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus has received harsh criticism from several fronts.
12 Sep 2016
Dark WebThe next-gen search engine?
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Pentagon's scientific-innovation department, is developing a search engine capable of mining the entirety of the internet - the Surface Web, the Dark Web and the Deep Web.
11 Sep 2016
BeautyThe results of the first AI-judged beauty contest deemed racist
The first international beauty contest decided by an algorithm, Beauty.AI, has sparked controversy after the results revealed racial bias on part of the robots.
08 Sep 2016
AppleA look at Steve Jobs' ways!
As Apple unveils the new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, we take a look back at how different Apple would have been today, had Steve Jobs been alive.
07 Sep 2016
TechnologyWorld's first face transplant recipient dies in France
French woman Isabelle Dinoire, the world's first recipient of a face transplant, has died in April 2016 aged 49, according to a French hospital.
06 Sep 2016
World Health OrganizationStudy finds cannabis is harmful in the long run
Professor Wayne Hall, a drugs adviser to the World Health Organization (WHO), published a paper challenging notions about the harmlessness of marijuana.
01 Sep 2016
HawaiiYear-long Mars simulation study comes to an end
A team of 6 scientists, part of the Mars simulation study, completed the experiment, where they lived in near isolation for a year.
01 Sep 2016
FacebookFacebook using contact information to suggest friends
A report revealed that when people gave Facebook admittance to their phone contacts, Facebook used that information to make friend recommendations.
01 Sep 2016
MoonAnnular solar eclipse in the African continent
A spectacular annular solar eclipse will occur on 1 Sep'16 viewable from the African continent.
30 Aug 2016
IndiaIndia beating China in the world of operating systems
While China has failed to come out with a successful regional operating system, India's indigenous Indus OS has shown phenomenal growth in the last 2 years.
30 Aug 2016
DNAResearchers take step toward recreating faces of criminals from DNA
Faces of murderers, rapists, and other criminals could now be recreated from the criminals' DNA left at the scene of the crime, shows a news research.
27 Aug 2016
InstagramReport uncovers 'money-flipping' Instagram scam
A report published by ZeroFox, an online security company specializing in social media, uncovered how Instagram is being used by 'money-flipping' scammers to leech money off their victims.
26 Aug 2016
Indian RailwaysIndian Railways engineer bags prestigious MIT award
Ashwani Kumar Upadhyaya, a 43 years old officer with the Indian Railways Traffic Service, won the innovation competition recently held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
25 Aug 2016
NASAScientists discover Earth-like planet
A group of scientists from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting our nearest neighbour Proxima Centauri.
25 Aug 2016
United States of AmericaChina unveils its 2020 Mars Mission probe and rover
China has given a glimpse of its design for the space probe and rover to the world in Beijing, which would be used in its first Mars mission.
24 Aug 2016
iOSApple acquires health data start-up Gliimpse
According to reports, Apple has acquired a three year old personal health data start-up Gliimpse, a company that collects and combines separate threads of personal health records.
24 Aug 2016
IndiaGoogle's sweet surprise! Rolls out Android 7.0 Nougat
Google started rolling out Android's latest version - 7.0 Nougat to the newer Nexus devices, according to the official Android blog.
24 Aug 2016
DehradunIT firm 'PC Technology' cons people through 'job scam'
Dehradun-based PC Technology Pvt. Ltd duped thousands of people through a 'job scam'.
23 Aug 2016
TexasRAPIDO program to rebuild destroyed homes in a few months
Researchers have developed a new method to rebuild homes destroyed by natural calamities only within a few months.
23 Aug 2016
San FranciscoAlgorithm to diagnose depression from Instagram photos developed
Researchers from Harvard and the University of Vermont claimed Instagram photos could be used to diagnose depression and mental illnesses at a very early stage.
21 Aug 2016
SamsungVirtual reality porn to be the next big thing
According to estimates by Piper Jaffaray, an investment bank and asset management firm, virtual reality porn will be the third largest sector for VR by 2025, after video games and NFL-related content.
20 Aug 2016
International Space Station (ISS)NASA's 'Space Robotics Challenge' thrown open
NASA announced a $1 million prize competition to develop capabilities of humanoid robots which could help astronauts on their journey to Mars.
20 Aug 2016
XTwitter suspends 235k accounts promoting terrorism and extremism
Microblogging site Twitter said it had suspended 235,000 accounts promoting terrorism over the past six months.
20 Aug 2016
United States of AmericaComcast expands gigabit internet services to Chicago
Comcast launched its gigabit internet services to residents of Chicago on Wednesday, as part of its trial across various cities.
19 Aug 2016
United Nations (UN)US announces handing over of the internet domain name system
On Tuesday, the US government approved the transition of managing the internet domain naming system in October to a non-profit organisation, ICANN, essentially privatizing the process under a multinational, multi-stakeholder model.
18 Aug 2016
GoogleCould Google have a brand new OS?
Google appears to be heading towards a fresh start by developing a brand new operating system.
17 Aug 2016
iOSPrisma- the photo editing app
Prisma was created by Moscow's Alexey Moiseenkov. It initially debuted only on iOS platform in June 2016 and was later released for Android users on 24th July 2016.
15 Aug 2016
TechnologyNew test reveals risk of Alzheimer's disease in three hours
A London-based biotech company, Randox Laboaratories, has developed a £25 test to identify people at a higher risk for Alzheimer's in just 3 hours.
15 Aug 2016
FacebookFacebook and a creativity platform
Social media trends have undergone immense transformation; from no-frills text content sharing to gaming, picture sharing and currently the hottest trend of all - imaginative content creating applications.
12 Aug 2016
MumbaiMahindra to develop self-driving tractors
Chairman of Mahindra & Mahindra (M & M), said it was in the agricultural sector where "productivity increases are sorely needed to feed the growing needs of the world".