Facebook-owned Instagram will now notify users in case their friends screenshot their direct messages (DM). According to Mashable, these notifications are only for the new disappearing message feature. The new update is similar to features offered by rival Snapchat. A user can use the new feature by swiping right into the camera to take photo/video, […]
Thirteenth Edition of Three-day World Robot Olympiad to Begin in Delhi on November 25
India is all set to host its first World Robot Olympiad – a three-day international event that will be held at the India Expo Mart, Greater Noida, starting November 25. The event is being organized for the first time in India and about 2,000 students (from 54 counties) will participate in the event. The […]
Tesco Says it is Banning Microbeads from All Products
Tesco has announced that all of its own brand cosmetic and household products will be microbeads-free by the end of 2016. Tesco’s group quality director Tim Smith said that the company is contacting the brands it sells and asking them about their plans to remove microbeads in their products. Mr Smith was speaking at an […]
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman Says He Edited Comments of Trump Supporters on Reddit
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has admitted that he deleted comments from a Donald Trump-supporting community on his site. According to Huffman, he removed comments from “The_Donald” community page, which has been one of the most well-known communities supporting Donald Trump online. Steve Huffman, the co-founder of Reddit, uses the name spez to post comments on […]
HTC Launches HTC Desire 650 with 13-Megapixel Rear Camera
HTC has launched its latest HTC Desire 650 smartphone with 13 megapixel rear camera in Taiwan. The new phone is powered by quad-core Snapdragon processor and features a 5-inch display. According to Focus Taiwan, the HTC Desire 650 is priced at TWD 5,490 (about US$ 180), and will hit the market in early December. The […]
BMW and Baidu are Ending their Self-driving Car Partnership
Automaker BMW and Chinese tech company Baidu have decided to end their joint research project on self-driving car technology, according to a report published in Reuters, which claims that Baidu – which was carrying out on-road tests in China on BMW 2 sedans – will now use Ford vehicles for testing. The tech giant is […]
Russian Telecom Regulator Roskomnadzor Orders to Block LinkedIn in Russia
Russia has banned LinkedIn on its soil after the social network failed to satisfy the Russian telecom regulator Roskomnadzor. The regulator said it has ordered to stop LinkedIn services on Russian soil. A statement from Roskomnadzor revealed that LinkedIn failed to satisfy it that LinkedIn meets the Russian laws requiring personal data to be stored […]
Beagle 2 Mars Lander was Close to Succeed, but Failed to Unfurl All its Solar Panels
Beagle 2 Mars mission was close to succeed, but it failed to unfurl all its solar panels, according to a latest study carried out by a team of scientists from the University of Leicester and De Montfort University. For over a decade, it was believed that the Beagle 2 – launched in early 2003 […]
Scientists Provide Further Details of ‘Mud Dragon’ Tongtianlong Limosus Dinosaur Unearthed in China
A team of scientists have given further details about the fossil of a Tongtianlong limosus dinosaur, a species that roamed on earth about 15 million years before dinosaurs became extinct. “They just look weird,” said Dr Stephen L Brusatte, a paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and one of the authors of the […]
Twitter’s COO Adam Bain Quits the Company; CFO Anthony Noto to Fill the Post
Twitter Chief Operating Officer Adam Bain has resigned from his job as well as the company. Chief Financial Officer Anthony Noto has now been named as the new COO of the company, and Twitter has now started search for a new CFO. Anthony Noto is acknowledged as the person who built the company’s business model. […]
GoPro Decides to Recall 2,500 of its Recently Launched Karma Drones
GoPro has decided to recall about 2,500 units of its Karma drone that was launched in September. The company said it decided to recall the new drone after finding power loss issue during operation in some units. The company also revealed the refund program for consumers who can return the product for immediate refund. The […]
India discontinues 500 and 1000 Rupee Note
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the country tonight and announced government’s decision to discontinue notes of Rupee 500 and 1000 from midnight. The government’s decision means that 500 and 1000 rupee notes in India will now become invalid. “These notes are just papers from tomorrow,” says the prime minister. Narendra Modi addressed the nation […]
Google DeepMind Announces to Team up with Blizzard to Conquer ‘StarCraft II’
Google’s DeepMind, the artificial intelligence company, has announced to build an AI that can beat “StarCraft II” DeepMind has teamed up with Blizzard to release “StarCraft” as an AI research environment. The aim is to create an AI-friendly environment for the game and integrate the features of AIs to access in order to understand this […]
BMW Says It has Sold 100,000th Electrified Vehicle
BMW has sold its 100,000 electrified vehicle, three years after the i3 first hit the markets in November 2013. According to BMW, i3 is the most successful EV in the premium compact segment. In comparison, the full-size Tesla Model S hit the milestone of 150,000 units a few months back, while the Nissan Leaf has […]
Alphabet’s CapitalG Quietly Discloses Investment in Snapchat
CapitalG, the venture capital arm of Alphabet Inc, has quietly disclosed an investment in Snapchat. No formal announcement has been made by CapitalG or Alphabet Inc, but the unit – earlier known as Google Capital – was found to have added Snapchat’s logo on its investment portfolio section of its website. Snapchat’s logo can be […]
NASA Releases 4K Video of International Space Station
NASA has released an 18-minute Ultra HD 4K video tour of the International Space Station (ISS), showing the ISS in its full high-definition glory and also revealing what life onboard ISS is like. The Space Station Fisheye Fly-Through 4K (Ultra HD) video has been captured and produced by Harmonic company for NASA TV UHD, which […]
Instagram is Testing Live Video Feature Called ‘Go Insta’: Report
A Russian news website T Journal has claimed that Instagram is currently testing the live video feature called ‘Go Insta’ for some users on the beta Android app in Russia. The new feature has been added in ‘Stories’ section, and for these users, the feature appears at the top of the page with a red […]
Nintendo Switch will be Available in March 2017
Nintendo has revealed further details about its new home console/portable console hybrid that will hit the markets in March 2017. Earlier in September, Ubisoft had announced that Nintendo Switch is going to put Nintendo back in the race. The company released a trailer revealing how Nintendo Switch – the latest console from Nintendo – looks […]
Reliance Rolls out Lyf F1 in India – The Price and Specifications of Lyf F1
Reliance has launched its Lyf F1 smartphone in India. The phone priced at Rs 13,399 in India is now available for purchase at Reliance Digital stores. Buyers of Lyf F1 will also get a free Bluetooth speaker worth Rs. 3,000, as well as a Reliance Retail gift voucher worth Rs. 15,000. A 10 percent cashback […]
Mahindra Rolls out e2o Plus Electric Car in India
Mahindra has launched its new electric car e2o Plus in India. The new e2o Plus electric car provides seating for four people and also offers a number of improvements, including more range and faster charging, compared to its predecessor e2o. There are three variants being offered for Mahindra e2o Plus. The P4 variant is priced […]
BMW Launches 2016 BMW 3GT in India
BMW has launched the 2016 BMW 3 series Gran Turismo in India. The car will be available in three variants. The base model Sport Line diesel (320d) is priced at Rs 43.30 lakh, while the Luxury Line diesel and the Luxury Line petrol (330i) will be available at Rs 46.50 lakh and Rs 47.50 lakh […]
Researchers of ScanPyramids Project Believe They have Discovered Two Secret Chambers in the Great Pyramid of Giza
Members of the Operation ScanPyramids project team are stunned after having discovered two hidden chambers in the Great Pyramid of Giza. These “cavities” or “voids” have been discovered in the new scans of Egypt’s largest pyramid, and according to researchers, these chambers were previously never found in the Great Pyramid of Giza. However, the Egyptian […]
Spectacular Orionid Meteor Shower to Peak This Week
Get ready for the very famous annual Orionid meteor shower that is expected to peak later this week and early next week. With the onset of autumn, the Orionid meteor shower is technically visible from October 2 to November 7 will attain its primary peak on the Thursday night and Friday early morning. Meteor showers […]
Chinese Astronauts Reach Tiangong 2 Space Station to Stay for Next 30 Days
Two Chinese astronauts have successfully arrived at Tiangong 2 space station and now will stay there for next 30 days, according to China’s official news agency Xinhua. The crew arrived at the space station through Shenzhou (Divine Vessel) 11 manned spacecraft which docked with the space lab on October 19. The Shenzhou 11 blasted of […]