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India to order Uber, Ola to go electric

India to order Uber, Ola to go electric

-- 2019-06-06 17:54:45

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India plans to order taxi aggregators like Uber and Ola to convert 40% of their fleet of cars to electric by April 2026, according to a source and records of government meeting...

'Best ever' simulation solves 40-year blackhole mystery

'Best ever' simulation solves 40-year blackhole mystery

DAWN 2019-06-06 16:34:36

Scientists on Thursday unveiled the most detailed simulation of a black hole yet, solving a mystery dating back more than four decades over how the star-devouring monsters consume matter. Coming fre...

Apple asks developers to place its login button above Google, Facebook

Apple asks developers to place its login button above Google, Facebook

-- 2019-06-05 17:41:14

Apple Inc will ask developers to position a new “Sign on with Apple” button in iPhone and iPad apps above rival buttons from Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook Inc, according to desi...

Scientist warns of Everest dangers from pollution, melting

Scientist warns of Everest dangers from pollution, melting

-- 2019-06-05 16:48:05

Mount Everest and its surrounding peaks are increasingly polluted and warmer, and nearby glaciers are melting at an alarming rate that is likely to make it more dangerous for future climbers, a U.S. s...

Tech giants to face major US antitrust probe

Tech giants to face major US antitrust probe

-- 2019-06-04 16:25:19

The US government is gearing up to investigate whether Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google misuse their massive market power, sources told Reuters on Monday, setting up what could be an unprecedented,...

Google Maps launches real-time train status in India

Google Maps launches real-time train status in India

-- 2019-06-04 15:59:13

  For a few years now, Google has focused its attention on the Indian market when developing new features for Google Maps. Two-wheeler mode was first introduced in the country, and Google also...

China to release 5G licenses shortly

China to release 5G licenses shortly

-- 2019-06-03 18:05:44

China will release 5G business licences to its three major telecom carriers shortly, a move experts say will catapult the country into a serious 5G industrial revolution, the Ministry of Industry and...

Genetically enhanced fungus kills 99pc of malaria mosquitoes

Genetically enhanced fungus kills 99pc of malaria mosquitoes

-- 2019-05-31 17:46:01

A fungus - genetically enhanced to produce spider toxin - can rapidly kill huge numbers of the mosquitoes that spread malaria, a study suggests. Trials, which took place in Burkina Faso, showed mosqu...

Facebook removes three billion 'fake accounts'

Facebook removes three billion 'fake accounts'

-- 2019-05-26 17:09:20

Facebook has removed more than three billion 'fake accounts', more than ever before, during six-month period  between October 2018 and March 2019. The social media giant also removed more than s...

AI brings Mona Lisa 'to life'

AI brings Mona Lisa 'to life'

-- 2019-05-24 20:33:36

The subject of Leonardo da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa painting has been brought to life by AI researchers. The video, achieved from a single photo, shows the model in the portrait moving her head, eyes...

Facebook to launch crypto-currency next year

Facebook to launch crypto-currency next year

-- 2019-05-24 17:26:44

Social media giant Facebook is finalising plans to launch its own crypto-currency next year. It is planning to set up a digital payments system in about a dozen countries by the first quarter of 2020...

SpaceX finally launches satellites for Starlink

SpaceX finally launches satellites for Starlink

-- 2019-05-24 11:09:12

High-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX company launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida on Thursday on a mission to carry the first batch of five dozen small satellites into low-Earth orbit fo...

Scientists say sea level rise could be bigger than expected

Scientists say sea level rise could be bigger than expected

-- 2019-05-22 18:13:09

Scientists believe that global sea levels could rise far more than predicted, due to accelerating melting in Greenland and Antarctica. The long-held view has been that the world's seas would rise by...

Vodafone UK drops Huawei handset from 5G launch pre-orders

Vodafone UK drops Huawei handset from 5G launch pre-orders

-- 2019-05-22 18:04:11

Vodafone UK said on Wednesday it had dropped a Huawei 5G smartphone from pre-orders for its new service starting in July, because of uncertainty about long-term support and services for the device. &...

Huawei will continue security support for Android smartphones

Huawei will continue security support for Android smartphones

-- 2019-05-20 16:19:22

Huawei will continue to provide security updates and services for its smartphones and tablets after being barred from Google updates to its Android operating system. But it did not say what would hap...

Bangabandhu-1 starts commercial operation

Bangabandhu-1 starts commercial operation

-- 2019-05-19 21:58:22

One year after its launching, Bangladesh's first geostationary communications satellite Bangabandhu-1 started its commercial operation on Sunday with some television channels taking its services. Own...

Stakeholders 'not fully ready' for 5G mobile network launch

Stakeholders 'not fully ready' for 5G mobile network launch

FE Report 2019-05-19 16:36:52

The government is not well prepared for its move to offer the 5G mobile phone internet service in the country, speakers said at a discussion on Friday. They said the government is keen to launch the...

Huawei activates backup chipsets

Huawei activates backup chipsets

-- 2019-05-18 18:38:54

US export controls have not frightened Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies, but rather inspired Chinese people to stay resilient amid the China-US trade spat, as reflected in Huawei's announcement...

Bedbugs more ancient than dinosaurs

Bedbugs more ancient than dinosaurs

-- 2019-05-18 17:17:52

A study that began as an investigation into the "utterly bizarre" way in which bedbugs reproduce has revealed they have existed for far longer than humans. DNA samples from 30 species of bedbug revea...

Boeing completes 737 Max software update

Boeing completes 737 Max software update

-- 2019-05-17 19:45:57

Boeing has completed development of a software update for its 737 Max plane which was grounded following two fatal crashes within five months. The US firm announced that it had flown the 737 Max with...

SpaceX postpones launch of 60 Starlink satellites

SpaceX postpones launch of 60 Starlink satellites

Reuters 2019-05-16 10:54:09

Billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX postponed a planned Wednesday night (US local time) blastoff of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the first 60 satellites for his new Starlink internet service, citing...

Wikipedia blocked in China

Wikipedia blocked in China

-- 2019-05-15 19:07:22

All language editions of Wikipedia have been blocked in mainland China since April, the Wikimedia foundation has confirmed. Internet censorship researchers found that Wikipedia had joined thousands o...

Facebook restricts livestream feature

Facebook restricts livestream feature

-- 2019-05-15 12:09:03

Facebook said on Tuesday it was tightening rules around its livestreaming feature ahead of a meeting of world leaders aimed at curbing online violence in the aftermath of a massacre in New Zealand. A...

WhatsApp discovers 'targeted' surveillance attack

WhatsApp discovers 'targeted' surveillance attack

-- 2019-05-14 16:36:41

Facebook’s WhatsApp urged users to upgrade to the latest version of its popular messaging app following a report that users could be vulnerable to having malicious spyware installed on phones wi...

Google doodle celebrates Mother’s Day

Google doodle celebrates Mother’s Day

-- 2019-05-12 15:08:55

Search engine giant Google honoured moms around the world on Mother's Day with a three-part, interactive doodle featuring a duck and her ducklings. This year, three buttons on the doodle allow people...

Twitter updated transparency report

Twitter updated transparency report

-- 2019-05-11 15:04:25

Twitter has updated its transparency report wherein it gives details on the number of information requests, trademark notices, removal requests and more it received in the past few months. The repor...

Facebook sues new analytics firm over data misuse

Facebook sues new analytics firm over data misuse

-- 2019-05-11 10:47:54

Facebook is suing a South Korean firm it accuses of unlawfully using data to sell marketing and advertising. The social network is asking a judge to force Rankwave to allow it to audit the firm&rsquo...

Amazon’s founder unveils Moon lander concept

Amazon’s founder unveils Moon lander concept

-- 2019-05-10 16:38:48

Amazon entrepreneur Jeff Bezos has unveiled a mock-up of a new lunar lander spacecraft that aims to take equipment and humans to the Moon by 2024. The unmanned, reusable Blue Moon vehicle will carry...

Facebook rejects co-founder call for breakup

Facebook rejects co-founder call for breakup

-- 2019-05-10 14:17:39

Facebook Inc quickly rejected a call from co-founder Chris Hughes on Thursday to split the world’s largest social media company in three, while lawmakers urged the US Justice Department to launc...

Singapore’s fake news law may stunt innovation, Google says

Singapore’s fake news law may stunt innovation, Google says

-- 2019-05-09 10:59:00

Google said on Thursday an anti-fake news law passed by Singapore’s parliament could stunt innovation, a quality that the city-state wants to nurture under plans to expand its tech industry. Si...