London, Aug 8: Researchers have reportedly found major security flaws in chips being used in nearly 900 million Android smartphones globally that could give cyber criminals complete access to the data. According to the team from Israel-based software and hardware giant Check Point, the bugs were uncovered at the software running on chipsets made by […]

New Delhi, Aug 8: As the world’s first Generation 3-plus nuclear power unit was connected to the power grid in Russia last week, experts in India say the next nuclear power plant that India and Russia are to set up together may have a similar reactor. The Unit 6 of Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant in […]

New Delhi, Aug 6: Thin is clearly in — not just in life but in the world of technology too. With the jaw-dropping Spectre 13, touted as the world’s thinnest laptop ever, global computer and laptop giant HP Inc has surged ahead in the race to go thin in the premium segment. It is not […]

San Francisco, Aug 6:  Taking another foray into the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning as well as to make its digital assistant Siri better, Apple has acquired Seattle-based machine learning startup Turi for nearly $200 million. According to a GeekWire report, the move is set to increase Apple’s presence in the Seattle […]

New York: In a much-awaited move, tech giant Apple on Friday announced its first-ever bug bounty programme in which cash up to $200,000 will be handed over to researchers who discover vulnerabilities in Apple products. Announcing this at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas, Apple’s Head of Security Engineering and Architecture, Ivan Krstic, […]

Technology giant Google has released a new application specially designed for children to let them explore the Himalayas using maps, 3D imagery and gameplay, a media report said. Called “Verne: The Himalayas”, the app introduces the character Verne, who is a friendly, 500-foot Yeti children can use to move around the map scenes. “The new […]

India, a key growth area for Wikipedia, is gearing up for a national conference “for Wikimedians in India to meet and share their views, discuss challenges and exchange useful tips, best practices and other information”. While the conference is open to “Wikipedians” from across the globe, organisers announced here that it would have a “very […]

China-based Huawei on Thursday launched Cloud Open Labs to build efficient networks and help operators to provide their end users in a real-time in India. The four Cloud Open Labs with interconnected facilities — Global Network Evolution and Experience Center (GNEEC), NFV Open Lab, SDN Open Lab and DC Open Lab — aim to enable […]

Paving the way for cheaper consumer electronics that are easier on the environment, researchers have created a green battery that uses a compound from vitamin B2 as the cathode, the part that stores the electricity that is released when connected to a device. “We’ve been looking to nature for a while to find complex molecules […]

Bengaluru: The Indian IT sector, facing job cuts over the months due to sluggish growth, witnessed 51 per cent growth in July in online hiring, said a global employment portal. “The IT sector which was facing the brunt of extensive job cuts, charted a positive trend in July, witnessing 51 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth over […]