Tech
NASA's new micro-satellites to improve hurricane forecasting
The system will improve hurricane forecasting by making measurements of ocean surface winds in and near the eye wall of tropical cyclones, typhoons and hurricanes throughout their life cycle.
Google testing new feature that lets you add food images to locations on Maps
The feature will detect when photos are taken at restaurants or food outlets and offer to attach them to the establishment’s location.
Ashley Madison hack sends shivers through online dating, porn sites
It might be too late for many people who, lured by a supposed cloak of digital anonymity, have shared their innermost wishes, fetishes and fantasies on hook-up and porn sites.
Facebook finally allows GIFs in ads, Page posts
Facebook has eventually decided to relax its standards and started to allow businesses to post GIFs as ads and Page posts.
16-year-old Indian-origin boy designs a search engine that's more accurate than Google
Anmol Tukrel came across the idea of a personalised search engine during an internship stint in India at Bengaluru-based adtech firm IceCream Labs.
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg ranked world's richest individual under 35; Snapchat's Evan Spiegal youngest in list
Zuckerberg boasts a self-made fortune of $41.6 billion, far ahead of his rivals in second and third place: fellow Facebook co-founders Dustin Moskovitz and Eduardo Saverin.
Hackers reveal Ashley Madison had 'no security' when they stole private data on adulterers
Hackers who stole a trove of sensitive data from AshleyMadison.com said "nobody was watching" as they scoured the infidelity website.
With MIUI 7, Xiaomi aims to cut users' data costs by up to 50%
The new MIUI 7 OS will come with the Data Saver feature (through integration of the Opera Max technology) which is believed to make phones use less data.
Hackers using Internet Explorer flaw to install malware; Microsoft issues emergency fix
The bug can be exploited when vulnerable computers visit booby-trapped websites or open malicious HTML-based emails.
New smartphone sensor could help identify gases, detect air quality
Gas measurements made with smartphones will make activities such as the detection of internal air problems easier.
Latest leaks reveal LG-made Nexus 5 will come with 5.2-inch display, protruding camera, Android M
Both Huawei Nexus 6 and LG Nexus 5 are expected to feature the latest USB Type-C port, which is a reversible port for both charging and output.
Playing Tetris for 3 minutes could reduce your worst cravings
Playing Tetris decreased craving strength for drugs, food, and activities from 70 per cent to 56 per cent.
Cyber cafés: Where Indians first saw the Internet
It is 20 years since the Internet was first made available to the Indian public and we take you back to the cubicles and rows of flickering CRT monitors where many of us would have had our first encounter with the Internet.
Samsung Pay: Samsung launches mobile payment service that works at nearly all stores where credit/debit cards are accepted
The new service lets users make payments by having phones send signals to existing magnetic stripe card readers, offering greater store coverage than Apple's Apple Pay service which requires retailers to install compatible equipment.
Call drops jump 7-fold between January-March 2015 : TRAI
As per norms, in worst case scenario call drop should not be more than 3 per cent of total calls made in a network.
Photos: Xiaomi's all-new 4G budget Redmi Note 2 smartphone
The dual-SIM 4G smartphone runs the latest MIUI 7 atop Android Lollipop OS. Xiaomi has launched two models of the Redmi Note 2 - the regular (with 16 GB internal storage) and Prime (with 32 GB of internal storage).
