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Scientists come across 'Vampire' star gorging on victim |
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Washington D.C. | January 25, 2020 8:41:19 AM IST |
| Astronomers have discovered a 'vampire' star in the midst of a feeding frenzy, with the help of an automated program that is sifting through archived data from the decommissioned Kepler Space Telescope. ... read.. |
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Sony PS5 to get support for smart voice commands: Report |
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Tokyo | Saturday, 2020 2:45:05 AM IST |
| Even as Sony has already confirmed that the company will be launching its next-generation gaming console 'PlayStation 5' soon, now a new patent has claimed that the upcoming console may feature a microphone on the controller for voice assistant on-board. ... read.. |
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Apple grows 41% in India, captures 2% market share in Q4 |
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New Delhi | Saturday, 2020 2:15:05 AM IST |
| Riding on the strong demand for iPhone XR and iPhone 11, Apple became one of the fastest-growing brands in India in the fourth quarter of 2019, capturing 2 per cent market share with a year-on-year growth of 41 per cent, Counterpoint Research said on Frid ... read.. |
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India pips US to become 2nd largest smartphone market in 2019 (Lead) |
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New Delhi | Saturday, 2020 2:15:05 AM IST |
| Riding on Chinese brands, the India smartphone market surpassed the US for the first time on an annual level, becoming the second-largest smartphone market after China globally -- reaching 158 million shipments in the calender year 2019 with 7 per cent (Y ... read.. |
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Vivo leads India offline market with 24.7% share in Nov |
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New Delhi | Friday, 2020 10:45:05 PM IST |
| Chinese smartphone maker Vivo became the top brand in the Indian offline market in the month of November, garnering 24.7 per cent share and beating Xiaomi and Samsung, the company's top India executive said on Friday. ... read.. |
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Large amounts of oxygen detected in ancient star's atmosphere |
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San Francisco | Friday, 2020 9:45:05 PM IST |
| An international team of astronomers has detected large amounts of oxygen in the atmosphere of one of the oldest and most elementally depleted stars ever known - a discovery that will help scientists better understand the earliest seeding of oxygen and ot ... read.. |
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Voice of 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy recreated |
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London | Friday, 2020 9:15:05 PM IST |
| Scientists have succeeded in accurately reproducing the voice of an Egyptian priest who lived 3,000 years ago, thanks to the mummification process and the use of 3D printing technology. ... read.. |
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Google I/O 2020 set to kick off on May 12 |
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San Francisco | Friday, 2020 7:45:05 PM IST |
| US-based search engine giant Google on Friday revealed that its next I/O developer conference will take place from May 12 to 14 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre, which is in Mountain View near Google's HQ. ... read.. |
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Cohesity opens new facility in Pune, to hire 100 people |
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Pune | Friday, 2020 7:15:05 PM IST |
| US-based data management solutions provider Cohesity announced on Friday that it has opened a new facility in Pune and has plans to hire approximately 100 employees at that site over the next 18 months, nearly doubling its presence in the city. ... read.. |
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Samsung's HC Hong who put India on world map begins new chapter |
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New Delhi | Friday, 2020 4:45:05 PM IST |
| HC Hong, President and CEO of Samsung Southwest Asia since 2015 and was instrumental in taking India to the top of global smartphone manufacturing map, has moved on into a new role within the company, according to a letter accessed by IANS. ... read.. |
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Amazon asks judge to block Microsoft from Pentagon project |
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Washington | Friday, 2020 3:45:05 PM IST |
| Amazon Web Services (AWS), the retail giant's Cloud arm, has asked a US judge to force a stay of work on Microsoft's $10 billion Cloud contract until the court can rule on Amazon's protest over the Pentagon awarding JEDI to Microsoft. ... read.. |
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Elon Musk is a genius, says Donald Trump |
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Davos | Friday, 2020 2:45:06 AM IST |
| Tech billionaire Elon Musk has earned praise from US President Donald Trump who has called the SpaceX and Tesla CEO one of the world's "great geniuses". ... read.. |
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China to launch Mars probe in July |
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Beijing | Friday, 2020 2:15:05 AM IST |
| China announced that it will launch its first Mars mission probe in July this year, China Youth Daily reported on Thursday. ... read.. |
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Trend Micro uses factory honeypot to trap hackers |
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Bengaluru | Friday, 2020 1:45:05 AM IST |
| Global Cloud security company Trend Micro on Thursday announced results of a six-month honeypot investigation which revealed that unsecured industrial environments are primarily victims of common cyber threats. ... read.. |
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Seattle residents allowed to vote via smartphones |
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San Francisco | Thursday, 2020 11:15:05 PM IST |
| Smartphones have made voting easier, as King County in the US state of Washington, where Seattle is located, implements mobile voting in their board of supervisors election. ... read.. |
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Don't take influenza symptoms lightly, advises doctor |
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New Delhi | Thursday, 2020 11:15:05 PM IST |
| With a high number of suspected cases of Influenza Types A and B being reported in Delhi, a doctor at the prestigious AIIMS on Thursday advised people not to take the symptoms of the disease lightly. ... read.. |
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IIT-M, researchers develop cathode materials for ion batteries |
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Chennai | Thursday, 2020 10:15:05 PM IST |
| Researchers from Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), have developed a new class of 'high entropy materials' for use as cathodes in long-lasting and better performing lithium ion batteries, the Institu ... read.. |
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AI to replace 69% of manager's workload by 2024: Gartner |
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Mumbai | Thursday, 2020 7:45:06 PM IST |
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies such as virtual personal assistants and chatbots will replace almost 69 per cent of the manager's workload by 2024, according to a prediction by research and advisory firm Gartner on Thursday. ... read.. |
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NASA picks 16 science experiments for Moon delivery |
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Washington | Thursday, 2020 7:45:06 PM IST |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has finalised the first 16 science experiments and technology demonstrations, ranging from chemistry to communications, to be delivered to the surface of the Moon under the Artemis programme. ... read.. |
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Pre-book Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite for Rs 39,999 in India |
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Gurugram | Thursday, 2020 6:45:05 PM IST |
| Samsung on Thursday launched another flagship Galaxy S10 Lite smartphone for Rs 39,999 in India that can be pre-booked across Flipkart, Samsung.com and leading retail stores from January 23 till February 3. ... read.. |
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More details about the iPhone 12 design revealed |
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San Francisco | Thursday, 2020 5:15:05 PM IST |
| Apple is expected to launch as many as four new iPhones spread across different display sizes in 2020 and now Apple analysts, Macotakara shared more details about the iPhone 12 design from a source from company's supply chain in Asia. ... read.. |
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Microsoft admits 250mn customers' service records got exposed |
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San Francisco | Thursday, 2020 4:45:05 PM IST |
| Microsoft has admitted it exposed nearly 250 million customer service records owing to "misconfiguration of an internal customer support database" used for tracking support cases that included logs of conversations between Microsoft support agents and cus ... read.. |
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Work begins on Chandrayaan-3 mission: ISRO |
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Bengaluru | Thursday, 2020 4:15:05 AM IST |
| In its second attempt to soft-land on the moon, India began working on its third lunar mission -- Chandrayaan-3 -- which is scheduled for launch in early 2021, a top space official said on Wednesday. ... read.. |
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Spotify testing new Stories feature for influencer playlists |
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San Francisco | Thursday, 2020 1:15:05 AM IST |
| Swedish music streaming giant Spotify is working on a new feature that lets influencers share Stories alongside their public playlists. The new version will let select users share video clips that contain snippets of songs and album art. ... read.. |
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Mysterious China virus may impact MWC Barcelona 2020 |
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New Delhi | Wednesday, 2020 10:15:05 PM IST |
| Often considered a Mecca for tech enthusiasts, the mobile industry's premier event MWC Barcelona is facing a new challenge this year -- dealing with a mysterious virus first reported in Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei province. ... read.. |
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Samsung launches refrigerator that makes perfect curd |
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Gurugram | Wednesday, 2020 9:45:05 PM IST |
| In an effort to help nuclear families and millennials who do not have time or expertise to make that perfect curd at home, Introducing its 2020 refrigerator line up, Samsung on Wednesday unveiled its Curd Maestro refrigerator, which is the world's first t ... read.. |
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Twitter crashes on Android following update |
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New Delhi | Wednesday, 2020 5:15:05 PM IST |
| Twitter users in India on Wednesday were left helpless as the app crashed globally on the Android devices. The problem was acknowledged by Twitter, which has started fixing it. ... read.. |
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Fujifilm India enters projector market |
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New Delhi | Tuesday, 2020 11:15:06 PM IST |
| Japanese photography and imaging major Fujifilm on Tuesday forayed into projector market with the launch of Z5000 - an ultra-short throw projector equipped with "folded two-axial rotatable lens" to enable omnidirectional image projection without moving th ... read.. |
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Global device shipments to hit 2.16bn units in 2020: Gartner |
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London | Tuesday, 2020 8:15:05 PM IST |
| The global shipments of devices -- PCs, tablets and mobile phones -- will reach 2.16 billion units in 2020, an increase of 0.9 per cent from 2019 buoyed by growth in smartphone shipments driven by 5G handsets, a Gartner report said on Tuesday. ... read.. |
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Only diversity can lead to synchronisation, say physicists |
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Illinois | January 21, 2020 8:12:03 PM IST |
| Exploring a completely new facet of diversity, a group of physicists have empirically demonstrated that within certain systems, the interacting elements can fall in sync only if they are different from each other. ... read.. |
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Samsung Galaxy Note10 Lite in India for Rs 38,999 |
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Gurugram | Tuesday, 2020 7:45:05 PM IST |
| Samsung India on Tuesday brought much-anticipated Galaxy Note10 Lite smartphone for a starting price of Rs 38,999 to India. It comes with 4500mAh battery, pro-grade camera and super-fast charging. ... read.. |
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World Economic Forum, TikTok launch diversity campaign |
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New Delhi | Tuesday, 2020 7:45:05 PM IST |
| In collaboration with World Economic Forum (WEF), Chinese short-video sharing application TikTok on Tuesday launched the #AllTheDifference challenge to promote inclusion in diversity ahead of the Davos summit that will discuss inclusive societies. ... read.. |
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Move over 5G, Japan to launch 6G by 2030 |
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Tokyo | Tuesday, 2020 6:15:05 PM IST |
| Japan is reportedly planning a comprehensive strategy for "post-5G" (6G) technology by 2030 and it is believed that the new technology will be 10-times faster than the current 5G. ... read.. |
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Global entertainment industry embraces Alibaba Cloud |
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Beijing | Tuesday, 2020 4:45:05 PM IST |
| Alibaba Cloud on Tuesday announced it has become the first Public Cloud vendor in the world to obtain the Trusted Partner Network (TPN) certification from the global entertainment industry. ... read.. |
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Facebook apps helped EU firms generate 208 bn euros in sales |
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San Francisco | Tuesday, 2020 4:15:05 PM IST |
| Facebook apps have helped businesses in the European Union (EU) generate sales corresponding to an estimated 208 billion euros last year - resulting in nearly 3.1 million jobs, the social networking giant said in a new report. ... read.. |
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Earth's early magnetic field stronger than previously thought: Study |
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Washington D.C. | January 21, 2020 1:41:24 PM IST |
| The earth's invisible yet vital magnetic field exists as a result of hot molten iron flowing through its outer core. It is one of the primary factors that made our planet conducive for harbouring life. The magnetic fulfils its protective role by shielding ... read.. |
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Apple empowering Indian students pen success on iPads, iMacs (Lead) |
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Burhanpur (Madhya Pradesh) | Monday, 2020 11:15:05 PM IST |
| Frequented by historians and art lovers seeking solace in its rich past, another transformation, albeit quietly, is taking place in the city of Burhanpur and this time, Cupertino-based tech giant Apple is empowering talented kids at the Macro Vision Acade ... read.. |
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SpaceX aims to send NASA astronauts to space in Q2 2020: Musk |
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Washington | Monday, 2020 10:45:05 PM IST |
| After NASA and SpaceX successfully completed a launch escape demonstration of the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket, Elon Musk said that his aerospace company aims to send NASA astronauts to space between April and June this year. ... read.. |
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Android R developer preview spotted running on Google Pixel 4 |
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San Francisco | Monday, 2020 9:45:05 PM IST |
| With the next edition of Android operating system (OS) reportedly around the corner, a benchmark test has been spotted on Geekbench which indicates that a Google Pixel 4 smartphone was running the upcoming Android R OS -- the 11th iteration. ... read.. |
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Opera offering predatory loans via Android apps in India: Report |
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San Francisco | Monday, 2020 9:15:05 PM IST |
| Opera -- a freeware web browser for Microsoft Windows -- is allegedly offering predatory loans through Android apps running four Android apps aimed at India, Kenya and Nigeria (CashBean, OKash, OPay and OPesa) that appear to be in direct violation of Goog ... read.. |
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India to see 1.5 lakh openings for data scientists in 2020 |
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New Delhi | Monday, 2020 7:45:05 PM IST |
| India is set to witness 1.5 lakh new openings for data scientists this year -- a whopping 62 per cent increase from 2019 which would led by the BFSI (banking, financial services and insurance), manufacturing, healthcare, IT and e-commerce, a new report sa ... read.. |
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Huawei, TomTom ink deal for Google Maps alternative |
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Beijing | Monday, 2020 7:15:05 PM IST |
| Sending a messege to the US that it can do without Google Maps, Chinese telecom and handset giant Huawei has now struck a partnership with Dutch location technology provider TomTom, which will allow it to use the companys maps, traffic information and nav ... read.. |
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Hacker leaks passwords for 5 lakh Internet-connected devices |
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San Francisco | Monday, 2020 6:15:05 PM IST |
| A hacker has leaked usernames and passwords of over five lakh servers, routers and Internet of Things (IoT) devices on the Dark Web which can be used to install malware on Internet-connected devices at home or at work. ... read.. |
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