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Virgin Galactic sends three humans to space

New Mexico [USA], Feb 26 (ANI): In a first, US-based Virgin Galactic rocketed three people to space in a test flight that is an effort towards the company’s commercial spaceflight mission.

2019-02-26T16:37:18.933174+00:00 IST

Apple Music likely to arrive on Google Home: Report

California [USA], Feb 26 (ANI): Apple Music is reportedly finding a new home in Google Home.

2019-02-26T16:37:11.543006+00:00 IST

SanDisk releases world’s first 1TB microSD card

Barcelona [Spain], Feb 26 (ANI): If your high-end Android phone allowed you to capture amazing pictures but the storage always disappointed you, SanDisk has just answered all your prayers.

2019-02-25T20:03:16.440560+00:00 IST

HoloLens team calls on Microsoft to cancel US Army contract over alleged ‘warfare technology’

Washington [USA], February 24 (ANI): Microsoft engineers working on the mixed reality HoloLens project are calling on the company to give up its multi-million dollar contract with the US Army.

2019-02-24T12:49:35.489332+00:00 IST

Google Maps Satellite View was once almost called ‘Bird Mode’

California [USA], February 24 (ANI): When big companies introduce something, it becomes a standard. For instance, Google Maps calling its popular feature as Satellite View, which may have been even sillier if one of the employees had not secretly coded it this way.

2019-02-24T12:37:55.655838+00:00 IST

Criminals! Don’t try to steal a Tesla

California [United States], Feb 23 (ANI): A car once stolen may not be recovered. Unless, it is a Tesla!

2019-02-23T15:46:11.338217+00:00 IST

Meet Remebot, China’s first neurosurgery robot

Beijing [China], Feb 23 (ANI): After carrying out CRISPR experiment on human embryos, China has achieved a new feat by introducing its first robotic neurosurgeon

2019-02-23T14:03:13.242276+00:00 IST

Twitter co-founder Evan Williams steps down

California [USA], Feb 23 (ANI): Another C-suite Twitter executive is stepping down. The company co-founder and former CEO Evan Williams announced his exit to "focus on other things".

2019-02-23T13:38:43.747692+00:00 IST

Microsoft to announce new Xbox lineup at E3 2019: Report

California [USA], Feb 23 (ANI): The video game industry’s biggest annual expo, Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3 2019), may not witness Sony’s participation, but if the latest reports are anything to go by, Microsoft may steal the show by announcing its next-in-line Xbox consoles at the show.

2019-02-23T13:38:36.263681+00:00 IST

Is Pinterest Instagram’s next target after Snapchat?

California [USA], Feb 23 (ANI): After practically lifting all the star features of rival Snapchat, Instagram seems to be eyeing Pinterest’s only good feature - the ability to share the collection of your favourite pins with everyone else.

2019-02-23T13:33:46.106163+00:00 IST

YouTube stops channels running anti-vaccination videos from running ads

California [USA], Feb 23 (ANI): YouTube has announced that it will no longer allow to monetise channels, which promote anti-vaccination content after it was found that ads, including some from health companies, were running alongside anti-vaccination videos.

2019-02-23T13:33:37.153115+00:00 IST

Passenger airlines with cameras built into seats cause privacy uproar

Singapore, February 22 (ANI): You might have travelled in some airlines which offer in-flight entertainment systems to help you kill time. But did you observe that many of these systems come with built-in cameras?

2019-02-22T15:32:57.857879+00:00 IST

Pinterest files for IPO that could value it at USD 12 billion

San Francisco [USA], February 22 (ANI): Pinterest, the social networking platform that works on interests and pins for visual-based information that excites hobbyists and creative professionals, is reportedly eyeing for an IPO later-June.

2019-02-22T15:16:16.396643+00:00 IST

China wants to make its remotest villages go cashless by 2020

Beijing [China], February 22 (ANI): Going cashless is convenient, secure, and also the new driving force for the global economies to run. However, education and reach has a role to play in the adoption of digital methods of transactions.

2019-02-22T15:16:09.497905+00:00 IST

CRISPR twins may be the first humans with ‘accidentally’ enhanced brains

Cambridge [USA], February 22 (ANI): Chinese twins, named Lulu and Nana, had their genes altered before birth with gene-editing tool called CRISPR in order to make them immune to acquiring HIV that causes AIDS. Now, scientists believe that the twin girls, born last year, may have had their cognition and memory enhanced in the process.

2019-02-22T15:02:38.159892+00:00 IST

Soon, change your Pokémon GO team at a cost

California [USA], February 22 (ANI): Niantic is looking to allow its Pokémon GO players a once-a-year opportunity to switch teams at a small price.

2019-02-22T12:24:31.932970+00:00 IST

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft lands on asteroid, shoots a bullet into it, returns to space

Tokyo [Japan], February 22 (ANI): The Japanese spacecraft, Hayabusa 2, successfully landed on Ryugu asteroid as part of its multi-year mission of collecting samples from the surface of the asteroid.

2019-02-22T11:23:32.081532+00:00 IST

NASA releases interactive book that shows beauty of Earth from space

Washington [USA], February 21 (ANI): It is difficult to capture and then collate the immense beauty of our planet in a single book. However, NASA’s latest interactive book has been able to do just that, giving us earthlings a look into how the planet looks from the outer space.

2019-02-21T15:03:55.448750+00:00 IST

Nestle, Epic, Disney, McDonald’s pull out of YouTube ads over ‘paedophilia ring’ concerns

California [USA], February 21 (ANI): After reports emerged about YouTube overlooking the loopholes that allow pedophiles to abuse the platform to network through comments on innocuous videos, some of the top brands are reportedly backtracking from advertising on the Google-owned platform.

2019-02-21T15:01:09.935252+00:00 IST

Nike’s self-lacing Adapt BB shoes rendered useless with faulty Android app

Oregon [USA], February 21 (ANI): Nike built one of the coolest smart shoes but probably forgot to test its compatible app, leaving users frustrated.

2019-02-21T14:57:27.714681+00:00 IST

SpaceX granted nearly USD 300 million by US Department of Defense

California [USA], February 20 (ANI): The US Department of Defense has announced awards for various ventures including Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The space agency has been awarded a USD 297,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract to pursue some of the important space programmes.

2019-02-20T16:03:11.619353+00:00 IST