Chinese astronauts aboard the Tiangong space station are conducting a groundbreaking experiment involving fruit flies to explore the effects of microgravity and sub-magnetic fields on living organisms, according to reports. The experiment, part of the crew’s six-month mission, is being conducted by the Shenzhou 19 astronauts who arrived at the station on October 29. The […]
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Realme Note 60x was spotted on several certification sites last month. Now, the phone has been listed on an e-commerce website. The listing reveals the design, colour options, RAM, and storage configurations of the handset. It also includes key features and specifications of the phone. The company has yet to officially announce the smartphone. The e-commerce […]
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Xiaomi 15 Ultra is said to be in the works as the third entrant in the company’s Xiaomi 15 series. While the Chinese smartphone brand has yet to confirm the launch timeline, specifications of the unannounced phone have surfaced on the Web. The Xiaomi 15 Ultra is tipped to come with a 1-inch type main […]
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WhatsApp will drop support for iOS 15 and older versions of Apple’s operating system (iOS) for the iPhone next year, according to claims by a feature tracker. The list of iPhone models for which support is expected to discontinue includes legacy handsets such as the iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6, and iPhone 5S. Newer iPhone […]
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World Labs, the artificial intelligence (AI) startup, unveiled its first AI system on Monday. The currently unnamed AI system can generate interactive 3D worlds using an image input. These generated worlds turn the 2D visual asset into explorable 3D scenes where users can navigate using a keyboard and mouse. The AI system is currently in […]
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Threads — Meta Platforms’ microblogging app and a competitor to X (formerly Twitter) — is rolling out a new feature to refine searches with the help of additional options. Following its rollout, users will be presented with additional filters for date ranges and profiles which can be applied in the search bar. This development builds […]
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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6 were launched earlier this year as the company’s latest foldable phones, and details of their successors have already started to surface online. Expected to arrive next year, the purported Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7 could make their debut with larger displays, according […]
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Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,100-year-old temple carved into a cliff face near Sohag, Egypt, approximately 200 kilometres north of Luxor. The discovery, announced by researchers from the University of Tübingen in Germany, includes intricately carved stone reliefs and chambers that provide new insights into the religious practices of the Ptolemaic period. The excavation began in […]
Continue ReadingUKRAINE – 2022/01/07: In this photo illustration a Microsoft Azure logo seen displayed on a smartphone. (Photo Illustration by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images LONDON — Microsoft on Tuesday was accused of unfairly overcharging customers of rival cloud companies in a lawsuit claiming damages of more than £1 […]
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he world’s second-fastest supercomputer, Frontier, has successfully carried out the most extensive simulation of the universe ever created, as per reports. The project, led by Salman Habib, Director of the Computational Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory, was undertaken to test models of cosmological hydrodynamics. The simulation was developed using the Hardware/Hybrid Accelerated Cosmology Code […]
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A new perspective of the Sombrero Galaxy (M104) has been provided by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), capturing its unique mid-infrared structure for the first time. Shared on November 25, 2024, the image highlights the spiral galaxy located 30 million light-years away in the Virgo constellation, as per reports. Astronomers have described the findings […]
Continue ReadingDec 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a set of flaws impacting Palo Alto Networks and SonicWall virtual private network (VPN) clients that could be potentially exploited to gain remote code execution on Windows and macOS systems. “By targeting the implicit trust VPN clients place in servers, attackers can manipulate client […]
Continue ReadingDec 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Email Security The North Korea-aligned threat actor known as Kimsuky has been linked to a series of phishing attacks that involve sending email messages that originate from Russian sender addresses to ultimately conduct credential theft. “Phishing emails were sent mainly through email services in Japan and Korea until early […]
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iQOO 13 has launched in India today, bringing the brand’s signature performance credentials at a competitive price. While iQOO 13 brings a host of upgrades over iQOO 12, as per the brand, it is more than a successor. The iQOO 13 is the first flagship smartphone from the brand that gets an ingress protection rating, […]
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iQOO 13 was launched in India on Tuesday as the second smartphone in India to debut with a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip from Qualcomm. The handset is equipped with three 50-megapixel rear cameras, and sports a 6.82-inch AMOLED screen with a 144Hz refresh rate. It runs on Android 15, along with Vivo’s Funtouch OS 15 […]
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Moto G35 5G will be introduced in India soon. The company has confirmed the launch date and availability details of the handset. It was initially unveiled in select European markets in August alongside the Moto G55. The design, colour options and key features of the Indian variant of the Moto G35 5G have been revealed. […]
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Vivo has announced the launch date of the Vivo X200 and Vivo X200 Pro in India. The new X series handsets with MediaTek Dimensity 9400 SoCs and Zeiss-branded cameras will go on sale through Amazon in the country. The Vivo X200 series was released in the company’s home country — China — in October this year. The Indian variants are […]
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OnePlus 13 was launched in China on October 31 and is expected to make its debut in India and global markets soon. The company has now confirmed the launch timeline of its latest non-foldable flagship handset, and it will not arrive until the turn of the year. It is one of the first handsets to […]
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OnePlus has released its latest Android 15-based operating system (OS) for Nord 4 and Nord CE 4 handsets in India, the company announced on Monday. Its rollout takes place a month after the Chinese smartphone maker commenced the Closed Beta Testing (CBT) programme for the one of the aforementioned devices. OxygenOS 15 for the OnePlus […]
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Honor 300 Ultra, Honor 300 Pro and Honor 300 were launched in China Monday. All three phones feature a 50-megapixel main rear camera and a 50-megapixel selfie shooter. They run on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipsets and ship with Android 15-based MagicOS 9.0. The Honor 300 series smartphones feature full-HD+ displays with up to 120Hz refresh rate. […]
Continue ReadingDec 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Phishing Attack A newly discovered malware campaign has been found to target private users, retailers, and service businesses mainly located in Russia to deliver NetSupport RAT and BurnsRAT. The campaign, dubbed Horns&Hooves by Kaspersky, has hit more than 1,000 victims since it began around March 2023. The end goal of […]
Continue ReadingA Chinese flag is displayed next to a “Made in China” sign seen on a printed circuit board with semiconductor chips, in this illustration picture taken February 17, 2023. Florence Lo | Reuters Major Asian chip stocks outside of China rose Tuesday, shrugging off a new round of U.S. semiconductor export curbs aimed at impairing Beijing’s capability […]
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Oppo Find X8 series was launched in India on November 21 and its sale commences in the country today. The Chinese smartphone maker has now confirmed the availability and launch offers of its latest flagship handsets. The smartphone lineup comprises two models — Oppo Find X8 and Find X8 Pro, which have become the first […]
Continue ReadingChina is looking to challenge the U.S. in artificial intelligence. China’s tech giants have launched their own AI models. Niphon | Istock | Getty Images China’s race to develop smarter-than-human artificial intelligence may put it ahead of the U.S., but such ground-breaking technology could also risk lessening the stronghold that the ruling Communist Party has […]
Continue ReadingElon Musk listens as US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a House Republicans Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. Allison Robbert | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk lost his bid to get his 2018 CEO pay package reinstated on Monday when a Delaware judge […]
Continue ReadingCreator Kai Cenat broke the record for the highest subscriber count on Amazon‘s Twitch during a nonstop live stream for the entire month of November. Cenat is a 22-year-old streamer who rose to popularity over the past two years with livestreams focused on comedy, gaming and pranks. He completed a so-called subathon on Saturday, streaming […]
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Oppo’s Find X8 and Find X8 Pro were launched in India recently. Oppo is expected to release the Find X8 Ultra as the third entrant in the lineup soon. Though there is no official information regarding the Ultra variant, a new leak has revealed some details about the phone. The Oppo Find X8 Ultra is […]
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A new study published in Science Advances by Jens Müller and Nicolas Grube from the Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics at ETH Zurich has highlighted the growing depths of ocean acidification. Using a 3D model of the world’s oceans, the researchers examined how carbon emissions since the industrial age have impacted marine chemistry. The […]
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Timekeeping, a cornerstone of modern technology and daily life, is poised to achieve unprecedented accuracy due to groundbreaking research in atomic and nuclear clocks. Essential for global positioning systems (GPS), telecommunications and financial networks, the definition of a “second” has evolved over centuries. The latest innovations could lead to a redefinition of the second, enhancing […]
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Researchers at Kiel University, through a study published in Open Archaeology, have introduced a fresh method to analyse archaeological findings. By linking ancient societal structures with modern human development metrics, they have provided a new lens to examine prehistoric mega settlements. Their approach connects archaeological categories to the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI), paving […]
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