Technology: News
02 Jul 2017
India7 industries smartphones are changing
Smartphones have invariably changed the way we live our lives, whether it's by helping us stay connected, informed or entertained.
01 Jul 2017
3D PrintingA 3D printed, airless and biodegradable tire?
French tire manufacturing giant Michelin introduced its Vision concept at the Movin' On conference in Montreal, Canada this week.
30 Jun 2017
DronesMIT launches new drones that switch between flying and driving
Scientists and researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have successfully developed a fleet of eight robotic drones that have the dual capability to fly through air and travel by land.
29 Jun 2017
SmartphonesVivo beats competition, showcases Under Display Fingerprint Scanner
In technology, time is of the utmost importance. If you stall, someone will come and take away the mantle from you. That is what happened with Apple and Samsung, and Vivo made use of it.
29 Jun 2017
IndiaXiaomi launches laser projector, Ninebot Plus and Mi Ultrasonic toothbrush
Xiaomi, which is mainly known in India for its smartphones, has launched three more products for its Mi Ecosystem in China.
27 Jun 2017
SeoulMeet the world's first flexible, walking robot!
Robots! We all have seen them. In this age, everyone knows what they are!
23 Jun 2017
GoogleGoogle Glass is alive and well, much to our surprise
Last time when we heard about Google Glass it was sitting comfortably on a display in the Museum of Failures, that marvelous place where all products that have failed get displayed.
22 Jun 2017
Health & WellnessHealth revolution to be spurred by Artificial Intelligence
With the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automated programs, robots are set to play a key rule in detecting health conditions and finding cures, reports said.
20 Jun 2017
IntelOnce again, China makes the fastest super computers
Two Chinese supercomputers are the fastest machines on Earth, according to the researchers in the US and Germany.
19 Jun 2017
Electric VehiclesWireless electricity transmission: The impossible is now a reality
Scientists at Stanford University have developed a technology to wirelessly transmit electricity to moving objects.
18 Jun 2017
RobotsRobots with manners and social skills? That's possible, say researchers
Futurists believe that within the next 50 years, human-robot interaction will become a necessity to carry on with our daily lives.
18 Jun 2017
Emmanuel MacronFrance launches tech visa to become "country of unicorns"
In a bid to become "country of unicorns", France launched a new technology visa to attract foreign talent.
17 Jun 2017
San Francisco'Hyperloop Hotel' that allows people to travel in luxury rooms
Brandan Siebrecht, a graduate architecture student from the University of Las Vegas, Nevada, has come up with a futuristic concept of a multi-city modular hotel chain where hotels in different locations would be connected by Hyperloop systems.
17 Jun 2017
JapanJapanese start-up makes papers from stones, and not trees
Tablets made of stone were one of the earliest tools used for writing before invention of paper.
17 Jun 2017
San FranciscoWork from home: Working practices adopted by a digital generation
Automattic, the firm behind WordPress.com, is selling its beautiful 15,000 square-feet San Francisco office as its employees have simply stopped coming to work.
16 Jun 2017
XAmazon secures patent to prevent online price comparison in stores
After recently launching its physical retail stores, Amazon has been granted a patent that will prevent consumers from using the in-store Wi-Fi to check product price listings online.
15 Jun 2017
IIT-KharagpurIIT-Kharagpur team develops wearable tech from silk
If someone plays word association with silk, often the next word will be sarees or kurta or rugs. It will take someone with a very vivid imagination to say silk is something that can be used to make a smart-wearable that's capable of data storage, communication and gauging its surroundings.
14 Jun 2017
General MotorsApple's "mother of all AI projects", an autonomous car system
Every tech/automobile giant worth its salt is now working on self-driving technology.
13 Jun 2017
Leonardo da VinciLooking back at the history of self-driven cars
A future filled with autonomous vehicles might not be a distant dream anymore.
13 Jun 2017
DronesRecord-breaking drone swarm: China launches 119 drones at once
China broke a world record by launching a swarm of 119 fixed-wing drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).
11 Jun 2017
Star WarsElectronic Entertainment Expo 2017, it's a showdown of giants
This is it; this is the time all gamers have been waiting for the entire year, to find out what they would be indulging in for the next 364 days.
11 Jun 2017
CanadaSelf-replicating 3D printer could help construct a lunar base
Scientists from a university in Canada are developing a new 3D printer which can make copies of itself using lunar material.
10 Jun 2017
JapanJapan to finalize plans on drone-based delivery and self-driving trucks
Japan is poised to finalize its strategy on self-driving trucks and drones as it looks to add a futuristic touch to its commercial sector.
06 Jun 2017
iPhoneDiversity at Apple WWDC: From 82-year-old to 10-year-old developers
Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) 2017 in California has seen the participation of people across different ranges of age, nationalities and skill-set.
06 Jun 2017
FacebookFacebook has been vanishing your friends for some time now
Have you ever wondered what happened to all your friends on Facebook, why do they not post anymore or even if they do, why don't you get to see them anymore in your newsfeed?
06 Jun 2017
AppleWWDC'17: Apple still knows how to pull genuine surprises
WWDC 2017 was exciting, to say the least, with Apple unveiling a new speaker to take on Amazon's Echo and Google home. App store also got revamped, few key updates and Apple has solidified its desktops with macOS High Sierra.
05 Jun 2017
AppleWhat to expect from Apple's WWDC17
Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference 2017 (WWDC17) kicks off today at the McEnery Convention Centre in San Jose, California.
04 Jun 2017
MalwareAll the tech-y things you might have missed this week
This week in technology was spent mostly on malware; we started off with "Judy" infecting 3.65 crore users in Google Play Store and ended with the news of Fireball turning 2.5 crore Indian computers into zombies.
02 Jun 2017
AustraliaStudy reveals AI can predict time of death rather accurately
Researchers at the University of Adelaide, Australia, have developed an AI software which can predict how long a person will live pretty accurately after analyzing photos of the person's organs.
02 Jun 2017
Space NewsNASA's Parker Solar Probe: Humanity's first mission to the sun
In 1969, when Neil Armstrong from NASA's Apollo 11 mission took the first step on the moon and made history, it was immortalized by the famous quote, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
01 Jun 2017
IntelWould AMD's Ryzen 9 be the most powerful CPU?
Chipmaker AMD unveiled its new 16-core Ryzen 9 series 1998X CPU which will take on Intel's 18-core Skylake-X Core i9, which was released a day earlier.
01 Jun 2017
Ram (Random Access Memory)Puffin Browser: World's fastest browser
There are a lot of browsers you can choose from when you need to browse the Internet from your smart devices, most leave a lot to be desired.
31 May 2017
International Cricket Council (ICC)What have been the technological innovations in cricket?
Over the years, the world of cricket has seen some awesome technological innovations.
29 May 2017
SamsungThis week in technology, a wrap-up!
Here is a wrap-up of the week gone by, in technology space!
29 May 2017
MicrosoftDNA storage for data, Microsoft is taking the leap
The problem at hand is "current storage technologies can no longer keep pace with exponentially growing amounts of data," therefore, the solution is "DNA data storage."
29 May 2017
GoogleGoogle's AlphaGo, the AI which beat humans at Go, retires
After decimating the top players in the world's most complicated and demanding strategy game, Go, Google's AlphaGo, the AI designed to compete in Go, is retiring from competitive matches.
27 May 2017
GujaratCrisis at Tata power plant averted with robot's help
The Tata Power Plant in Mundra (Gujarat) was staring at expenditures worth crores after a 2kg hammer fell into a high-pressure steam pipe during a maintenance drive.
26 May 2017
Petrol Diesel Prices'Petrol prices could go to just Rs. 30/liter in future'
As the world makes advancements in technology, one significant change may be on its way - the price of petrol plummeting to Rs. 30 per liter or even less.
