Boston: News

US: Passenger opens flight's emergency exit right before takeoff, arrested

In yet another bizarre flight incident, a man in the United States (US) was arrested for reportedly opening an emergency exit door of a plane and causing its emergency slide to be activated moments before it was about to take off on Saturday (local time).

27 Aug 2019

NBA

Five funny NBA moments

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the biggest basketball league, not just in the USA, but globally.

05 Jul 2018

Smartphones

Android apps secretly record smartphone screens: Study

Researchers from the Northeastern University in Boston have discovered that some Android apps secretly record your mobile screen and share that data with third parties.

17 Jun 2018

Robots

In this restaurant by MIT engineers, robots prepare food

MIT graduates Brady Knight, Michael Farid, Luke Schlueter, and Kale Rogers have opened a new fast food restaurant in downtown Boston called Spyce, where all the meals are prepared by robot chefs in the kitchen.

17 Jun 2018

World

Students sue Harvard University alleging discrimination against Asian-Americans

A group called 'Students For Fair Admissions' (SFFA) has sued Harvard University for allegedly brazenly discriminating against Asian-American students during admissions.

21 Apr 2018

Barack Obama

This Indian from MIT won most promising economist award

Parag Pathak, a professor of Economics in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has won the prestigious John Bates Clark award for academic contributions from a young economist.

05 Apr 2018

Harvard

Asian-American group sues Harvard for discriminating in admission process

A group of Asian-American students called 'Students for Fair Admissions' has sued Harvard University alleging discrimination in the admission process.

16 Mar 2018

Google Maps

Google Maps introduces wheelchair accessible routes

Google Maps has introduced a new feature called 'wheelchair accessible routes' that will help users with mobility needs to easily navigate around a place.