One in five mid range phone will support 5G in 2020

Beijing (IANS) Chinese local research agencies suggests that 20 per cent of all mid range smartphones will support 5G, thanks to the expansion of the network in the country.

An estimated 5 million 5G capable smartphones were sold in December…

IIT-H develops combination therapy for cancer treatment

Hyderabad (IANS) Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT-H) on Tuesday said that its researchers have developed an efficient combination therapy for the treatment of cancer.

The researchers have developed a synergetic combination of…

Microsoft to mentor 15 tech startups from 5 states

Hyderabad (IANS) Microsoft on Monday said it has selected 54 tech startups from five states -- Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Kerala and Telangana - and three from each state (total 15) will finally win a year-long mentorship programme and a two-day…

Apache, Chinook to make debut at Republic Day flypast

New Delhi (IANS) Apache attack helicopters and Chinook heavy lift transport helicopters to fly in formation over Rajpath making debut at Republic Day flypast 2020, Indian Air Force (IAF) said Monday.

The force has inducted 17 of 22 Apaches…

'Indic civilisation could be 24,000 years old'

Agra (IANS) The Indic civilisation could be 24,000 years old, according to available research documentation, claims author Neelesh Neelkanth Oak citing "configuration of stars in the Mahabharata, Ramayana and the Vedas."

Oak was addressing…

Tesla challenges hackers to find bugs and win Model 3 car

San Francisco (IANS) Electric automaker Tesla has once again challenged hackers to find bugs in its connected cars.

The Elon Musk-run company is returning to the annual hackers' competition "Pwn20wn" to be held in Vancouver in March, reports…

Microsoft patents locking mechanism for Surface Neo and Duo

San Francisco (IANS) Microsoft back in October showcased a foldable smartphone Surface Duo and Surface Neo dual-screen laptop, with displays held together with a fully rotating hinge that can be adjusted to any angle and now patent for this particular…

Indian-American astronaut in programme with eye on Moon, Mars

New York (IANS) An Indian-American will be among astronauts who may get a chance to go to the moon or Mars following his graduation from NASA's programme to train astronauts for those missions and the International Space Station.

Raja Chari…

Light Combat Aircraft lands on INS Vikramaditya

New Delhi (IANS) The indigenously designed and developed Light Combat Aircraft (N) Mk1 has made a successful arrested landing on the India's biggest warship INS Vikramaditya on Saturday.

Commodore Jaideep Maolankar did the maiden landing.

DuckDuckGo big winner as Google's default search engine for EU

San Francisco (IANS) After facing $4.8 billion fine from European Union (EU) over its anti-competitive practices, Google has announced that Android users in the 31 European Economic Area (EEA) countries will soon be able to choose their default search…