Google once explored acquiring video meet app Zoom: Report

San Francisco (IANS) Google Cloud teams in 2018 explored to acquire California-based video meet app Zoom which has seen a definite surge in its popularity in social distancing times across the globe including in India.

According to a report…

Indian-American researcher identifies 4 possible treatments for COVID-19

New York  (IANS) An Indian-American scientist-led team from the University of Missouri has found that four antiviral drugs, including remdesivir, a drug originally developed to treat Ebola, are effective in inhibiting the replication of the coronavirus…

Musk says time to install Minecraft, Pokemon Go in Tesla cars

San Francisco, May 4 (IANS) After wreaking havoc on Tesla stock last week, Mush was back with his attention-grabbing tweets, saying it is a good idea to install games like Minecraft and Pokemon Go into Tesla cars.

"Minecraft has amazing legs,"…

Samsung Galaxy M21 gets price cut, now starts at Rs 12,699

New Delhi (IANS) Samsung on Monday announced that its budget smartphone 'Galaxy M21' 4/64GB variant is now available for Rs 12,699 and the 6/128 GB variant for Rs 14,999 on Amazon.in.

Consumers buying Galaxy M21 through offline retail…

15mn records from online store Tokopedia leaked by hacker

San Francisco (IANS) Records containing full names and phone numbers of about 15 million users registered on Indonesia's largest online store Tokopedia have been leaked by a hacker.

According to a report on ZDNet on Friday, the actual catch…

Texas A&M starts human trial of TB vaccine to fight COVID-19

New York (IANS) Researchers at Texas A&M University in the US are asking hundreds of frontline medical workers to participate in a Phase 4 clinical trial of a widely used tuberculosis vaccine that could blunt the devastating effects of COVID-19.

NASA awards $1.79bn contract to US firm for future Moon missions

Washington (IANS) In further boost to its Artemis Moon missions which will land the first woman and next man on the lunar surface by 2024, the US space agency on Saturday awarded a $1.79 billion contract to Aerojet Rocketdyne of Sacramento, California,…

Qualcomm sees 30% drop in global handset market in June quarter

New Delhi (IANS) Global chipmaker Qualcomm has estimated there was a 21 per cent decline in handset sales in its fiscal second quarter (January-March period) this year, mainly from the slowdown in China.

The leading 5G chip-maker now expects…

Huawei, China Mobile bring 5G to Mount Everest

Beijing (IANS) Huawei and China Mobile on Friday announced they have jointly taken 5G connectivity to a new height by bringing the network on the summit of Mount Everest, after the completion of the worlds highest 5G base station at an altitude of…

Microsoft Xbox Series X games to be revealed on May 7

San Francisco (IANS) Microsoft has announced that it is going to show off some Xbox Series X gameplay on May 7.

"You want to see games for the Xbox Series X? We want to show you games for the Xbox Series X. Check out First Look next-gen gameplay…