China achieves ‘huge breakthrough’ on laser weapon tech

Hong Kong (IANS) Chinese military scientists have claimed that they have developed a new cooling system that allows high-energy lasers to operate “infinitely” without any build-up of waste heat.

According to scientists at the National University…

WhatsApp rolling out feature to schedule calls in group chats on Android beta

San Francisco (IANS) Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is rolling out a feature to schedule calls in group chats on Android beta.

Beta users will now be able to schedule group calls within their groups, reports WABetaInfo.

Users…

Google announces eSignature beta for Docs, Drive

San Francisco (IANS) Google has announced that eSignature is now available as an open beta on Google Docs and Drive.

In June last year, Google began alpha testing the ability to request and capture eSignatures in Google Docs.

"Based…

Chandrayaan 3: Vikram can make soft-landing on Moon’s surface even with engine failure, says ISRO chief

Bengaluru, (IANS) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief S. Somanath on Tuesday said that Vikram, the lander of India's third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, is due to make a soft landing on the surface of the Moon on August 23 and will…

X working on feature to sort posts on profiles

San Francisco (IANS) Elon Musk-owned X is working on a new feature that will allow users to sort posts on someone's profile.

A screenshot posted by Andrea Conway, a designer at X, suggests that the feature will allow users to sort posts…

NASA study finds Mars is spinning faster

Washington (IANS) Scientists have made the most precise measurements ever of Mars’ rotation, for the first time detecting how the planet wobbles due to the “sloshing” of its molten metal core.

The findings, detailed in the journal Nature, are…

Leap-forward climbing plan: realme's vision for redefining smartphone market

New Delhi (IANS) In a fiercely-competitive smartphone market, where industry giants dominated, realme emerged as a daring underdog five years ago.  

Its progression from obscurity to setting new standards for the sector is nothing short of…

Scientists discover highest-energy light coming from Sun

New York (IANS) An international team of scientists has discovered the highest-energy light coming from the sun.

"The sun is more surprising than we knew," said Mehr Un Nisa, a postdoctoral research associate at Michigan State University in…

China at major risk of losing global memory chip, AI race

Hong Kong (IANS) China may lag behind in the global memory chip and artificial intelligence (AI) race amid Beijing's restriction on US-based Micron Technology and export sanctions by Joe Biden administration on American companies on sharing tech…

Google scanner to let Android phones read QR codes from across the room

New Delhi,  (IANS) Google is working on a new feature that will enable Android smartphones to automatically detects a QR code in the camera frame, zooms in and reads it.

The Google code scanner API provides a complete solution for scanning…