Indo-British scholar's AI tech boosts smartphone battery, save energy

New Delhi (IANS) A novel Artificial Intelligence-based technology developed by an Indian-origin scholar at University of Essex in the UK, can help boost smartphone battery life by 30 per cent and save countless kilowatts from energy bills.

An…

Apple releases 1st public betas of iOS 16, iPadOS 16

San Francisco (IANS) Tech giant Apple has seeded the first public beta versions of iOS 16, iPadOS 16, watchOS 8, and tvOS 16 to members of its software testing programme.

The first public beta versions of the new software updates should be…

Nikon to shut SLR camera biz to focus on mirrorless models: Report

Tokyo (IANS) With an aim to focus more on mirrorless camera models, Japanese imaging giant Nikon is planning to stop producing single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras, media reports said on Tuesday.

According to Nikkei Asia, the company will withdraw…

Microsoft Edge to let users edit images before saving them

San Francisco (IANS) Tech giant Microsoft's Edge Canary includes a new feature that lets you edit images before saving them, which is available as part of a controlled rollout.

At the moment, when you right-click an image, you have the…

India needs clearer personal data protection law to tame Twitter, others

New Delhi (IANS) The latest Centre-Twitter legal battle over repeated content blocking orders by the IT Ministry has brought an old debate to the fore -- is the country finally ready to penalise foreign intermediaries and social media platforms for…

Virgin Galactic partners with Aurora to build new motherships

San Francisco (IANS) Billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic partnered with Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing company, to design and manufacture its next generation motherships.

The mothership is the air launch carrier aircraft in…

CAPSTONE mission restores communications with NASA after blackout

Washington (IANS) After spending nearly a day in the dark, NASA's CAPSTONE mission, a microwave oven-sized CubeSat, has re-established contact with mission officials, the US space agency has said.

"Mission operators have re-established…

Chinese govt set on stealing your technology, warn FBI and MI5 chiefs

London (IANS) In an unprecedented move, the heads of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the UK domestic security service MI5 jointly warned about imminent threats by the Chinese government's global espionage campaign.

At a…

Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2 now available in India

New Delhi (IANS) Tech giant Microsoft on Tuesday announced that its new Surface Laptop Go 2 is now available in India for consumers and businesses.

The Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2 with 8GB+128GB storage will be available for Rs 73,999 and…

21% of all HTML attachments scanned over past month were malicious: Report

New Delhi (IANS) After analysing data on the millions of attachments, a team of researchers has found that 21 per cent of all HTML attachments scanned over the past month were malicious.

According to Barracuda researchers, malicious HTML attachments…