Intel retires iconic Pentium and Celeron chips in PCs, laptops

New Delhi (IANS) Chip-maker Intel has bid goodbye to Pentium and Celeron processors and has introduced a new chip for upcoming essential segment or budget computers.

The company has introduced 'Intel Processor' that will replace Pentium…

Zoom returns after suffering brief outage

San Francisco (IANS) Popular video-conferencing app Zoom is now back online after it went down for around an hour on Thursday.

Zoom's status page revealed there was a "major outage" for around an hour, preventing many people from attending…

Hackers send nude image to parents via popular school messaging app

San Francisco (IANS) Hackers broke into a popular school messaging app being used by 10 million teachers, students and family members, and posted nude images in private chats.

According to NBC News, the app, known as Seesaw, for parents and…

Google to show Play Store reviews based on your device

San Francisco (IANS) With an aim to make it more user-friendly, Google has reportedly introduced a new feature that will show reviews on the Play Store based on the type of device a person is using.

The update, promised to occur in "early 2022"…

Cities must adapt to climate change to prevent unprecedented flooding

New Delhi (IANS) Unprecedented floods in Bangladesh followed by Assam floods, extremely heavy rain in Madhya Pradesh, parts of Rajasthan and Bengaluru in India, and the Pakistan deluge. Climate experts say all calamities have shown how the quantum…

IIT Madras 1st Indian institution to ride on IBM quantum network

Bengaluru (IANS) IIT-Madras has become the first Indian institution to join IBM's quantum network to advance quantum computing skills development and research in the country, the tech major announced on Monday.

IIT Madras' Centre for…

Covid drugs may pose risk to aquatic organisms

New York (IANS) Several drugs used to treat Covid-19 patients -- including remdesivir, dexamethasone, and antibiotics for associated bacterial infections -- persist through wastewater treatment and may occur in waterways at levels high enough to negatively…

Google's new policy to filter out suspicious ratings, reviews on Play Store

San Francisco (IANS) Tech giant Google is bringing a new app review policy to make app ratings and reviews as genuine as possible in the Play Store.

The latest change will hold up user-submitted reviews and ratings by around 24 hours before…

Apple delays iCloud shared photo library launch with iOS 16

San Francisco (IANS) Apple is delaying the launch of iCloud Shared Photo Library feature for a later iOS 16 release.

Apple webpage now lists the feature as "coming later this year."

Furthermore, it has also removed it from the latest…

Apple to create more differentiation between iPhone 15, 15 Pro: Report

San Francisco (IANS) Tech giant Apple is most likely to differentiate between its "Pro" and non-"Pro" iPhone models with next year's iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro.

According to industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the tech giant may create more…