Pi calculated to 100 tn digits by Google Cloud employee

San Francisco (IANS) Tech giant Google's Cloud developer advocate Emma Haruka Iwao has beaten her own record from three years ago for the number of digits calculated for pi.

In 2019, she was able to calculate pi to its 31.4 trillionth digit,…

Google announces new features for Meet, Chromebooks

New Delhi (IANS) With an aim to empower teachers and students, tech giant Google on Wednesday announced that it is sharing new updates to Chromebooks, Google Classroom and Google Meet.

For those using the Google Workspace for Education Plus…

Hubble spots largest near-infrared image to find universe's rarest galaxies

Toronto (IANS) An international team of scientists has released the largest near-infrared image ever taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, enabling astronomers to map the star-forming regions of the universe and learn how the earliest, most distant…

Indian cyber agency flags multiple bugs in Chrome OS, Mozilla

New Delhi (IANS) The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has flagged several bugs in Chrome OS and Mozilla products that may put various sensitive data at risk.

In a report, the agency mentioned that the bugs could allow a remote…

MacBook Air refresh could ship 7 mn units by end of 2022: Kuo

San Francisco (IANS) Tech giant Apple's update to the MacBook Air could ship between 6 and 7 million units in the second half of 2022, media reports say.

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo offered shipment forecasts for the model. He also said that the…

Govt asks Twitter, YouTube to take down deo brand Layer'r Shot's obscene ad

New Delhi (IANS) The Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry has written to Twitter and YouTube to remove video advertisements of a deodorant brand Layer'r Shot for their alleged obscene content.

"It has come to the notice of the ministry…

New e-skin that can feel pain may help create touch-sensitive robots

London (IANS) A team of researchers, led by one of India-origin, has developed an electronic skin which can learn from feeling "pain" and could help create a new generation of smart robots with human-like sensitivity.

The team from the University…

Country's first liquid mirror telescope comes up in Uttarakhand

New Delhi (IANS) The first liquid mirror telescope in the country and the largest in Asia - commissioned atop Devasthal, a hill in Uttarakhand - will now keep a watch on the overhead sky to identify transient or variable objects such as supernovae,…

Chrome to soon block notifications from abusive, disruptive websites

San Francisco (IANS) Tech giant Google is reportedly working to cut down on the number of unwanted Chrome notifications that users receive, by blocking notifications from websites that the company deems to be "disruptive".

According to a new…

Google to merge Duo, Meet into single platform

San Francisco (IANS) Tech giant Google has confirmed that it is planning to merge its two disparate video calling apps, Duo and Meet, into a single platform.

The company said that it has made deep investments in both Google Duo and Google Meet…