NASA rover sends 1st colour images of Mars, a selfie too

Washington (IANS) NASAs Perseverance rover has sent some stunning photos of the Red Planet, including a high-resolution colour selfie taken during its landing.

The selfie is part of a video taken by several cameras as NASA's Perseverance…

How smartphone apps extract your data via location tracking

London (IANS) Smartphone users are unaware of privacy implications of some permissions they grant to apps and services and researchers have been able to identify which kind of personal information the apps extract with location tracking on.

This…

NASA's Perseverance rover lands successfully on Mars

Washington (IANS) The American space agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), has successfully landed its Perseverance rover in a deep crater near the planet Mars' equator called Jezero.

Engineers at NASA's mission…

FB used 'deeply wrong' ad metrics to push revenue: Report

San Francisco (IANS) Facebook increased its revenue by allegedly using "deeply wrong" ad metrics and failed to correct inflated numbers owing to fake and duplicate accounts, company employees have claimed in a court filing.

According to a report…

Facebook blocks Australian users, publishers from sharing news

San Francisco (IANS) Facebook has announced to block both Australian users and media companies from sharing or viewing local and international news content, in response to Australias proposed new Media Bargaining law.

Facebook said that the…

Google rolls out dark mode for two-factor authentication prompt

San Francisco (IANS) Google is rolling out a new update for its two-factor authentication (2FA) prompt on Android, which adds support for dark mode.

Compared to the previous iteration, the new Google Prompt centres the company logo, "Is it…

Common cold can't be termed as sign of coronavirus: AIIMS

New Delhi (IANS) A while ago, a group of general physicians in the UK claimed that common cold symptoms should not be taken for granted, instead treated as a sign of coronavirus. But there is a divergent view, the President of AIIMS, Bhopal and Jammu,…

Apple may launch affordable clamshell foldable iPhone

San Francisco (IANS) Apple is reportedly working on a relatively affordable clamshell folding iPhone.

According to Wccftech news website, the Cupertino based giant might have settled on a Galaxy Z Flip-like design for its upcoming foldable…

itel leads sub Rs-7K segment on brand trust in India: Survey

Gurugram (IANS) itel, the leading smartphone brand from Transsion Holdings, has topped the sub-Rs 7,000 smartphone segment on brand trust (42 per cent), ahead of Samsung (39 per cent) in India, a new survey said on Wednesday.

itel's strong…

Google Chrome 88 update fixes key zero-day bug

New Delhi (IANS) Google has released a key Chrome update with security fix for the zero-day vulnerability actively being exploited in the wild.

Although the company did not disclose which key vulnerability it has issued a fix for, but its Threat…