Xbox Game Streaming app for Windows to launch soon

New Delhi (IANS) Microsoft is reportedly giving a final touch to its Xbox Game Streaming app for Windows PCs, which includes access to streaming games from the company's xCloud service.

Presently, one cannot stream games from the new Xbox…

4 causes of 'Zoom fatigue' identified

New York (IANS) As logging onto popular video chat platforms to connect with colleagues, family and friends has become the new normal amid the pandemic, Stanford University researchers have identified four consequences of prolonged video chats that…

OPPO Enco X earbuds bring premium sound under Rs 10K

New Delhi (IANS) The Truly Wireless Stereo (TWS) headphones category has exploded in the last couple of years and in India, the TWS market soared 723 per cent (on-year) in the third quarter (Q3) of last year.

To add more charm to the segment,…

5G's selective roll out in India by 2021 end

New Delhi (IANS) By the end of this year, India is expected to join the select club of countries like the US, Canada, the UK and many European Union nations where 5G technology has already been launched.

The Department of Telecommunications…

Blocked 62.6 bn cyber threats in 2020: Trend Micro

Bengaluru (IANS) Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro on Wednesday said it detected 119,000 cyber threats per minute in 2020, leading it to block 62.6 billion threats last year.

Email-borne threats made up 91 per cent of the 62.6 billion threats…

Microsoft CEO for global rules on data safety, privacy

Hyderabad (IANS) Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday said he hopes for global rules on the safety and privacy of data that would make sure that tech products and services are safe to use.

He said he was looking forward to a world where there…

Microbes from Earth could temporarily survive on Mars: Study

Washington (IANS) As NASA's Perseverance rover touched down on Mars last week, a new study by scientists at the US space agency and German Aerospace Centre has found that some microbes on Earth could temporarily survive on the surface of the Red…

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 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…

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…