Jupiter, Saturn to look like double planet for 1st time in 800 years

New York (IANS) A rare celestial treat awaits stargazers the world over as two of our solar system's largest planets, Jupiter and Saturn, will look like double planet just after sunset on the evening of December 21, the beginning of the winter…

Samsung announces 2 new entry-level phones for 2021

New Delhi (IANS) Samsung has announced the Galaxy A12 and A02S -- two new entry-level smartphones set to launch next year in Europe.

The A12 is currently set to start at 179 euros ($212) for 32GB of storage and 3GB of RAM, with 128GB and 6GB…

Less than 50K Covid cases in India for 18th day now

New Delhi (IANS) With 44,376 new cases of Covid infections, India's total cases reached 92,22,216 on Wednesday. It is the 18th straight day when India reported less than 50,000 cases in a day.

The last time daily new cases crossed the 50,000-threshold…

Sony confirms Variable Refresh Rate coming to PS5 in future update

San Francisco (IANS) Sony has confirmed that the PlayStation 5 will get Variable Refresh Rate or VRR support via a future software update.

VRR is a display technology that allows a console or PC to push frames to a display only when a new frame…

Google testing paid service 'Task Mate' in India

New Delhi (IANS) In a bid to improve its mapping services and bring more businesses online, Google is testing a paid crowdsourcing service called Task Mate in India that will help select users earn some money.

In the "early access" Beta testing…

Google rolls out chat feature on RCS-based Messages service

New Delhi (IANS) Google has rolled out chat feature in its Messages service based on the open Rich Communication Services (RCS) standard.

Chat features upgrade SMS text messaging so that people can send and receive better quality photos and…

SK Telecom, Samsung develop advanced 5G Cloud system

Seoul (IANS) Mobile carrier SK Telecom said on Sunday it has developed a next-generation cloud native core network system with Samsung Electronics that can provide better 5G services.

A core network is the central part of a telecommunications…

Now AI may predict movie ratings in future

New York (IANS) Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have demonstrated that artificial intelligence (AI) tools can rate a movie's content in a matter of seconds, based on the movie script and before a single scene is shot.

Such…

Child-friendly gaming firm Roblox files to go public

San Francisco (IANS) Roblox, the child-friendly gaming company, is going public after witnessing an increasing use during the Covid-19 pandemic.

According to Roblox's prospectus, the company now has 31.1 million daily users who have spent…

Pfizer 2-dose vaccine 95?fective, no serious side effects

New York (IANS) Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech released a second batch of interim results on Wednesday, saying their two-dose coronavirus vaccine candidate is 95 per cent effective and also protects the most vulnerable people in older age…