'Indic civilisation could be 24,000 years old'

Agra (IANS) The Indic civilisation could be 24,000 years old, according to available research documentation, claims author Neelesh Neelkanth Oak citing "configuration of stars in the Mahabharata, Ramayana and the Vedas."

Oak was addressing…

Tesla challenges hackers to find bugs and win Model 3 car

San Francisco (IANS) Electric automaker Tesla has once again challenged hackers to find bugs in its connected cars.

The Elon Musk-run company is returning to the annual hackers' competition "Pwn20wn" to be held in Vancouver in March, reports…

Microsoft patents locking mechanism for Surface Neo and Duo

San Francisco (IANS) Microsoft back in October showcased a foldable smartphone Surface Duo and Surface Neo dual-screen laptop, with displays held together with a fully rotating hinge that can be adjusted to any angle and now patent for this particular…

Indian-American astronaut in programme with eye on Moon, Mars

New York (IANS) An Indian-American will be among astronauts who may get a chance to go to the moon or Mars following his graduation from NASA's programme to train astronauts for those missions and the International Space Station.

Raja Chari…

Light Combat Aircraft lands on INS Vikramaditya

New Delhi (IANS) The indigenously designed and developed Light Combat Aircraft (N) Mk1 has made a successful arrested landing on the India's biggest warship INS Vikramaditya on Saturday.

Commodore Jaideep Maolankar did the maiden landing.

DuckDuckGo big winner as Google's default search engine for EU

San Francisco (IANS) After facing $4.8 billion fine from European Union (EU) over its anti-competitive practices, Google has announced that Android users in the 31 European Economic Area (EEA) countries will soon be able to choose their default search…

Samsung launches 40 ACs, unveils 'Wind-Free AC 2.0' with Wi-Fi

Gurugram (IANS) South Korean major Samsung on Thursday launched 40 conditioning models across price-range that include 'Wind-Free AC 2.0' with Wi-Fi capability that automatically goes into an energy-saving mode if does not detect any human…

25-minute smartphone test can spot urinary tract infections

London (IANS) Biological engineers at University of Bath in the UK have developed a smartphone-based 25-minute long test that could help doctors quickly diagnose urinary tract infections (UTIs).

Similar in principle to a pregnancy test, the…

iPhone users' data supreme, no back door access: Apple

Las Vegas (IANS) Reiterating its commitment to safeguard the iPhone user's data at any cost, Apple has defended its stance on hardware encryption at the 'CES 2020' trade show here, as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) asked the…

Western Digital showcases superfast 8TB portable SSD

Las Vegas (IANS) As consumers generate more content and data storage becomes the key, storage solutions major Western Digital has showcased world's highest capacity and portable 8TB SSD prototype with a SuperSpeed USB 20GB support.

SanDisk,…