Hacker speaks to couple via home camera, plays vulgar music

San Francisco (IANS) In a bone-chilling incident, a couple in the US was left stunned when a hacker broke into their connected home and started talking to them via camera, played vulgar music on the video system in the living room and even turned…

India looks to gain more than advanced countries from 5G

New Delhi (IANS) As India aims to launch 5G next year, the country hopes that deployment of this technology will advance the "Digital India" vision and promote inclusive growth by transforming several sectors including agriculture and health.

Indian masses have to wait 5-6 years for a true 5G experience

New Delhi (IANS) If you are going gaga over the arrival of 5G in your vicinity in India anytime soon so that you can download a Netflix original in a jiffy or avoid constant buffering as you share videos on social media, take heart.

Despite…

Government likely to order 36 more Rafale fighter jets

New Delhi (IANS) Shrugging off the controversy around the previous deal, the Narendra Modi government has finalized a deal for another 36 Rafale fighter jets, according media reports.

An Indian Defence Research Wing report published on Saturday…

Chandrayaan-2 mission achieved 98% success: ISRO chief

Bhubaneswar (IANS) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K. Sivan on Saturday said Chandrayaan-2 mission has achieved 98 per cent of its objectives, while they are yet to establish any communication with lander 'Vikram'.

"We…

Google Chrome brings in better customisation, tab grouping

San Francisco (IANS) Google rolled out the Chrome 77 update for Android, Windows, Linux, and iOS platforms earlier this month, and now the company has announced the latest update to the browser, bringing in new features for tab management and theming.

Search for Vikram on: NASA scientists analyse lunar images from orbiter

New York (IANS) Scientists are analyzing the images taken under harsh light conditions by the NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Camera of the area where the Vikram moon lander is likely to have touched down on the moon and it may be a while…

Oracle to have more Cloud regions than AWS by 2020: Ellison

San Francisco (IANS) Oracle Co-founder and CTO Larry Ellison has announced that his company will have more Cloud regions globally than Amazon Web Services (AWS), retail giant Amazon's Cloud arm, within a year.

Addressing the gathering at…

Chat with Amazon Alexa in Hindi or Hinglish in India

New Delhi (IANS) In a bid to make deeper inroads in the Hindi-speaking population in India, Amazon on Wednesday brought Hindi and Hinglish capabilities to its voice assistant Alexa on the Echo family of voice-controlled smart speakers.

To get…

Xiaomi launches new smart TVs ahead of OnePlus in India

Bengaluru (IANS) As OnePlus gets ready to launch its first Android-based TV in India, Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi on Tuesday unveiled a new range of Next-Gen smart TVs, along with a water purifier and upgraded smart band in the country.