Asian nations sitting on early tobacco epidemic

New York (IANS) Asian countries are in the early stages of a tobacco smoking epidemic with habits mirroring those of the US from past decades -- setting the stage for a spike in future deaths from smoking-related diseases, warn researchers.

Using…

Facebook working on voice assistant like Amazon Alexa

San Francisco (IANS) In a bid to take on Amazon Alexa or Google Home, Facebook is working on a voice-based assistant for its Portal video chat service and other future projects.

According to a report in CNBC on Wednesday, the social network…

Meteor showers depriving Moon of precious water: NASA

Washington (IANS) As billions of people on Earth stare at an imminent water shortage, precious, ancient water is being released into the lunar atmosphere by meteor showers from the Moon that can hamper future long-term exploration on the lunar surface.

NASA exoplanet hunter TESS finds Earth-size planet

Washington (IANS) NASA's new exoplanet hunter Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered its first Earth-size world.

The planet, HD 21749c, is about 89 per cent of Earth's diameter, NASA said on Tuesday.

The…

India successfully test fires Nirbhay missile

Bhubaneswar (IANS) India successfully test fired a sub-sonic cruise missile Nirbhay off the Odisha coast on Monday.

The 1,000-km range missile was fired for a shorter range from a launch pad from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur…

World's largest plane successfully completes maiden flight

Los Angeles (IANS) The world's largest aircraft, developed by aerospace venture Stratolaunch, completed its first flight test on Saturday.

With a dual fuselage design and wingspan greater than the length of an American football field,…

Disney to launch streaming service to take on Netflix

San Francisco (IANS) Taking on streaming giants like Netflix and Hulu, Walt Disney Co. has announced it will launch its new streaming service called Disney+ in November, at a price of $6.99 a month.

This comes after the entertainment giant…

CMFRI, ISRO join hands to protect coastal wetlands

Kochi (IANS) In an effort to build resilience against the impact of climate change on wetlands, the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have teamed up to map, validate and protect smaller…

Lenovo tops in global PC shipments in Q1

Mumbai (IANS) -the inclusion of Fujitsu's shipments from its 2Q18 joint venture. Its shipments increased in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Japan, where Fujitsu had a larger presence.

"We saw the start of a rebound in…

Harassed for political post, FB user to move CERT-In

New Delhi (IANS) A Delhi-based Facebook user, visited by a company representative to verify if he is the one who had written a post with political content, on Wednesday said he would take Facebook to the cyber crime cell at the Indian Computer…