First-ever image of 'monster' black hole captured

London (IANS) In a historic feat, astronomers announced on Wednesday that they have captured the first-ever image of a black hole in a distant galaxy -- the biggest tribute to the late Stephen Hawking who theorised about the existence of black holes…

YouTube reaches 265 mn users in India

Mumbai (IANS) Google-owned YouTube on Tuesday announced that India was its largest and fastest growing audience in the world with more than 265 million monthly active users.

"India is now both our biggest audience and one of our fastest…

Foldable phones to reach 30mn units by 2023: Gartner

Mumbai (IANS) Foldable phones will account for 5 per cent of high-end phones by 2023, amounting to 30 million units as they are expected to potentially re-inject innovation in the smartphone market, said a new report by Gartner Inc. on Monday.

Netflix withdraws support for Apple AirPlay

San Francisco (IANS) Netflix has suddenly withdrawn support for Apple's AirPlay, a feature that let people watching Netflix on their iPads and iPhones to instantly play the content on their TVs, the media reported.

The move came as a shock…

NASA's solar probe completes 2nd closest encounter with Sun

Washington (IANS) NASA on Friday announced that its Parker Solar Probe, the fastest spacecraft in history, has completed its second close approach to the Sun and is now entering the outbound phase of the second solar orbit.

At 6:40 p.m. American…

ASAT test poses no threat to ISS: DRDO chief

New Delhi (IANS) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chairman G. Satheesh Reddy said on Saturday that there was no possibility of debris from the anti-satellite (ASAT) test conducted by India on March 27 hitting the International…

Samsung begins mass production of 5G chips, modem

Seoul (South Korea) (IANS) Samsung Electronics on Thursday said its 5G modem and chips are in mass production for the latest premium mobile devices.

The 5G chipsets include "Exynos Modem 5100" as well as a new single-chip radio frequency…

Research on ISS may offer cure for Parkinson's

Washington (IANS) Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are striving to provide an insight into Parkinson's disease, the chronic neurodegenerative disease that affects more than five million people worldwide, NASA has revealed.

Facebook may hire journalists to curb fake news

San Francisco (IANS) In order to better tackle fake news and improve quality of content on its platform, Facebook might hire a new generation of digital-era journalists and news publishers.

In a discussion with Mathias Dopfner, CEO of Europe's…

WhatsApp unveils tipline to report fake news in India

New Delhi (IANS) WhatsApp on Tuesday launched a service in India where over 200 million users in the country can tip off fake news, misinformation and rumours related to elections.

Launched by PROTO, a media skilling start-up,…