NASA astronauts spacewalk to change ISS batteries

Washington (IANS) Two NASA astronauts - Nick Hague and Anne McClain - have successfully completed an over six-hour spacewalk and replaced the ageing batteries on the International Space Station (ISS).

During the six hour, 39…

Samsung 5G phone to hit the market on April 5

Seoul (IANS) Samsung on Thursday said it will release its first 5G smartphone in the first week of April in South Korea, making it the world's first mobile device with the next-generation network capability.

The South Korean tech giant…

Apple acquires Italian start-up for $5 million

San Francisco (IANS) Apple has acquired Italian Application Programming Interface (API) integration developer - Stamplay - for $5.678 million, the media reported.

Stamplay describes itself as a "low code work-flow automation platform,…

Change Facebook password, turn on 2FA now: Experts

New Delhi (IANS) After a report revealed around 200-600 million Facebook users may have had their account passwords stored in plain text and searchable by over 20,000 Facebook employees, cybersecurity experts are urging users to change their…

NASA to partner with 10 start-ups on new space tech

Washington (IANS) NASA is inviting applications from start-ups to take part in a three-month pilot programme to develop new technologies for space.

Applications will be accepted till April 7 and a total of 10 companies will be selected for…

Google Doodle marks the beginning of spring

New Delhi (IANS) Google on Wednesday celebrated the spring equinox with an animated doodle of a flower on the surface of the earth.

The Spring Equinox doodle's reach extended to all of Europe, Asia and North America, including India, almost…

'Disruption' most over used buzzword, says LinkedIn

San Francisco (IANS) Microsoft-owned job seeking platform LinkedIn has announced that the word "disruption" was the most over used industry buzzword.

Besides "disruption", other buzzwords like "Cloud-based",…

Space travel can trigger dormant herpes viruses: NASA

Washington (IANS) Over half the astronauts who travelled on the Space Shuttle and stayed aboard International Space Station (ISS) triggered the dormant herpes viruses, posing significant health risk for human missions to Mars and beyond,…

SpaceX's Starship heatshields test successful

San Francisco (IANS) After successfully launching its first commercial crew capsule, Crew Dragon, to the International Space Station (ISS), Elon Musk-owned SpaceX has completed heatshield tests for its much-awaited Starship rocket.

Starship…

Wistron not to make high-end iPhones in India

New Delhi (IANS) All eyes are on Apple how the tech giant is planning to turn around its India story and a lot depends on how it will strategise local assembly and manufacturing of iPhones in a country where over 450 million people now use smartphones.