Xinhua's first female AI news anchor goes live

Beijing (IANS) Chinese news agency Xinhua has put its first female Artificial Intelligence (AI) news presenter on the job, signalling a clear threat to human journalists in the years to come.

Sporting a short haircut and wearing…

North Korean hackers behind surge in cyberattacks on banks

San Francisco (IANS) With the US-led sanctions damaging its economy, the North Korean government is using cyber attacks on banks to raise cash, according to US officials, the CNN reported.

A summit between US President Donald…

High-fat diet in elderly linked to heart disease, diabetes

London (IANS) Elderly people, who consume a high-fat diet rich in Omega-6 fatty acids, could be at risk of developing health issues ranging from diabetes to heart failure, researchers, including one Indian-origin, said in a study.
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SpaceX's Crew Dragon docks with ISS

Washington (IANS) The Elon Musk-owned SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday on its debut unmanned flight.

After making 18 orbits of Earth since its launch, the spacecraft attached to the…

Record data transfer speed achieved on undersea cable

San Francisco (IANS) A new experiment has achieved a record fibre optic cable capacity of 26.2 terabits per second (tbps) across more than 6,000 km of a transatlantic fibre optic cable jointly owned by Facebook and Microsoft.

This represents…

MiG-21s are vintage but Bisons are not hopelessly outdated, say experts

New Delhi (IANS) An MiG-21 shooting down an F-16 in a dogfight over Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday is being hailed as some sort of a military aviation feat, but experts said IAF aircraft might have belonged to the Soviet vintage,…

Defying poverty, Tripura tribal artist gets Padma Shri for promoting rare musical instrument

Agartala (IANS) Poverty has not stopped nonagenarian Thanga Darlong -- all of 91 years -- from playing the rosem, a flute-like tribal musical instrument made of bamboo. This labour of love saw him nominated for the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest…

ISRO to launch defence satellite in March for DRDO

Chennai (IANS) In a special mission in March, the Indian space agency will launch an electronic intelligence satellite Emisat for the DRDO, 28 third party satellites and also demonstrate its new technologies like three different orbits with a…

Samsung Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X herald foldable smartphone era

New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) With the introduction of true foldable smartphones at the MWC Barcelona, South Korean giant Samsung and Chinese technology player Huawei have revolutionized the future of handheld devices.

Huawei "Mate…

Indian brand launches smartphone with pop-up selfie camera

Barcelona (IANS) Domestic smartphone-maker CENTRiC on Monday launched "S1" smartphone that features an 8MP pop-up selfie camera and in-display fingerprint scanner, costing $310 (approximately Rs 22,027).

The device, showcased at the…