Stopping facial recognition tech will be cruel: Microsoft chief

San Francisco(IANS) Microsoft President Brad Smith has shot down calls to stop selling facial recognition tech to governments, saying the move would be "cruel" as it could hamper good work such as diagnosing rare diseases.

According…

Traditional databases like Oracle now history: Amazon CTO

New Delhi (IANS) Retail giant Amazon that rode on its growing Cloud business to log $72.4 billion sales in the fourth quarter ending December last strongly believes that traditional databases that companies like Oracle provide are gone and customers…

Indian communication satellite to be launched by Ariane rocket

Chennai (IANS) Indian communication satellite GSAT-31 will be put into orbit by Arianespace's Ariane 5 heavy lift rocket on February 5 from its spaceport in French Guiana, the company said in a statement.

According to Arianespace, its rocket…

Gigantic cavity in Antarctic glacier signals rapid decay

Washington (IANS) Scientists from NASA have discovered a gigantic cavity, almost 300 metres tall, growing at the bottom of the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica, indicating acceleration in rising global sea levels due to climate change.

The…

India unveils human space flight centre in Bengaluru

Bengaluru (IANS) The state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday said it has unveiled a Human Space Flight Centre here.

"Human Space Flight Centre is operational now... The facility is next to ISRO headquarters,"…

New AI-enabled tool may translate thoughts into speech

New York (IANS) US engineers developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled system that can translate brain signals into intelligible speech, a breakthrough that may help those who cannot speak to communicate with the outside world.

NASA's Curiosity rover snaps last selfie on Martian ridge

Washington (IANS) After spending more than a year on a twisting ridge on Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover has snapped its last selfie as it moves on to new sights on the Red Planet

"Curiosity rover has taken its last selfie on the Vera…

New Delhi 'superbug' gene found 12K km away in 'pristine' Arctic

New Delhi (IANS): In a significant find in the global spread of multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria, scientists have found a "superbug" gene -- first detected in New Delhi over a decade back -- in one of the last "pristine" places…

Social media propagating negative information on vaccination

London (IANS) Negative messages about vaccines propagated on the social media are acting as the main barrier to vaccinations, a report from the UK-based charity Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) has revealed.

The report, titled "Moving…

Greenhouse gas concentrations continue to rise to record levels: WMO chief economist

United Nations (IANS) Global greenhouse gas concentrations continue to rise to record levels in 2018-2019, the chief economist of World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has told United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

"Global average…