Google Assistant to soon predict flight delays on smartphones

San Francisco (IANS): Using flight status data combined with Machine Learning (ML), Google Assistant will soon tell you over phone if your flight would be delayed even before the airline announces it.

According to Google, Assistant will notify…

India's IDRSS to be satellite communication hub in sky

Chennai (IANS): As part of its proposed manned space mission, India will launch the Indian Data Relay Satellite System (IDRSS) to improve data relay and communication links with its remote sensing/earth observation satellites, said a top official…

Experimental HIV vaccine found effective in monkeys: Study

New York (IANS) Scientists have found that an experimental HIV vaccine strategy could be effective in non-human primates.

The goal of this strategy is to identify the rare, vulnerable areas on HIV and teach the immune system to make…

More power for parents to control kids' time on Chromebooks

New Delhi (IANS): Google has introduced extra controls into its Chromebook laptops where parents will now have the ability to set screen time limits and bedtime hours, remotely lock devices and monitor app usage.

Google in 2017, launched the…

Kerala-based security engineer spots bug in Microsoft Office 365, Outlook

New Delhi (IANS): A Kerala-based application security engineer has won bug bounty from Microsoft for discovering a series of vulnerabilities that left over 400 million Microsoft users' accounts -- from Office 365 to Outlook emails -- open to hacking.

NASA probe finds water on asteroid Bennu

Washington (IANS) NASA's first spacecraft sent to collect the sample from an asteroid has found water locked inside asteroid Bennu -- a remnant from early in the formation of the solar system.

Launched in September 2016, the…

HAL test flies light copter up to 6km altitude

Bengaluru (IANS): State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has test flown a prototype of its Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) up to 6km altitude, the defence behemoth said on Monday.

"The LUH has achieved a milestone of flying at 6km…

China launches lunar probe to study moon's far side

Beijing (IANS) China launched a lunar probe on Saturday which is expected to make the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon.

A Long March-3B rocket, carrying the Chang'e-4 probe including a lander and a rover, blasted…

China aims at detailed 3D map of human brain

Beijing (IANS): Chinese scientists are planning to draw the clearest yet three-dimensional map of the intricate neurons and blood vessels in the human brain.

Why do some brains discover the laws of universe, while others create soul-stirring…

Railways create history by converting diesel locomotive to electric traction

New Delhi (IANS) Keeping with the Railways' mission of 100 percent electrification and de-carbonization, Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), Varanasi, has converted a diesel locomotive to run on electric traction at almost twice the power,…