Excessive use of Social media can cause depression

New York (IANS) Excessive use of social media including Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram is associated with poor well-being which could lead to depression and loneliness, researchers have warned.

The study, published in the Journal…

Google celebrates professor who foresaw Internet's impact

New Delhi (IANS): Google on Monday honoured Greek professor and computer scientist Michael Dertouzos's 82nd birth anniversary with a doodle.

Dertouzos foresaw how the Internet would impact everyday lives.

He predicted the popularity…

Now measure air quality with App

Bengaluru (IANS) Three students of Bharti Vidyapeeth College of Engineering in Delhi developed an Android app to measure the alarming pollution levels in the National Capital Region (NCR), the US-based Marconi Society, which awarded them…

Facebook apologises for 'White supremacy' ad

San Francisco (IANS) Social networking giant Facebook has apologised after letting an ad campaign targeting its users interested in "White genocide conspiracy theory".

News site The Intercept had no trouble in launching…

Act fast against ozone-depleting gas: EIA

New Delhi (IANS): With the 30th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer opening in Ecuador on Monday, an environmental group urged it to act fast to curb ozone-depleting gas trichlorofluoromethane,…

High exposure to radio frequency radiation linked to cancer

New York (IANS) Exposure to high levels of radio frequency radiation (RFR) -- used in 2G and 3G cell phones -- can increase the risk of cancerous tumours in the heart, brain and adrenal gland, researchers have warned.

The study,…

IIT-Madras develops India's first microprocessor Shakti

Chennai (IANS): Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IITM) have designed and booted up India's first microprocessor, Shakti, which could be used in mobile computing and other devices.

According to IITM, the Shakti microprocessor…

NASA retires its planet-hunting Kepler space telescope

Washington (IANS): NASA has decided to retire its Kepler space telescope that had run out of fuel needed for further science operations.

Working in deep space for nine years, Kepler has discovered more than 2,600 planets from outside our solar…

NASA's Parker Solar Probe closest ever to Sun

Washington (IANS): NASA's historic Parker Solar Probe -- en route to the Sun to unravel its mysteries -- has become the closest spacecraft to it.

The spacecraft passed the current record of 26.55 million miles from the Sun's surface…

Microsoft's Digital Crime Unit busy catching cyber thugs in India

Redmond (Washington State)(IANS): In a significant operation earlier this month, the cyber cell of Delhi Police arrested 24 people who posed as Microsoft tech support staff and duped several US citizens.

This could not have been possible without…