Microsoft Windows 8.1 coming to an end in Jan 2023

New Delhi (IANS) Microsoft is set to bid adieu to Windows 8.1 early next year and will soon alerts users via notifications.

The tech giant is ending Windows 8.1 support in January 2023, and will begin pushing alerts to users next month.

DRDO successfully tests short range surface to air missile

New Delhi (IANS) A Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) was successfully flight-tested by the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy from a naval ship at the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur,…

Now Tata Nexon EV catches fire in Mumbai, probe on

Mumbai/New Delhi (IANS) In a first such case involving an electric car in India, a Tata Nexon EV caught fire in Mumbai and the company was investigating the incident.

The EV car fire incident was reported from Vasai West (near Panchvati hotel)…

HP India brings new gaming portfolio to avid Indian gamers

New Delhi (IANS) HP India on Thursday updated its gaming lineup to offer best-in-class technology, enhanced performance and improved design to the avid Indian users.

With a starting price of Rs 67,999, the latest generation of HP's gaming…

Adobe likely to make Photoshop free to everyone on web

San Francisco (IANS) Software major Adobe has started testing a free-to-use version of Photoshop on the web as it aims to open the service for everyone.

According to The Verge, the company is now testing the free version in Canada, where users…

Google Maps under probe for anti-competitive practices in Europe

London (IANS) Germany's competition regulator on Tuesday initiated a proceeding against Google and its parent company Alphabet to examine possible anti-competitive behaviour by Google Maps against rival map services providers.

The probe…

IIT Kanpur develops cheap E.coli water testing kit

Kanpur (IANS) A novel water testing kit that is highly sensitive and can detect the presence of E.coli in drinking water has been developed by researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, the institute said on Monday.

Escherichia…

Scientists working on electronic implants to help pill delivery at a click

London (IANS) A team of Swedish researchers are working on developing electronic implants that can one day replace daily pills and deliver drugs at the touch of a button.

The team from the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden invented…

Custom configured M2 MacBook pro models delayed until August

San Francisco (IANS) Tech giant Apple has begun accepting orders for the 13-inch MacBook Pro with an M2 chip, and as with many other Macs, this new machine is facing some shipping delays.

According to MacRumors, select custom configurations…

S.Korea set to launch homegrown space rocket on June 21

Seoul (IANS South Korea plans to launch its homegrown space rocket next week, after aerospace engineers replaced a malfunctioning part in the oxidiser tank sensor, which forced the country to call off the rocket launch this week .

The Korea…