Apple announces 8 winners of 2020 design awards

San Francisco (IANS) The iPhone maker has announced eight developers for its annual Apple Design Awards. Out of these eight winners, four created apps while the remaining four built some of the best games currently available on the App Store.

State govts, firms harnessing Cloud to fight COVID-19 in India: AWS

New Delhi (IANS) The COVID-19 onslaught has accelerated the pace of IT modernisation and digital transformation via Cloud-driven solutions in the vast public sector in India and various state governments are fast embracing the Cloud technology to…

36-ft long whale washes ashore in West Bengal's Mandarmani

Kolkata (IANS) The carcass of a 36-feet-long critically endangered whale washed ashore in the coastal belts of West Bengal's East Midnapore district on Monday.

The incident took place at Mandarmani when a huge whale washed up on shore this…

SMB players must revisit business models to stay afloat: IBM India

New Delhi (IANS) Post COVID-19, the most critical need for the small and medium business (SMB) segment in India would need to revisit their business models to remain financially afloat while embracing secure remote tools to empower their workforce,…

Gemopai Electric launches e-scooter Miso in India for Rs 44,000

New Delhi (IANS) Gemopai Electric on Friday announced the launch of its single seat electric scooter, Miso, in India for Rs 44,000.

The scooter comes with a range of up to 75 km per charge and charges up to 90 per cent in two hours, said Gemopai,…

Russian hackers attack remote US workers with ransomware

New York (IANS) Russian hackers have unleased a wave of cyber attacks on Americans working from home, targeting remote employees with ransomware attacks.
Global cyber security firm Symantec has uncovered attacks against 31 organizations to date,…

Facebook tool converts smartphone photos into 3D images in a jiffy

New York (IANS) A team of Facebook researchers has created an end-to-end system that helps users turn photos they take on their smartphones into 3D images within seconds.

The new framework provides users with a more practical approach to 3D…

Sundar Pichai rolls out new privacy tools to keep your data safe

San Francisco (IANS) Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced new privacy improvements to keep your information safe, including changes to its data retention practices across core products to keep less data by default.

Starting today,…

Arctic sea ice witnessed massive decline in 2019: Scientists

New Delhi (IANS) The National Centre of Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) has found a dramatic decline in the Arctic sea ice due to global warming and said that the largest decline took place in July 2019.

The decline of sea ice has led to localized…

Twitter flags Trump tweet for violating its abusive behaviour policy

San Francisco (IANS) Twitter has once again flagged a tweet from US President Donald Trump which promoted violence by saying if protesters tried to set up an "autonomous zone" in Washington, DC they would be met with "serious force".

This is…