Samsung begins mass production of 5G chips, modem

Seoul (South Korea) (IANS) Samsung Electronics on Thursday said its 5G modem and chips are in mass production for the latest premium mobile devices.

The 5G chipsets include "Exynos Modem 5100" as well as a new single-chip radio frequency…

Research on ISS may offer cure for Parkinson's

Washington (IANS) Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are striving to provide an insight into Parkinson's disease, the chronic neurodegenerative disease that affects more than five million people worldwide, NASA has revealed.

Facebook may hire journalists to curb fake news

San Francisco (IANS) In order to better tackle fake news and improve quality of content on its platform, Facebook might hire a new generation of digital-era journalists and news publishers.

In a discussion with Mathias Dopfner, CEO of Europe's…

WhatsApp unveils tipline to report fake news in India

New Delhi (IANS) WhatsApp on Tuesday launched a service in India where over 200 million users in the country can tip off fake news, misinformation and rumours related to elections.

Launched by PROTO, a media skilling start-up,…

Indian rocket lifts off with DRDO Emisat, 28 other satellites

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) (IANS) A new variant of the India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket on Monday carrying the electronic intelligence satellite, Emisat for the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) and 28 other…

FB removes Pakistani military-backed fake accounts

New Delhi (IANS) Facebook on Monday said it removed 103 Pages, Groups and accounts on both its platform and Instagram for engaging in coordinated inauthentic behaviour against India as part of a military-backed network that originated in Pakistan.

Saudi Arabia hacked Jeff Bezos' phone: Security chief

Washington (IANS) A veteran security consultant who works for Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has accused Saudi Arabia of hacking into Bezos' smartphone and alleging sharing personal information about his extra-marital affair to a media outlet.

Mars still has active deep groundwater: Scientists

New York (IANS) Deep groundwater could still be active on Mars and be the origin of surface streams in some near-equatorial areas of the "Red Planet", researchers suggest.

The researchers at University of Southern California (USC)…

Facebook set to restrict livestreaming post NZ attack

San Francisco (IANS) Facing flak after the New Zealand terror attack that was live-streamed on its platform, the social media giant is now exploring restrictions on who can use its "Facebook Live" feature.

Facebook…

Researchers 'extract' data from junked Tesla cars

San Francisco (IANS) In a shocking revelation, security researchers have extracted personal and unencrypted data -- videos, phonebooks, calendar items -- of Tesla users from crashed models sold at junkyards and auctions.

According to a CNBC…