Indian brand launches smartphone with pop-up selfie camera

Barcelona (IANS) Domestic smartphone-maker CENTRiC on Monday launched "S1" smartphone that features an 8MP pop-up selfie camera and in-display fingerprint scanner, costing $310 (approximately Rs 22,027).

The device, showcased at the…

Samsung reveals upgraded A series with 2 smartphones

Seoul (IANS) Following the launch of its flagship "Galaxy S10" and the world's first ever foldable smartphone "Galaxy Fold", Samsung on Monday revealed the upgraded Galaxy A series with two initial offerings in the mid-tier…

OPPO to launch phone with 10x zoom camera setup

Barcelona (IANS) To add more power to smartphone photography, Chinese smartphone maker OPPO has said it will launch a phone with 10x "lossless" zoom technology in the second quarter of this year.

The phone will have…

What led to dinosaurs' extinction?

New York (IANS) An asteroid or comet impact 66 million years ago reignited massive volcanic eruptions in India and may have contributed to the dinosaurs' extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period, finds a study.

In the study,…

New MIT-developed MRI sensor to peek deep inside brain

New York (IANS) Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have devised a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique to image calcium activity deep in the brain.

Calcium is a critical signaling molecule…

Japanese spacecraft lands on asteroid, takes samples

Tokyo (IANS) A Japanese spacecraft successfully touched down on the asteroid Ryugu on Friday, which is some 340 million km from Earth, to take samples that could provide clues on the origins of the solar system.

The Japan Space Exploration…

Google remembers Irwin, the crocodile hunter

New Delhi (IANS) Google on Friday dedicated a doodle celebrating wildlife conservationist and television personality Steve Irwin's life and legacy, whom many grew up watching wrestling giant crocodiles in the Australian wilderness.

A zookeeper…

Google to acquire cloud migration platform Alooma

San Francisco (IANS) Google on Tuesday announced that it will acquire Silicon Valley data migration company Alooma to grow its cloud business service in its latest efforts to compete with its rivals Amazon and Microsoft.

According to the…

On its maiden flight, India's SSLV will carry two defence satellites

Chennai (IANS) The Indian space agency will fly two small defence satellites in July/August on its new rocket --now known as Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) - said a top official of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

"We…

Smart feature phones to generate $28 bn revenues in 3 years: Report

New Delhi (IANS) The revenue opportunity from increased sales of smart feature phones is expected to be about $28 billion over the next three years, according to a new report from Counterpoint Research.

"This will be enabled by a…