Science & Technology

WhatsApp, which is testing its payments services in India, today said it is updating its terms of service and privacy policy to “reflect the addition of payment interoperability features” ahead of the full-fledged launch of the service. Almost one million people are “testing” WhatsApp’s payments service in India, which is the largest base for the Facebook-owned company that has over ...

To reinforce its presence in China, Google is going to invest $ 55 million in the Chinese e-commerce company JD dot com. CNBC said in reference to Google that under strategic partnership, Google will invest $ 55 million in jd.com. In return, Google will get more than 2.7 crore of recently released class A common shares at the price of ...

A scientific team lead by Professor Abhijit Chakraborty of Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad has made a remarkable discovery. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has a detailed report on how the scientists made the breakthrough. The discovery of the new planet was made by calculating the mass of the planet using the indigenously designed “PRL Advance Radial-velocity Abu-sky Search” ...

In a post on twitter, software company Microsoft has announced acquiring popular code sharing site GitHub. GitHub hosts open-source software projects from countless companies and organizations, including Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Walmart, and the US government. According to Microsoft, GitHub has 28 million users and hosts 85 million codebases. It also hosts proprietary code and internal communications for many companies ...

OnePlus 6 Marvel Avengers Limited Edition model with custom design from the hit Avengers franchise goes on sale in India today. For fans of the hit Marvel series, the new OnePlus 6 Marvel Avengers Limited Edition handset has the Avengers’ insignia on the back, a carbon fibre texture below the rear glass casing, and the Alert Slider in gold colour; ...

A joint U.S./German space mission to track the continuous movement of water and other changes in Earth’s mass on and beneath the planet’s surface successfully launched at 12:47 p.m. PDT Tuesday from the California coast. The twin spacecraft of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO), a joint NASA/German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) mission, lifted off on a ...

WhatsApp on Tuesday announced new features for groups, and said they are now rolling out to both Android and iPhone users with the latest versions of the stable apps. Most of these new WhatsApp group features have been seen in prior Android beta builds, stable builds on either platform, or have been spotted in development but were disabled by default. ...

Social networking website Facebook is planning to launch its own crypto currency soon. This information is given on behalf of those who are involved in this project. At the same time, a technology website claims that the social media company is thinking seriously about launching the crypto currency. Facebook, which has more than two billion users worldwide, can use the ...

Google at I/O 2018 unveiled Android P Beta (aka Android P Developer Preview 2). The build is now available for Google Pixel devices, as well as devices from manufacturers that have implemented Project Treble. These include the Essential PH-1, Nokia 7 Plus, OnePlus 6, Oppo R15 Pro, Sony Xperia XZ2, Vivo X21, Vivo X21 UD, and Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S. ...

Microsoft is working on to fix crashing and freezing issues with Google`s Chrome browser with its new “Windows 10 April 2018” update which could be ready for next week`s scheduled patch. “The software maker was forced to delay rolling out its Windows 10 April 2018 Update due to Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) issues last month and now it`s facing ...