Science & Technology

Vodafone is planning to expand its 4G network to the skies quite literally. The British telecom major is setting up the first 4G network on the moon to support a mission by PTScientists in 2019. “The moon will get 4G coverage next year, 50 years after the first NASA astronauts walked on its surface. Vodafone plans to create the first ...

A US-based firm developing a near-supersonic mode of onground passenger travel on Sunday signed an ‘intent agreement’ with Maharashtra to build a transport system between Mumbai and Pune which aims to bring down travel time between the two cities to 20 minutes from three hours. Virgin Hyperloop One’s (VHO’s) chairman Richard Branson, who is in Mumbai for the Magnetic Maharashtra ...

“Today we’re launching some changes on Google Images to help connect users and useful websites. This will include removing the View Image button. The Visit button remains, so users can see images in the context of the web pages they’re on,” wrote Google in a Tweet. However, The ‘Visit Page’ button remains, encouraging users to visit the source website. Google ...

WhatsApp has begun testing a new payments feature in India that will allow people to send money to other WhatsApp users, excluding merchant accounts. The feature is currently in beta, according to sources familiar with the company’s plans, but hasn’t been publicly announced because it’s not widely available at this time. India is amongst the first countries to get the ...

Propelled by 27 rocket engines, the Falcon Heavy packs more than 5 million pounds of thrust at launch, roughly three times the force of the Falcon 9 booster that until now has been the workhorse of the SpaceX fleet. The world’s most powerful rocket, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, blasted off Tuesday on its highly anticipated maiden test flight, carrying CEO Elon ...

On Wednesday, much of the world will get to see not only a blue moon and a supermoon, but also a total lunar eclipse, all rolled into one. There hasn’t been a triple lineup like this since 1982 and the next won’t occur until 2037. The eclipse will be visible best in the western half of the US and Canada ...

Till know we knew that the unit, which is the smallest record of time, is nanosecond. But a person working in Facebook has created another unit of time. It has been named ‘Flick’. According to the information received by the Code Sharing Website ‘Github’, the ‘Flick’ video frame has been prepared to better understand the frame. People who make videos ...

Recognizing the need to strengthen the cybersecurity ecosystem in India, and in alignment with the Honourable Prime Minister’s vision for a ‘Digital India’, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), announced the Cyber Surakshit Bharat initiative in association with National e-Governance Division (NeGD) and industry partners at an inaugural event in Delhi today. K J Alphons, Honourable Minister of ...

OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T have finally received the much-anticipated Face Unlock feature that had been teased since late December. The advanced feature comes with the latest OxygenOS Open Beta builds that also add support for Airtel VoLTE in India. Alongside the new releases for the 2016 models, OnePlus has released new Open Beta versions for the OnePlus 5 and ...

Apple iPhone 6 Plus and iPhone 6s Plus replacement batteries are facing a supply shortage and there is a wait time of nearly two weeks for these, according to a report by MacRumors. The report is quoting internal documents that were distributed to Apple Stores and authorised service providers in the US, though it also says that for other regions ...