Technology
US woman left AirPods on plane, tracked them at airport worker’s home: Report
San Francisco, March 26 A woman in the US has tracked down her lost Apple AirPods to an airport worker's home two weeks after she left them on a plane, a media report said. Earlier this month, Alisabeth Hayden, who lives in Washington state, was on her way back from ...India’s LVM3 rocket lifts off with 36 OneWeb satellites
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), March 26 India's LVM3 rocket on Sunday lifted off with 36 satellites of the UK-based "OneWeb" from the rocket port here. The 43.5-metre tall LVM3 rocket that weighs 643 ton is carrying 36 satellites, totally weighing 5,805 kg or about 5.8 ton. It blasted off from the ...UK to send experiments on child brain tumours, muscle ageing to space
London, March 25 The UK Space Agency is planning to send two experiments that are aimed to improve understanding of currently incurable child brain tumours and the muscle ageing process, to the International Space Station (ISS). The 2.6 million pound project, to be launched in 2025, will be supervised by ...WhatsApp launches official chat on iOS, Android
New Delhi, March 24 Meta-owned WhatsApp has launched its official chat on the platform where users can receive the latest information about the app, including updates and tips on how to use it on iOS and Android. According to WABetaInfo, the chat comes marked with a green badge, and also ...Hormonal contraceptive linked to increasing in breast cancer risk: Study
London, March 23 Use of progestogen-only hormonal contraceptives is associated with a 20 to 30 per cent higher risk of breast cancer, warned a study. Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer worldwide, with around 2.3 million women diagnosed with the disease every year, according to ...Scientists call out light pollution from LEO satellites
London, March 22 Increasing light pollution, produced by low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, like Elon Musk's Starlink, is affecting astronomers who need unfettered access to dark night skies for their observations, scientists have argued. If not forced, "the skyrocketing space economy will not limit itself, to counter the new environmental ...WhatsApp rolling out tweaked link preview interface on iOS beta
San Francisco, March 21 Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is rolling out a tweaked link preview interface on iOS beta. For beta testers, a new row will now appear above the chat bar when a link is entered into the platform, and the application will animate the row while loading the ...Over half of the students believe using ChatGPT to do assignments is cheating: Report
San Francisco, March 21 More than half of college students (51 per cent) believe that using AI tools like ChatGPT to complete assignments and exams counts as cheating or plagiarism, while 1 in 5 use them anyway, a new report has said. According to a BestColleges survey of 1,000 current ...WhatsApp rolling out new updates for ‘communities’ on iOS, Android
San Francisco, March 19 To make it more user-friendly, Meta-owned WhatsApp has rolled out new updates to the community feature by introducing some changes to the interface of the "announcement group" for users on iOS and Android. According to WABetaInfo, the company has renamed the announcement group to "Home" on ...Twitter will prioritise replies by people you follow, verified, unverified accounts: Musk
San Francisco, March 19 Twitter boss Elon Musk has announced a new feature on the microblogging platform that will prioritise replies from people you follow, verified accounts, and unverified accounts in the coming weeks. "In the coming weeks, Twitter will prioritise replies by -- People you follow, Verified accounts, Unverified ...