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Mysterious 'Boom' Sound Recorded Worldwide is Leaving Experts Baffled
The Bama Boom is just one of many mysterious booms heard worldwide this year. According to some reports, this is not the first time the mysterious sound has been heard. In 2017 alone, 64 booms have been heard worldwide.
New Twitter Feature to Help Users Save Tweets For Later
In October, the micro-blogging platform announced that it is developing a bookmarking feature to save tweets.
NASA Releases Cassini's 'Farewell to Saturn' Mosaic
Launched in 1997, the Cassini spacecraft orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017. Cassini ended its journey with a dramatic plunge into Saturn's atmosphere on September 15, returning unique science data until it lost contact with Earth.
Xiaomi Launches 'Made in India' Mi Power Bank 2i Range, Price Starts At Rs. 799
Both 10000mAh Mi Power Bank 2i and 20000mAh Mi Power Bank 2i feature lithium polymer batteries, and dual USB outputs so one can charge two devices simultaneously.
China Advances on Technology Front With Series of Breakthroughs
After ten years of research, the gap between China and leading countries in the main technology parameters of core electronic devices has narrowed down to 5 years from 15 years.
Life on Earth May Have Arrived on Cosmic Dust: Study
Fast-moving flows of interplanetary dust that continually bombard our planet's atmosphere could deliver tiny organisms from far-off worlds, or send Earth-based organisms to other planets, researchers from the University of Edinburgh in the UK said.
Google to Soon Fix Buzzing Sound in Pixel 2
According to a report on Tuesday, a community manager posted a message on the Pixel User Community forum confirming the fix in an upcoming update.
Hackers Can Kill Millions if Cars Are Compromised: Expert
Deaths are inevitable within five years if car manufacturers do not rush to solve cybersecurity issues and fix vulnerabilities in technology, Justin Cappos, a computer scientist at New York University, was quoted as saying to thetimes.co.uk on Monday.
UN Panel Agrees to Move Ahead With Debate on 'Killer Robots'
Advocacy groups showed a harrowing video depicting the possible threats and aired other concerns on the sidelines of the first formal U.N. meeting of government experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, known as "killer robots.
IBM Urged to Avoid Working on 'Extreme Vetting' of U.S. Immigrants
IBM and several other technology companies and contractors, including Booz Allen Hamilton, LexisNexis and Deloitte [DLTE.UL], attended a July informational session hosted by immigration enforcement officials that discussed developing technology for vettin...
Switch From Voice to Video Call on WhatsApp Soon as You Talk
WhatsApp is developing a new button that will allow to users to quickly switch from voice to video call without stopping the voice call in progress.
Apple Tops Global Wearable Shipments, Followed by Xiaomi, Fitbit
As per a recent report, the smart wearable industry is on the rise and Apple has once again claimed the top spot in total global shipments during the quarter 3 of 2017.
Active.Ai Raises USD 8.25M Series A Funding Led by Vertex Ventures
Active-Ai's proprietary AI engine, Triniti enables financial institutions to have an engagement with their customers in an intuitive natural format over multiple apertures covering messaging, voice and IOT devices.
Qualcomm Rejects Broadcom’s $103 Billion Offer
Qualcomm, which makes the Snapdragon chips found in smartphones and tablets, is the world’s No. 3 chip supplier, according to research firm Gartner. A combination with Broadcom would not have propelled it past industry leaders Intel and Samsung.
OPPO Users to Get up to 100GB Additional Jio 4G Data
According to the new offer, customers who purchase a new OPPO handset and recharge with a denomination of Rs 399 or above will get additional 4G data up to 100GB.
IBM Says It’s Reached Milestone in Quantum Computing
Dario Gil, who leads IBM’s quantum computing and artificial intelligence research division, said that the company’s scientists have successfully built and measured a processor prototype with 50 quantum bits, known as qubits.