Life Style / Technology

'Chaos map' charts global deaths from water, food and fuel disruption 26 Oct 2019 - 12:06 am

LONDON: As the planet warms, deadly conflicts over water, food and fuel shortages and price hikes for those essentials are expected to start...

Spreading human rights around the world, one AI at a time? 25 Oct 2019 - 10:41 pm

LONDON: British billionaire Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Atlantic Airways and a campaigner for rights, cannot be in all places at all times....

Google digs into deeper meanings of searches 25 Oct 2019 - 07:21 pm

MOUNTAIN VIEW: Google is paying more attention to the small words in your searches. Want to figure out how to park on a...

Former Google chip guru takes novel approach to AI at Groq 25 Oct 2019 - 07:21 pm

When Groq didn’t turn up to its coming out party -- last month’s AI Hardware Summit -- attendees worried that the secretive AI...

Roaming Russian eagles leave scientists broke 25 Oct 2019 - 04:55 pm

Moscow: Russian scientists tracking migrating eagles were forced to start a crowdfunding campaign after their birds wandered into Iran and foreign text messages...

The climate activist preaching on New York's subway 24 Oct 2019 - 10:36 am

New York: Richard McLachlan stands in the middle of a New York subway car and begins to shout at a dozen passengers mostly...

Google unveils quantum computer breakthrough; critics say wait a qubit 24 Oct 2019 - 10:18 am

BERLIN/SAN FRANCISCO: Alphabet Inc's Google said on Wednesday it had achieved a breakthrough in computing research by using a quantum computer to solve...

From code to cleanliness: social entrepreneurs support San Francisco's homeless 23 Oct 2019 - 07:40 pm

SAN FRANCISCO: Like many San Francisco residents, freshly minted coder David Brooks aspires to join the city's famed technology workforce as an engineer....

Online platforms' relationship with news media: it's complicated 23 Oct 2019 - 06:30 pm

San Francisco: Major online platforms have a complicated relationship with news organizations: the two sides are both friends and enemies, depending on the...

Is the stethoscope dying? High-tech rivals pose a threat 23 Oct 2019 - 08:42 am

CHICAGO: Two centuries after its invention, the stethoscope - the very symbol of the medical profession - is facing an uncertain prognosis. It...

Russia discovers five Arctic islands uncovered by melting ice 22 Oct 2019 - 05:35 pm

Moscow: Russia's navy said Tuesday it had discovered five new islands revealed by melting glaciers in the remote Arctic. An expedition in August...

Huawei reports 24.4% year-on-year increase in third quarter revenue 22 Oct 2019 - 07:58 am

Huawei has announced that it has generated CNY610.8bn in revenue, an increase of 24.4 percent year-on-year in Q3 2019. The company’s net profit...

Mars shows man the final frontier of circular economy 21 Oct 2019 - 08:28 pm

LONDON: Barren, dry and distant - welcome to Mars, where even the dust is poison. But space scientists say the Red Planet could...

Calls, texts... and forecasts? Mobile phone towers can predict rain too 20 Oct 2019 - 08:07 pm

HYDERABAD: Thought mobile phone towers were just for calls and messages? They can also help predict rainfall, telecoms experts said on Friday, a...

Mars once had salt lakes similar to Earth: Study 20 Oct 2019 - 10:57 am

New York, Mars once had salt lakes similar to the ones on Earth and has gone through wet and dry periods, according to...

WhatsApp to bring splash screen, dark mode for iPhone users 20 Oct 2019 - 10:48 am

San Francisco, Facebook-owned WhatsApp is testing a new beta update for iOS users which would bring features like hide muted status update, splash...

Google completes first drone delivery in the US 19 Oct 2019 - 06:16 pm

Washington: Alphabet (Google) subsidiary Wing has become the first company in the United States to deliver packages by drone. In Christiansburg, the small...