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Astronomers piece together first image of black hole 12 Apr 2017 - 08:47 pm

Paris: After training a network of telescopes stretching from Hawaii to Antarctica to Spain at the heart of our galaxy for five nights...

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Simulated view of a black hole in front of the Large Magellanic Cloud. Note the gravitational lensing effect, which produces two enlarged but highly distorted views of the Cloud. Across the top, the Milky Way disk appears distorted i

Amazon aims to help parents monitor - and talk to - kids 12 Apr 2017 - 07:44 pm

NEW YORK: Amazon is introducing new tools to help parents see what their kids are doing on the company's Fire tablets. As a...

San Francisco gets a taste of robotic food delivery 12 Apr 2017 - 04:25 pm

San Francisco: San Francisco startup Marble on Wednesday began giving its home town a taste of restaurant orders delivered by robot, confident that...

Whale cams reveal secret Antarctic feeding habits 11 Apr 2017 - 12:06 pm

Sydney: Whale cams have revealed the secret feeding habits of the giant mammals in frozen Antarctica, details on their social lives, and even...

This gene may explain why you are a night owl 08 Apr 2017 - 11:10 am

New York: Are you a night owl and have trouble getting up in the morning? It may be because your internal clock is...

Big asteroid to fly 'very close' to Earth in mid-April: NASA 08 Apr 2017 - 09:48 am

Washington: A large near-Earth asteroid discovered nearly three years ago will fly safely past Earth on April 19th, US space agency NASA has...

Google adds 'fact check' to global search results 07 Apr 2017 - 07:51 pm

Washington: Google is adding a fact-checking tag to search results globally, its latest initiative to help curb the spread of misinformation and "fake...

Chile desert combed for clues to life on Mars 06 Apr 2017 - 10:27 am

Estación Yungay, Chile: Chile's Atacama desert may seem to contain little besides red-grey rocks and sand -- but scientists are busy searching here...

Twitter creates 'lite' version for data-starved users 06 Apr 2017 - 09:29 am

SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter Inc is launching a faster version of its mobile service on Wednesday aimed at people with sporadic connections or little...

Apple aims for more control, less cost as it accelerates in chip design 05 Apr 2017 - 08:43 pm

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple Inc’s decision to stop licensing graphics chips from Imagination Technologies Group Plc is the clearest example yet of the iPhone...

Netflix is looking for a thumbs-up as star ratings fade away 05 Apr 2017 - 04:33 pm

SAN FRANCISCO: Netflix's video-streaming service is officially scrapping its familiar star-rating system, hoping to make it easier for its 94 million subscribers to...

Samsung's assistant Bixby in tough challenge to rivals 02 Apr 2017 - 10:21 am

Washington: Samsung's Bixby is the new kid on the block of personal digital assistants and is likely to face a rough reception in...

Britain attempts to burst the fake news bubble 02 Apr 2017 - 08:56 am

London: The rise of fake news has been a hot topic in Britain this year, with the lawmaker leading a probe into the...

April Fool's Day comet to pass closest to Earth in a century 01 Apr 2017 - 10:17 am

Washington: This is no joke. A comet, being playfully called the April Fool's Day comet, is set to make its closest approach to...

'Twitter egg' hatches into 'human' 01 Apr 2017 - 10:02 am

New York: After being trolled on several social media platforms, Twitter has now changed its default profile photo from "Twitter Egg" it has...

Solar wind turned Mars into dry, cold planet -study 01 Apr 2017 - 09:00 am

CAPE CANAVERAL: Particles blasting out from the sun stripped away what was once a thick, Earth-like atmosphere on Mars, leaving behind a dry...

Samsung unveils Galaxy S8 smartphone 30 Mar 2017 - 12:32 pm

SAN FRANCISCO: Samsung on Wednesday unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S8, that will be available for sale worldwide April 21. The...