London, Feb 20 Want to know which tweet is real or fake? Scientists are developing an online lie detector that can tell fact from fiction in just 140 characters or less. Called ‘Pheme’, it will scan tweets from news outlets, individuals, and automated ‘bots’ to see if their posts are as truthful as they claim. […]
New Delhi, Feb 20 Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel is not satisfied with the Feb 14 judgment of the Lagos Court of Appeal and will lodge an appeal at the Supreme Court of Nigeria, a company statement said here Thursday. The ruling of the court means Bharti Airtel will now have to pay up $3 […]
Apple has slashed rates of their base iPhone model in India, the iPhone 5C. The phone which was launched at Rs 41,990 is now available for Rs 5000 less at Rs 36,899. Add various online schemes and promotions and the phone costs even lesser. Definitely good news for the Apple fanboys. However, despite the price-cut, […]
An accidental encounter of scientists in Iceland with molten lava has opened possibilities of harnessing under surface heat to produce power. A geothermal borehole project in Iceland a few years ago accidentally struck magma – the molten rock that flows out of volcanoes – and it spewed superheated steam for two years. This superheated steam, […]
Although hunger is essential for survival, abnormal hunger can lead to obesity and eating disorders that are now reaching near-epidemic proportions around the world. The solution lies somewhere deep inside your brain. To unlock the mystery behind hunger pangs, researchers are creating a wiring diagram of the complex brain circuits that regulate the intense urge […]
Indigenisation was the thrust of official interactions on the second day of Defexpo at the Pragati Maidan here Friday as DRDO outlined the progress made in land and naval systems. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) progress report included likely induction of Agni-V next year and nuclear submarine Arihant getting ready for sea trials in […]
Canadian Industry Minister James Moore has unveiled a new plan to develop the country’s space industry in a bid to safeguard Canada’s “sovereignty, security and prosperity”. Moore said Friday that Canada’s Space Policy Framework will serve as a guideline for the country’s strategic space activities and ensure the commercial competitiveness of its space industry in […]
Samsung’s next flagship smartphone will indeed be dubbed Galaxy S5, and will be launched at the MWC event the company has scheduled, reveals a new report, which also makes some other claims that contradict previous rumours about the phone’s specifications. Eric Pfanner of the New York Times in a report has shed some plans of […]
The Micromax Bolt A37 comes with identical specifications to the Bolt A37B listed on company’s site on recently with price. The Micromax Bolt A37, much like Bolt A37B runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean out-of-the-box. The Bolt A37 is a dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) device, and supports regular SIM size. It comes with 3.5-inch TFT display with 320×480 […]
Terming cyber security a “biggest security challenge”, DRDO chief Avinash Chander Friday said there was need of a new purchase process to get the country system that could not be “subverted”. Talking to reporters at Defexpo 2014 here, Chander said that leakage of information could take place in a subverted system, adding that there was […]