Scientists say they have observed water vapor escaping high up in the thin atmosphere of Mars. It is offering exciting new clues as to whether the Red Planet could have once hosted life. The traces of ancient valleys and river channels suggest liquid water once flowed across the surface of Mars. Today, the water is […]
An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft on Wednesday successfully entered orbit around Mars after a 6-1/2-month journey from Earth, China’s space agency said, in the country’s first independent mission to the red planet. The robotic probe carried out a 15-minute burn of its thrusters at 7:52pm Beijing time (5:22pm IST); the China National Space Administration said in […]
WhatsApp on Tuesday shared four ways a user can keep their chats “safe, secure and private”. WhatsApp‘s message came on #SaferInternetDay, on which the messaging platform renewed its commitment to users to protect their privacy. Two-Step Verification The platform said that the first measure a user must take is to enable “two-step verification”. This is […]
with an increasing number of people working or attending classes from home, video conferencing apps like Zoom and Google Meet have seen a strong surge in popularity over the last year. Due to the sheer number of alternatives available to end-users, developers are constantly innovating and adding new features to their respective apps to offer […]
Xiaomi has finally announced the Mi 11 for the global markets and as expected, there are few changes to the specs sheet compared to the Chinese variant. The company also hinted at new color variants coming soon. Xiaomi Mi 11 is the successor to last year’s Mi 10. The new Mi flagship device comes packed […]
After WhatsApp’s new privacy policy, users started deleting WhatsApp and shifted toward telegram. Sensor Tower, a mobile app rating company, has stated in accordance with its findings that chat application Telegram has become the most downloaded non-gaming app in January 2021. Telegram, according to Sensor Tower’s report, added a whopping 63 million more users in […]
The OnePlus 9 series is expected to be unveiled in the next few months; the latest leak gives us a glimpse of what we should expect from the device including a partnership with the legendary camera manufacturer Hasselblad. Known tech YouTuber Dave2D has obtained renders of what appears to be an OnePlus 9 Pro prototype […]
Samsung is maybe planning to launch its new foldable phones, the Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3, in July this year. It is months earlier than the Z Fold2, which arrived last September. If Samsung is now making a shift to its release strategy and its H1 flagship (the S21 seires) already released in January, […]
China’s market regulator has released new anti-monopoly guidelines aimed at internet platforms; tightening existing restrictions faced by the country’s technology giants. The new rules, published on Sunday, formalize an earlier anti-monopoly draft law released in November and clarify a series of monopolistic practices that regulators plan to crack down on. The guidelines are expected to […]
Google has unveiled new capabilities for its Pixel smartphones. It will allow users to measure their heart and breathing rates using its camera. Health programs available on Google Play’s store and Apple Inc’s App Store for years have provided the same functionality. But a study in 2017 found accuracy varied and adoption of the apps […]
