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 […]
Bitcoin powered to a record high on Tuesday, approaching the $50,000 mark, basking in the afterglow of Elon Musk-led Tesla’s investment in the cryptocurrency that had investors believing it may become a mainstream asset class. The most popular cryptocurrency has gained 1,150 percent since its March 2020 lows; as institutional investors searched for alternative investments […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) first mission Amal to Mars has entered the red planet’s orbit after a seven-month, 494 million kilometers (307 million miles) journey, allowing it to start sending data about the Martian atmosphere and climate. Officials at mission control broke into applause on Tuesday, visibly relieved after a tense half-hour as Amal, […]
Facebook Inc said on Monday it will expand a list of false health claims it bans from the platform to include debunked claims about vaccines in general, such as that they are toxic or cause autism. The social media company said in a blog post it was increasing the types of false claims about the […]
Tesla, an electric car company, invests $1.5 billion in bitcoin on Monday, February 8, 2021, gives a big vote of confidence to the cryptocurrency. Consequently, the prices of the crypto hit the record, reaching a new high of all time, setting it as a relatively more stable currency now. The automaker announced this on Monday […]
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 […]
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 […]
The new military rulers of Myanmar on Friday ordered mobile operators and internet service providers to block access to Twitter and Instagram in the country until further notice, Norwegian telecom Telenor said. The government had already ordered internet providers on Thursday to block Facebook; which counts half of the population of 54 million as users, […]
