Tech
China Looks to Stamp Out Cryptocurrency Trading
The moves were outlined in a report Sunday by Financial News, a publication under the People's Bank of China, which said the aim was to snuff out the "dying cinders" of cryptocurrency trading and initial coin offerings "which are glowing once more".
OnePlus 5T Receives Android Oreo Update Via OTA; OnePlus 5 Gets Face Unlock
The new Google Android 8.0 Oreo update is being made available to the devices through an OTA (Over-The-Air) Update.
Augmented Reality Tech Helps Surgeons 'See Through' The Body
Researchers used Microsoft HoloLens - a computer headset that immerses the wearer in 'mixed reality', enabling them to interact with holograms or computer-generated objects made visible through the visor.
Robot Makes Coffee at New Cafe in Japan’s Capital
The robot named Sawyer debuted last week at Henna Cafe in Tokyo’s downtown business and shopping district of Shibuya. The shop’s name in Japanese means “strange cafe.”
Union Budget 2018: Twitter India Registers Over 14 Lakh Budget-Related Posts
Together with the Ministry of Finance (@FinMinIndia), Twitter enabled Indians to watch the #Budget2018 speech, follow a talkathon on Union Budget and also participate in the budget discussion through a live Q&A with Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
Vodafone in Talks to Buy Liberty Global Assets
"Vodafone confirms that it is in early stage discussions with Liberty Global regarding the potential acquisition of certain overlapping continental European assets owned by Liberty Global," the company said.
Blockchain Technology is The Way to go, Industry Leaders Tell Government
Blockchain is a distributed digital technology -- that supports crypto currencies -- and is adept for businesses where large amounts of data is transferred, updated and filtered by multiple users.
Mumbai Engineer Books Flipkart For Delivering Bar of Soap Instead of Apple iPhone 8
Yet another shocker for online buyers.
YouTube's Emerging Markets-Focused App Expands to 130 Countries
The expansion to countries such as Brazil, Mexico, Turkey and Iraq, announced in a YouTube blog post, doubles YouTube Go's availability to about 60 percent of the world's population.
Alphabet's Earnings Miss Profit Estimates as Spending Grows
A growing portion of revenue has been spent on having the Google search engine set as the default option on products and services such as Apple's iPhone and Mozilla's Firefox browser.
EA Postpones 'Anthem' Launch to Make Way For 'Battlefield'
EA has postponed the release date of its much anticipated co-op action game - "Anthem".
Nokia Tops Quarterly Expectations, Buoyed by Patent Payment
The mobile industry, dominated by Huawei, Nokia and Sweden's Ericsson, is weathering the toughest part of a decade-long cycle as demand for 4G gear falls, while spending on new, mass-market 5G networks are unlikely before 2019 or 2020.
WhatsApp Hits 1.5 Billion Monthly Users
Both Instagram "Stories" and WhatsApp "Status" features now have 300 million daily active users (DAUs) -- compared to 178 million Snapchat users.
Tencent Announces Its First Music Label 'Liquid State' With Sony
Revenue from live broadcast, video streaming and music streaming contributed to a 18 percent rise in Tencent's third-quarter social networks' revenues to 15.28 billion yuan.
NASA Satellite Maps Global Distribution of Cloud Ice
NASA scientists pioneered the use of submillimeter wavelength bands, which fall between the microwave and infrared on the electromagnetic spectrum, to sense ice clouds.
Google Aims to Get 'Diverse Perspectives' Into Search Results
The move comes as internet companies face increasing political pressure to rid their services of misleading or fake news, extremist content and hoaxes.