Science and Technology

IBLAGH: (Web Desk) Facebook wants you to sit in your bedroom wearing a headset and take a virtual vacation with faraway friends and family. Or use your smartphone’s camera to spruce up your dinky apartment, at least virtually. The promise of augmented and virtual reality was a big focus of …

MIAMI: (Web Desk) An ultra-sensitive, wearable sweat sensor may improve diagnosis and treatment of cystic fibrosis, diabetes and other conditions, researchers said on Monday. Unlike previous sweat sensors, the new model requires only a trace of moisture to do its job and doesn’t require patients to sit still for 30 …

SAN FRANCISCO: (Web Desk) Apple is joining the fiercely competitive race to design self-driving cars, raising the possibility that a company that has already re-shaped culture with its iPhone may try to transform transportation, too. Ending years of speculation, Apple’s late entry into a crowded field was made official on …

IBLAGH: (Web Desk) Hackers can crack PINs and passwords just from the way we tilt our phone when we are typing. A team of researchers from Newcastle University in the UK have published a report which shows that hackers can decipher pins and passwords on a device simply by tracking …

IBLAGH: (Web Desk) Facebook Inc will add a feature to its Messenger app on Monday to allow users to share their locations, the company said, ramping up competition with tools offered by Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google Maps. The company has found that one of the most used phrases …

IBALGH: (Web Desk) In a ground-breaking eye surgery, doctors at the Oxford Eye Hospital successfully replaced a 29-year-old man’s half-missing DNA code with a gene reprogrammed in the lab, through a harmless virus – giving him the chance to avoid blindness.Scientists found a technique to generate genes that can give …

IBLAGH: (Web Desk) The growing use of smart devices like air-conditioner and TV have brought convenience to our lives but now they have also become a cause of concern as anything connected to the internet tends to attract the attention of hackers. Documents recently released by Wikileaks showed how the …

PARIS: (Web Desk) The world´s spiders eat 400-800 million tonnes of insects every year — as much meat and fish as humans consume over the same period, a study said Tuesday.In the first analysis of its kind, researchers used data from 65 previous studies to estimate that a total of 25 …

IBLAGH: (Web Desk) Samsung is reportedly adding facial recognition to its upcoming flagship device Galaxy S8 to make unlocking your phone more convenient. According to a report by the Korea Economic Daily, Samsung is adding the feature to complement the iris scanner on its flagship device.“Due to some limits of …

IBLAGH: (Web Desk) One of the biggest names in the aircraft manufacturing sector Airbus has just unveiled its autonomous, modular flying car concept at this year’s Geneva Motor Show (GMS). Designed in collaboration with Italdesign, Pop.Up is a modular passenger capsule that can switch between four-wheeled ground transport and quadcopter …