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NASA shared a stunning panoramic view of the Milky Way’s galactic centre on Instagram. Explaining the photo, the space agency said threads of superheated gas and magnetic fields weave a tapestry of energy at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy. NASA captioned the post, “The fabric of our galaxy.” This image of the cosmic

A team at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory’s Artificial Intelligence Software Architectures and Algorithms Group attempted to better understand disinformation campaigns and also aimed to create a mechanism to detect them. The objective of the Reconnaissance of Influence Operations (RIO) programme was also to ensure the ones spreading this misinformation on social media platforms are identified.

Realme Smart TV 4K specifications and pricing in India have allegedly been leaked ahead of its May 31 launch. The company will launch two models — 43-inch and 50-inch — both of which will feature voice assistance. As per the leaked specifications, Realme Smart TV 4K models will be powered by a quad-core MediaTek SoC

Amazon has added a ‘Featured Articles’ section where viewers can read a selection of articles for free. The new section was silently added to the website and mobile app. It includes categories such as exclusive, sports, auto, entertainment, politics, and more. It sources the articles from various publications and brings them together in one place.

Poco F3 GT will be launched in India in the third quarter of 2021, a company executive has confirmed. Anuj Sharma, who is the Country Director of POCO India, shared a 30-second video on Twitter that also shows the smartphone will be powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 SoC. In his tweet, Sharma also talks

Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) has released new guidelines for influencer advertising on digital media platforms like Instagram. The new guidelines suggest that all promotional content published by social media influencers or their representatives must carry a disclosure label that clearly identifies it as an advertisement. Furthermore, it urges influencers to do fitting due

Jungle Cruise gets a new trailer. Disney has unveiled a second two-minute trailer for the Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt adventure movie that is based on the famous Disneyland theme park ride of the same name. It’s not the first time Disney has converted one of its roller coasters into a movie — remember Pirates

OnePlus Nord CE will launch on June 10 at the Summer Launch Event along with OnePlus TV U series models, the company has confirmed. OnePlus Nord CE is believed to be a successor to the OnePlus Nord N10 5G that was launched in Europe last October. On the other hand, OnePlus TV U series is

Samsung Galaxy M51 and Galaxy M31s are reportedly receiving May 2021 Android security patch. There is not much known about the update for the Galaxy M31s but the Galaxy M51 is getting the Quick Share feature with the update. The updates for the Galaxy smartphones are rolling out in Brazil and Russia, respectively. Samsung launched

Netflix Play Something feature was added to TVs last month, and now the feature appears to be under testing on Android. Some Android users are reportedly seeing the Play Something button on the homescreen or when choosing profiles. Play Something feature randomly selects a movie or TV show to play that matches your taste, thus

Amazon said on Wednesday it is buying MGM, the fabled US movie studio home to the James Bond franchise, for $8.45 billion (roughly Rs. 61,500 crores), giving it a huge library of films and TV shows and ramping up competition with streaming rivals led by Netflix and Disney+. Privately held MGM, or Metro Goldwyn Mayer,

Unreal Engine 5 is now available in early access. Epic Games announced Wednesday that the next generation of its game engine can be downloaded by all developers for testing purposes. The early access build of Unreal Engine 5 comes with most of its signature features, including the virtualised micro-polygon system Nanite, the global lighting module

The Biden administration is working with pipeline companies to strengthen protections against cyberattacks following the Colonial Pipeline hack, with announcements of actions planned in coming days, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Tuesday. A ransomware attack forced Colonial Pipeline, which runs from Texas to New Jersey, to shut much of its network for

Samsung Galaxy M32 India launch appears to be imminent as its support page have been spotted on Samsung’s India website. The webpage doesn’t really reveal much about the upcoming smartphone. However, it hints that the Galaxy M32 could be launched in the country sometime soon. The Galaxy M32 is touted as a successor to Samsung

Microsoft Teams — the team communication solution by the Redmond company that is aimed to take on the likes of Slack, Google Meet, and Zoom — is receiving a list of updates to enhance user experience. The software giant announced the updates while virtually kicking off Microsoft Build 2021 on Tuesday. The new changes will

Just over a week after Amazon extended its ban on sales of facial recognition technology to US law enforcement indefinitely, there is a sense that federal law may soon be passed in this regard. Forty advocacy groups had written to Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy (AWS head and soon to be Amazon CEO) earlier this month,

Motorola Edge S Pioneer Edition has launched in China as a new colour variant of the vanilla Motorola Edge S smartphone. The new variant of the mid-range Motorola phone has gone on sale in the country and comes in a single configuration. Interestingly, the Motorola Edge S Pioneer Edition is priced cheaper than the other

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 compute platform was launched on Monday as the company’s next-generation system-on-chip (SoC) for always-on, always-connected, entry-level Windows PCs and Chromebooks. The new Snapdragon platform is positioned as the successor to Snapdragon 7c that Qualcomm unveiled in 2019, and there are many similarities between the two. Qualcomm claims that the new

WhatsApp seems to have extended its privacy policy acceptance date in select regions till June 19, 2021. The Facebook-owned messaging service had given May 15 as the deadline for accepting the updated privacy policy but did not take any action for people who did not accept the terms. Although WhatsApp had said it will not

Los Angeles-based Fisker plans to supply the first pure electric vehicle for Pope Francis next year, it said on Friday, with features such as a solar roof and carpets made of recycled plastic bottles from the ocean. Fisker will covert its all-electric Ocean sport utility vehicle for use by the pope, providing a retractable glass

Friends: The Reunion will be available on Zee5 in India. The Zee-owned streaming service announced Sunday that the hotly-anticipated Friends reunion special episode will stream exclusively on its platform, though it wouldn’t say when it would release. In the US, Friends: The Reunion premieres May 27 at 12am PT on HBO Max — that translates

COVID-19 has completely upended our lives. Apart from the unimaginable loss of human lives, the coronavirus pandemic has also impacted the environment in many ways. For example, the enormous amount of medical waste generated due to the crisis definitely has had a huge impact on our environment. But the scale of this is yet not known. So,

The Union Government on Friday wrote to Twitter registering objection on the use of “Manipulated Media” tag on certain tweets made by Indian political leaders with reference to a toolkit “created to undermine, derail and demean the efforts of the centre against COVID-19 pandemic”. It asked Twitter to remove the tag as the matter is

Spotify has announced that it is bringing the ability to download playlists, albums, and podcasts on Apple Watch for offline listening. Users will be required to have a Spotify Premium account and an Apple Watch Series 3 or later to experience downloads option. Spotify competitor and Apple’s in-house music streaming service Apple Music has had

Snap said Friday it will acquire WaveOptics, a British augmented reality (AR) technology company, for over $500 million (roughly Rs. 3,645 crores). The deal, first reported by The Verge and confirmed by a Snap spokesman, will help the owner of photo messaging app Snapchat push its way into a future where AR eyewear could be

BTS has dropped their new song on YouTube and, like their previous music videos, it has smashed the record for the number of views soon after its debut. Titled “Butter,” it became the fastest video in YouTube history to surpass 10 million views, doing so in just 13 minutes. The video had crossed 53 million views in

OnePlus TV 40Y1 is confirmed to launch in India in the coming week. The 40-inch TV will be an addition to the OnePlus TV 32Y1 and OnePlus TV 43Y1 models available in the country. The upcoming OnePlus TV 40Y1 will sit in between these two already launched TV models and should be priced accordingly. It

Knives Out 2 has reportedly cast Kate Hudson who will star alongside fellow new entrants Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy), Edward Norton (Fight Club), Janelle Monáe (Hidden Figures), Kathryn Hahn (WandaVision), and Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton). All of them will star opposite the returning Daniel Craig, reprising his role of private detective Benoit Blanc

Snapchat at Snap Partner Summit 2021 on Thursday received a slew of updates that are aiming to grow its presence among creators, businesses, and developers — a move to counter Facebook’s Instagram. Snap, the parent company behind Snapchat, introduced features called Creator Marketplace and Gifting to help creators attract monetisation. The company has also brought

Itel and Tecno, brands both owned by Transsion Holdings, have announced a 60-day warranty extension in India owing to pandemic-imposed lockdowns in several districts. The companies separately announced that only those smartphones and feature phones will be eligible that have their warranties expiring between April 15 and June 15. Eligible smartphone owners would then have