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Google is stepping up efforts to filter out annoying online ads as part of an effort to improve the browsing experience. (photo: AFP)

Google tightens measures to remove extremist content on YouTube

Google will expand its collaboration with counter-extremist groups to identify content that is used to radicalize and...

19 Jun 2017 12:40 PM IST

the YotaPhone 3 is speculated to feature a Snapdragon 625 chipset, much bigger 5.5-inch 1080p AMOLED display on the front and a 5.2-inch 720p E Ink touchscreen on the back. (Image:YotaPhone 2)

Dual display YotaPhone 3 to arrive in late 2017

The YotaPhone 3 is expected to ship with mid-range specifications but sport a larger 5.5-inch front display and 5.2-inch...

19 Jun 2017 12:37 PM IST

Google-owned YouTube is curbing advertising on some channels as it seeks to reduce pairing ads with inappropriate content (Photo: AFP)

Is YouTube down?

The platform apparently went down around 9am on Friday, starting with US and travelling to Canada, parts of UK, Mexico...

19 Jun 2017 12:37 PM IST

Leaked image of OnePlus 5 smartphone (Photo: Android Police)

OnePlus 5 teased in TV ad during IND vs PAK final match

OnePlus is confirmed to launch the 2017 flagship OnePlus 5 on June 22 in India.

19 Jun 2017 12:13 PM IST

(Image: Samsung/Tab S3)

Samsung to bring its Tab S3 to India next week

The Galaxy Tab S3 was launched at MWC earlier this year, is expected to debut in India next week.

19 Jun 2017 10:46 AM IST

The hacker believed somebody had to stand up to those spreading hate (File Photo)

'Need to firewall systems to counter cyber risks around GST'

Experts opined there could be a rise in the number of security incidents, if the government and private players do not...

19 Jun 2017 9:05 AM IST

The goal would be to reduce accidents and dramatically improve the flow of traffic while lowering greenhouse gas emissions. (representational image)

New tech can wirelessly charge electric cars, smartphones

Stanford scientists have developed away to wirelessly deliver electricity to moving objects.

19 Jun 2017 8:18 AM IST

The bug in the Uber software was not a one-off case and had been experienced by other users. (Photo: Representational Image)

Taxify hopes to lure Uber drivers with larger share of the fare

Upstarts across the world, such as Lyft Inc and Ola, are trying to catch Uber in the on-demand car-ride market by...

18 Jun 2017 9:22 PM IST

The fourth animation shows Papa cactus giving his child a shower. In the last animation, we see the cacti kids giving their father cactus a loving hug.

Google marks Father's Day through special doodle

The doodle shows the beautiful father-child bond into six pictures of a cactus plant.

18 Jun 2017 9:20 PM IST

The start of Metro civil work on new Metro corridors is likely to increase the traffic in the city.

New system can reuse waste energy from idling trucks, buses

Researchers at the University of Waterloo in the US showed that the waste energy can be used to operate secondary...

18 Jun 2017 9:18 PM IST

$VR porn could make some of the more degrading and abusive elements found in some pornography seem more \real\. (Photo: Pixabay)$ Technology

VR therapy may help reduce pain: study

Fifty patients received virtual reality (VR) therapy consisting of wearing VR goggles to watch calming video content.

18 Jun 2017 9:18 PM IST

In a study mentioned in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology by researchers at the University of Reading in England, 98 volunteers listened to music that topped as potential earworm songs.

New AI robot can create its own music

The robot with four arms and eight sticks writes and plays its own compositions on a marimba.

18 Jun 2017 9:17 PM IST