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A DMV spokesperson said the company had registered three 2015 Lexus RX450h SUVs to be driven by six Apple employees with expertise in autonomous vehicles. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Believing machines can outperform people can lead to acceptance of...

The researchers added that liberals, compared to conservatives, were significantly more accepting of self-driving cars.

12 May 2019 10:13 AM IST

Blue Moon also features an on-board lidar system capable of mapping lunar terrain, in order to choose the right landing site. Jeffs big unveil comes as the government is making an aggressive push to kick start a return to space travel.

Plan a vacation in space

Blue Origin has unveiled a lunar lander, Blue Moon aiming to get to Moon by 2024.

12 May 2019 3:00 AM IST

Podcasts do not require one to sign in to the Google Account. On the desktop version, access to ones subscriptions is available through Google Search results. (Photo: ANI)

Google officially brings podcasts to Search results

Google Podcasts is showing on the web for iOS and Android on a number of devices.

11 May 2019 3:26 PM IST

The company has previously blocked hashtags that are too obvious about misinformation, such as #vaccinescauseautism. It will now also ban hashtags that may seem unrelated but are used to spread wrong information about vaccinations, such as #vaccines1234. (Photo: ANI)

Instagram to block anti-vaccine hashtags

Instagram has confirmed to Engadget that it will block hashtags that surface false information regarding vaccinations.

11 May 2019 3:25 PM IST

Cognitive, or brain, training games have been used to help people reduce unhealthy habits, like smoking. (Photo: ANI)

Diabetic? This computer game can train brain to eat less sugar

Added sugar is one of the biggest culprits of excess calories and is also associated with several health risks.

11 May 2019 3:22 PM IST

Amazon entered into a nationwide legally binding agreement to block the sale of childrens school supplies and jewellery without affirmation from lab reports about the products being non-toxic. (Photo: ANI)

Amazon promises to not sell toxic school supplies

Metal in children's products can lead to a number of neurological disorders.

11 May 2019 3:17 PM IST

Firefox Chief Technology Officer Eric Rescorla explained that one of the certificates used to sign add-ons expired just after 1AM UTC on May 4. (Photo: ANI)

Here's why Mozilla Firefox's add-ons broke all at once

Add-ons are checked every 24 hours, the problem affected users at different times.

11 May 2019 3:16 PM IST

The States comprises of only 30 per cent of the global government information requests and Japan submitted the second highest volume of requests, while India made 6 per cent of the volume of the global requests. (Photo: ANI)

Twitter received fewer account data requests by the US government

Twitter highlighted that the US submitted 6 per cent fewer information requests than the last reporting period.

11 May 2019 3:14 PM IST

If an account has not been memorialised, Facebook uses AI to help keep it from showing up in places that might cause distress. (Photo: ANI)

Facebook sues South Korea data analytics firm Rankwave

Facebook was investigating Rankwave data practices relating to advertising and marketing.

11 May 2019 2:59 PM IST

New Nutanix offering integrates Veeam cloud data management software with the Nutanix Enterprise cloud platform to make running and protecting applications easy.

Nutanix Mine simplifies secondary storage with Veeam

It makes it easy for customers to implement and manage their backup environment.

11 May 2019 12:21 PM IST

According to some information that is floating around online, WhatsApp has around 5 new features that are probably being tested as we write this article.

WhatsApp: 5 new features eagerly waiting to hit your phone?

The new features will hit consumer smartphones ahead and some of them are also available for beta testing we assume.

11 May 2019 11:26 AM IST

The program will provide HealthTech start-ups with access to capital, industry partnerships, and product and technology support along with helping them scale to new markets. (Photo: Pixabay)

Startups using cutting edge technologies for hassle-free customer...

Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, Data Analytics are the fastest approaching societally transformative...

11 May 2019 11:21 AM IST