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The tiny specks are controlled with laser light, like the fictional tractor beam from Star Trek, said Smalley, an electrical engineering professor at Brigham Young University. (Photo: AP)

Better than holograms: A new 3-D projection into thin air

Scientists have figured out to manipulate unseen specks in the air and use them to create 3D images that are more...

25 Jan 2018 9:54 AM IST

While bitcoins price rise mystifies many, its origins have been the subject of much speculation.

Bitcoin wallet devices vulnerable to security hacks: study

Researchers in the UK carried out an in-depth security analysis of the communications system used in popular models of...

25 Jan 2018 9:12 AM IST

The firs product based on Qualcomms system may arrive by the end of the year.

EU fines chipmaker Qualcomm $1.2 billion over exclusivity deal with...

The EU decision is the latest in a series by global regulators that have amounted to billions of dollars in fines.

25 Jan 2018 8:33 AM IST

Lauren Schuster of Miami looks at her phone as she struggles to get her Pokemon Go game to quit crashing at the Pokemon Go Fest Saturday, July 22, 2017, at Grant Park in Chicago. (Photo: AP)

Pokemon Go will be introducing 23 new Pokemon

This decision seems to be more of an attempt to secure the game's position amongst the other AR contemporaries.

24 Jan 2018 6:04 PM IST

Facebook accounts and telephone records can be used to pinpoint the best individuals to vaccinate to stop a disease outbreak. (Photo: Pixabay)

Facebook buys Boston Software Company that authenticates IDs

This acquisition to help the social media company learn more about the people who buy ads on its network.

24 Jan 2018 5:24 PM IST

Using the built-in cameras available in the smartphones these days, AR will be able to infuse the 3D digital objects into the real world.

Chrome to unveil AR with downloadable 3D objects

Google is working towards creating a cross-platform approach to mobile, browser-based AR is in the works.

24 Jan 2018 4:35 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Facebook / Tinder)

Tinder security flaws may cause danger!

A basic security measure, which should be ideally protecting the preferences of the user, seems to be unavailable.

24 Jan 2018 2:52 PM IST

The introduction of smartphones in the US market and its entry into a common mans life in the year 2007 seems to have caused this. (Representational Image. Source: Pexels)

Smartphones result in decreasing self- esteem, happiness: Study

Researchers say there may be a connection between smartphone use and self-esteem among teenagers.

24 Jan 2018 1:49 PM IST

The firs product based on Qualcomms system may arrive by the end of the year.

Qualcomm fine from EU antitrust regulators expected

The fine could, in theory, go as high as 10 per cent of Qualcomm's annual revenue.

24 Jan 2018 8:53 AM IST

Computers are getting better at the statistical intuition that allows them to scan text and find what seems relevant, but they still struggle with the logical reasoning that comes naturally to people.

AI can read! Tech firms race to smarten up thinking machines

It's not uncommon for machine-learning competitions to pit the cognitive abilities of computers against humans.

24 Jan 2018 8:20 AM IST

Google and Facebook may face higher tax bills in Europe as the EU rushed to change rules so that more of Silicon Valleys mega profits fall into public coffers. (photo: AFP)

Google gets into audiobooks as rivalry with Amazon heats up

Google launching an audiobooks store widens the battle, which has also seen Google's YouTube unit stop supporting an...

24 Jan 2018 8:03 AM IST

Together with an existing office in Berlin, Facebook will have more than 1,200 people reviewing posts in Germany by the end of the year.

Facebook to hand privacy controls to users ahead of EU law

Facebook to roll out a new privacy centre globally that will put the core privacy settings for Facebook in one place.

24 Jan 2018 7:40 AM IST