Russian Cosmonauts Venture Outside Space Station For 6.5-Hour Spacewalk
Expedition 59 Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin, will retrieve science experiments in the framework of the Test research project, install handrails between Poisk and Zarya modules on the segment of the station, and perform a number of other maintenance tasks.
New technologies highlighted at 'Internet Audio, Video Convention' in China
SICHUAN (Reuters) - New technologies including 5G, 4K and artificial intelligence (AI) are being highlighted at the Internet Audio and Video Innovation Exhibition, which opened on Tuesday in Chengdu, the capital city of southwest China?s Sichuan Province. At the convention, China Media Group has been displaying its achievements in the fields of media convergence, international communication and the development ...
TECNO Pakistan Set An Example By Joining The Noble Cause Led By Khubaib Foundation To Deliver Quality Education To Orphans
Haripur (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 29th May, 2019) Tecno Mobile, a leading smartphone brand together with Khubaib Foundation, a social welfare services organization joined to support the cause of ?Providing Quality Education for Orphans? through a campaign called The aim of this act of social responsibility and citizenship is to raise donations and create awareness to improve ...
Huawei asks US court to throw out federal ban
SHENZHEN (AFP) - Huawei said Wednesday the tech giant has asked a US court to throw out US legislation that bars federal agencies from buying its products. The tech giant filed suit against the US bill in March, calling it "unconstitutional" and saying the US Congress had failed to provide evidence to support its restrictions on Huawei products. The ...
Cyberattack hits New Zealand budget documents
WELLINGTON (AFP) - The New Zealand government said Wednesday that a "systematic" and "deliberate" cyberattack was behind an embarrassing leak of secret finance documents ahead of this week?s budget. Makhlouf said hackers attacked government systems 2,000 times over 48 hours in a partially successful attempt to obtain documents relating to the budget, which is not due to be released ...
Emirates Creates “Stadium In The Sky” Screening 2019 Europa League Final And Champions League Final On Sport 24 Live At 40,000 Feet
Karachi (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 29th May, 2019) Emirates flights with Live TV will screen the UEFA Europa League Final on May 29 and the UEFA Champions League Final on June 1 live on the dedicated in flight sports channel, Sport 24. An estimated 70,000 Emirates travellers could be watching the finals mid-flight, making Emirates? ?Stadium in ...
NASA asks people to help decide where to land spacecraft on asteroid
Thus, in order to speed up the sample selection process, the team has requested citizen scientist volunteers to develop a hazard map by counting boulders. Once registered, the volunteer would have to do the same tasks that planetary scientists do: measuring Bennu?s boulders and mapping its rocks and craters with the help of a simple web interface. We ask ...
iPod is back: Apple unveils new model after gap of four years
Moreover, what?s new is that the new iPod touch will also support Apple?s newly introduced game subscription service, Apple Arcade, when it launches this fall, according to This will offer access to over 100 new and exclusive games without ads or additional purchases, and ability to play offline. Available in six colors, the iPod touch is available in Australia, ...
New traffic light system automatically predicts when someone wants to cross road
The computer vision system scans a 26 x 15 feet area and sends a signal to the light when it sees one or more people in the right position, all within a matter of seconds. ?Using the current configurations, our system signals that wish to cross three to four seconds before the button is pushed.? The system, as per the ...
Astronomers make history by using gene-editing to edit DNA in space
?The damage actually happens on the space station and the analysis also happens in space,??said Emily Gleason?of?miniPCR?Bio, the firm that designed the DNA lab aboard the ISS. They then used miniPCR machine to make copies of the DNA and the minION sequencing technology on the ISS to read the DNA, as per The results provided information on changes in ...
WhatsApp confirms integration of ads in the app soon
As per it is not yet known what kind of data will be used to target ads to the users, but critics have suggested that the introduction of ads could possibly undermine the privacy and security of WhatsApp users.
New innovative Asus’ dual-screen laptop grabs eyeballs
There is one 15-inch 16:9 OLED panel normally found on the laptop display, and another 32:9 IPS ?ScreenPad Plus? screen just above the keyboard, having the same width, but half the height. Moreover, the second ScreenPad Plus can also be used as a full-on monitor, or can be split into two smaller 16:9 1080p windows. Asus also announced the ...
Researchers figure out way to edit, enhance, suppress memories
Stimulating the memory cells at the bottom of the hippocampus caused fear and anxiety-related behavioral changes, whereas the ones at the top seem to function like exposure therapy as it reduces the emotional trauma of bad memories and makes them more bearable to recall.
Laptop infected with six most dangerous viruses up for auction for over $1 million
An internet artist Guo O Dong created a piece of art called ?The Persistence of Chaos? ? an ordinary laptop filled with six of the world?s most dangerous pieces of malware able to cause serious havoc. They include the ILOVEYOU virus, a computer bug from 2000 that often appeared as a ?love letter? attached to emails; and WannaCry, a ...
Google uses AI to diagnose lung cancer more precisely than radiologists
In an effort to made lung cancer prediction more precise and more accessible, tech behemoth Google has trained its new AI-based tool that predicts the deadly disease better than radiologists. With this new AI model, Google is able to generate a 3D model of overall lung cancer malignancy prediction and identify subtle malignant tissue, or lung nodules, which are ...
First female Pakistani computer scientist receives IBM’s highest award
Pakistani computer scientists Asma Zaheer was honored with the multinational IT firm IBM?s highest esteemed award ?Best of IBK 2019?. According to local media, the award ceremony, held at Indonesian province Bali this week, was attended by IBM?s senior leaders, 1,000 ?Best of IBM (BOI) Honorees? and their guests. The honorees were being awarded because of their contributions made ...
Apple unveils first new iPod model in four years
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Apple on Tuesday introduced its first new iPod model in four years, highlighting music and games as it continued to make a priority of serving up digital content. The first new iPod since the year 2015 comes as Apple shifts to emphasize digital content and other services to offset a pullback in the once-sizzling smartphone ...
Australia sues Sony for refusing refunds on faulty PlayStation games
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Global video game company Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Ltd broke Australian consumer law by telling customers they could not get a refund for faulty PlayStation games, Australia?s consumer watchdog said in a lawsuit. Sony Europe, a unit of Japan?s Sony Corp, violated Australian consumer law by telling customers it did not have to give them refunds ...
Gotta catch 'em snores: Pokemon sleep app to launch next year
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan?s the Pokemon Company said on Wednesday it was developing ?Pokemon Sleep?, a mobile app that tracks players? sleep and uses the data for gameplay, with a release date set for next year. At the same event, Kyoto-based Nintendo Co Ltd said it was developing a sleep-tracking successor to its Pokemon Go Plus device, which allows ...
Huawei asks US court to throw out federal ban
Huawei filed suit against the US bill in March, calling it "unconstitutional" and saying the US Congress had failed to provide evidence to support its restrictions on Huawei products. The firm also faces a broader US executive order preventing the use of its equipment in the United States as well as the more damaging inclusion this month on an ...
