Samsung Electronics has announced that it has commenced mass production of industry’s first 256-gigabit (Gb), three-dimensional (3D) Vertical NAND (V-NAND) flash memory based on 48 layers of 3-bit multi-level-cell (MLC) arrays for…
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Moving somewhere? Make sure you checkout mobile coverage using Ofcom’s tool
With reliable mobile network increasingly becoming a major factor in peoples’ lives, Ofcom has released a mobile coverage tool that provides details about mobile coverage in a particular area in the UK…
Audi, Samsung, and LG join hands for powerful battery
Audi has inked a deal with LG Chem and Samsung SDI under which it will be developing a battery for its purely electrically powered sport utility vehicle with the two South Korean…
Carphone Warehouse suffers security breach; details of millions of customers at risk
Carphone Warehouse has announced it has suffered from a sophisticated security breach wherein data of up to 2.4 million customers including bank details may have been accessed. The breach was detected on…
Ad-blockers to deprive publishers of $20 billion in revenue
A new report released on August 10 has shed light on the plight of publishers with an estimated loss of $22 billion as a result of increased usage of ad-blocking software on…
How NGOs are utilising mobile apps to help change the world for better
Just a few months ago an earthquake devastated Nepal, and a cry for help went through social media. Facebook came up with a donate button within its app and collected over $10…
Germany wants Facebook to allow pseudonyms
The Hamburg Data Protection Authority is none too pleased with Facebook over the social networking site’s policy of not allowing people to use pseudonyms and has challenged this policy. The regulator said…
NASA’s ‘Quest for Quakes’ seeks evidence of link between EMP and earthquakes
NASA has announced a new competition dubbed ‘Quest for Quakes’ through which it is looking for innovative algorithms that will help find evidence to support the theory that electromagnetic pulses (EMP) may…
Stephen Hawking’s long Reddit AMA starts tomorrow
Celebrity physicist Stephen Hawking is about to host Reddit’s longest Ask Me Anything (AMA) session that will last for quite a few weeks. The AMA, which is the first of its kind,…
ESL to enforce guidelines on use of PEDs at video game competitions
Video gaming events and competitions are increasingly being organised across the globe with the prize pools and award money reaching new levels and in a bid to ensure that there is fairness…
Project Free TV shuts down with just a ‘Goodbye’ message
One of the most popular streaming video indexes in the world – Project Free TV – has closed down its operations without any prior warning with the website now displaying a simple…
Nearly 20% young drivers in UK take selfies behind wheels
Using a mobile phone while driving is against the law and despite heavy fines for such behaviour more and more people in the UK are using smartphones to not only place calls…
BT ups prices of phone calls, internet
In a recent announcement, BT revealed that it is increasing the prices of voice calls as well as internet with prices of broadband going up by up to 7 per cent. The…
Software beats humans at identifying subject of sketches
Researchers have developed a software capable of recognising sketches with an accuracy of 74.9 per cent leaving behind real human counterparts who only managed to identify sketches with a success rate of…
Twitter quietly removes custom backgrounds from users’ profile pages, timelines
Twitter has removed background images and customized wallpapers from users’ timelines and profile pages and replaced them with a blank white background. Previously, users were allowed to set wallpaper or customized image…