Category: Technology

The Islamic State (ISIL or ISIS) may be very close to completely losing its stronghold in Raqqa, Syria. US-based forces in Syria have said that the Islamic State fighters are completely surrounded in the embattled city. ISIS has had complete control over Raqqa since the beginning..

Ocado has sent a self-driving truck trundling through the backstreets of Woolwich, south-east London, as part of the UK’s first trial of autonomous grocery deliveries. The vehicle spent two weeks completing autonomous loops of a two-mile (3km) in semi-pedestrianised..

Two of the biggest tech giants in the world – Microsoft and Accenture – have teamed up to develop a system particularly for the United Nations that will provide legal digital IDs for refugees without any official documentation. This global ID system will likely provide a huge..

Estonia has set up the first ‘data embassy’ at Luxembourg using online infrastructure. In the country’s efforts to keep data safe, it becomes the first country to digitize a double secure method for storing data. The concept of a virtual embassy has long been a mission for Estonia..

Apple has introduced its latest edition – the ‘HomePod’ with dual services. The device is said to be a speaker as well as ‘siri-enabled’ serving as an assistant to the user. Upgrades to existing products have become a tradition at Apple but with this device launch, it will be Apple’s first new innovative..

NASA will fly a spacecraft directly into the Sun in a bid to unlock the secrets of solar storms that plays havoc with satellites and power supplies, the agency has announced. It will swoop inside the Sun’s corona, its superheated outer atmosphere, on a pathfinding mission to learn more about how stars work. Nasa’s $1.5bn..

An extremely powerful commercial broadband satellite has just gone into orbit on an Ariane rocket. ViaSat-2, which is to be stationed above the Americas, has a total throughput capacity of about 300 gigabits per second. The spacecraft was part of a dual payload on the Ariane flight..

Russiahas reached its advanced stages of building the world’s first floating nuclear power plant. The FNPP is a site with one or more nuclear reactors that is located at the sea on a platform. These floating units are used to provide electricity and heat to areas with difficult access. It is a mobile and low…

The inherent economic problem of any country is unemployment. Furthermore, the rise of machines has made the existing jobs even more vulnerable. The fear of machines taking over jobs i.e., automation has now become a reality. The significant rise in the need and development of smart software..

The Power Minister, Piyush Goyal has suggested that India has targeted only electric cars to operate in the country by 2030. It was also reported than the Ministry of Heavy Industries and the NITI Aayog would be working on policies that would promote these electric vehicles.