Over a decade after it was launched, India’s maiden mission to Mars — Mangalyaan — has completed its journey. The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) has, reportedly, run out of propellant, making it difficult to be revived in the Red Planet’s orbit. This development is fuelling speculation that the mission is finally over. The Indian Space…
If you’re anything like us, you probably can’t wait for the day you can go to the store and easily (and cheaply) buy a robot to clean your house, wait on you and do whatever you want. We know that day is a long way off, but technology is getting better all the time. In…
Many of us spend a huge amount of time on social networks. We scroll through endless streams of memes, photos and videos. And one thing is becoming increasingly difficult to do and that is telling apart what’s real from what isn’t. Sure, we all know that there’s a lot of photo editing going on, but…
Lunar tourism may still sound like an unrealistic idea but it may become a reality in the future, given the advancements in space technology. Trips to the moon made available to a private audience have only been proposed by several companies. Some have even started accepting bookings. Many space tourism start-up companies are planning to offer tours on or…
It’s when instead of relying on a single, stand-alone computer, you take advantage of online processing power and data storage. Data moves from desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones into computers and storage devices in large industrial facilities. Popular services like Gmail, Dropbox, Facebook, and Twitter are based on the idea of cloud computing. Cloud computing…
For much of 2020, countries around the world fought against the COVID-19 pandemic. Many countries went into lockdown to control the fast spread of the virus. The unusual restrictions and confinement of the lockdown brought about new challenges for people’s everyday lives. With flexibility, adaptability, and problem-solving at the core of its nature, creativity has…
What is Juice Jacking? Traveling anytime soon? If so, do not forget to charge your cell phone or carry another portable device. So that if your phone’s battery drains out. You do not need to re-charge it at a public spot like airports or railway stations. In case you’re wondering why we are advising so,…
The Firefox logo isn’t a fox… It’s a red panda: Have you heard about Firefox? Well if you have, you might be thinking that their logo is a fox. I mean, it’s in the name, right? Wrong. What you see in the logo is nothing close to a fox. The English word for the red panda is,…
Android malware can factory-reset phones after draining bank accounts A banking-fraud trojan that has been targeting Android users for three years was update to create even more grief. Besides draining bank accounts, the trojan can now activate a kill switch that performs a factory reset . Brata was first documented in a post from security…
What are NFTs? Non-fungible tokens explained Just what are NFTs? It’s the question everyone is asking as digital art explodes in value. While NFTs have been around for a few years it took Beeple, CryptoPunks and Bored Ape Yacht Club to put this new technology on the map. Since then Adidas, Nike, Disney, McDonalds and…
