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5.8 mn FB users have VIP pass that exempts them from harsh action
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5.8 mn FB users have VIP pass that exempts them from harsh action

San Francisco, Sep 14: At least 5.8 million high profile Facebook users have VIP pass that allows them to break rules without consequences, the media reported. According to The Wall Street Journal, the tech giant is using a programme that whitelists millions of VIP users from the company's...
Perseverances rock sample to give insight into Mars history
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Perseverance's rock sample to give insight into Mars' history

Washington, Sept 12: NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has now collected two rock samples, giving scientists insight into Mars' history.The first sample named "Montdenier" was collected on September 6, and a second, "Montagnac", from the same rock on September 8, the US space agency said in a...
Misinformation on Facebook gets way more engagement than news: Study
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Misinformation on Facebook gets way more engagement than news: Study

San Francisco, Sep 8: Misinformation received six times as many likes, shares, and interactions as legitimate news articles, researchers at New York University and France's Universite Grenoble Alpes have found.The study looked at posts from the Facebook pages of more than 2,500 news publishers...
Google, Mayo team develops AI algorithm to treat psychiatric illness, stroke
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Google, Mayo team develops AI algorithm to treat psychiatric illness, stroke

San Francisco, Sept 8: Google is all set to collaborate with researchers to develop new artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to improve brain stimulation devices to treat people with psychiatric illness and direct brain injuries, such as stroke. The tech giant has tied up with researchers at...
Is home automation practical for the long term?
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Is home automation practical for the long term?

New Delhi, Sep 1: Today the world is progressing towards a new era. An era that blends the skills of biological humanity with contrived technology to 'automate' the ecosystem. Ten years ago, no one could even imagine that one day we would drive a self-automated car or rely upon a proactive...
Instagram asking users birth date to enforce child safety measures
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Instagram asking users' birth date to enforce child safety measures

San Francisco, Aug 31: In a bid to make the platform safer for its younger audience, the Facebook-owned Instagram is asking users to supply their date of birth. The company said that it will allow them to create new safety features for young people and will help in ensuring that the company is...
Tips to get your home ready for the monsoons
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Tips to get your home ready for the monsoons

New Delhi, Aug 29: The interior characters of homes in the monsoon can be as temperamental as the weather -- there's a need for daylight and open windows at one point of the day, while there's a rush to shut the drenched doors at the other. The whole space calls for a new, effervescent outlook that...
Researchers discover 3 supermassive black holes merging together in nearby universe
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Researchers discover 3 supermassive black holes merging together in nearby...

New Delhi, Aug 27: Researchers have discovered three supermassive black holes from as many galaxies merging together to form a triple active galactic nucleus, a compact region at the centre of a newly discovered galaxy that has a much-higher-than-normal luminosity, the Department of Science and...
Scientists find evidence of solar-driven change on Moon
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Scientists find evidence of solar-driven change on Moon

New York, Aug 22: Solar radiation could be a more important source of tiny lunar iron nanoparticles than previously thought, scientists have found. Asteroid impacts and solar radiation affect the moon in unique ways because it lacks the protective magnetic field and atmosphere that protect us...
IIT-M develops Indias first motorised wheelchair vehicle
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IIT-M develops India's first motorised wheelchair vehicle

Chennai, Aug 23: The Indian Institute of Technology Madras on Monday announced the development of India's first indigenous motorised wheelchair vehicle that can be used not only on roads but also on uneven terrains.The wheelchair named as 'NeoBolt' has a maximum speed of 25 kmph and is powered...
Facebook took action on 31.5 mn pieces of content for hate speech in Q2
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Facebook took action on 31.5 mn pieces of content for hate speech in Q2

New Delhi, Aug 19: Facebook took action against 31.5 million pieces of content for hate speech in the June 2021 quarter, and the prevalence of such content on the platform declined to 5 views for every 10,000 content views globally, the social media giant said in a report. "We removed 31.5...
Like humans, dolphins burn calories at lower rate as they get older
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Like humans, dolphins burn calories at lower rate as they get older

New York, Aug 13: Humans aren't the only species whose metabolisms tend to slow down with age. A Duke University-led study finds that bottlenose dolphins burn calories at a lower rate as they get older, just like we do. It is the first time scientists have measured an age-related metabolic...
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