Delhi records highest single-day rainfall for July since 1982: IMDIndia experienced the highest rainfall in a single day in July since 1982, with 153mm of rain recorded within 24 hours ending on Sunday, du...
10 Jul, 2023, 11.52 AM IST
The race to prevent 'the worst case scenario for machine learning'Dave Willner started working at Facebook in 2008, back when social media companies were making up their rules as they went along. As the co...
25 Jun, 2023, 04.39 PM IST
Twitter crashes during Ron DeSantis US presidential run announcementTwitter outages have been more numerous under Musk's ownership. In March, thousands of users reported problems accessing links posted on th...
26 May, 2023, 02.39 PM IST
Twitter fixes links outage that hit thousands of usersTwitter's support account tweeted later on Monday that the issue was resolved and "things should be working as normal."
07 Mar, 2023, 08.46 AM IST
Twitter research group stall complicates compliance with new EU lawThe stalling of a Twitter program that was critical for outside researchers studying disinformation campaigns throws into question the comp...
28 Jan, 2023, 04.54 PM IST
Internet use & sleep loss: Researchers feel AI could help in measuring snooze timeAI and sleep could help us study global shocks in near-real time.
05 Aug, 2022, 07.10 PM IST
Twitter says its site is being restricted in RussiaOn Friday, one day after Russia invaded Ukraine, Moscow said it was partially limiting access to Meta Platforms Inc's Facebook, accusing it...
27 Feb, 2022, 02.56 PM IST
Internet in Ukraine disrupted as Russian troops advanceInternet connectivity in Ukraine has been badly affected by the Russian invasion, particularly in the southern and eastern parts of the cou...
27 Feb, 2022, 02.55 PM IST
India calls out Pakistan for motivated false propaganda on social mediaThe report published by Stanford Internet Observatory (SIO) informed that as many as 103 Facebook Pages, 78 Facebook Groups, 453 Facebook a...
02 Sep, 2020, 07.49 AM IST
Twitter shuts down 1.7 lakh accounts for spreading Chinese government narrativesTwitter is officially blocked in China, though many people in the country are able to access it using a VPN. The company said that accounts...
12 Jun, 2020, 09.31 AM IST
For foreign degree, Indians can go anywhereThe overseas affairs ministry, which recently shared the data on Indians studying in various corners of the world, found that the total num...
07 Dec, 2019, 11.17 AM IST
Geospatial industry leaders seek integrated geospatial policy under PMO-led agencyAt present, India has as many as 17 national-level geospatial policies and rules (four in draft stage) under six ministries/departments. Th...
03 Dec, 2019, 09.01 PM IST
Elon Musk’s SpaceX satellites dot the heavens, leaving stargazers upsetAstronomers now worry that the vast number of communications craft planned, including nearly 12,000 of Musk’s Starlink fleet, will shine so...
08 Jul, 2019, 11.47 PM IST
- Asteroid 2010 WC9 to flyby Earth on May 15: Report
Washington, May 13 (IANS) Space rock "Asteroid 2010 WC9" will have a near-Earth encounter, about half the lunar distance, on Tuesday, media...
13 May, 2018, 07.57 PM IST
Flipkart's Sachin and Binny Bansal among other Indian entrepreneurs attend Yuri Milner's meetIn July , Yuri Milner launched a 10-year $100-million initiative called Breakthrough Listen, which will scan a million stars in the Milky W...
07 Aug, 2015, 10.28 AM IST
Russian billionaire Yuri Milner seeks startups' awareness for alien search projectYuri Milner launched a ten-year $100 million initiative called Breakthrough Listen, which will scan a million stars in the Milky Way.
07 Aug, 2015, 08.12 AM IST
Bengaluru gets India's first observatory to study how internet impacts societySeveral internet pioneers including Tim BernersLee, known as the inventor of the Internet, are part of the Web Science Trust that's driving...
03 Mar, 2015, 01.20 PM IST