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Technology producing fuel from plastic waste to be introduced

Kathmandu / January 14: The government is all set to introduce the technology of producing fuel from plastic waste in the country. The Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) has installed the system producing fuel from plastic. Chief at the Faculty of Technology at the NAST, Dr Suresh Kumar Dhungel, and Eco Party Chairman Chiseko […]


Going After Terrorists Online, White House Meets With US Tech Companies

January 08: Fighting the battle against terrorism on the Internet, the White House and its top law enforcement officials met Friday with the nation’s biggest technology companies in San Jose, California. The list of government participants reveals just how seriously the Obama administration is taking the threat posed by Islamic State and others on social […]


How to charge your cell phone battery in less than a minute

January 8: Is it possible to charge your phone from 0% to 100% in less than a minute? Yes. I just saw it happen. But you’ll need to put a special battery in your phone, drill holes through the case directly into the battery, put copper connectors in the holes and get a specialized 200 Watt […]


Facebook Messenger App Passes 800 Million Users

January 07: Facebook Inc’s Messenger app surpassed 800 million users, the company said on Thursday, making it the fastest-growing app of 2015 according to research firm Nielsen. That means Messenger, which Facebook created as a standalone app in 2014, has more active monthly users than rivals Snapchat and Viber, but still lags the 900 million […]


New Study Shows Neanderthals Boosted Our Immune System

January 7: A new study from the Max Planck Institute reveals that the mixing of archaic human forms played an important role in shaping the immune system of modern humans. When modern humans met Neanderthals in Europe and the two species began interbreeding many thousands of years ago, the exchange left humans with gene variations […]


Climate change mainstreaming plan of action prepared

Banke / January 7: A mainstreaming plan of action for climate change adaptation and disaster risk management has been prepared at Kamdi of Banke. The action plan was prepared by Hariyo Ban Programme/CARE-Nepal in partnership with Kamdi VDC and FECOFUN, Banke with a view to complete the implementation of the proposed actions within the next […]


Apple to launch Apple Pay in China, take on Alibaba, Tencent

December 18: Apple Inc said it will launch its payment service in China as soon as 2016, pitting it against entrenched Chinese rivals Alibaba Group Holding and Tencent Holdings. Apple will partner with China’s main bank card and payment firm UnionPay, a state-controlled consortium that has a monopoly on all yuan payment cards issued and […]


Rare Full Cold Moon on Christmas Day

December 18 : December’s full moon, the last of the year, is called the Full Cold Moon because it occurs during the beginning of winter. The moon’s peak this year will occur at 6:11 a.m. EST. This rare event won’t happen again until 2034. That’s a long time to wait, so make sure to look […]


Could IS Turn Next to Cyber War?

December 18: It sounds like an action movie, but some analysts tell VOA that U.S. industries need to significantly ramp up their cyber security or risk having the Islamic State (IS) hack, attack and create mayhem inside their systems. “This is definitely a threat to the U.S. government and other western governments, but also to […]


Hack attacks and data law boost European cyber insurance demand

December 17: New European legislation on data privacy is helping push up regional demand for cyber insurance, industry specialists say, after companies such as TalkTalk and Experian were affected by hackers earlier this year. The European Union agreed this week to change fragmented data protection laws, forcing companies to report breaches likely to harm individuals […]




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