January 12: If there’s one thing Mark Zuckerberg has consistently excelled at as Facebook’s CEO, it’s destroying his enemies. When Google (GOOGL) launched Google Plus, a rival social network, Zuckerberg put Facebook (FB) in a state of “lockdown” and informed employees that “Carthage must be destroyed,” according to one tell-all book from a former employee. […]
January 12: Intel said Thursday its patches for vulnerable processors are causing some computers using its older chips to reboot more often. It’s the latest buggy update since the Spectre and Meltdown revelations, two flaws affecting computer processors, were revealed last week. Intel (INTC) may need to issue another update to fix the problem, Navin […]
January 12: A British satellite has gone into orbit on an Indian rocket to acquire full-colour, high-definition video of the surface of the Earth. The demonstrator is expected to pave the way for a series of at least 15 such spacecraft, which will be operated by the Guildford-based company Earth-i. The small, low-cost UK mission […]
January 12: A group of Michigan State University researchers specializing in quantum calculations has proposed a radically new computational approach to solving the complex many-particle Schrödinger equation, which holds the key to explaining the motion of electrons in atoms and molecules. By understanding the details of this motion, one can determine the amount of energy […]
Kathmandu / Jan 12: Nepal and northern neighbor China have been linked to the international connectivity in a commercial way following tremendous efforts to this end. The Nepal Telecom (NT) and China Telecom Global in China have formally started services of ‘cross-border optical fiber link’ at the commercial level from today. With this, both companies […]
Dec 30: Apple has apologized to customers for how it rolled out an update that can slow down older iPhones. It is offering cheaper battery replacements to make up for it. In a lengthy message posted on its site Thursday, the company gave an in-depth explanation for the controversial update. To make amends, Apple will […]
Dec 30: NASA’s next robotic mission to a far-off world may be either landing on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, or a mission to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko that would return samples to Earth. The two finalists in the space agency’s New Frontiers Program were announced Wednesday afternoon in a teleconference. The Comet Astrobiology Exploration Sample Return (CAESAR) […]
Dec 30: A pest that can infect plants from lavender to cherry trees is of real and growing concern in the UK, say experts. Outbreaks of Xylella fastidiosa have caused widespread problems in Europe, wiping out entire olive groves. The Royal Horticultural Society says the disease could arrive in the UK on imported stock, threatening […]
Dec 30: As e-cigarettes become more popular, fewer people are taking up smoking traditional cigarettes. But can e-cigarettes, an electronic nicotine delivery system, help people quit smoking altogether? That was the focus of a recent study led by a Hollings Cancer Center researcher. The study found that smokers who are willing to use e-cigarettes tend […]
Kathmandu / Nov. 30: The 23rd United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP- 23)-2017 held recently in Bonn, Germany to discuss reducing climate change effects, and advance the aims and ambitions of the Paris Agreement, has urged all the parties to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. Adopted in Kyoto, Japan, on 11 December 1997, and came into […]
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