Science & Tech

How eSports became a big business for Razer

Mar. 15: When Min-Liang Tan started a business 13 years ago to make gear for playing video games, he faced a lot of doubters. “I heard all these people saying, ‘Gaming? Isn’t that child’s play?’” he said. “No one wanted to get into gaming.” Today, his Singapore-based company Razer is one of the biggest providers […]


Apple responds to Spotify complaints over App store

Mar. 15: Apple has replied to claims by Spotify that App store policies gave it an “unfair advantage”. Spotify made its comments as it filed an official anti-trust complaint against Apple in Europe saying it “limited” consumer choice. Apple took the unusual step of replying via a public statement clarifying how the App store worked […]


Influencers react to Instagram’s big outage: ‘It was a pain’

Mar. 15: Wednesdays are usually the best day to post on Instagram for Chelsie Petras, a 27-year-old social media influencer based in New York City. Petras, who runs an Instagram account focused on wine called @chelloveswine, says she has the most engagement on Wednesdays, likely due to the popularity of “Wine Wednesday,” where users post […]


Local levels go digital, citizen informed about local activities via mobile apps

Baitadi / Mar 3: Five local levels in the district have launched mobile apps to ease the day to day activities and build informed citizenry. Dogadakedar, Pancheshwor, Shivanath and Dilasaini rural municipalities and Patan municipality have brought the mobile apps in use to share information about the local levels to the people. IT Officer at […]


NT launches pre-paid roaming service, to be available in China, India from today

Kathmandu / Feb 5 : Nepal Telecom (NT) has introduced the roaming service for pre-paid mobile also. Prior to this, the service was available only in post-paid mobile phones. In case of outside the country, the pre-paid mobile roaming service will be available in India and China right from today. The NC has begun the […]


Facebook to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Mesenger

Jan 26: Facebook plans to integrate its messaging services on Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. While all three will remain stand-alone apps, at a much deeper level they will be linked so messages can travel between the different services. Facebook told the BBC it was at the start of a “long process”. The plan was […]


Microsoft says Bing search engine blocked in China

Jan 26: Microsoft Corp’s Bing search engine has been blocked in China, the company said on Wednesday, making it the latest foreign technology service to be shut down behind the country’s Great Firewall. “We’ve confirmed that Bing is currently inaccessible in China and are engaged to determine next steps,” the company said in a statement. […]


YouTube warns against dangerous pranks as risky memes rage

Jan 25: YouTube has clarified rules against posting videos of dangerous pranks, as risky “challenges” that prompt people to video themselves doing things like biting into laundry soap or driving blindfolded. The company already forbids content inciting dangerous activities likely to result in serious harm. But the clarifications “make it clear that challenges like the […]


ESO’s Very Large Telescope Captures a Fleeting Moment in Time

Jan 25: The faint, ephemeral glow emanating from the planetary nebula ESO 577-24 persists for only a short time — around 10,000 years, a blink of an eye in astronomical terms. ESO’s Very Large Telescope captured this shell of glowing ionised gas — the last breath of the dying star whose simmering remains are visible […]


Two-day KATHFEST 2019 commences

Kathmandu / Jan 13: KATHFEST 2019 has kicked off today with a slogan “Solving the Problems of Nepal” at Kathford International College of Engineering and Management at Balkumari, Lalitpur. The aim of this program is to make students use their knowledge of technology for the society, says the principal Madhu Sudan Kayastha. The exhibition features […]




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