Mar. 01: The German government has confirmed that it is investigating a cyberattack against government computer networks, according to local media reports. The country’s interior ministry said on Wednesday that the incident was “isolated and [had been] brought under control within the federal administration”. Earlier on Wednesday, German news agency DPA reported that hackers had […]
Mar. 01: Researchers have discovered the oldest figurative tattoos in the world on two 5,000-year-old mummies from Egypt. The illustrations are of a wild bull and a Barbary sheep on the upper-arm of a male mummy, and S-shaped motifs on the upper-arm and shoulder of a female. The discovery pushes back evidence for the practice […]
Mar. 01: For the first time, astronomers have detected a signal from stars emerging in the early universe. Using a radio antenna not much larger than a refrigerator, the researchers discovered that ancient suns were active within 180 million years of the Big Bang. The astronomers, from Arizona State University (ASU), the Massachusetts Institute of […]
Kathmandu / Feb 09: The adoption of biogas plants has come a long way in significantly reducing the dependence on forest for firewood and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). Biogas plants have been installed in 400,000 households across the country since it was started in an organised way back in 1975. According to Nepal Biogas Promotion […]
Kathmandu / Feb 05: Minister for Information and Communications, Mohan Bahadur Basnet, has directed the Nepal Telecom (NT) employees to do their best to guarantee directs benefits to people, providing quality services to customers. Speaking at an inaugural ceremony of the NT’s 14th anniversary today at the NT central office based in Bhadrakali Plaza, the […]
Yarno Ritzen / Feb 02: Governments around the world are increasingly shutting down internet access in an apparent attempt to silence discontent and dissent, activists say. In 2017, internet access was cut off more than 80 times around the world, up from 56 times the year before, drawing concerns from digital rights activists. “We do […]
Seth Fiegerman / Feb 02: It was a dark day on Wall Street — unless you happen to be Jeff Bezos. Amazon (AMZN) stock climbed nearly 3% on Friday, making it one of the few winners on what proved to be the worst day for the Dow since June 2016. The Dow closed down 666 […]
Jonathan Amos / Feb 02: UK scientists and engineers will play a leading role in developing a satellite that can warn if Earth is about to be hit by damaging solar storms. The European Space Agency has requested studies be undertaken to design the mission that would launch in the 2020s. Explosive eruptions from the […]
Feb 02: A University of Oklahoma astrophysics team has discovered for the first time a population of planets beyond the Milky Way galaxy. Using microlensing–an astronomical phenomenon and the only known method capable of discovering planets at truly great distances from the Earth among other detection techniques–OU researchers were able to detect objects in extragalactic […]
Kathmandu / Jan 25: The CAN Info-Tech, a mega event of Nepal’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector, has begun today. It is stated that the 24th edition of the technological exhibition is organised by CAN Federation at the Bhrikutimandap Exhibition Hall with an objective to promote domestic ICT industry and showcase latest technological developments […]