ISRO Chairman S Somanath on Sunday informed the space agency’s maiden Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) suffered “data loss” at the terminal stage, although three stages “performed and separated,” and said the space agency was analysing the data to ascertain the status of the vehicle and the satellites. SSLV-D1/EOS 02 was carrying an earth observation […]
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Twitter back online after a brief software glitch
Twitter Inc said, on Friday night, it had fixed a software glitch in its micro-blogging website that had disrupted services for several thousands of its users. “We’ve fixed a technical bug that was preventing timelines from loading and Tweets from posting. Things should be back to normal now,” the company tweeted. Earlier, Twitter had said […]
WhatsApp expected to allow users to hide online status soon
Facebook-owned WhatsApp will reportedly let users hide their online status from anyone who can’t be trusted, informed sources. As spotted by WABetaInfo, new privacy tools are in development to allow control over exactly who can see parts of a user’s profile, reports Android Police. Currently, “Last Seen,” “Profile Picture” and “About” can either be seen […]
Combining marketing & research to create awareness around ground-breaking regenerative technology
In conversation with Nishant Renu, Marketing Manager, TissueTech Inc In the last few decades, medical science has brought about many advancements that were previously incomprehensible. People can now seek treatments for multiple conditions and considerably improve their lives through biotechnology-led innovations. One such breakthrough advancement has been in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative […]
Now, book Covid-19 vaccine slots through WhatsApp, here are the steps
WhatsApp now allows you to locate your nearest vaccination centre and book a vaccine slot. Users across the country can now use the government’s MyGov Corona Helpdesk chatbot book vaccination slot by simply sending ‘Book Slot’ to WhatsApp number 9013151515. The messaging service has partnered with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) to enable […]
WhatsApp launches ‘View Once’ feature
Popular messaging application WhatsApp has finally added the disappearing photos and videos feature to the stable version of the app. The feature is called ‘View Once’ and works similarly to Instagram’s expiring media feature. As per The Verge, the feature is being rolled out today. It will delete photos or videos from users’ chats after […]
What is Pegasus software and how does it affect your phone?
Recently, you might have come across the news of Israeli spyware Pegasus hacking into people’s mobile phones and being able to read their messages and tap calls. There have been reports that accused several governments including India spying on key public figures using this spyware. In India, at least 300 people are believed to have […]
Maharashtra-Born Sanjal Gavande Part Of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space rocket
30-year-old Sanjal Gavande from Maharashtra is part of the team of engineers that built Blue Origin’s suborbital space rocket New Shephard, which will carry Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos and three others to space on July 20. A systems engineer at the spaceflight services company, she was born in Kalyan and dreamed of building a […]
Indian journalists, ministers, lawyers targeted through Pegasus spyware
Phone numbers of Indian ministers, opposition leaders and journalists have been found on a database of targets for hacking that used ‘Pegasus’, an Israeli spyware, only available to governments, reported The Wire and other publications. According to the report, more than 300 verified mobile phone numbers, including of two serving ministers, over 40 journalists, three […]
WhatsApp messages have no evidential value: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court said that the messages exchanged on WhatsApp don’t hold evidential value as the author of such messages cannot be tied to them especially in business partnerships governed by agreements. A bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices A S Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy said, “What is evidential value of WhatsApp […]