PARIS: Computer security firm Zerodium has offered a $1 million bounty to hackers who can find a way to breach Apple’s latest iOS 9 mobile operating system. Zerodium, launched early this year in the United States by French online security expert Chaouki Bekrar, said it would pay out $1 million each to as many as…
After making Thane proud by being a part of the Indian contingent at the World Biathalon championship, eight-year-old Savar Akuskar brought more laurels after winning a bronze at the competition in Georgia, US, on Sunday. “She is probably the first Indian woman after Sania Mirza to win in a world championship,” claimed Manoj Kamble, secretary…
SYDNEY/SAN FRANCISCO: The new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus hit stores on September 25, with dozens of people — and a robot — queueing in Sydney to kick off a global sales cycle that will be scrutinized for signs of how much juice Apple Inc’s marquee product has left. Analysts expect 12 million to 13…
Berlin, Germany: Robert Lewandowski scored all five goals within an official time of eight minutes, 59 seconds after coming off the bench at half-time with Bayern 1-0 down at the Allianz Arena. The 27-year-old admitted he had little idea how fast his goals flew in after scoring five times in nine minutes to write Bundesliga…
On Thursday, it was confirmed that former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly would succeed the late Jagmohan Dalmiya as the President of the Cricket Association of Bengal. ‘Dada’, as he is popularly known is one of the most successful test captains for India, the team to victory on 21 occasions – seven more that his…
Redmond-based technology major Microsoft on Tuesday globally launched its new suite of office applications – Office 2016 – which may just sound the death knell for email as we know it. It also throws down the gauntlet at Google’s collaborative apps that run inside a browser. “We set out to make working together easier and…
NEW DELHI: At least fourteen Indians were among 717 people killed and over 860 others injured in a stampede on Thursday when Haj pilgrims jostled their way to perform symbolic stoning of the devil in Mina at the holy Mecca, marking the culmination of the annual pilgrimage. HAJ TRAGEDY: MEA helpline numbers for Indians “Our…
Some evidence for a new intermediate-mass black hole was discovered by an Indo-American-led team of astronomers from the University of Maryland (UMD) and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. The mass black hole is said to be about 5,000 times the mass of the Sun and will probably be an additional candidate to the list of…
Washington : The US space agency is seeking innovative ideas from students for generating a novel technology that can help land heavy manned spacecrafts safely and swiftly on the surface of Red Planet. Called inflatable spacecraft heat shields or hypersonic inflatable aerodynamic decelerator (HIAD) technology, this will generate a new class of relatively lightweight deployable…
New Delhi: Ever since the West Bengal government released the top secret files relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, the debate over the veteran freedom fighter’s mysterious death has intensified further. Researcher and writer of ‘India’s Biggest Cover-up’, Anuj Dhar has come forward with a new theory that Bose might have stayed in China around…
