Since all torrent sites are dying, pirates are exploring other famous platforms to spread copyrighted content on the internet. They have started using cloud storage services (like Google Drive and Dropbox) to share movies and TV shows. Google received around 4,800 DMCA takedown request for illegal content hosted on their cloud storage service, Google Drive. ...
A new study done by a team of astronomers at the University of Arizona, U.S may help us to better understand the true nature of cosmic rays. The high energy cosmic rays have a huge impact on Earth, and their extremely high energy levels is what challenging astrophysicists for years. Cosmic Rays The existence of Cosmic rays was first ...
It won’t be wrong to call Bill Gates the modern day Nostradamus. Gates predictions over the years have mostly come true, then whether it’s his predictions about smartphones, social media sites, personal discussion boards or the internet of things. Here are his latest predictions that could change the world for the better and it could be on ...
For over 8 years, WhatsApp has been providing its services for free. Now it is planning to make money by facilitating conversations between enterprise business and customers. It has not happened all of the sudden, they planned this for years. The company once had a very strict focus on customer-based messaging service only, with many ...
The first cloudless (almost cloudfree) mosaic of the Earth is released, complete with an enormous 80 trillion pixels, 80,766,853,715,974 pixels to be exact. The mosaic of picture was captured by the European Space Agency using Sentinel-2 satellites. The two satellites (Sentinel-2A and Sentinel-2B) orbit at an altitude of 490 miles. The mosaic was attached together by an Austrian mapping ...
Who needs a travel agent when you have a smartphone. It is 2017 and you all have enough tools to make your vacations stress-free whether you are traveling for a short weekend or a jam-packed summer trip. From itinerary generators to finding the most affordable hotels and flights, there is absolutely no shortage of apps ...
Last week during a press conference, Russian president Vladimir Putin joined the ever growing international debates about the worldwide race to master Artificial Intelligence. ‘AI is the future not only of Russia, but for the entire world and humankind,” said Putin.’ Of course, there are huge opportunities, but it also includes the threats that we can’t foresee ...
On February 2017, an international team of astronomers announced the discovery of 4 additional exoplanets revolving around the ultra cool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, which took the tally of exoplanets around the star to seven. It made TRAPPIST-1 the only planetary system with the largest number of Earth sized planets at 39.5 light years away. Since then, astrophysicists have been continuously trying to ...
China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation (CASIC) is working on a future train network that would run at 1,000 km/h between cities, and would eventually reach to a top speed of 4,000 km/h. It’s about 10 times faster than the maximum speed of present bullet trains. The idea was introduced by the cooperation’s deputy chief ...
Scientists from the Japan’s Hokkaido University have revealed the existence of equatorial jet for the first time ever on Venus. The finding was made possible with the help of Venus climate orbiter Akatsuki, a JAXA administered probe which was launched back in 2010. The finding could play a major role in investigating a phenomenon called superrotation. Planetary Rotation Venus, ...
A research team from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute have successfully developed a revolutionary hydrogen separation membrane that can potentially replace traditional membrane types which are practically expensive. With increasing amount electric cars using lithium ion batteries, the future of the automobile industry is almost predictable. But over the years, scientists from various institutes have been ...
The ISRO’s (Indian Space Research Organization) PSLV C39 mission failed on August 31. The space agency was working on the network of 7 satellites for “India’s own GPS system” for over the last 4 years. The 1,425 kg satellite named IRNSS (short for Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System) 1H was developed to replace 1A (launched in July 2013). IRNSS ...