New York: A group of researchers have developed a rapid Covid-19 test that might help in identifying different variants of the SARS-CoV-2 in just hours. The team reported that their test is as accurate as other methods used to diagnose Covid and can successfully differentiate between all current variants of SARS-CoV-2. “Using this test, we […]
San Francisco: WhatsApp is working on a feature that will give iOS users the ability to hide their online status from everyone. This feature will come in a future update as it is under development so it cannot be released to beta testers since it is not ready. As of now, users can choose to […]
A scientist has put their hard-earned PhD to good use and officially discovered what the world’s funniest joke is. The finding of the world’s funniest joke is actually based on a study conducted 20 years ago. Psychologist Dr. Richard Wiseman set up the study through the website LaughLab in 2001, where, over the course of a year, he invited 1.5 million people across the world to rate five randomly selected jokes […]
Washington: The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted Elon Musk’s SpaceX approval to use its Starlink satellite internet system on vehicles in motion such as cars, trucks, boats, and aircraft. Along with SpaceX, the FCC has also granted approval to Kepler Communications, paving the way for a new class of user terminals that can […]
San Francisco: Mozilla’s latest Firefox browser updates itself with a new feature that prevents sites like Facebook from tracking users across websites. Mozilla Firefox 102 was released with a new privacy feature that strips parameters from URLs that are used to track users around the web. Numerous companies, including Facebook, Marketo, Olytics, and HubSpot, utilise […]
Abu Dhabi: The Emirates Mars Mission ‘Hope Probe’ has identified new observations, in addition to its nominal set of observations, about Mars’ atmosphere in its fourth batch of scientific data. Collected by the Hope Probe’s instruments during its mission in Mars’ orbit from December 2021 to February 2022, the latest data demonstrate the capabilities of […]
Washington: NASA‘s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has captured the Moon passing in front of the Sun recording the 35-minute partial solar eclipse. “At the peak of the eclipse, the Moon covered 67 per cent of the sun, and lunar mountains were backlit by solar fire,” the report said. The high-resolution images captured by the SDO […]
San Francisco: Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram has confirmed that it is testing a feature that turns video posts into Reels. The company said the change, which is currently being tested with select users around the world, is part of Instagram‘s plan to simplify video on the app. “We are testing this feature as part of […]
San Franciso: Facebook has rolled out a test to support non-fungible tokens (NFTs) with a select group of creators in the US on its platform, as it aspires to capture the multi-billion dollar metaverse industry. Navdeep Singh who is a product manager at Meta shared screenshots of NFTs on Facebook. “We’re launching NFTs on Facebook! […]
Medina: Saudi Minister of Health, Fahd Al-Jalajel, launched the Holo-Doctor service, for pilgrims attending this year’s Hajj season, via Madinah Int airport. The service, which offers state-of-the-art technology was made possible through cooperation with the Saudi Telecom Company STC, allowing patients to be diagnosed by doctors from Seha Virtual Hospital SVH in the capital, Riyadh. […]
Dubai: Aster Innovation and Research Centre, the innovation hub of Aster DM Healthcare, has joined hands with Intel Corporation, and CARPL to announce a state-of-the-art ‘Secure Federated Learning Platform.’ This collaboration will enable the development of AI-enabled health tech solutions where data can securely reside where it is generated. The collaboration will boost innovation in […]
