Science-Tech

Dubai launches new fast-track passport control service based on face and iris-recognition technologies

New biometric systems deployed at 122 smart gates at arrival and departure terminals in Dubai airports Service enables passengers to complete airport immigration procedures in 5 – 9 seconds. Dubai has launched a new fast-track passport control service that uses face and iris-recognition technologies to enable passengers to complete airport immigration procedures in five to […]

Coming soon: First ‘Christmas star’ in 800 years

Two giant planets of our solar system Jupiter and Saturn are set to create a “Christmas star” with a dramatic close encounter that has not been seen from Earth in nearly 800 years. The solar system’s two largest planets will appear to merge, creating a bright point in the sky on 21 December, 2020. During […]

Cyberpunk 2077 bugged down with trippy PS4, Xbox One glitches

Despite a series of delays on the release of CD Projekt Red’s highly anticipated sci-fi RPG –Cyberpunk 2077 — gamers are aghast to unearth a host of bugs lacing the gameplay from dropped frame-rates to system crashes, even as sales peaked to make it the second biggest boxed launch of 2020. Developed primarily for the […]

Chile, Argentina go dark as total solar eclipse hangs in skies

A solar eclipse that lasted around two minutes plunged southern Chile and Argentina into darkness on Monday. Heavy rain had threatened to prevent thousands of star gazers in Chile from seeing the eclipse but at the last moment the clouds parted just enough for the phenomenon to be partially visible. In Argentine Patagonia, several families […]

US rolls out Pfizer vaccine in historic “warp speed” campaign

The first batch of Pfizer vaccines rolled out in temperature-controlled vessels, on their way to distribution sites across the United States Sunday, as the nation’s COVID-19 outbreak claims close to 300,000 victims. The vaccine, first to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration, is set to be disseminated across the country in the biggest […]

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