San Francisco: Apple Music has announced plans to roll out a new karaoke mode named ‘Apple Music Sing’. Apple Music Sing allows users to sing along with their favourite songs with adjustable vocals and real-time lyrics, the company said. Multiple lyric views are available in the new mode, allowing users to take the lead, join […]
San Francisco: Microsoft will reportedly build an all-in-one ‘super app’ to compete with Apple and Google mobile dominance. The application might combine shopping, messaging, web search, news and other services all in one place. Executives at Microsoft believe that the application will help to grow both Bing search and their advertising business. The tech giant […]
French author Dominique Lapierre, some of whose most celebrated works focused on India, died at the age of 91. His wife Dominique Conchon-Lapierre said that the author died of old age. She added that he was “at peace and serene since Dominique is no longer suffering”. In 1975, Lapierre co-authored Freedom at Midnight with American […]
USA: A family was reunited with their daughter after 51 years and they urge other relatives of missing people to keep having faith. Sharon Highsmith, whose 53-year-old sister, Melissa, met other members of her family and encouraged others to “never give up hope” and to “chase every lead.” Melissa Highsmith was abducted in 1971 when […]
San Francisco: A team of researchers has discovered at least two new minerals in a 15-tonne meteorite in Somalia, the ninth largest meteorite ever discovered. The two newly-discovered minerals have been named ‘Elaliite’ and ‘Elkinstantonite’. “Whenever you find a new mineral, it means that the actual geological conditions and the chemistry of the rock are […]
World: Elon Musk said Twitter will again lock rapper Kanye West, who goes by Rapper Ye handle on the platform, for violating rules against incitement. West went on an antisemitic tirade during an appearance on American far-right radio show host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ ‘Infowars’ talk show in which the controversial rapper praised Hitler. “I […]
San Francisco: Alarmed at Apple and Google app store teams reviewing Twitter under him, Twitter CEO Elon Musk said that he will produce “alternative” smartphones to compete with Apple and Android devices. Twitter is now facing close scrutiny by both Apple and Google app stores and Musk is worried that the micro-blogging platform can get […]
Washington: The NASA Hubble Space Telescope has captured an unusual galaxy merger in the ancient universe. The Arp-Madore catalogue is a collection of particularly peculiar galaxies spread throughout the southern sky and includes a collection of subtly interacting galaxies as well as more spectacular colliding galaxies. “Arp-Madore 417-391”, which lies around 670 million light-years away […]
New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has identified the Department of Education and Knowledge Abu Dhabi (ADEK) as its partner for setting up the IIT’s prestigious new campus in the UAE’s capital city, according to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs. A high-level team from IIT Delhi has recently concluded a visit […]
Dubai: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, accompanied by H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai attended the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 at the Al Bayt Stadium in Doha, in the presence of the Emir […]
San Francisco: Based on a poll, Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced that former US President Donald Trump has been allowed to rejoin the micro-blogging platform. Musk tweeted: “The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated.” “Vox Populi, Vox Dei”, he added, which means “the voice of the people is the voice of God”. Several users expressed […]
