Montreal: Is the antivirus program running on your computer really making your computers safer to use, say, for online banking? Is the parental control software you bought to keep your 13-year-old off porn sites transparent for the overall safety of your computer? Probably not…! 

New Delhi: A transit of Mercury over the disc of the Sun will take place in the afternoon of May 9. This transit phenomenon will be visible from India. (Read in Hindi: बुध ग्रह सूर्य के नक्षत्र मंडल के ऊपर से सोमवार को गुजरेगा)

Evanston: In the world of chemistry, one minus one almost always equals zero. But new research from Northwestern University and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in France shows that is not always the case. And the discovery will change scientists’ understanding of mirror-image molecules and their optical activity.

New Delhi: In a new, far-reaching study by a software alliance that assessed cloud computing policies around the globe, India ranks 18th out of 24 leading IT economies, compared to its ranking of 17th in year 2013. 

Washington: Whether it’s self-driving cars, automated package delivery systems, or Barbie dolls that converse with children, the ways in which humans and robots interact is a rapidly growing field. Movies such as Star Wars, Wall-E, and Ex-Machina reveal how society is fascinated by both the positive and negative implications.

New Delhi: Department of Telecommunications has notified the rules on panic button under section 10 of the Indian Wireless Telegraph Act 1933. Under these rules, with effect from January 1, next year, all feature phones will have the facility of panic button configured to the numeric key 5 or 9 and all smart phones will have the panic button configured to three times short pressing of the on-off button.