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Curiosity rover to be back online next week
WASHINGTON: NASA's Curiosity rover, which has been exploring Mars since it landed to much fanfare last August, should be running at full capacity next week, after a memory glitch set the robot back.
On February 28, controllers put the rover into "minimal activity safe mode," when they switched the machine's operations to a backup computer after detecting malfunctions in the primary computer's f... |
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Robot 'big dog' can now throw concrete blocks
WASHINGTON: A giant four-legged robot named ‘Big Dog’ has gained an extra arm and is now capable of lifting and hurling concrete blocks.
The robot, which was initially designed for military use, is made by US robotics company Boston Dynamics and supported by the US Department of Defence.
"The goal is to develop techniques for using the strength of the legs and torso to help power motions of ... |
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Now, a smartphone battery that lasts for weeks
MELBOURNE: A new smartphone with a battery that only needs recharging after several weeks has been developed by researchers.
The smartphone made headlines at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week where its prototype was unveiled.
E Ink, the manufacturer of electronic paper displays, had two prototypes of phones running on the Android operating system, 'The Australian' reported.
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Online info storage firm Evernote 'hacked'
LONDON: Online information storage company Evernote has said that hackers have breached its computer network and accessed some usernames, email addresses and passwords.
The firm asked all users to reset their passwords, following the security breach by hackers.
The California-based company, that allows people to store and organise personal data on an external server, is thought to have about... |
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Facebook planning 'big update' to News Feed
WASHINGTON: Social networking giant Facebook is reportedly planning a big update to the News Feed feature.
The firm has sent invites for an event next Thursday, which reads "Come see a new look for News Feed."
According to Fox News, News Feed ads have turned into a significant business for Facebook.
The site's CEO Mark Zuckerberg had earlier said that the addition of advertising had barel... |
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Astronomers spot giant planet in formative stage
WASHINGTON: Astronomers have spotted what could be a giant planet in the formative stage, still embedded in a thick disc of gas and dust, with the help of European Southern Observatory (ESO) very large telescope (VLT).
A team led by Sascha Quanz at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, (ETH-Zurich), has studied the disc of gas and dust that surrounds the young star HD 100546, a relatively ... |
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Now, Facebook to show ads based on offline shopping habits
WASHINGTON: Facebook has inked a new deal that would allow it to target some ads based on users' offline shopping habits.
The social networking giant signed the new agreement with data mining firms Datalogix, Acxiom and Epsilon that will apply their records about customers' offline purchases to Facebook's Custom Audiences product.
According to Mashable, Facebook said that it is also working ... |
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Scientists create stretchable battery
WASHINGTON: Scientists have developed a flexible lithium-ion battery that can stretch up to 300 per cent of its original size and still function.
Northwestern University's Yonggang Huang and the University of Illinois' John A Rogers have demonstrated the battery that continues to work - powering a commercial light-emitting diode (LED) - even when stretched, folded, twisted and mounted on a huma... |
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CEO Marissa Mayer ends Yahoo’s working from home policy
WASHINGTON: The relatively new CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer, has decided she wants her employees showing up to the offices from June, and not just telecommuting from home all the time.
According to All Things D's Kara Swisher, in an internal memo, she said that 'to become the absolute best place to work, communication and collaboration will be important, so we need to be working side-by-side.
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Facebook to build 'cold storage' for old photos
LONDON: Social networking giant Facebook is planning to build a 'cold storage' facility in Oregon that will be used to archive users' old photographs, messages and other postings.
A 16,000-square-foot data center, which is under construction in Prineville, is designed to cut the costs of storing and serving the world's memories by providing a more efficient home for older and less popular mater... |
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