The National Press and Publication Administration told state-run news agency Xinhua that game-playing would be only allowed between 8pm to 9pm. It also instructed gaming companies to prevent children playing outside these times. Earlier this month a state media outlet branded online games “spiritual opium”. Inspections of online gaming companiesContinue Reading
New Delhi: A huge swathe of national and international news sites crashed on June 8 night including the New York Times, CNN and the BBC. Many sites were offline for up to an hour after an issue affecting their cloud platform technology. In New Zealand, TVNZ OnDemand, RNZ and TradeContinue Reading
April 27, 2020: For the next two weeks, Google will feature a throwback series of Google Doodle games. Starting today and for the next two weeks, Google will feature one past Doodle game everyday for people to play and pass their time as they stay home. “As COVID-19 continues toContinue Reading
Computer pioneer Fernando Corbato, who first used passwords to protect user accounts, has died aged 93. Dr Corbato introduced the basic security measure while developing methods that let more people use a computer at the same time. He developed a technique, called time-sharing, that divided up the processing power ofContinue Reading
Cancer is the deadliest disease which often compels humans to surrender thereto. Scientists around the world have been working day and night for decades on the evil disease; nevertheless they have failed to discover any guaranteed cure. But Indian doctor Vishal Rao has apparently brought about a revolution in throatContinue Reading
The Pontifical Swiss Guard, the colourfully dressed bodyguards who protect the pope, will be trading in their heavy metal helmets for 3D-printed plastic headgear. The new helmets will look exactly like the old ones, which are based on a 16th-century design that was scanned and computerized before being printed. KnownContinue Reading
New Delhi, Oct 18, 2018: There could be a fresh KYC headache for more than 500 million mobile connections, or almost half of India’s phone population. They stare at the prospect of disconnection if SIM cards procured on the basis of Aadhaar verification are not backed up by a freshContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna: While Information Technology offers many resources for development, it is being misused as well. Hence there is need of ethical guidelines to use technology for human development. This was highlighted in a one-day seminar on Sept 29 at Arcade Business College (ABC), Danapur-Khagaul Road, Patna.Continue Reading
Twitter has created a new papal visit emoji in honour of Pope Francis’s visit to Ireland this August. The emoji, consisting of the smiling face of the pope against an Irish flag backdrop, can be generated under a number of hashtags including #PopeinIreland and will be launched on Tuesday. PopeContinue Reading
Google’s “doodle” for Tuesday, July 17 celebrates the 124th birthday of the Belgian priest who formulated the Big Bang theory. Fr Georges Lemaître was professor of physics at the Catholic University of Leuven and proposed a theory that said the universe was constantly expanding from a single first point. HeContinue Reading
