Technology

Madrid: A new species of bat has been discovered in wooded areas of Europe, an international team of researchers said on Tuesday, as well as another “very rare” species that lives in caves in North Africa. The findings add to the family of roughly a thousand species of bats, an order of mammals which are capable of transmitting and receiving …

BEIJING: In a groundbreaking technological move, China’s state-owned TV channel Xinhua has introduced the world’s first ever Artificial Intelligence news anchor. On Tuesday, Xinhua announced that in collaboration with Sogou (search engine) has created the world’s first female AI news anchor, known as Xin Xiaomeng. The anchor will be making her debut during the upcoming Two Sessions political meetings in …

Samsung on Wednesday unveiled its first folding handset as part of an effort to rev up demand in the slumping smartphone sector. The South Korean giant’s Galaxy Fold, unveiled at a San Francisco event, services as a smartphone with a 4.6-inch display and unfolds to become a tablet of 7.3 inches. “We are giving you a device that doesn’t just …

Samsung Electronics has reached a settlement in a class-action lawsuit over 2.8 million “exploding” washing machines recalled in the US, the South Korean company said Tuesday. The faulty appliances were recalled in 2016 after reports that the top “can unexpectedly detach from the washing machine chassis during use, posing a risk of injury from impact”, according to The US Consumer …

WASHINGTON: An international team led by French geologists uncovered the oldest fossilized traces of life”s ability to move, tracing back to 2.1 billion years ago. The study published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showed that certain multicellular organisms in a primitive marine ecosystem in a fossil deposit in Gabon were sophisticated enough to move …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will be among the key speakers at the 7th edition of the three-day Dubai’s ‘World Government Summit 2019’ being held in the UAE from Feb 10. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai has invited the Pakistan PM to participate in the forum where heads …

ISLAMABAD: The government will present an alternative formula to the Supreme Court for revival of taxes on mobile phone cards to bridge the revenue shortfall and meet budgetary target instead of imposing any new taxes in the next five months. “No new taxes will be imposed in the current fiscal year to achieve revenue target as prior conditions for availing …

SAN FRANCISCO: Google parent Alphabet reported quarterly earnings beating Wall Street expectations on Monday, but shares slipped, with investors apparently focused on rising costs at the technology giant. Alphabet reported a profit of $8.9 billion in the fourth quarter on revenue that was up 22 percent to $39.3 billion from the same period a year earlier. “With great opportunities ahead, …

Avi Loeb, chairman of Harvard University’s astronomy department, thinks ” Oumuamua”, an   extraterrestrial object witnessed inside our solar system in recent months is actually an alien spacecraft, according to The News York Times. According to the paper,it all started when astronomers discovered an object they called “Oumuamua”. The report said it was the first known interstellar object ever found, with …

French Guiana: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday launched its latest communication satellite GSAT-31 into the orbit. The satellite was launched by European launch services provider- Arianespace’s rocket from French Guiana in the early hours of Wednesday. Blasting off from Ariane Launch Complex at Kourou, a French territory located in northeastern coast of South America at at 2.31 …