Google to open new visitor centre at HQ with several firsts on Oct 12
Sundar Pichai-run Google is opening a new visitor centre at its headquarters in Mountain View, California with new public spaces, a pop-up shop featuring local businesses and a Google Store on October 12, as the tech giant celebrates its 25th anniversary this month.
World’s first human-like kidneys in grown pigs
In a significant breakthrough, Chinese scientists have for the first time in the world successfully created kidneys with human cells in pig embryos -- a big advance that may one day pave the way for human organ transplantation and tackle shortages.
Threads rolls out ‘keyword search’ to more countries, including India
Meta's Twitter (now X) rival Threads has rolled out a "keyword search" feature to more countries, including India, on both mobile and web -- which the company started testing in Australia and New Zealand last week
Insta working on feature that lets you share feed posts with ‘Close Friends’ only
San Francisco – Meta-owned Instagram is now testing a feature that will allow users to share feed posts just with their ‘Close Friends’ group. Digital media marketing instructor Lia Haberman posted a screenshot of the new feature on X (formerly Twitter), saying, “Coming
NASA’s oxygen-generating experiment completes Mars mission
Washington – NASA’s oxygen-generating experiment that accompanied the Perseverance rover has successfully completed its mission on Mars, and may enable future astronauts landing on the Red Planet to produce oxygen for fuel and breathing, the agency has announced. Developed by the Massachusetts Institute
Special puja held at Sun Temple for India’s Aditya-L1/Sun Mission’s success
The Suryanar Temple is one of the Navagraha temples, all located near Kumbakonam, and devotees pray at these temples to get rid of negative planetary influence on them. The presiding deity at the temple is Sun. “A special puja and abhishekam with milk
Lack of soil micronutrients linked to childhood stunting in India: Study
Adding zinc to farmland soil can help prevent childhood stunting, according to a study on children in India, where more than a third under five suffer from stunting.
BGMI developer Krafton set to launch more games, further invest in India
South Korean video game developer Krafton, the publisher behind popular Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) game, is all set to launch more games in the coming year in India, while looking for the right strategic synergy to further invest in the country.
YouTube Music adds comment section to ‘Now Playing’ screen
YouTube Music has redesigned its “Now Playing” screen with a new comments section that allows users to read and write comments directly from the app.
NASA prepares for delivery of asteroid sample by OSIRIS-REx in Sept
A team of NASA scientists is in the final stages of preparing for the arrival of the first US asteroid sample -- slated to land on Earth in September on OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.