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Xbox One Backwards Compatible List Expands to Include Most Halo Games

This latest round of Halo games join previously released backward compatible titles Halo Wars, Halo : Reach, and Halo : Spartan Assault. If you ha...

Apple TV refresh brings 4K, City to streaming platform

While Apple is timing this change with the release of its newest Apple TV 4K , which also includes support for Ultra HD and HDR content, it's something which...

Samsung India Offers Screen Replacements For Rs 990

According to Samsung , it has optimised Bixby Voice to understand Indian accents. The feature will work on Samsung Galaxy Note 8, Samsung Galaxy S8 and...

REx spacecraft zooms by Earth on its way to an asteroid

It completes an orbit around the Sun every 436.604 days (1.2 years) and every 6 years comes within 0.002 AU of Earth (1 AU = the distance between Earth and the ...

Baidu speeds ahead with $1.5bn fund for autonomous driving

Baidu also shipped a major update to Apollo this week, which added five core capabilities to its platform: obstacle perception, planning, cloud simulation, high...

Sixth mass extinction of Earth by 2100

In the history of life on Earth, there have been five mass extinction events, with the most extreme example, the Permian extinction , wiping out some 95 percen...

Rockstar Teases An Announcement and We All Know What It's About

Red Dead Redemption 2's absence at E3 2017 and successive games industry trade shows was marked by gamers and industry figures alike, but Rockstar Games typica...

Astronomers Have Spotted a Strange Hybrid Asteroid in Our Solar System

Most binary asteroid systems are composed of one larger object and another smaller one that it captured at some point. The two asteroids have comet-like featu...

Huawei Maimang 6 announced in China: Price, Specs and more

It is priced at 2,399 Yuan (Rs. 23,600) and will be coming in Obsidian Black, Streamer Gold and Aurora Blue colour options. Sadly, the company has made no offic...

Japan Moves Missile Interceptor Under Flight Paths of North Korean Missiles

Japan announced it has deployed Patriot Advanced Capability-3 surface-to-air interceptors (PAC-3) in response to North Korea's recent missiles launches . This ...

All US Plans in Mideast Ended in Defeat: Iranian General

Trump said at the UN General Assembly that the nuclear agreement reached by his country and others with Iran in 2015 was an "embarrassment" that his government ...

Apple version iPhone 8, iPhone 8 plus Pre-Booking Starts in India

To avail the Citi offer, one has to use the bank's card both for pre-booking the phone and making the final payment. Here's a look at some offers that buyers ca...

Upcoming BlackBerry Krypton Smartphone Spotted with Carbon Fiber Body

The phone is now under development and has been spotted in leaked images which highlight the back of the device. While BlackBerry might have bowed out of the ...

Apple accepts its latest smartwatch issues

It's unclear when Apple will release the the update, or how the company intends to fix the issue related to the Watch not connecting to cellular when necessar...

Vivo X20 and X20 Plus with dual rear cameras announced

This is backed up by 4GB of RAM and 64GB/128GB of internal storage. In addition to a fingerprint sensor, the Vivo X20 and X20 Plus also come with facial recog...

France ready to skip 2018 Winter Games if security risk too great

Worldwide tension continues to mount as the United States and North Korea engage in concerning rhetoric regarding nuclear capabilities. On Thursday he ordered...

Moto G5S Plus Arrives in USA for $230 on September 29

Together with some of Moto G units released previous year, Moto G4 Plus will get the much anticipated Android O anytime soon. As Moto G4 is one of the recen...

SHIELD TV re-branded to battle Apple TV (with price cut too!)

Nvidia's own GeForce streaming service allows you to play the latest console titles on your telly, while PC owners can blast through a large selection of suppo...

Overwatch silences players with bad reputations on Xbox One

This is just the latest in a string of player behavior management strategies that Blizzard has implemented recently, the most notable being the Report Player...

Study claims Beelzebufo frogs biting force can kill dinosaur

Using the same scaling process, the scientists calculated that the bite force of the giant extinct frog Beelzebufo-similar to living horned frogs-could have c...

Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 leaked: Specifications, price and more

Xiaomi smartphones, accessories and ecosystem products will be available across Mi.com, Mi Home stores, Amazon , Flipkart, Tata Cliq , Paytm mall, Mi prefe...

Nokia 8 India launch set for next week

The device is already available in Australia as well as parts of Europe and Asia . The invite reads "There are two sides to every story". The smartphone's su...

JioFi Device Dongle Now Only @ Rs 999 for JioFi Festive Celebration Offer

Reliance Jio has slashed the prices on its WiFi hotspot device JioFi by more than half. While the Reliance Jio has made another surprising offer for its cl...

YouTube opens up twitch style benefaction to more instigators

YouTube sponsorships will substitute the seldom used paid channels attribute the company launched all the way back in 2013. 'This service offered monthly s...

Apple admits to Apple Watch LTE problems just before it ships

Wednesday morning technology writers began to publish reviews of the Apple Watch Series 3. You can use the new Apple Watch without being connected to your...

Scientists Remove Gene in Human Embryos to See What It Does

The researchers planned to focus first on OCT4 , known as a marker for pluripotent stem cells-cells that can become all tissues in the body. Scientists use OC...

Is Google closing in on an HTC asset deal?

Six years ago, Google announced a $12.5 billion buyout of Motorola Mobility. HTC has announced today (Sep 20) stocks will cease trading from tomorrow, fuellin...

Deutsche Bank AG Reaffirms "Hold" Rating for Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (SNCR)

JP Morgan initiated Synchronoss Technologies, Inc . Pacad Investment Ltd. boosted its position in Synchronoss Technologies, Inc . Crawford Inv Counsel holds...

More information on iPhone X FaceID revealed by Apple executive

If you do not already know it, pre-booking for iPhone 8 and 8 Plus starts in India on September 22, 2017. I have some good news for you. Size can be a d...

Switch Has Hidden Game, Could Be Tribute to Satoru Iwata

When the user came back to the game, it had mysteriously disappeared. For starters, your console must be on the initial firmware version (1.0.0) and be set to J...

The $999 Apple iPhone X Is A Bargain, Says Tim Cook

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook sure doesn't think so. Anil Jain , a Michigan State University professor who studies biometric recognition and computer vis...

Sony Xperia XZ1 Now Available In The US

The display is HDR enabled by Sony's Triluminous display and X-Reality technology. The phone can record slow-motion video at 960fps. Sony also packed the Xperia...

Nest reveals new home security system, video doorbell

Nest has launched a new smart doorbell called the Hello. Here's a picture of it from the Nest press site. Nest Connect is a Thread router, which seamle...

LG Q6+ With 4GB RAM And Android Nougat Launched In India

The device follows shortly after the release of the LG Q6 in August, arriving with a couple of small changes to make it a more "premium" variant. However, the...

OnePlus 5 JCC+ limited edition is a "creative machine"

OnePlus has teamed up with fashion boutique colette to host a pop-up event in Paris on September 22 to kick-off its " Callection " collection. As teased, the ...