Researchers from University of Warwick in the UK rediscovered the planet named NGTS-11b using the Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) telescopes in Chile. The planet was its originally found in 2018 using data from NASA’s TESS telescope, which scans for a dip in light from the star to identify it as a planet. At the time, due to a 27-day scanning limitation of the TESS telescope, the star could not be identified. However, using the NGTS telescopes, researchers were successfully able to rediscover the NGTS-11b, which revolves around its star every…
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Gmail is planning to add authentication logos to your email soon !!
Google joined Brand Indicators for Message Identification or BIMI in last year in a bid to develop technology to prevent email fraud. Now, the company is planning to introduce a new feature called authentication logos in GSuite that it would be add brand logos to verified emails. As of now, when you get an email from a company, say Amazon about the delivery of a product or RedBus confirming about your bus journey, the email that you see in your mailbox generally contains the initials of the company’s name. When…
Read MoreIndian Army Gets ‘Bharat’ Drones for Accurate Surveillance Along China Border !!
Amid the ongoing boundary dispute between India and China, DRDO has provided its indigenously-developed drone named Bharat to the Indian Army for carrying out accurate surveillance in high altitude areas and mountainous terrain along the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh.”The Indian Army requires drones for accurate surveillance in the ongoing dispute in the Eastern Ladakh area. For this type of requirement, the DRDO has provided the Bharat drones to it,” defence sources told ANI here. The Bharat drones have been developed by a Chandigarh-based laboratory of the Defence Research…
Read MoreGoogle Chrome to prevent users from filling insecure forms soon !!
Google is working on a new feature on Chrome that it will prevent users from filling insecure forms. This upcoming Chrome flag will stop information submission on any form that Google considers ‘insecure’ and is going to help save users from phishing attacks or security breaches. First reported by Techdows, the upcoming flags is called ‘Disable Autofill for mixed forms’ and once turned on it will configure that the browser settings to stop information like email IDs, addresses etc from being auto-filled into forms hosted on an https site but…
Read MoreHow to make space for new emails if your Gmail storage is full !!
Storage issues on Gmail are nothing new, especially if you use the service as your main email driver. You might have seen a notification on that page or app warning you that your storage is full and that you need to delete older emails to get new ones. Now, Google provides 15GB storage for free. And this 15GB includes storage for the Google Drive files, your emails, WhatsApp chats, Google Photos, etc. If you are using an Android phone, then filling up this 15GB is cakewalk. So it’s not just your emails that…
Read MoreCloudflare service outage disrupts Internet, problem fixed !!
Cloudflare suffered an outage on Friday, disrupting some parts of the internet. The company said that it is identified the problem and fixed it. Cloudflare provides important services for the internet to function, such as load balancing, security, domain registration and video streaming. When the company experiences technical snafus, that can reverberate across the web. “This afternoon we saw an outage across some parts of our networks. It was not as a result of an attack,” the company said in a blog post. “This incident has been resolved.” The problems…
Read MoreGoogle Meet shortcut is now available on the Gmail app in India !!
Google’s plan to integrate Gmail, Google Meet, Google Chat etc all together to boost the G Suite productivity tools has started to rolling out. We spotted that a shortcut for Google Meet has been added to the Gmail app and it is available for some users in India for now. A part of G Suite’s early adopter program, we spotted the feature on the Gmail app on iPhone, and not on Android yet. It looks like the rollout which is happening in phases so not everyone who is a part…
Read MoreFacebook Messenger now supports screen sharing on Android and iOS !!
Facebook announced it is expanding Messenger’s screen sharing to Android and iOS. This feature has been restricted to Messenger on the web. Screen sharing is rolling out on Messenger Rooms for Android and iOS as well. On theMessenger App, users will be able to share their screens during a video call. This can be during a one-on-one video call or with a group of up to eight people. With this feature, users will be able to share their phone’s screen for things like browsing through the photo gallery, shopping online,…
Read MoreThis new Android malware called BlackRock can steal passwords, card data from 337 apps including Gmail, Uber !!
A new strain of Android malware has emerged that can steal data from at least 337 Android apps. Called BlackRock, this malware was first spotted in May this year and discovered by a mobile security company called ThreatFabric. Researchers at ThreatFabric said that BlackRock is based on the leaked source code of another malware strain called Xerxes (Xerxes itself is based on other malware strains). BlackRock, however, has been beefed up with additional features, especially ones that help steal passwords and credit card information, according to a report by ZDNet. BlackRock works…
Read MoreIndia’s Reliance seen emerging as bigger threat for U.S. firms like Amazon, Walmart !!
A $20 billion fund raising spree may take India’s Reliance closer to its dream of becoming a digital giant, further threatening the ambitious plans U.S. companies like Amazon, Walmart and Zoom have for India. Stake sales in Reliance’s digital unit Jio Platforms attracted is not just private equity and sovereign wealth funds but also Google and Facebook, a strong endorsement for an enterprise that until a few years ago focussed largely on oil refining. Some industry watchers equate Reliance’s digital plans – which extend from online shopping and cloud computing to…
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