China to help Afghanistan in deployment of second satellite to orbit

The government of China will help Afghanistan in the deployment of the second satellite to orbit under the name of Afghan Sat-2, the officials in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology officials told reporters in Kabul today. The Acting Minister of Communications and Information Technology,...

Australians sue Apple for refusing to repair error

Hundreds of Australian consumers are suing US Apple company for violating consumer rights by allegedly refusing to look at or repair some iPads and iPhones previously serviced by a third party. Australia’s consumer watchdog agency, the Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), announced...

Russian cargo ship docks at International Space Station

A Russian cargo ship has docked at the International Space Station (ISS), delivering supplies at the station. Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, said the unmanned Progress freighter, carrying 2.5 tons of supplies, including air, food and fuel “successfully docked” at the orbiting...

Senior Samsung executives offer to resign: Report

Two senior executives with South Korea’s Samsung company have reportedly offered to resign over allegations that the firm has been involved in a high-scale scandal linked to South Korean President Park Geun-hye. South Korea’s Yonhap reported on Friday that Samsung’s President...

Afghanistan to launch 4G services in the near future: MCIT

The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Afghanistan informed regarding the launch of fourth generation of wireless mobile telecommunications technology (4G) across the country. Engineer Syed Ahmadshah Sadat, the acting minister of communications and information technology, said...

New Genetic Engineering Technique Could Help Design, Study Biological Systems

A new technique will help biologists tinker with genes, whether the goal is to turn cells into tiny factories churning out medicines, modify crops to grow with limited water or study the effects of a gene on human health. The technique, published Jan. 20 in Nature Communications, allows scientists...

Searching for Life on Wolf 1061 Exoplanet

Astronomers have located the habitable zone, the region where water could exist on the surface of a planet, on the Wolf 1061, a planetary system that is 14 light years away from our Earth. The question of whether Earthlings are alone in the universe has puzzled everyone from biologists and physicists...

Afghan brothers make drone to hunt mines in Afghanistan

With Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) remaining the weapon of the choice of the militant groups in Afghanistan which is the major contributor to civilian casualties, two Afghan youths have launched a new device to hunt such explosives. The two youths and brothers, Massoud and Mahmud Hussaini,...

Facebook plans to provide internet to 4 billion people with solar plane

The first successful test flight of a high altitude solar plane was conducted by Facebook as the company plans to provide internet to 4 billion people in remote parts of the world. “After two years of engineering, I’m proud to announce the successful first flight of Aquila — the...

India approves MoU with Afghanistan on Space Technology Cooperation

The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given his ex-post facto approval to the MoU between India and Afghanistan on cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space during the Union Cabinet meeting, it has been reported. According to the local media reports, the MoU envisages cooperation between...

30th anniversary of man's only visit to Uranus

Thirty years ago today, humans made their first and only visit to Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, and transmitted images taken from a relatively short distance, which remain unparalleled to this day. The gas giant was on the itinerary on Voyager 2 space probe, which was...

Space junk may cause armed conflict: New report

The earth, humans’ only ship in the cosmic ocean, is engulfed by millions of space junk, which can cause serious damage to any national satellite, a signal which might be misconstrued as an attack launched by an adversary and provoke an armed conflict. In an article published by journal Acta...

Astronomers Discover 'Young Jupiter' Exoplanet

A team of astronomers discovered a Jupiter-like planet within a young system that could serve as a decoder ring for understanding how planets formed around our sun. One of the best ways to learn how our solar system evolved is to look to younger star systems in the early stages of development. The...

Google robots army may turn against human race: SpaceX CEO

American aerospace manufacturer SpaceX CEO is worried that Google may “accidentally” create an evil robot army that can turn against the human race. Google's intensive research into robotics could "produce something evil by accident," technology entrepreneur Elon Musk said in a new...

Alien life may exist on Saturn�s Enceladus, scientists say

Life could exist or could have formerly existed on Saturn’s sixth-largest moon Enceladus, scientists say. The pH level of Enceladus, which reveals the amount of water acidity -- a key parameter to understanding geochemical processes taking place inside the moon – can be tolerated by a...

Female Afghan students win gold medals in a biology competition in Kenya

Three female Afghan students brought home gold medals after participating in a competition scientific competition in Kenya. The competition was hosted in Kenya which was attended by around 300 students from 27 countries around the world. The winners of the competition who returned to Afghanistan said...

UK may impose internet rationing as electricity depletion looms

Britain could face mandatory internet rationing as web electricity consumption threatens to consume the country’s entire power supply, experts warn.      Internet rationing or increasing costs in order to update infrastructure might be required, otherwise fiber optical...

Afghanistan to launch 4G internet services soon

Officials in the Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology of Afghanistan said 4G internet services will be launched in the near future. The officials further added that around 90 percent of the Afghans are currently having access to mobile phone services while 50 percent have access...

Afghanistan�s first satellite starts formal operation

Afghanistan’s first satellite which was deployed into the orbit earlier this year has formally started its operations. The announcement of the formal operation of Afghansat 1 was made during a conference attended by Afghanistan’s First Vice President Mohammad Younus Qanoni. “The...

Pistachios to fuel eco-friendly city in Turkey

Turkey is going to use pistachios as a new form of energy to fuel an eco-friendly city due to be established in the southeastern part of the country. "We are planning to obtain biogas, a kind of renewable energy, from burning pistachio shells," said Seda Muftuoglu Gulec, a green building expert...

Google working on futuristic modular smartphone

Google is working on a modular smartphone, which enables users to upgrade the device themselves and promises a lengthy lifespan. Dubbed Project Ara, the hardware is the brainchild of Google's Advanced Technology and Projects group (ATAP). The device is meant as an infinitely customizable...

Wirelessly chargeable smartphones in offing

The concept of using wireless technology to charge up smartphones is attracting more takers, with the notion using already-existing technology as a platform. Such means of powering up the smartphone would require one to place the device on a charging station -- a way of charging already used...

Eyes on skies for better Internet access

Tech giants are attempting at transmitting Internet signals to remote parts of the world using aircraft deployed in atmospheric space. The course of action could draw upon drones, satellites, high-altitude balloons, blimps or other flying machines. With this end in sight, Google acquired Titan Aerospace...

Microsoft stops patching Windows XP security bugs

It would be a worldwide overhaul day for in-house IT engineers on Tuesday. Companies, governments and individual users are all forced to change their computer operating systems. On April 8, the US Microsoft will stop patching newly found security holes in Windows XP code that hackers could exploit...