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Researchers at Cornell University have blazed a new trail by creating a self-assembled, three-dimensional superconductor.
It is the first time a superconductor, in this case niobium nitride (NbN), has self-assembled into a porous, 3-D gyroidal structure, said lead researcher Ulrich Wiesner, a materials science and engineering professor.
The gyroid is a complex cubic structure based on a surface that divides space into two separate volumes that are inter-penetrating and contain various spirals.
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Taking a cue from President Barack Obama’s stand on curbing gun violence in the US, social networking giant Facebook has banned private gun sales on its site and mobile photo and video-sharing app Instagram.
The Mark Zuckerberg-founded platform on Friday said it was planning to stop person-to-person firearms sales on its networks, cnet.com reported.
“Over the last two years, more and more people have been using Facebook to discover products and to buy and sell things to one another,&

By Nandini Chatterjee Singh & team
A sizeable number of Indian children suffer from dyslexia. It is a disorder in which otherwise normal children lack enough skills to read and spell and comprehend the written word. They read slowly or are unable to follow the chronological sequence of the words or a sentence, or its meaning. They have no problem in speaking or communicating verbally. It is estimated that nearly 10 per cent of India’s school-going children suffer from this disorder. T

Social networking giant Facebook and its photo and video-sharing app Instagram are reportedly set to quietly make your photos incredible by adding computer art to them.
According to The Verge, it has been discovered that for every photo you upload to Facebook or Instagram, the company quietly makes an html page that replicates that photo using ASCII or text characters that lets you blow up your images to massive scale.
Mathias Bynens, a web standards enthusiast from Belgium, noticed it and tweet

Apple has announced a recall of 12 years’ worth of wall plug adapters it sold outside the United States, warning of the risk of electric shock.
The recall was sparked by the danger of the two-prong AC wall plug adapters breaking and shocking people who touch them, the California-based technology giant said in an online post.
Apple said that it was aware of 12 incidents worldwide involving the adapters. The units targeted in the recall were designed for use in Argentina, Brazil, much of Eur

Social networking giant Facebook and its photo and video-sharing app Instagram are reportedly set to quietly make your photos incredible by adding computer art to them.
According to The Verge, it has been discovered that for every photo you upload to Facebook or Instagram, the company quietly makes an html page that replicates that photo using ASCII or text characters that lets you blow up your images to massive scale.
Mathias Bynens, a web standards enthusiast from Belgium, noticed it and tweet

Social networking website Facebook will soon introduce a feature on its Events page that will allow users attending the same event to connect and share rides.
A recent patent application from Facebook suggests that the social networking giant has interesting plans in store for its Events page.
The patent filing specifically details how the site’s Events page could also double as a ride-sharing centre, BGR reported on Friday.
The feature will add two sub-listings to the “Going”

Vivo Y51L features a 5-inch IPS display, an 8 megapixel rear camera and 5 megapixel front camera.
Vivo has announced the launch of 4G-enabled smartphone-Y51L- at Rs 11, 980. Y51L is the company’s first major model of 2016, assembled in the manufacturing plant in Greater Noida.
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Flipkart has announced ‘Big Exchange Days’, a monthly exchange programme for the smartphone, tablets, laptops, televisions, refrigerators and washing machines.
Flipkart has announced ‘Big Exchange Days’, a monthly exchange programme for the smartphone, tablets, laptops, televisions, refrigerators and washing machines. The Flipkart ‘Big Exchange Days’ will be held on the 1st and 2nd of every month.
Read MoreNow, exchange your old phones and TVs on Flipkart eve

Le Eco has introduced the “Le Ecosystem” in India, an Internet engine that offer an online platform with content, devices, and applications.
Le Eco has introduced the “Le Ecosystem” in India, an Internet engine that offer an online platform with content, devices, and applications. The company also announced its partnerships with Eros Now for Video-on-demand (VOD) and YuppTV for TV content streaming.
The Le Ecosystem model aims at bringing universal content ecosystem that

Facebook had announced some restrictions on gun sales and advertising in 2014, saying it would block minors from seeing posts that advertised guns.
Facebook says it’s cracking down on online gun sales, announcing Friday a new policy barring private individuals from advertising or selling firearms on the world’s largest social network.
The new policy applies also to Facebook’s photo-sharing service Instagram. It comes after gun control groups have long complained that Facebook

Lava X10 is a smartphone that tries to look like the OnePlus X at an even cheaper price. It is attractive for sure, but has a smaller dimension which some would like.
After a spate of budget devices, Lava’s latest offering too concentrates on delivering high performance and specs with decent build at a budget pricing. This is clearly a strategy to get a larger chunk of the volume pie in the smartphone segment.
Lava X10
Lava X10 is a smartphone that tries to look like the OnePlus X at an e

In reporting better-than-expected fiscal second-quarter earnings on Thursday, Microsoft Corp. CEO Satya Nadella touted his company’s success in the cloud. (Reuters) In reporting better-than-expected fiscal second-quarter earnings on Thursday, Microsoft Corp. CEO Satya Nadella touted his company’s success in the cloud.
“Businesses everywhere are using the Microsoft Cloud as their digital platform to drive their ambitious transformation agendas,” he said.
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Facebook has set out to block people from using the leading social network and its Instagram photo-sharing service for private gun sales. (Reuters) Facebook has set out to block people from using the leading social network and its Instagram photo-sharing service for private gun sales.
Although Facebook doesn’t participate in outright gun sales, it has been a forum for negotiations, and it intends to put an end to that.
The California-based social network yesterday updated its policy for m

Xiaomi India head Manu Jain indicated that new phones like Redmi Note 3 and Mi 5 will be made available in India.
Xiaomi is working hard to bring its latest smartphones to India, says the company’s India head Manu Jain, although 2016 is unlikely to be the year when the Mi TV gets launched here.
In an exclusive interaction with IndianExpress.com, Jain outlined the company’s outlook for India, saying that bringing more of their latest smartphones to the country was a top priority for t