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@sapinkerSteven Pinker, Cognitive scientistOne of the original Ten Commandments in the Book of Exodus was that God’s name must not be taken in vain. The creation of hundreds of swear words can be traced back because of that commandment, according to an article tweeted by Harvard scientist Steven Pinker. The commandment was widely interpreted to forbid using religion-based profanity that invoked God (“My God”, “Good God”, etc) or Jesus (“Christ almighty!”

ELECTRONICS BRAND YU Televentures has launched its smartphone Yutopia in India. It runs on the latest Cyanogen OS 12.1. The phone has a unibody metal design with aircraft-grade aluminum body. The device’s PureBlack Touch panel gives it a premium look and feel. Yutopia boasts wide-screen Quad HD with a display resolution of 2,560 x 1,440 pixels in a 16:9 aspect ratio.
Its 570 PPI resolution is one of the highest-density mobile displays available in the market. It gives users access to a num

Google has planned to shut down its photo service Picasa in order to mainstream Google Photos
Google has announced that it will shut down Picasa and will redirect users to try Google Photos for all their photo sharing needs.
Google says all of the photos and videos from Picasa Web albums will be automatically available on Google Photos when users log in with their account. For those who don’t wish to use Google Photos, the search giants will be creating a new place to access Picasa Web Al

MyShake is an Android app developed by UC Berkeley that tracks tremors using accelerometer of smartphone
Smartphones could become the makeshift quake detectors of the future, thanks to a new app launched Friday designed to track tremors and potentially save the lives of its users.
MyShake, available on Android, links users to become an all-in-one earthquake warning system; it records quake-type rumblings, ties a critical number of users to a location, and could eventually provide a countdown to

Philae, the space probe which landed on a comet in November 2014 is reportedly now covered in dust (Source: Reuters)
European scientists have given up hope of restoring contact with space probe Philae, which successfully landed on a comet in a pinpoint operation only to lose power because its solar-driven batteries were in the shade.
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) said on Friday it suspects  Philae is now covered in dust and too cold to operate.
“Unfortunately, the probability of

MyShake is an Android app developed by UC Berkeley that tracks tremors using accelerometer of smartphone
Smartphones could become the makeshift quake detectors of the future, thanks to a new app launched Friday designed to track tremors and potentially save the lives of its users.
MyShake, available on Android, links users to become an all-in-one earthquake warning system; it records quake-type rumblings, ties a critical number of users to a location, and could eventually provide a countdown to

Google has planned to shut down its photo service Picasa in order to mainstream Google Photos
Google has announced that it will shut down Picasa and will redirect users to try Google Photos for all their photo sharing needs.
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LeEco Le 1s features metal unibody design and Type C USB port for fast charging
LeEco’s new value flagship device, the Le1s is an industry favourite. With a disruptive price of just Rs 10,999, the Superphone is powered by features which are no less than a high-end smartphone. One such feature being the revolutionary Type C charger, which makes charging really quick. Le 1s can get you 3.5 hours of talk time with just 5 minutes of charge.
Watch: Le 1s First Look Video
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Opera browser compressed over 23 petabytes of data last month
Most of us just end up using the stock browser on our smartphones. But your choice of browser could end up saving on your data bills. Opera Mini, which just launched a new version with support for a host of Indian languages, has for years been crunching web pages so that they load faster on slower connections and also ends up being cheaper.
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Apple iPhone 5se will reportedly go on sale from March 18, three days after its launch on March 15
Apple’s 4-inch iPhone 5se and iPad Air 3 are set to launch at Apple’s yet-to-be confirmed March 15 event. However, both the devices are expected go on sale as early as March 18, says a report on 9to5Mac.
Apple is reportedly not planning to offer any pre-orders for its next iPhone and iPad Air 3 which is in stark contrast to what it has been doing with iOS devices for yea

Scientists have developed a new low-power chip that can transmit brain signals to prosthetic limbs (Source: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a smart chip that can be paired with neural implants for efficient wireless transmission of brain signals to help combat Parkinson’s disease or allow paraplegic people to move their prosthetic limbs.
Neural implants need to be connected by wires to an external device outside the b

To use the app, you simply show it a picture of a dog and it returns with the name of the breed. If there is no dog in the photo, the app says: “No dogs found!” (Reuters) US-based technology giant Microsoft has launched a new image recognition app that looks at photos of dogs to identify its breed or at least tell the percentage of the closest match in case it cannot make an exact match.
Fetch — an iPhone app — is the latest in a series of fun projects that are meant to

LeEco Le 1s features metal unibody design and Type C USB port for fast charging
LeEco’s new value flagship device, the Le1s is an industry favourite. With a disruptive price of just Rs 10,999, the Superphone is powered by features which are no less than a high-end smartphone. One such feature being the revolutionary Type C charger, which makes charging really quick. Le 1s can get you 3.5 hours of talk time with just 5 minutes of charge.
Watch: Le 1s First Look Video
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HP Envy 13 is one of the slimmest and lightest Windows 10 computer available right now
The business around PCs may not be as happening as it is around smartphone these days. Sales might be plummeting, but still no device has been able to replace it when it comes to creating things and being productive. People can argue in favour of tablets, but they are still more for consumption than creation.
HP Envy 13
HP’s Envy series has been all about great looks while trying to showcase HP’s

Opera browser compressed over 23 petabytes of data last month
Most of us just end up using the stock browser on our smartphones. But your choice of browser could end up saving on your data bills. Opera Mini, which just launched a new version with support for a host of Indian languages, has for years been crunching web pages so that they load faster on slower connections and also ends up being cheaper.
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Apple iPhone 5se will reportedly go on sale from March 18, three days after its launch on March 15
Apple’s 4-inch iPhone 5se and iPad Air 3 are set to launch at Apple’s yet-to-be confirmed March 15 event. However, both the devices are expected go on sale as early as March 18, says a report on 9to5Mac.
Apple is reportedly not planning to offer any pre-orders for its next iPhone and iPad Air 3 which is in stark contrast to what it has been doing with iOS devices for yea

Scientists have developed a new low-power chip that can transmit brain signals to prosthetic limbs (Source: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a smart chip that can be paired with neural implants for efficient wireless transmission of brain signals to help combat Parkinson’s disease or allow paraplegic people to move their prosthetic limbs.
Neural implants need to be connected by wires to an external device outside the b

THE DISCOVERY of gravitational waves, which are ripples in the fabric of space-time, has come across as one of the major breakthroughs in modern science, and professors and research scholars of Panjab University couldn’t agree more. Hinting at the dawn of a new era in physics, they believe that the discovery will go a long way in our understanding of the universe.
The journey ahead for the scientific community is exciting, and one that might possibly change the understanding of the univers

THE NEXT time you refer to maps on your smart phone using global positioning system to navigate your way, remember it was Einstein’s theory of relativity that simplified your life.
In a six-and-a-half minute film, scientists at the Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) have tried to introduce basic ideas of the theory and highlighted the role of Indian scientists who helped detect the gravitational waves. IITian Manish Jain, who now works with teachers and children