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An Indian city plagued by smog offers a dazzling view from spaceA French astronaut tweeted a snapshot of a glittering city from space—and the Internet’s guesswork began.
Updated July 21, 20221 min read
A French astronaut tweeted a snapshot of a glittering city from space—and the Internet’s guesswork began.
On Nov. 30, Rahul Gandhi’s official Twitter was attacked by hackers. The group behind the Twitter coup removed Gandhi’s profile picture and changed the name of his Twitter handle from “Office of RG” to “Office of Retard Gandhi” first and later to just “Retarded gandhi.”
In Bangladesh, daily power outages are simply expected.
They don’t make them like Jagadish Chandra Bose anymore.
Microsoft’s HoloLens, often used for virtual and augmented reality-enhanced battle games, is finding its way onto the actual battlefield.
Indian engineers could be hurt in more ways than one by US president-elect Donald Trump’s promise to bring back jobs for Americans.
Lego is opening its first factory in China.
The festive window displays, mass of sales signs, and general glee of holiday shopping of Black Friday can easily obscure the dark side of retail: the sweatshops, child labor, environmental violations, and other devastation wrought by the global consumer supply chain.
Top rank wasn’t the only thing Athar Aamir Khan lost to Tina Dabi when they each completed India’s Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam last year. He also handed over his heart.
Let it never be said that China doesn’t do scale in style. In 2015, the country’s patent office became the first in the world to receive more than 1 million applications in a single year.
Facebook is mailing out apologies.
The reins of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)—the agency that fought to preserve net neutrality earlier this year—will now be held by staunch net-neutrality opponents.
Adolescents may be authorities on social media, but they’re not so good at identifying advertising: According to a Stanford University study, 82% of middle-schoolers failed to differentiate between news stories and “sponsored content.”
Kansas secretary of state Kris Kobach met with president-elect Donald J. Trump on Nov. 20 to discuss “border security, international terrorism, and reforming federal bureaucracy,” according to the president-elect’s transition team.
In the mobile video game Sea Hero Quest, you play an ocean explorer recovering your aging sailor father’s lost memories. But along the way, you’re also helping advance Alzheimer’s research in the real world.
You may someday have another participant in your group messaging chats: Siri.
Colombia’s drug dealers are taking to the skies with drones.
The first reaction to racist tweeters spreading bile is to ask them to stop. But the question is, will they listen?
Researchers have developed an electronic sensor that can stick to the skin like a temporary tattoo and give you round-the-clock feedback on your heart health.
Your mother told you this: Using curse words makes people will think you’re less educated than you are.
In the wake of a debate over the role of fake news in the US election, a professor is doing what Facebook has failed to: identifying untrustworthy sources.
Twitter is finally making good on its promise to bolster anti-harassment measures.
Twitter is still shying away from tackling abuse head on.
Color vision is now just a few clicks away for the nearly 300 million people worldwide affected by colorblindness—as long as they have an iPhone.