A binary star system is a pair of stars gravitationally bound and orbiting a common centre of mass. In 2004, David Ramm at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand spotted a mysterious repeating signal while observing the motion of a pair of stars in a system called Nu Octantis. The signal hinted that a…
Glowing faintly on the Milky Way’s outskirts, astronomers have found a nearly perfect spherical relic of a supernova, challenging accepted knowledge of stellar explosions. Apart from its terrible symmetry, the orb, G305.4–2.2 or “Telios”—Greek for “perfect”—is confusing in terms of size and distance. Captured on radio pictures from the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP),…
Opera Neon, the company’s latest artificial intelligence (AI) agent-powered browser, was unveiled on Tuesday. The Norwegian tech giant said that the new browser experience was being developed for the agentic web, and it reimagines how a browser looks and functions. It is focused on building AI-powered agentic workflows that either work alongside the user or…
Xiaomi released its financial results for the first quarter of the current year on Wednesday, reporting an unaudited consolidated revenue of Rs. 1.31 lakh crore for the January–March period. This marks the second consecutive quarter in which the company has surpassed the Rs. 1.2 lakh crore milestone. Compared to the same quarter in the previous…
Airtel has updated an existing International Roaming (IR) plan for postpaid users in India. The Rs. 2,999 roaming plan, which comes with a validity of 10 days, offers unlimited data access but with an FUP limit of 5GB. However, Airtel has now doubled the high-speed data usage limit within the plan. Users opting for the…
Anthropic is finally adding Voice Mode capability to its Claude chatbot. On Tuesday, the artificial intelligence (AI) firm announced the rollout of the real-time two-way voice conversation feature, which will be available in Claude’s mobile apps. Similar to its recently released web search feature, the company is late to the voice mode party, with major…
Apple is testing a high-resolution camera sensor for one of its future iPhone models, as per a prominent tipster. However, the tipster does not reveal much aside from the fact that the Cupertino-based tech giant is testing a 200-megapixel camera. It is expected to be a part of the higher-end Pro models. We do not…
CMF by Nothing’s first phone, the CMF Phone 1, caught everyone’s attention by bringing innovations to the sub-Rs. 20,000 price segment and a new modular concept. The phone was praised for its quirky design, stable performance, minimal software experience, and ability to use different rear panels, bringing fresh air to this segment. Now, the company…
Asus on Monday launched several gaming desktops and all-in-one (AIO) PCs in India. The Asus TUF Gaming T500 and ROG G700 desktops cater to gamers, equipped with up to Intel Core Ultra 9 processors and up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Prime GPUs. Meanwhile, the new Asus V440VA and V470VA AIO PCs, part of the…
Sony kicked off its annual Days of Play promotion on Wednesday, bringing discounts on PS5 consoles, games and accessories in select regions. The event will last from May 28 to June 11 and will also feature discounts on hundreds of digital games and add-ons on the PlayStation Store. In India, the Days of Play sale…