Technology

Microsoft launches $25M program to use AI for disabilities Monday, May 7th, 2018

NASA launches InSight spacecraft to Mars to dig down deep Saturday, May 5th, 2018

By MARCIA DUNN, CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A robotic geologist armed with a hammer and quake monitor rocketed toward Mars on Saturday, aiming to land on the red planet and explore its mysterious insides. In a twist, NASA launched the Mars InSight lander from California rather than Florida’s..

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Technology gains help US stocks cancel out early losses Friday, May 4th, 2018

By MARLEY JAY, NEW YORK (AP) — Modest gains for technology companies have helped U.S. stocks recover almost all of an early loss Thursday. Major indexes are little changed as banks fall along with interest rates and weak first-quarter results hit several health care companies. Tesla is skidding..

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Is your child hooked to mobile? High time to wean off the child from this bad habit Wednesday, April 25th, 2018

Gautam Buddha Bajracharya, KATHMANDU: Do you think children's using mobile (smart) phone is the trend of time and you are allowing your children hooked to smart phone? If yes, be aware as overuse of mobile phones by children may cause various health complications, besides the obvious eye problems...

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Govt. starts carrying out financial transactions thru digital system

KATHMANDU: The government has started carrying out financial transactions through the digital system from today. The government started financial transactions through digital system as per the policy to carrying out works of all government offices through digital system by optimal utilization of..

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Audit clears Facebook despite Cambridge Analytica leaks Friday, April 20th, 2018

NEW YORK (AP): An audit of Facebook’s privacy practices for the Federal Trade Commission found no problems even though the company knew at the time that a data-mining firm improperly obtained private data from millions of users — raising questions about the usefulness of such audits. Facebook..

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DoCR launches information system to systematize SSA scheme Tuesday, April 17th, 2018

KATHMANDU: The Department of Civil Registration (DoCR) has launched an information system to systematise the social security allowance (SSA) scheme. According to Department's social security section section's officer Sabitra Basnet, names of scheme beneficiaries have been entered into the system...

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I am sorry: Zuckerberg faces congressional inquisition Tuesday, April 10th, 2018

WASHINGTON (AP): After privately assuring senators that his company will do better, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is undergoing a two-day congressional inquisition that will be very public — and possibly pivotal for the massive social networking company he created. Zuckerberg visited with..

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Facebook users to learn if they were part of privacy scandal Monday, April 9th, 2018

NEW YORK (AP): Get ready to find out if your Facebook data has been swept up in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Starting Monday, the 87 million users who might have had their data shared with Cambridge Analytica will get a detailed message on their news feeds. Facebook says most of the affected..

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Facebook says it should have audited Cambridge Analytica Friday, April 6th, 2018

NEW YORK (AP): Facebook’s No. 2 executive says the company should have conducted an audit after learning that a political consultancy improperly accessed user data nearly three years ago. Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg told NBC’s “Today” show that at the time, Facebook received..

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Facebook use during office time restricted Saturday, March 24th, 2018

JAJARKOT: The Bheri municipality has restricted facebook use during office time.  A meeting of municipality held on Friday banned the use of social networking site, facebook, saying that more engagement on facebook during office time would affect daily performance of employees, shared Deputy Chief..

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Fed up with Facebook? Here’s how to break it off Thursday, March 22nd, 2018

By BARBARA ORTUTAY, NEW YORK (AP): Fed up with Facebook? You’re not alone. A growing number of people are deleting it, or at least wrestling with whether they should, in light of its latest privacy debacle — allegations that a Trump-linked data-mining firm stole information on tens of millions..

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App developer says he is scapegoat in Facebook data row

SANFRANCISCO, (AFP): The academic behind an app that harvested data from millions of Facebook users said Wednesday he was being scapegoated in an online privacy row that has rocked the world's biggest social network. British data firm Cambridge Analytica and Facebook are accused of improperly..

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Facebook critics want regulation, investigation after data misuse Sunday, March 18th, 2018

David Ingram, SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters): Facebook Inc faced new calls for regulation from within U.S. Congress and was hit with questions about personal data safeguards on Saturday after reports a political consultant gained inappropriate access to 50 million users’ data starting in 2014. Facebook..

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Black holes dissolving like aspirin: How Hawking changed physics Wednesday, March 14th, 2018

(AFP): When Stephen Hawking postulated in the mid-1970s that black holes leak radiation, slowly dissolving like aspirin in a glass of water, he overturned a core tenet of the Universe. Ever since Albert Einstein published his theory of general relativity in 1915, predicting the existence of black..

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Amazon’s Initiative: Digital Assistants, Home Surveillance and Data

It says a lot that societies who are still part of what is rather weakly called the free world could do this. Technology, viewed as emancipating and rewarding, can actually introduce different chains and shackles, becoming repellent and self-defeating. The field of privacy is one such precarious..

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Nepal starts the work to harmonize legislation on cybercrime and electronic evidence with international standards Thursday, March 8th, 2018

KATHMANDU: The Attorney General’s Office of Nepal, together with the Council of Europe, organized a 3 day workshop in Kathmandu to discuss how to improve national cybercrime laws in the light of international standards, and strengthen criminal justice response to cybercrime challenges. The..

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EU aims to tax internet giants at ‘two to six percent’: France Sunday, March 4th, 2018

PARIS, (AFP): The EU will soon unveil a plan for taxing major internet companies like Amazon and Facebook by imposing a levy of two to six percent on revenues in every country where they operate, French finance minister Bruno Le Maire said Sunday. "The range will be from two to six percent; but..

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Dyson shifts up a gear with electric car hub Thursday, March 1st, 2018

LONDON, (AFP): James Dyson, the Brexit-backing billionaire behind the vacuum cleaners that bear his name, is establishing a new UK research hub as he shifts up a gear in his drive into electric cars. Dyson, speaking to AFP as his company published soaring profits on booming Asian sales, outlined..

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German court could open way to bans on diesel cars Wednesday, February 21st, 2018

FRANKFORT, (AFP): One of Germany's top courts will decide Thursday whether some diesel vehicles can be banned from parts of cities like Stuttgart and Duesseldorf to reduce air pollution, a possible landmark judgement for the "car nation". Eyes have turned to the Federal Administrative Court in..

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