Technology

Namita, Rejina to be conferred on Science Award Friday, August 16th, 2019

Employees urge Google not to work with US immigration officials Wednesday, August 14th, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO, (AFP): Hundreds of Google employees on Wednesday called on the internet titan to avoid working for US immigration officials until they stop "engaging in human rights abuses." A petition signed by more than 600 "Googlers" as of late afternoon was prompted by word that US Customs and..

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Mobile, internet use making postal office obsolete in Midwest Nepal Saturday, August 10th, 2019

RUKUM: With the growing use of internet and mobile phones, the postal service has shrunk remarkably in the district. Sending and receiving letters via postal offices has become obsolete after most of the people use mobile phone connected with internet for communications and information sharing...

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Nepal’s satellite NepaliSat-1 captures pictures of space Wednesday, August 7th, 2019

Subhanu Acharya, KATHMANDU: Nepal's first satellite named 'NepaliSat-1' launched into the space on April 17 has captured pictures of the sun and the earth. The photos were made public after the Education Ministry of Japan issued a permission two weeks ago. Nepali scientist Hariram Shrestha, who is..

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‘Criminal activities increased with increasing use of social sites’ Wednesday, July 31st, 2019

KATHMANDU: Nepal Police has said that number of criminal incidents in the country has increased along with the increasing use of social sites. The Nepal Police said this at an interaction organised by Metropolitan Police Circle, Maharajgunj, here on Wednesday. On the occasion, Chief of..

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Nepal’s Parliamentary committee picks members for Advertisement Regulation Board Tuesday, July 30th, 2019

KATHMANDU: Parliamentary committee on Development and Technology on Tuesday finalised the procurement of member selection to the ‘Advertisement Regulation Board’. Settling all the disputes among the lawmakers and stockholders, a meeting of the Development and Technology Committee today..

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Journalists investigating Russia targeted by cyberattacks: ProtonMail Saturday, July 27th, 2019

MOSCOW, (AFP): Reporters investigating Russian military intelligence have been targeted by highly sophisticated cyberattacks through their encrypted email accounts, with evidence suggesting Moscow was responsible, the email service provider ProtonMail and journalists said Saturday. The phishing..

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Nepal to host Global Media Summit-2020

KATHMANDU: Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Baskota on Saturday said Nepal would host the Global Media Summit-2020 coinciding with the Visit Nepal Year, 2020. "The Ministry will organise the Summit. Nepali media will become its partner," he said urging hotel and..

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Australian watchdog calls for controls on Facebook, Google Thursday, July 25th, 2019

SYDNEY, (AFP): Australia's competition watchdog on Friday recommended tighter controls on the use of personal data and measures to ease Facebook and Google's dominance of online advertising among a slew of measures to better police the internet giants. Intensifying the global drumbeat of calls to..

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FTC fines Facebook $5B, adds limited oversight on privacy Wednesday, July 24th, 2019

By MARCY GORDON and BARBARA ORTUTAY, WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators have fined Facebook $5 billion for privacy violations and are instituting new oversight and restrictions on its business. But they are only holding CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally responsible in a limited fashion. The fine..

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In lack of elbow room, Nepal Forensic Science Laboratory’s works affected Monday, July 22nd, 2019

KATHMANDU: In lack of own building or adequate space in the existing place, the staffers working at the Nepal Forensic Science Laboratory have grieved that they works were directly affected. The staffers are lacking adequate space to work in the Laboratory that was set up for analyzing and testing..

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China’s answer to Nasdaq set to begin trading Sunday, July 21st, 2019

SHANGHAI, (AFP): Trading begins Monday on a new Nasdaq-style technology board in Shanghai that represents one of China's most significant market reforms, and a potential weapon in its growing tech rivalry with the United States. Twenty-five stocks will debut on the Shanghai Stocks Exchange's..

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‘One giant leap’: US marks Apollo mission 50 years on Tuesday, July 16th, 2019

Leila Macor with Issam Ahmed in Washington, (AFP): Fifty years after a mighty rocket set off from Florida carrying the first humans to the Moon, a veteran of the Apollo 11 crew returned to its fabled launch pad Tuesday to commemorate "one giant leap" that became a defining moment in human..

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Twitter revamps website in bid to mimic mobile app Monday, July 15th, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO, (AFP): Twitter on Monday began rolling out an overhauled version of its website, making it more similar to the mobile version of the one-to-many messaging platform. The revamp to the Twitter page accessible on computer web browsers comes as the San Francisco-based company seeks to..

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India scrubs Moon mission launch one hour before liftoff Sunday, July 14th, 2019

SRIHARIKOTA, India, (AFP): India on Monday postponed the launch of a lunar probe less than an hour before blast-off because of a technical problem, delaying its bid to become only the fourth nation to land a spacecraft on the Moon. The Chandrayaan-2 -- or Moon Chariot 2 -- mission is part of..

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Facebook’s Libra currency under fire Saturday, July 13th, 2019

LONDON, (AFP): Facebook's planned virtual unit Libra, already under heavy attack from US President Donald Trump and global regulators, faces scepticism among the wider cryptocurrency community as well. One theme -- besides Brexit -- dominated discussion among the movers and shakers from London's..

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Nepal’s Forensic lab tests 6,000 samples in 11 months Tuesday, July 9th, 2019

KATHMANDU: Nepal's National Forensic Science Laboratory (NFSL) has carried out 6,520 sample tests in the first eleven months of the fiscal 2075/76 BS. The sample tests were undertaken in 1,770 cases the laboratory received from different agencies, the lab sources said. Birendra Raj Shakya, acting..

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Amazon, Microsoft wage war over the Pentagon’s ‘war cloud’

By MATT O'BRIEN, WASHINGTON, (AFP): Amazon and Microsoft are battling it out over a $10 billion opportunity to build the U.S. military its first “war cloud” computing system. But Amazon’s early hopes of a shock-and-awe victory may be slipping away. Formally called the Joint Enterprise..

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Nepal National Cyber Security Monitoring Centre established Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019

KATHMANDU: Nepal government has established a national cyber security monitoring centre at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Banskota inaugurated the centre at a function held here today. The centre aims..

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Tele communication services disrupted since a week Monday, July 1st, 2019

KATHMANDU: Tele-communication services remains disrupted in Chankheli Rural municipality in the southern part of the district for the past one week. Melchham, Darma, Sarkegad among other villages are out of contact with disruption of communication services. The ward-3 chair Sapana Aidi said that..

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