Sagittarius A* (pronounced Sagittarius A Star), the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way, is spinning in an unusual way, and scientists now believe they may know why. Based on new data from the Event Horizon Telescope, researchers suggest that this cosmic giant likely merged with another black hole billions of years…
New research suggests that a powerful El Niño cycle, fuelled by a massive release of carbon dioxide, may have contributed to Earth’s largest mass extinction around 250 million years ago, during the end of the Permian period. Volcanic eruptions in what is now Siberia caused enormous amounts of carbon dioxide to enter the atmosphere, resulting…
Vivo X200 and Vivo X200 Pro will reportedly be unveiled at a launch event scheduled on October 14, and the company’s purported handsets have now surfaced on a Chinese certification website. The Vivo X200 Pro has also been spotted in a listing on Geekbench, with evidence that it will be powered by a flagship-grade Dimensity…
EU antitrust officials are considering ordering Alphabet’s Google to end anti-competitive practices in its adtech business, but will not order a breakup as they had previously warned, people with direct knowledge of the matter said. European Union regulators are due to issue a decision with a hefty fine in the coming months after antitrust chief…
Vivo V40e will soon be launched in India by the Chinese smartphone manufacturer, according to a report. The handset is expected to arrive as the latest addition to the company’s V-series, joining the Vivo V40 Pro and standard Vivo V40 models. The firm is yet to announce any details of the smartphone, even though it…
Samsung, Xiaomi and other smartphone companies colluded with Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart to exclusively launch products on the e-commerce firms’ Indian websites in breach of antitrust laws, according to regulatory reports seen by Reuters. Antitrust investigations conducted by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) have found that Amazon and Flipkart violated local competition laws by…
iPhone 16 series is now available to pre-order in India, which means that customers can pay a token amount in advance to reserve the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max before they go on sale in the country on September 20. Authorised third party retailers have already announced…
iPhone 16 series was unveiled by the company earlier this week at the company’s latest hardware launch event, and Apple’s latest handsets are equipped with a dedicated touch sensitive button called ‘Camera Control’ that allows users to quickly launch the camera and modify various settings before taking a photo. A week before the iPhone 16…
Elon Musk’s X social media platform is unlikely to be subjected to landmark EU tech rules which aim to rein in the power of Big Tech because it does not meet the rules’ gatekeeper criteria, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday. The European Commission in May opened an investigation into…
Redmi 14R has been launched in China and the latest budget smartphone from the Xiaomi subsidiary is equipped with a Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 chipset, along with up to 8GB of RAM and up to 256GB of inbuilt storage. The phone runs on Android 14 and comes with Xiaomi’s HyperOS skin on top. It packs…