Friday, 30 June 2017

Extremely fine measurements of motion in orbiting supermassive black holes

Approximately 750 million light years from Earth lies a gigantic, bulging galaxy with two supermassive black holes at its center. These are among the largest black holes ever found, with a combined mass 15 billion times that of the sun. New research from Stanford University, published June 27 in Astrophysical Journal, has used long-term observation to show that one of the black holes seems to be orbiting around the other.

Strange 'sea pickles' keep washing ashore along the Pacific Coast

There are strange sea creatures known as sea pickles invading the Pacific Northwest. These gelatinous and somewhat translucent organisms, called pyrosomes, have been seen congregating, sometimes by the thousands, close to shore from Northern California up to southeast Alaska clogging fishing nets and washing up on beaches, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Experts say that this year, the critters are appearing in very high numbers outside the normal range of the species.

Tuesday, 27 June 2017

Apple's AR Kit shows promising capabilities in the hands of developers

Apple introduced its Augmented Reality Kit (ARKit) at WWDC 2017, and developers are demonstrating the capabilities of the platform. The kit allows developers to create applications that draw 2D and 3D shapes over real world environments. The AR Kit analyses the scene, combines that with data from the motion tracking sensors on the device, to allow developers to create AR experiences. These are some early projects from developers using the ARKit.

Amazon Echo Show vs. Apple iPad: which is the better kitchen computer?

Amazons new Echo Show is shipping this week, giving yet another platform for Alexa to exist on. The Echo Show is a lot like prior Echo devices in that you can control it entirely with your voice and it can hear you from across the room. But the Show is the first Amazon Alexa device with a screen, giving it a number of new capabilities. You can read our full review for more on whats good and not so good about it.

Monday, 26 June 2017

Serena Williams: John McEnroe believes she would struggle on men's circuit

Serena Williams would struggle to be in the world's top 700 if she was on the men's circuit, according to seven-time Grand Slam champion John McEnroe. And the male player, ranked 701 in the world, believes he could beat her too. Speaking to US radio station NPR, McEnroe said of world number one Williams, who has won an Open-era record 23 Grand Slams: "If she played the men's circuit she'd be, like, 700 in the world."

Wednesday, 14 June 2017

Add Extra Security to Nginx to Stop Clickjacking & XSS protection

Clickjacking is easy to implement. There are a lot of XSS example code in the web. So any one with little understanding of WEB can attack your site with these things. We can use Nginx to stop most of the Continue reading

Add Extra Security to Nginx to Stop Clickjacking & XSS protection

Clickjacking is easy to implement. There are a lot of XSS example code in the web. So any one with little understanding of WEB can attack your site with these things. We can use Nginx to stop most of the Continue reading

Monday, 5 June 2017

OnePlus 2 will no longer receive Android Nougat; software support discontinued

Released two years back, the company had earlier promised that this flagship device will be able to get latest Android Nougat update in it. Now, by breaking this promise, it has disappointed all OnePlus 2 users. The company has already categorized this OnePlus 2 smartphone as a dated device with only life support even before it reaches the two-year support mark.