New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) As the world went gaga over the overall value of all cryptocurrencies surpassing the $1 trillion mark and Bitcoin crossing the $40,000 mark, the cryptocurrency saw its sharpest fall since September last year, hitting under $30,000 this week and hovering around $31,000 on Friday.

London, Jan 22 (IANS) Lonely adults aged 50 and over reported an average of two worsening depressive and other mental health symptoms during the Covid-19 lockdown, a new study suggests.

Lucknow, Jan 22 (IANS) 'Survey of India', the oldest scientific institution of the government of India, is making digital maps of villages with the help of drones for the first time. Through the digital mapping, Rural Residential Rights Record would be prepared in nearly 82,000 villages of the state. In the process villagers would be able to access records of every village and every house built in the village.

Beijing, Jan 22 (IANS) Sending a strong signal that scrutiny is tightening for the country's two major digital payment platforms, Tencent's WeChat Pay and Ant Group's Alipay, China's central bank has unveiled draft rules for non-banking payment institutions.

Sydney/New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) The News Media Bargaining Code has started a bitter war between Google/Facebook and the Australian government, with Google threatening to pull its Search engine from the country.

San Francisco, Jan 22 (IANS) US data storage company Seagate Technology surpassed market expectation as the company posted revenue of $2.62 billion for its fiscal second quarter ended January 1, 2021.

New York, Jan 22 (IANS) Having friends in life is important as they give us both emotional support and practical advice, whenever needed. A new study now suggests that prioritising friendship is also associated with many health and well-being benefits.

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Amid speculations that South Korean tech giant LG may pull out of the mobile phone business, the company on Friday unveiled the LG K42 smartphone in India.

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) As the competition for headphones get fierce, with Apple now joining the fray with its over-the-ear hearable, Sony has launched updated headphones in India named Sony WH-1000XM4 which are successor to WH-1000XM3.

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Encrypted messaging app Signal that has seen a surge in new sign-ups has introduced several features in its upcoming update that already exist in WhatsApp in an apparent bid to woo more users from the Facebook-owned messaging platform.

San Francisco, Jan 22 (IANS) Incoming Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger who is taking over from Bob Swan, has said that the majority of the company's 2023 products should be manufactured internally.

Beijing, Jan 22 (IANS) Alibaba Group's online marketplace Tmall Global has announced a string of service solutions to facilitate overseas small and medium-sized companies to open stores on its platform.

Jaipur, Jan 22 (IANS) Rajasthan has launched the unique night sky tourism in Jaipur that will be free of cost.

London, Jan 22 (IANS) If your child is fully vegan, then there are chances that they may have a lower level of vitamin D, a new study suggests.

Washington, Jan 22 (IANS) NASA has loaned a Moon rock for display in the Oval Office of the White House at the request of the Joe Biden administration.

San Francisco, Jan 22 (IANS) Streaming giant Netflix is gearing up to officially introduce the "Shuffle Play" feature in the first half of this year, the media reported.

San Francisco, Jan 22 (IANS) Nokia on Friday announced that it has been selected as a technology provider and collaborator by the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) 5G Cybersecurity project in the US.

London, Jan 22 (IANS) If you love having plants at home, then there is a good news for you as a new study suggests that plants at home can keep you mentally healthy.

San Francisco, Jan 22 (IANS) Intel posted better than expected results in the fourth quarter as revenue hit $20 billion while full-year revenue for 2020 set an all-time record of $77.9 billion, up eight per cent year-on-year.

Beijing, Jan 22 (IANS) Honor has launched its first phone called V40 5G in China since the company officially separated from its parent company Huawei.

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Alphabet, the parent company of Google, on Friday announced to shut down its Internet balloon firm Loon.

London, Jan 22 (IANS) Parents, take note. An adverse upbringing often impairs people's health in their adult years, especially for couples who have both had similar experiences leading to 'unfavourable living situation', a new study suggests.

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) The popular automated transcription service Otter.ai can now transcribe Google Meet calls in real time with a new Chrome extension.

San Francisco, Jan 22 (IANS) In a bid to combat the spread of misinformation in the wake of January 6 Capitol Hill riots, several Democratic lawmakers have sent letters to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, directing them to make sweeping changes to stop the radicalisation of their platforms.

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) The CBI has registered a case against UK-based Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research Limited in a case of alleged illegal harvest of personal data of 5.62 lakh Indian Facebook users.