Official posters of the candidates for the 2017 French presidential election, Emmanuel Macron, left, head of the political movement En Marche!, or Onwards!, and Marine Le Pen, of French National Front (FN), are displayed in Saint-Josse, northern France May 5, 2017. Credit: Benoit Tessier/Reuters On Sunday, French voters will choose between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron — politicians with Read More

MIT scientists have designed a new robotic system that can 3D print the basic structure of an entire building, an advance that would make building houses a faster, less expensive process. The building could also be completely customised to the needs of a particular site and the desires of its maker. Even the internal structure could be modified in new Read More

Ride-hailing service Uber Technologies Inc generated $6.5 billion (roughly Rs. 41,914 crores) in revenue last year and its gross bookings doubled to $20 billion (roughly Rs. 1,28,964 crores), the company said on Friday. Its adjusted net loss was $2.8 billion (roughly Rs. 18,054 crores), excluding the operation in China it sold last year, Uber said. As a private company, now Read More

During Wednesday’s matinee between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants infielder Eduardo Nunez was thrown out trying to steal second base in the bottom of the first inning. Although Nunez was originally called out, after an official review the call was reversed thanks to the latest in video technology. The play was studied numerous times in high definition Read More

Google on Tuesday announced that the company is introducing improved support for Indian languages in its products. After introducing support for machine-learning based translation for Hindi last month, the search giant has now extended its neural machine translation to 9 more Indian languages. The company has also extended its new translation technique’s support to Chrome browser’s built-in auto-translate functionality. Additionally, Read More

Apple has hired NASA augmented and virtual reality expert Jeff Norris, Bloomberg reports, to build AR and VR projects for the company. Norris apparently joined Apple’s augmented reality team earlier this year, Bloomberg says, as a senior manager reporting to former Dolby Labs executive Mike Rockwell. It’s not clear exactly what Norris will be doing at Apple, but Rockwell’s team Read More

Listen to the full show podcast for April 23rd Shout Outs Netgear’s Arlo security updated with rechargeable battery, alert siren Google is launching a new version of Google Earth next week TPG to build fourth mobile network in Australia with intent to cover 80% of the population Interviews Alfred Boyadgis This week on Life and Technology, Charlie spoke to CEO Read More

In a move that might come as a surprise to most of the tech industry, Google is reportedly planning to introduce an ad-blocking feature to its Chrome browser on both mobile and desktop platforms. While the search giant itself earns considerable revenue from advertising, people familiar with the matter believe that this move is expected to be made to keep Read More

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which was launched in 1997 and arrived at Saturn in 2004, is about to begin the final chapter of its remarkable story this month. On April 26, the spacecraft will make the first in a series of dives through the 2,400-kilometre gap between Saturn and its rings as part of the mission’s grand finale, NASA said. “No Read More

  At first glance, the Smarteefi SE315A Power Strip looks like any other spike buster, which is an under-appreciated but essential part of every PC user’s life. The average techie probably needs one in every room to have enough outlets for a smartphone, laptop, PC, router, etc. The Smarteefi, manufactured by Delhi-based startup CoreEmbedded Technologies, is an entry-level home automation Read More