ets Now | Oct 30, 2016, 02.54 PM IST Modern-day laptops (and by extension, desktops) are immensely complicated machines, comprised of innumerable electronic circuits, wires, chips and then some more. Naturally, all of these components require varying amount of (electrical) energy to do their work. So it’s really important that a laptop’s battery is able to provide sufficient backup to Read More

Tired of working for hours at a stretch and need some break? Or maybe have way too much spare time to kill? Then we may have something interesting for you. Here are 10 wacky Google Chrome extensions which will definitely help you waste some time and in the process, have a little fun. Try them all. Mustachio If you have Read More

 BENGALURU: Tech startups are tying up with brick-and-mortar publishing houses to use augmented and virtual reality to bring textbooks and lessons to life. Ever sat through a class where the teacher droned on about the Great Barrier Reef, while you wished you could be transported to its colourful corals that are home to countless sea creatures? Or maybe drifted off Read More

/ 6 5 best free software to speed up your PC, laptop Is your Windows PC running a little slowly? It’s not your imagination: over time hard drives accumulate all kinds of things that slow things down. Software can’t solve obsolescence – if your computer is struggling to meet the system requirements for your OS or apps that need more Read More

BOSTON: Scientists have created a “Nightmare Machine” — an artificial intelligence system that can understand what makes certain images frightening, and tranform harmless-looking images into stuff of nightmares. The primary reason for building Nightmare Machine was to explore the common fear inspired by intelligent computers, said researchers including Pinar Yanardag from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab. They wanted Read More

LONDON: Parents, take note! Kids who use smartphonesor tablets at bedtime may be at over twice the risk of having inadequate sleep, which may lead to various health issues such as obesity and poor diet, a new study has found. Researchers from Cardiff University in the UK, comprised a systematic review of 20 existing observational studies, involving 1,25,198 children, also Read More

Check out these flashy speakers that are a mix of extreme engineering and unreal aesthetics — perfect to jazz up your festive fervour. 2 / 7 KEF Blade This is the world’s first single apparent source speaker — the production version of the Concept Blade project KEF revealed in 2009. Its sonic capabilities as well as the futuristic design are Read More

NEW DELHI: Microsoft made a big hardware push at its October 26 NYC event. The company announced its first-ever showcased AIO, update to Surface Book and a bunch of new accessories for laptops and desktops including the new Surface Dial. Some of the other accessories launched are Surface Ergonomic Keyboard, Surface Keyboard, Surface Mouse and three new keyboard cover for Read More

W DELHI: Google launched the much-anticipated Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones at its October 4 keynote event held at San Francisco. With Pixel, Google has given a break to its ‘Nexus’ lineup, streamlining the naming scheme for all its devices. Although pixel has been crafted by HTC, they are the first to come without any OEM branding. Pixel and Pixel Read More

If you believe everything you see on reality TV, working as a celebrity stylist is a dawn-to-dusk whirlwind of venti coffee cups and designer shoes. In reality-reality, though, the journey to the red carpet starts weeks or months in advance, with atelier visits and hours of fittings. Celebrity stylist Christina Pacelli reveals what it takes to make one perfect red-carpet Read More