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New Supercapacitor Tech May Help Charge Your Smartphone in Seconds: Study

HIGHLIGHTS It can majorly improve energy-storage devices called supercapacitors The design doubles the amount of electrical energy the device can hold Supercapacitors are a promising, green alternative to regular batteries You may soon be able to charge your smartphone within seconds, thanks to a novel technology developed by researchers that can significantly improve energy-storage devices known as supercapacitors. The design Read More


Know how many seconds it takes to hack a credit card

New Delhi: Hackers can take as less as six seconds to hack a laptop and an internet connection to access an individual’s Visa credit or debit card data. As per a new research published in the journal “IEEE Security and Privacy”, “distributed guessing attack” can succeed in breaching all the security features put in place to protect online payments from Read More


Brazil’s Neymar nets fastest Olympic goal ever at 15 seconds

Brazil’s Neymar has not yet won his country a gold medal, but on Wednesday he at least pocketed an Olympic record the fastest goal, at a dazzling 15 seconds into the game against overwhelmed Honduras. The semi-final had barely kicked off when Barcelona forward Neymar intercepted the ball, charged towards the Honduran side, tripped over the goalie and landed the Read More