Probashbangla24 online Desk : It didn’t take long for Apple to tackle some of the iPhone XS’ teething troubles. The company has released an iOS 12.0.1 update that, most notably, fixes a glitch that prevented the XS and XS Max from charging over a wired connection until you woke the screen. This didn’t affect everyone (yours…
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City size and structure may influence influenza epidemics
Probashbangla24 online Desk : A city itself influences the contours of its flu season – whether flu cases rise to a wintertime peak or plateau from fall to spring, new research suggests. Flu cases generally peak in winter in certain areas of the United States because the air is drier. That dryness helps the flu virus…
Rocket carrying Argentinian satellite takes off successfully
Probashbangla24 online Desk : A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried an Argentinian Earth-observation satellite into space Sunday and for the first time landed a first-stage booster back at its California launch site. The primary purpose of the mission was to place the SAOCOM 1A satellite into orbit, but SpaceX also wanted to expand its recovery of…
Microsoft pulled the Windows 10 update that has been deleting files
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Over the last couple of days, some users who went ahead and installed the Windows 10 October Update have complained that it deleted personal files in their documents folders. Microsoft hadn’t started pushing the update automatically via Windows Update yet, and it looks like that may be delayed since, as noticed by…
The Samsung Galaxy S10 will likely have a dedicated AI unit
Probashbangla24 online Desk : The AI race is a rather interesting one, mainly for its dynamic and multi-faceted nature. While most still tend to associate the term AI with voice assistants, their various quirks and hardly universal appeal, the tech industry, as a whole, has been making serious strides behind the scenes, optimizing all sorts of…
Scientists condemn professor’s ‘morally reprehensible’ talk
Probashbangla24 online Desk : More than 1,600 scientists have so far signed a statement condemning the remarks of the Italian researcher who stated that physics was “built by men”. Prof Alessandro Strumia presented an analysis to an audience of predominantly young female physicists which he claimed “proved” women were less capable at the subject than men.…
Facebook Messenger to soon get voice control
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Facebook is testing voice commands for chat and calls in its Messenger platform. According to a report in TechCrunch on Friday, the feature could soon let you use voice to dictate and send messages, initiate voice calls and create reminders. A Facebook Messenger spokesperson confirmed that Facebook is internally testing the voice…
Vietnam’s children and the fear of climate change
Probashbangla24 online Desk : One little girl draws a nightmarish picture of people calling for rescue as they drown in rising water. Another sketches a huge snake with sharp teeth to show the power and danger of flooding. These disturbing images are the work of children at a primary school in Can Tho province, a region…
A new ultrafast laser emits pulses of light 30 billion times a second
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Blazingly fast lasers have just leveled up. Ultrafast lasers emit short, rapid-fire bursts of light, with each pulse typically lasting tens of millionths of a billionth of a second. A new laser pulses 30 billion times a second — about 100 times as fast as most ultrafast lasers, researchers report in the…
Hubble and Kepler Reveal First Evidence of a Moon Outside Our Solar System
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Using NASA’s Hubble and Kepler space telescopes, astronomers have uncovered tantalizing evidence of what could be the first discovery of a moon orbiting a planet outside our solar system. This moon candidate, which is 8,000 light-years from Earth in the Cygnus constellation, orbits a gas-giant planet that, in turn, orbits a star…