TECHNOLOGY

Phishing alert: Beware of suspicious emails or texts from Netflix scammers

Scammers are targeting Netflix users with fake emails claiming account issues, tricking them into entering personal and payment details through fraudulent links. Hyderabad: Online scams have been around for a long time, but with advancing technology, scammers are becoming more sophisticated in their tactics. They often impersonate well-known services and platforms to deceive users. One of their latest targets is Netflix. Scammers are sending fake emails that claim, “Your account is on hold. Please update your payment details.” These emails contain fraudulent links designed to steal users’ personal and payment information. If users click the link and enter their details, they unknowingly fall into the scammers’ trap. ”If you get an email or text message (SMS) asking for your Netflix account…

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Private lunar lander runs into trouble and may have fallen over

Hours after the landing, Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus said there was conflicting data about how Athena landed and whether it was on its side Cape Canaveral: A privately owned lunar lander touched down on the moon with a drill, drone and rovers for NASA and other customers Thursday, but quickly ran into trouble and may have fallen over. Intuitive Machines said it was uncertain whether its Athena lander was upright near the moon’s south pole — standing 15 feet tall — or lying sideways like its first spacecraft from a year ago. Controllers rushed to turn off some of the lander’s equipment to conserve power while trying to determine what went wrong. It was the second moon landing this week by a Texas company under NASA’s commercial lunar delivery programme. Sunday’s touchdown was a…

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Apple launches iPad Air with powerful M3 chip, new Magic Keyboard

According to the company, iPad Air with M3 brings Apple’s advanced graphics architecture to iPad Air for the first time taking its incredible combination of power-efficient performance and portability to a new level Cupertino (California): Apple on Tuesday introduced the faster, more powerful iPad Air with the M3 chip and built for Apple Intelligence. According to the company, iPad Air with M3 brings Apple’s advanced graphics architecture to iPad Air for the first time taking its incredible combination of power-efficient performance and portability to a new level. “With iPadOS 18, support for Apple Intelligence, advanced cameras, fast wireless 5G connectivity, and compatibility with Apple Pencil Pro and Apple Pencil (USB-C), the new iPad Air offers an unrivaled experience,” said the company. “iPad…

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Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore to return to Earth soon

Sunita Williams has told Elon Musk during a recent call to dump the International Space Station in two years, rather than waiting until NASA’s  projected de-orbit in 2031 Cape Canaveral: NASA’s two stuck astronauts are just a few weeks away from finally returning to Earth after nine months in space. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have to wait until their replacements arrive at the International Space Station next week before they can check out later this month. They’ll be joined on their SpaceX ride home by two astronauts who launched by themselves in September alongside two empty seats. During a news conference, Wilmore said that while politics is part of life, it did not play into his and Williams’ return, moved up a couple weeks thanks to a change in SpaceX capsules. President Donald Trump…

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Find out how radio astronomers contribute in mapping the universe

Radio astronomers can study emissions from gas giant planets, blasts from the hearts of galaxies, or even precisely ticking signals from a dying star. In simple words, radio astronomers see what the naked eye can’t Hyderabad: A telescope such as Hubble or James Webb shows us — what is seen with eyes. And most of us are familiar with optical light astronomy and what it reveals about these objects. Visible light — also known as optical light — is what we see with our eyes, however, visible light doesn’t tell the whole story. Our universe is mysterious in hundreds and thousands of ways. There’s a hidden universe out there, radiating at wavelengths and frequencies we can’t see with our eyes. Each…

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Telecom gear major Nokia exporting up to 70 pc of its production from India

On Wednesday, the company announced to support Vodafone Idea with its latest 5G and 4G baseband and radio modules as the operator is gearing up for the phased rollout of 5G services in key markets New Delhi: Telecom gear major Nokia is now exporting up to 70 per cent of its production from India, in a further boost to the “Make in India” initiative. According to Tarun Chhabra, Senior Vice President and Country Head, Nokia (India), the company’s export varies from 30 per cent to 70 per cent and last year, exports stood at 50 per cent, chiefly radio equipment. On Wednesday, the company announced to support Vodafone Idea with its latest 5G and 4G baseband and radio modules as the operator is gearing up for…

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Tech giants line up with their best at Mobile World Congress 2025. Here’s what to expect

Union Minister for Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia will unveil the curtain raiser of India Mobile Congress 2025 and inaugurate the ‘Bharat Pavilion’ at the MWC Hyderabad: Tech giants have lined up some of their best and most groundbreaking technology at the ongoing Mobile World Congress 2025, one of the world’s largest and most influential technology and telecommunications events, in Spain’s Barcelona. The three-day event, which began on March 3, has already seen China’s Xiaomi and Finnish company HMD giving a glimpse of their new smartphones. Many others including Google, Samsung, LG, Qualcomm, Lenovo, Nvidia, AMD, Meta, and Sony, are set to unveil their latest products. The topics of this year’s MWC are Generative AI, smart cities, 5G IoT, security and eSIM. According…

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Osmania University researchers discover Sri Lankan endemic bat species

OU scientists discover new bat species from Sri Lanka The newly discovered species, named Hipposideros srilankaensis, is endemic to Sri Lanka Hyderabad: Their unending fascination for bats has helped the Osmania University scientists discover a new species of bat in Sri Lanka. An international researchers’ team led by Dr. Bhargavi Srinivasulu from the OU identified a new species of leaf-nosed bat, named Hipposideros srilankaensis, which is endemic to Sri Lanka. This discovery, along with the taxonomic revision of the South Asian allies of Hipposideros galeritus, has been published in the international taxonomy journal Zootaxa. The research, conducted in collaboration with bat biologists from Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand under the stewardship of Prof. C Srinivasulu of OU, is the culmination of over a…

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OpenAI releases GPT-4.5, its best model for chat yet. Here is what it promises

ChatGPT Pro users will be able to select GPT-4.5 in the model picker on web, mobile and desktop New Delhi: OpenAI has released research preview of GPT-4.5 ”its largest and best model for chat yet” for ChatGPT Pro users and developers worldwide. ChatGPT Pro users will be able to select GPT-4.5 in the model picker on web, mobile and desktop. ”We will begin rolling out to Plus and Team users next week, then to Enterprise and Edu users the following week,” said the US-based OpenAI. According to the Sam Altman-run company, GPT-4.5 is a step forward in scaling up pre-training and post-training. By scaling unsupervised learning, GPT-4.5 improves its ability to recognise patterns, draw connections, and generate creative insights without reasoning.…

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Instagram users complain of sudden flood of violent and graphic content; Meta ‘fixes error’

Users had raised concerns over the extensive push of violent and graphic content being recommended on their personal “Reels” page. Several took to social media platforms to talk about the sudden influx of such content on their Instagram pages Hyderabad: Meta, on Thursday, confirmed that it had “fixed the error” that resulted in a flood of violent posts and graphic content on their actively used social media platform Instagram. The move came after many users raised concerns over the extensive push of violent and graphic content being recommended on their personal “Reels” page. Several users took to social media platforms to talk about the sudden influx of such content on their Instagram pages. “We have fixed an error that caused some…

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