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Soon, Your Smartphone Could Be Your Passport

April 1, 2016 Srijitabe, Could, Passport, Smartphone, Soon, Your

Forgot your passport on way to the airport? Relax as De La Rue, a Britain-based commercial banknote printer and passport manufacturer, is working on a technology that can store “paperless passports” in smartphones. The technology would allow travellers to do without the booklets and switch to “paperless passports” that would act similar to mobile boarding cards enabling a tourist to travel through an airport without documents of any kind, the Telegraph reported. “Paperless passports are one of many initiatives that we are currently looking at, but at the moment it…

Kids Who Eat Two Breakfasts Are Less Likely to be Overweight

March 30, 2016 SrijitaAre, be, Breakfasts, Eat, Kids, Less, Likely, Overweight, to, Two, Who

A growing number of children are eating free breakfasts at school, but the push to provide morning meals for all children in low-income communities has long been accompanied by a concern that it might mean more kids end up eating a double breakfast, one at home and one at school, increasing their risk of obesity. A new study suggests that it is not children who indulge twice, but those who skip breakfast altogether, who are more likely to be overweight. In other words, two breakfasts appear to be better than…

FBI Says More Time Needed to Know if iPhone Can Be Unlocked

March 30, 2016 Srijitabe, Can, FBI, if, iPhone, Know, More, Needed, Says, Time, to, Unlocked

It will take at least two weeks to know whether an alternate method will unlock an encrypted iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, the head of the FBI’s Los Angeles office said Tuesday, adding that federal investigators think they have “a good shot.” Government officials were asked to file a status report in court about the alternate method by April 5 because that’s how long they think it will take to know if the method will unlock the phone without compromising the data it contains, said David…

Calcium Could Be the Answer to a Good Night’s Sleep

March 22, 2016March 22, 2016 Srijitaa, Answer, be, Calcium, Could, Good, Night's, Sleep, The, to

Calcium has been known long as good for our bones, but it might also be the key to a good night’s sleep, says a new study, unveiling a new theory how sleep works. The study showed that sleep depends on the activity of calcium inside neurons. Moreover, it was also revealed that a mechanism regulated by calcium ions is indeed responsible for controlling the sleep duration. The study, published in the journal Neuron, contributes to the understanding and treatment of sleep disorders like insomania and sleep apnea and other associated…

Freedom 251 Company’s Books to Be Scrutinised: Ravi Shankar Prasad

March 17, 2016 Srijita251, be, Books, Company's, Freedom, Prasad, Ravi, Scrutinised:, Shankar, to

The Directorate of Enforcement is investigating Ringing Bells, the company that launched the Freedom 251 for alleged contravention of FEMA. Besides, the Corporate Affairs Ministry has ordered scrutiny of the company’s books, while the Department of Electronics and IT (DeitY) is reviewing issues related to Freedom 251 smartphone, touted as world’s cheapest. Responding to queries related to the smartphone, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said: “The government through various departments is taking steps to protect the interest of consumers.” In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, he said a…

Meizu Pro 6 to Be Exclusively Powered by MediaTek Helio X25 SoC: Report

March 16, 2016 Srijita6, be, by, Exclusively, Helio, MediaTek, Meizu, Powered, Pro, Report, SoC:, to, X25

There has been buzz around the upcoming Meizu Pro 6 flagship smartphone which is said to sport a massive 6GB of RAM. Now, a new report says that Meizu has opted for MediaTek’s all-new Helio X25 chipset for the its Pro 6 flagship. Gizchina reports that MediaTek at an event in China announced that the new Helio X25 was co-developed with Meizu and will be exclusive to the Pro 6 flagship initially. The exact clock speed has not been revealed but the Helio X25 chipset is likely to be an…