The jump in the bitcoin rate and the growing popularity of crypto-currency led to a general craze for mining, which began to cause fears due to growing loads on the electricity grid. Some experts predict that at such rates of growth, by 2020, mining will consume the same amount of electricity as it...

Some personal computers and servers are exhibiting signs of slowdown after the use of software patches issued to offset threats against microchip security, said Microsoft Corp on Tuesday. The IT giant specifically pointed out to systems functional on older Intel Corp processors exhibiting a visible...

In what is being viewed as evidence of North Korea attempting to devise new and innovative ways of infusing its economy, researchers of a cybersecurity company claimed of discovering evidence of a software that seemingly installs a code aimed at mining cryptocurrency and after the virtual...

Hydrogen, which is colorless and odorless, is an energy carrier.   According to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, it is possible for hydrogen to store as well as deliver usable energy.   Hydrogen is required to be manufactured from...

The proposed implementation of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) within Europe is expected to cause a disruption in the data protection scenario and within companies from May next year.   Citizens and businesses would be impacted by the new directives and...

Our solar system was considered to be the one with the most number of known planets encircling a star within the Milky Way.   But NASA scientists have now discovered an eighth planet circling a distant star placed 2,500 light years away from Earth – names as Kepler 90. This makes the number...

If an Australian research turns out to be commercially viable, phone makers could be seen putting up advertisements that vouch for the unbreakable nature of the cover glasses and the goodness of their shatterproof devices.     If the Australian research comes out successful, glass...

The American research company International Data Group (IDG) has prepared a list of the ten most important high-tech events of 2017. The rating includes industrial events, such as release of the new iPhone, the new Intel Xeon Scalable processors or the global attack of the extortion virus, and the...

According to an online report, for powering its self-driving technology, its own custom made artificial intelligence (AI) chips is being planned to by developed by Tesla, the U.S. electric car leader.   `"Tesla is serious about AI, both on the software and hardware fronts. We are developing...