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San Francisco, Nov 12: Facebook accidentally declared its founder Mark Zuckerberg and many other users dead, acknowledging after fixing the problem that it had committed a "terrible error." "For a brief period today, a message meant for memorialized profiles was mistakenly posted to other accounts," a Facebook spokesperson told AFP. "This was a terrible error that we have now fixed." Media reports...

Beijing, Nov 10: China on Thursday launched a navigation satellitewhich will conduct in-orbit experiments using pulsar detectors to demonstrate new technologies. The X-ray pulsar navigation satellite, weighing more than 200 kilogrammes, was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the country's northwest. It was carried by a Long March-11 rocket, the 239th flight mission by a Long...

Donald Trump has become America's first billionaire businessman to serve as president. But he is following in the footsteps of other moguls who have jumped into the political fray elsewhere in the world. The track record for these businessmen-turned-political leaders is decidedly mixed. Some have translated their private sector acumen into success in government. Others had tenures marked by...

Udupi, Nov 8: The Karnataka Muslim Parishath has taken exception to Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje’s allegation that Urban Development, Haj and Wakf Minister R. Roshan Baig was involved in the murder of RSS activist Rudresh, which took place at Shivaji Nagar in Bengaluru on October 16, stating that she had made the allegation without giving any proof.

Kasaragod, Nov 8: Three days after a woman endosulfan victim committed suicide at Mullaria near here, one more endosulfan victim from the district died on Monday. K. Narayani, 56, wife of the late Appukuttan, of Thadathil locality in Pullur village died at the Pariyaram Medical College hospital in Kannur, sources here said. Narayani, who had been undergoing treatment for cancer, figured on the...

Berlin, Nov 6: A new Guinness World Record has been set for the most Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) flying simultaneously, as 500 drones performed a flawless routine together and put on the spectacular light show in Germany. The record challenge featured a new UAV, weighing just 280 grammes and electrically operated with a rotor for flying, specifically designed for putting on dramatic lightshows...

Gjilan/Kosovo, Nov 6: Sports car enthusiast Driton Selmani always wanted some hot wheels but couldn't afford them. What he did have, however, was a workshop and a talent for bending and welding metal. So he set out to build himself a "Lamborghini." Selmani, from the eastern Kosovo town of Gjilan, used a secondhand Mitsubishi Eclipse, the engine of 3.0-liter Mitsubishi Galant and other car parts to...

Washington, Nov 5: Playing games on internet is not as addictive as gambling, says a new study. The study by Oxford University is the first of its kind that has tried to measure the scale of gaming addiction in the general population using symptoms of 'internet gaming disorder' as defined by the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Researchers from the University's Oxford Internet Institute...

Thrissur, Nov 4: Thrissur Principal District Sessions Court on Thursday sentenced Tony Wadakkunchery, alias Thomas, 53, of Kallur to 40 years of rigorous imprisonment in the Kochupaul murder case. Kochupaul, 73, of Thumbur, near Irinjalakuda, was hacked to death by his brother’s son Tony on November 16, 2011. Tony decamped with 45 gm of gold kept under the pillow of Kochupaul. Principal District...

New Delhi, Nov 4: Demand for mobile plans with unlimited video and TV streaming facility is very high in India, shows a study conducted by telecom gearmaker Ericsson across 24 countries. "A mobile subscription plan that allows affordable streaming of TV and video content on a mobile device - with reasonable video quality and without having to ration data - is of great interest to 40 per cent of...