Wikimedia Researchers in Australia have discovered a new type of fungi that can not only detect gold, but pull it onto itself. The gold digging fungi could provide a new way to excavate gold without actually having to drill below the surface. The gold doesn’t just make the fungi shiny but allows it grow faster and spread larger than its counterparts. Fungi is already known as nature’s great recycler, but a new discovery shows that it could be the new-age gold digger as well. A new type of...

Flipkart is banned from selling GOQii products on its site over deep discounting. The Walmart-owned enterprise earlier deemed these accusations to be ‘baseless’. Tech giants were hoping to seek clarifications over the new e-commerce rules after the elections ended in India. The country’s new government is likely to continue keeping an eye on the foreign players for any more violations. The Indian government is serious about implementing its new e-commerce rules as Walmart-owned Flipkart just...

Google spent four years and $10 million to claim that there is “no evidence whatsoever” of cold fusion on Earth. Scientists claimed to have cracked the conundrum thirty years ago, only to be debunked but credited with conducting one of science’s most controversial experiments. Lead author of the study maintains that, “This is what we are supposed to do as scientists.” Google leaves no stone unturned, even when it comes to cold fusion — a theory that was shunned 30 years ago. Researchers at...

Elon Musk’s Starlink project’s ‘satellite train’ is spotted in the skies all over the world. Those same shiny lights are also causing trouble for Musk as astronomers allege that the satellites are blocking out the view of outer space. Musk responded on Twitter saying that Starlink will have "0% impact on advancement in astronomy". People around the world have been gearing up to watch Space X’s Starlink ‘ satellite train’ whip across the sky. Astronomers, on the other hand, are rallying...

Sundar Pichai, the CEO of tech giant, just passed up cashing in his stock award for this financial year. By the time Alphabet, Google's parent company, revises Pichai's salary later this year -- the stock will no longer be unvested. The decision has sparked rumours around Pichai's departure from Google. Sundar Pichai, the CEO of tech giant Google, has uncharacteristically refused stock options worth $58.1 million given by the company. The man running one of the largest tech companies in the...