Sci & Tech

The results for the Ph.D. preliminary examinations were released on the website of the National Educational Assessment Organization (Sanjesh Organization) on Monday.Hossein Tavakoli, a top…

Over 3,500 knowledge-based firms and several thousand startups are operating in Iran. The revenue of these companies during the last fiscal which ended in March surpassed 600 trillion rials ($14…

Mobile phone imports hit an all-time high and ranked among the top ten most imported items into Iran, during the last Iranian year which ended in March.

Telecoms Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi took to Instagram to give ear to the growing concerns of the public regarding the proposed ban on Telegram, the popular communications app with…

A two-year study of Android security updates by Security Research Labs has revealed a distressing gap between the software patches Android companies claim to have on their devices and the ones…

At the recent Sega Festival 2018 event in Tokyo, Sega unveiled the new palm-sized Mega Drive Mini with plans to release it later this year. Released in the US as the Sega Genesis, the Mega Drive…

Apple introduced new red models of the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus on Monday. As with the iPhone 7 models announced around the same time last year, Apple is working with Product (RED), an organization…

School and university students from local and foreign institutions competed in the 13th RoboCup Iran Open competitions held at the Tehran Permanent International Fairground from April 3 to 7.

In recent weeks speculations on blocking the messaging app Telegram in Iran have become a hot topic in the local media. The ICT minister says, while the government plans to promote locally…

Apple has removed two messenger apps developed by Iranian programmers from the company's iOS App Store. Soroush and Bale are the out-of-luck apps targeted by Apple this time around.

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Researchers at Qazvin Islamic Azad University have developed a firefighter robot that can withstand temperatures as high as 1,000º Celsius.

The use of robotic systems in firefighting is…

The US Department of Homeland Security is looking to build a media monitoring database. When some reporters objected, a DHS spokesman dismissed their concerns as fodder for “black helicopter…

After facing a barrage of criticism over the toxicity of its community, Twitter announced last month that it will try to more actively measure and combat bad behavior, with input from outside…

Exploiting a Cisco software vulnerability, publicized and patched by the Silicon Valley-based firm on March 28, Internet service providers and data centers have come under attack around the…

Iran is set to transform its online copyright protection system by application of blockchain technology, head of digital media department at the Ministry of Culture announced.

An innovative startup dubbed "Petia" allows pet owners to check the products of pet stores nearby and order commodities online. 

The startup has launched a location-based app which…

A swathe of Google employees have signed a petition calling on chief executive Sundar Pichai to stop the company from aiding the Pentagon’s artificial intelligence project.

US President Donald Trump has said he would take a serious look at policies to address what he says are the unfair business advantages of online retailer Amazon.com Inc.

Speaking to…

Virtual reality is often called the “empathy machine” referring to the medium’s unique ability to make you see things from the perspective of another through sheer power of immersion.

The New York Stock Exchange on Monday set the reference price for shares of music streaming service Spotify Technology SA at $132.

Spotify is pursuing an unusual direct listing to reach…

Tehran Municipality and China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC) signed a collaboration deal, as per which the Chinese state-owned firm will assist the municipality in transforming…

Kish Island in the Persian Gulf will host a startup conference named Silk Road which aims to connect a select group of Iranian startups with foreign investors.

The Silk Road Startup…

Google LLC has released a new update for its Google Maps services which supports 39 additional languages including Persian.

NASA is asking all cloud gazers to snap photos of the sky and share them with the space agency via an app.

From laying the groundwork for launching satellites into orbit to transforming Iranian metropolises into smart cities, establishing science and technology parks and nurturing the startup…