The Indian Human Spaceflight Programme was created by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to launch crewed orbital spacecraft into low Earth orbit. That’s approximately one third of the radius of the Earth, at an altitude of 2000 kilometers or less, where resides the much popular International Space Station.
Continue reading “Indian Human Spaceflight is Closer to Reality”Games are Weird
There you are on a Sunday afternoon, chopping trees punching sheep and building mud huts, few hours later you’ve been condemned to death by hunger games or something. Oh, the things we do for entertainment. If only the Romans with their bloody murder arenas could have seen us now. Perhaps they would have realized that maybe it would have been more beneficial to maintain a sustainable population of able-bodied men for that encroaching barbarian horde. If only they had picked up a game console instead of crazy uncle Frank’s issue of mutilation monthly when they were still young and impressionable.
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Consider this – whenever you think of the term “hacking” or hear about different cyber-attacks, the first image that may pop in your mind is probably a guy in a black hoodie, sitting in a dark room, typing away in his laptop. Well, that is not how it works in the real world. This is where social engineering comes into the picture. Social engineering is nothing new though, it dates back to the infamous Trojan Horse that leads to the fall of Troy, but is often overlooked due to lack of awareness.
Continue reading “Dangers of Social Engineering | Cybersecurity Basics”What are Progressive Web Apps (PWAs)?
If you are a tech geek like us here at GeekyMinds, you must have heard the term PWA a lot throughout the past year. It’s the latest buzzword in the web development industry and it seems like everyone is talking about it. Why is it so important for the web developers of today and what’s in it for the common user?
Continue reading “What are Progressive Web Apps (PWAs)?”Looking back at 2018 with Google’s ‘Game of the Year’
With 2018 almost at its end, Google launches a fun quiz game named Game of the Year that tests your knowledge about the most searched results of the year. The game features a series of multiple-choice question in a click-to-choose format and a bonus round that involves swiping cards depending on how trending it was than the previous year. The game has a cool appearance with smooth animations and fun audio. The ‘host’ narrates the question and makes a fun comment after the answer is chosen. In this quiz, you can test your knowledge such as who were more popular this year- puppies or kittens?
Play Game of the Year to know.