The TeCake Staff

Pioneer of cardiac surgery passes away at the age of 91

This Friday brought dire news for the medical fraternity as one of the pioneers of thoracic and cardiac surgery, Dr. John Ochsner, passed away at the age of 91 due to complications related to influenza at the Ochsner Medical Center. In a career spanning over six decades, Dr. John Ochsner conducted nearly 12,000 operations which …

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Potential threat of TB leads to evacuation of hospital in Baltimore

In a startling turn of events, one of the world’s deadliest diseases, Tuberculosis, showed up its dirty face on Thursday. Fear of contamination by the lethal bacteria led to the evacuation of two buildings within the precincts of the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. According to the sources, the threat emerged when a small …

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NASA puts Kepler Space Telescope in hibernation mode, might run out of fuel soon

NASA puts Kepler Space Telescope in hibernation mode, might run out of fuel soon

One of the greatest space telescopes may succumb to lack of fuel soon. NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope is running out of fuel, the agency stated in its March press release that at any time, Kepler’s fuel tank can run dry and the space telescope will be lost in the space forever with no contact to …

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Apple shares the stats for the 'App Store' celebrating its tenth anniversary

Apple shares the stats for the ‘App Store’ celebrating its tenth anniversary

On July 10, 2018 (Tuesday), Apple will celebrate the tenth anniversary of the App Store. The App Store was introduced back on July 10, 2008, with only 500 apps like Travelocity, The New York Times, and others. In a decade, Apple’s App Store has reached many milestones over the years and received a huge response …

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Testosterone held responsible for men to attract towards luxury brands, experts

According to the latest study, it has been revealed that with only a single dose of testosterone, men find themselves drawn towards top-notch brands that yield them status to attract women. The research that has been published in the journal named Nature Communications stated that the primary male sex hormone has been considered to put …

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OnePlus 5 and 5T gets OxygenOS open beta update with Project Treble support

OnePlus 5 and 5T gets OxygenOS open beta update with Project Treble support

All the OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T owners raise your hands because these smartphones have been officially confirmed to receive the new Android P update under Google’s Project Treble. OnePlus earlier stated in its official statement that adding Project Treble wasn’t easy in its older versions since it requires a partition and storage which its …

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Watchout for three new iPhone models this fall in gold, new grey, and other colors

Watchout for three new iPhone models this fall in gold, new grey, and other colors

2018 is a great year for Apple users and enthusiasts as the premium manufacturer is expected to launch as much as three new iPhone models later this year. Usually, newer models of iPhones are launched somewhere around September but that’s not all in the news. According to a reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo who teased few …

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Third-party developers might be reading millions of emails on Gmail app

Third-party developers might be reading millions of emails on Gmail app

Do you use Gmail? It is one of the most popular email clients that lets it user access their emails on their devices irrespective of their position around the world. But what if I say that Gmail engineers and third-party app developers can read your emails. According to the latest report, developers have reportedly read …

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A newly found bug on Facebook affected more than 800,000 users

A newly found bug on Facebook affected more than 800,000 users

Yet another bug was recently discovered and reportedly fixed on Facebook after it affected some 800,000 users by unblocking one or more blocked profiles on their Facebook accounts whom they had blocked earlier. On Monday, July 2, Facebook announced the update regarding a bug that tweaked the blocking app on Facebook that allows users to …

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World’s strongest coffee delivered to the ISS by SpaceX’s Falcon 9

Home food delivery at the International Space Delivery has redefined standards since the early years of Uber Eats. On the request of one of the astronauts floating above our planet, Serena Aunon-Chancellor, the Falcon 9 rocket launched towards the ISS has carried the world’s strongest coffee, Death Wish Coffee alongside a ball-shaped device called CIMON …

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50-pound ovarian cyst found to be the cause of unexplained health problems in Alabama woman

In the aftermath of experiencing a diverse range of unexplained health issues, a woman in Alabama has discovered the prime culprit finally. The trouble causing agent was found to be an ovarian cyst weighing approximately 50 pounds. According to the WSFA, doctors were able to remove the benign growth which was diagnosed to be mucinous …

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Researchers unravel seven profound risks posed by asteroids to Earth

Scientists have now found out how asteroids could possibly trigger an apocalypse leading to the end of human life on Earth as we know it. Researchers at the University of Southampton have outlined seven different ways in which an asteroid collision could pose risk to our planet. The paper of the researchers with a discussion …

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Lone star ticks found commonly in Tennessee Valley raising concerns of red meat allergy

According to experts, the tick season in this year is turning out to be one of the worst ones in the recent times with the emergence of a new threat emerging from tick bites in the form of allergy to meat. A dentist in Chattanooga, Dr. Mark McOmie was diagnosed with such allergy known as …

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Russian guitarist dies one month after being removed from flight due to bad odor caused by flesh-eating necrosis

The death of a Russian guitarist on Monday grabbed further headlines after he was removed from a flight owing to the unbearable stench from his body that led to emergency landing of the plane. The guitarist Andrey Suchilin was travelling on a Boeing 737 of the Transavia service which was going from Spain to Netherlands. …

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New Instagram update welcomes Video Chat, new AR filters & more

New Instagram update welcomes Video Chat, new AR filters & more

Instagram, the social networking app that hosts more than a billion users worldwide has announced amazingly cool features that will be available for both Android and iOS. Instagram has been experimenting with various features for months now and recently, it updated the explore page and the IGTV on its app. For the latest string of …

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Study confirms vulnerability of denser breasts to cancer

A group of Norwegian researchers has utilized automated breast density measurements to find out that women with dense breasts are more susceptible to risks of breast cancer. The study involved over 100,000 women and researchers conducted over 300,000 screening tests in order to reach the inference. The senior author of the study and researcher as well as …

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SpaceX appeals in congressional hearing for reforms in spaceflight regulations

The Director of Government Affairs for SpaceX, Caryn Schenewerk, stated in a congressional hearing on June 26 that the company is still committed for conducting over 25 launches in 2018 which would require SpaceX to increase its launch frequency by almost 50% in the second half of the year. The focus of the congressional hearing …

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Google announced the Google Maps Material design update at the Google I/O Conference last month. The update was made available only for few selected devices but Google has started updating its Google Maps slowly and steadily thereby introducing new features and rich user interface. The latest update that will be available on Android devices from now looks completely different from earlier updates as it shows the new and revamped ‘Explore’ tab with plenty of categories to check for places nearby and more. The app shows new buttons, icons, and colorful tabs against a plain white background. The ‘Explore’ tab got new buttons, icons, colors, and features. Now, the user can check out nearby places such as museums, restaurants, malls, or select any category of interest in the same city or neighboring or any other city they wish to visit soon. The new update recommends restaurants, bars, and reviews from local experts which makes it easier for tourists or even locals to visit the place without further ado. One of the coolest features on the Google Maps update is called ‘Your Match’ which is a machine learning technique-based feature that evaluates person’s location history and determines the percentage rating if the user will like the place (searching for) or not. You can also rate the places that will be further added to the machine learning for other users to follow. If you are a foodie or someone who loves food, this new update is a powerful tool as it lets the user check out the restaurants and food joints trending in their cities or the place they are visiting under ‘For You’ tab which is now available for Canada, Japan, U.S., U.K, Australia and other countries will soon join the wagon. The app also tracks all the events and activities happening nearby so that you can things to do everytime you check out Google Maps. Google has unveiled the new update for Android devices and for iOS users too.

Google Maps releases new update for Android & iOS users

Google announced the Google Maps Material design update at the Google I/O Conference last month. The update was made available only for few selected devices but Google has started rolling out updates for its Google Maps app slowly and steadily thereby introducing new features and rich user interface. The latest update that will be available …

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LG might unviel 'V40' with five cameras this summer/fall

LG might unviel ‘V40’ with five cameras this summer/fall

According to some sources, LG is working on the upcoming LG V40 and the smartphone giant will squeeze five cameras on a single phone. V40 will follow Huawei P20 Pro’s footsteps by introducing a triple-camera system for its smartphone but what’s difference with V40 is that it will sport a dual camera setup on the …

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