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Researchers are hoping the multi-million pound revamp will reveal further secrets about the beginnings of the universe. 22:21, UK, Saturday 16 June 2018 Image: The LHC was used to prove the existence of the 'God particle' A  major upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is under way, with scientists hoping to produce four times more "God particles" a year and unlock further secrets about the universe's existence. The physics research centre CERN launched the upgrade six years after the particle accelerator confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson. The so-called "God particle" - along with an associated force field - allowed researchers to better un...

TOKYO: Honda Motor Co. of Japan and U.S. automaker General Motors Co. agreed Thursday to work together in developing batteries for electric vehicles, mainly for the North American market. The companies will collaborate based on GM 's next-generation battery system, both sides said. That will allow both manufacturers to continue to keep distinct products, while saving on costs for customers, they said. Detroit-based GM and Tokyo-based Honda already work together on fuel cell vehicles , which are zero-emission and run on the power created when hydrogen fuel combines with oxygen in the air to produce water. They have a manufacturing joint venture to produce a hydrogen fuel cell system in 2020, including trying to make fuel cells and hydrogen storage more affordable. They also both have electric vehicles in their model lineup. Pressure is growing on automakers to become more environmentally friendly as well as develop other technology for vehicles such as semi-auton...

SAN FRANCISCO: Google's immensely popular Gboard keyboard application is likely to get a battery saver mode soon, as the company tests the latest Gboard beta version, the media reported. The version 7.3 reveals development on a number of exciting features including a possible "OCR" (optical character recognition capability) tool that could be used to extract text from images. "Gboard might soon gain a battery saver theme that can be enabled manually by the user or automatically by the device when the corresponding Android battery saver mode is enabled. By switching to a dark theme and disabling some power hungry features. The battery saver mode can be enabled and disable manually, 9to5Google reported late on Tuesday. These could be apps like stickers and bitmoji. The tech giant is also working on "OCR" capability that would appear as one of the tools alongside Google Translate, GIF and sticker shortcuts. "One possible application w...