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PM’s vision set to revolutionise gaming in India, say creators after meeting Narendra Modi

NEW DELHI — Several leading gaming creators met Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently, saying that his vision is set to “revolutionise gaming” in the country. Creators like Animesh Agarwal, Mithilesh Patankar, Payal Dhare, Naman Mathur, and Ans...

10 Apr 2024

Researchers discover espionage campaign targeting Indian users via fake messaging apps

NEW DELHI — Researchers have discovered an active espionage campaign ‘eXotic Visit’, targeting Android users via fake messaging apps that are distributed through dedicated websites and Google Play, a new report said on Wednesday. Accord...

10 Apr 2024

Google Cloud CEO announces new capabilities, advanced chips for AI era

NEW DELHI — Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian on Tuesday announced several new capabilities and solutions in the AI era to drive customer success and momentum, including custom silicon advancements, Google Axion which is the company’s first custom A...

09 Apr 2024

1st solar eclipse of 2024 garners 1.2 mn posts on X — CEO Linda Yaccarino

NEW DELHI — The first total solar eclipse of 2024 garnered a whopping 1.2 million posts on X.com, said CEO Linda Yaccarino on Tuesday. The eclipse, which swept across 15 states in the US, Mexico, and Canada, began at 9.13 PM IST on Monday and conti...

09 Apr 2024

X employees facing arrest in Brazil — Elon Musk

NEW DELHI — Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday alleged that employees of his X social media platform in Brazil are facing arrest amid his ongoing stand-off with the judiciary over blocking some X accounts. The tech billionaire said that X ne...

09 Apr 2024

Investigating potential customers’ data breach: Indian tech firm boat

NEW DELHI — Homegrown audio and wearable brand boAt on Monday said it is investigating a potential data breach involving its customer information. The company responded after reports claimed that the cyber breach apparently compromised the data of ...

08 Apr 2024

After Wistron, Tata Group eyeing Pegatron’s iPhone plant in India, claims report

NEW DELHI — Tata Group, which acquired Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Wistron’s India operations for $125 million in October last year, is now reportedly eyeing to acquire Pegatron’s iPhone manufacturing facility near Chennai, as Ap...

08 Apr 2024

Scientists develop new technology to decode degenerative brain disorders

NEW DELHI — A team of South Korean scientists has developed a new labelling technology that can observe neuronal structure in detail and help decode degenerative brain disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, as well as strok...

08 Apr 2024

1st solar eclipse of 2024 to grace North American skies on Monday

NEW DELHI — Skygazers in North America are in for a treat today as the first solar eclipse of 2024 will shine bright on Monday night. During a total solar eclipse, the moon passes directly between the Sun and Earth, casting a shadow on the planet. ...

08 Apr 2024

51pc Indians use words, phrases from languages that are untranslatable to English — Report

NEW DELHI — Over half of urban Indians (about 51 per cent) use words or phrases from specific regional languages to express love language or in humorous or witty situations, which cannot be fully translated into English, according to a report on Mo...

08 Apr 2024

India needs at least 1 mn fast chargers to adopt EVs by 2030: Amitabh Kant

NEW DELHI — The G20 sherpa and former NITI Aayog CEO, Amitabh Kant has said that India needs at least one million fast chargers to adopt electric vehicles (EVs) by 2030. In a post on X, he said that instead of importing, the country needs to push l...

07 Apr 2024

Musk challenges Brazil’s court order to block X accounts, says ‘lifting all restrictions’

NEW DELHI — Challenging Brazil’s court order to block certain popular X accounts, tech billionaire Elon Musk has said that he will lift all the restrictions even if they have to close their office in the country. This move comes after X Corp ...

07 Apr 2024

China-based hackers will disrupt India elections with AI-generated content, warns Microsoft

NEW DELHI — With major elections taking place around the world this year, particularly in India, South Korea and the US, a Microsoft Threat Analysis team has warned that China will create and amplify AI-generated content to benefit its interests. D...

06 Apr 2024

Mphasis partners AWS to launch Gen AI Foundry for financial services

NEW DELHI — Information Technology (IT) solutions provider Mphasis on Friday announced a multi-year global strategic collaboration agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to launch Gen AI Foundry for financial services. According to the comp...

05 Apr 2024

India’s private space sector soared in last decade

NEW DELHI — In 2012, India had just one registered startup in the space sector — Dhruva Space from Hyderabad. The country now has close to 200 space startups. This exponential growth in the space sector is due to the government’s transforma...

05 Apr 2024

NetApp empowers women-led deep tech startups in India

BENGALURU — Three out of the five data-driven deep tech startups, graduated from the 12th cohort of accelerator programme ‘NetApp Excellerator’ are led by women founders, the data infrastructure company said on Friday. The five startups...

05 Apr 2024

Prostate cancer cases to double, deaths to rise by 85 pc by 2040: Lancet

NEW DELHI — By 2040, cases of prostate cancer are likely to double worldwide to 2.9 million per year, from 1.4 million per year in 2020, according to a new analysis published in the Lancet Commission. Over the same period, annual deaths are project...

05 Apr 2024

X users begin to lose followers as Musk cracks down on bots, trolls

NEW DELHI — users on Friday started losing followers as Elon Musk-run social media platform kicked off the exercise to remove bots. The action came as spam and porn bots swarmed the platform in the past few months, leaving users flummoxed. “I...

05 Apr 2024

LinkedIn introduces ‘Live Event Ads’ to help firms build brand awareness

NEW DELHI — Professional networking platform LinkedIn on Thursday introduced a new global advertisement format ‘Live Event Ads’ to help companies increase event registrations, build brand awareness, and drive measurable results from inv...

04 Apr 2024

World Bank, South Korea to boost ties on digital ID systems for developing nations

SEOUL — South Korea and the World Bank have agreed to enhance partnership on digital identification initiatives to share expertise and technologies related to South Korea’s advanced digital ID system with developing nations, the state-run min...

04 Apr 2024

South Korea to spend $527 million to integrate AI in people’s life

SEOUL — South Korea will funnel 710.2 billion won ($526.9 million) into the government’s projects to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into everyday life, the science ministry said on Thursday. The AI Strategy High-Level Consultative Cou...

04 Apr 2024

Four carmakers to recall over 50,000 vehicles for faulty parts

SEOUL — Mercedes-Benz Korea, Stellantis Korea and two other carmakers will recall more than 50,000 vehicles due to faulty components, the Transport Ministry here said on Thursday. The four companies, including Honda Motor and Jaguar Land-Rover Kore...

04 Apr 2024

NASA selects 3 firms to develop vehicle to explore Moon’s surface

SAN FRANCISCO — The US space agency NASA has selected three companies — Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, and Venturi Astrolab — to develop a lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) that Artemis astronauts will use to travel around the Moon’s surface. S...

04 Apr 2024

AI Whisperers: How Artificial Intelligence is reshaping global communication

NEW DELHI — In the vast expanse of human history, communication has always been the cornerstone of progress, innovation, and societal cohesion. Language and communication have been the biggest contributors to Homo Sapiens evolving to be intelligent...

03 Apr 2024

CERT-In warns users of multiple bugs in Android, Mozilla Firefox

NEW DELHI — The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), which comes under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, on Wednesday warned users of multiple vulnerabilities in Android and Mozilla Firefox web browsers which c...

03 Apr 2024
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