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Google rolls out iOS Gemini feature to save locations from screenshots: Report

Google is rolling out a feature for iOS device users to save geographical locations from screenshots, according to the 9to5Google outlet

9 May 2025 11:55 am
Figma launches AI tool for building apps and websites

Figma users simply need to vibe code their way through, by entering a prompt with the description of what they want in the website

9 May 2025 10:57 am
Consumer watchdog halts Biden-era Google Payment supervision: Report

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau discontinued its order designating the supervision of Alphabet's Google Payment

9 May 2025 10:07 am
Britain's digital tax on 'Big Tech' not impacted by trade deal

Britain's digital services tax, imposed on U.S. companies like Amazon, Google and Meta, will not be changed under the terms of the trade deal between the two countries

9 May 2025 9:52 am
Microsoft doesn't allow its employees to use China's Deepseek: President

Microsoft does not allow its employees to use an artificial intelligence app developed by Chinese AI startup Deepseek

9 May 2025 9:28 am
Samsung launches Galaxy F56 5G with Exynos processor and Corning Gorilla Glass Victus

Samsung will provide 6 generations of Android upgrade and 6 years of security updates to the Galaxy F56 5G

8 May 2025 5:44 pm
Xiaomi launches QLED TV FX Pro and Xiaomi 4K TV FX series with Fire TV built-in

Through Alexa customers can search shows, movies and games by remote or with voice commands in English, Hindi, and Hinglish

8 May 2025 1:27 pm
Realme GT 7 and Realme GT 7T launch confirmed for May 27: Expected features

In India, Realme GT 7 and GT 7T will sell on Amazon, Realme and mainline stores

8 May 2025 11:54 am
Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge launch scheduled next week in India, to sport 200 MP camera

With the Galaxy S25 Edge, the South Korean electronics major aims to push for a portable and lightweight design phone infused with gen AI capabilities

8 May 2025 11:29 am
CrowdStrike to lay off 5% of staff, reaffirms forecasts

The cybersecurity company will incur about $36 million to $53 million in charges related to the layoffs, of which about $7 million will be recognized in the first quarter ended April 30, it said in a regulatory filing

8 May 2025 9:57 am
Google partners with Elementl Power on nuclear energy sites as power demand for AI grows

Google is partnering with Elementl Power on three project sites for advanced nuclear energy amid the rapidly growing demand for artificial intelligence, the companies said Wednesday

8 May 2025 9:55 am
Web archivists scrambling to save U.S. public data from deletion

More than 3,000 pages from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention site were taken down and more than 1,000 from the Justice Department's website, Paul Schroeder, president of the Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics, said

8 May 2025 9:44 am
OpenAI offers to help countries build AI systems

OpenAI on Wednesday announced an initiative to help countries build their own AI infrastructure

8 May 2025 9:37 am
Apple asks U.S. appeals court to pause ruling in Epic Games case

Apple told the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a filing on Wednesday that it will be irreparably harmed if the April 30 order is not put on hold while the iPhone makers legal challenge is pending

8 May 2025 9:33 am
Samsung launches 2025 models of Neo QLED 8K, Neo QLED 4K, OLED, QLED TVs and The Frame in India

Samsungs new smart TVs have Pet and Family Care Mode to detect unusual activities of pets or family members

7 May 2025 3:42 pm
Haier launches two new smart OLED TVs range with Harmon Kardon sound and Dolby Atmos

They come with solar-powered remote and a USB Type-C port for charging

7 May 2025 1:27 pm
Cisco shows quantum networking chip, opens new lab

Cisco Systems on Tuesday showed a prototype chip for networking quantum computers together and said it is opening a new lab in Santa Monica

7 May 2025 9:55 am
AI developers should counter misinformation, protect fact-based news: Global media groups

A global group of broadcasters and publishers is calling on artificial intelligence developers to make sure their technology serves the public

7 May 2025 9:45 am
Government bans Indian satellite internet terminals from working outside India

The Department of Telecommunications issued a series of additional guidelines to satellite internet services, even as SpaceXs Starlink continues to await the greenlight to offer its services in India.

6 May 2025 10:00 pm
Gaganyaan mission slated for first quarter of 2027: ISRO chief Narayanan

The first uncrewed mission of the Gaganyaan project is expected to be launched later this year, which will be followed by two more similar missions in 2026, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman V. Narayanan said at a press conference

6 May 2025 5:55 pm
U.S. seeks breakup of Google's ad-tech products after judge finds illegal monopoly

The U.S. Department of Justice has proposed that Alphabet's Google divest its AdX advertising marketplace and ad server DFP, a court filing showed

6 May 2025 1:50 pm
Lava Yuva Star 2 entry segment smartphone launched with Android 14 Go

The Yuva Star 2 ships with a 5,000 mAh battery along with a 10 W in-box charger

6 May 2025 11:34 am
App used by Trump adviser is temporarily suspending services after reported hack

The communications app used by U.S. President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Mike Waltz, says it is temporarily suspending services

6 May 2025 10:03 am
OpenAI agrees to buy Windsurf for about $3 billion: Report

Windsurf, formerly known as Codeium, had recently been in talks with investors including General Catalyst and Kleiner Perkins to raise funding at a $3 billion valuation

6 May 2025 9:41 am
Koreas amazing Haenyeo divers show unique genetic adaptations

The Haenyeo divers were by included by UNESCO in its Intangible Cultural Heritage of humanity list in 2016

6 May 2025 9:08 am
Daily Quiz | On Space Firsts

On May 5, Alan Shepard became the first American in Space. A quiz on other Space Firsts

5 May 2025 5:02 pm
CMF Phone 2 Pro with 50 MP telephoto camera goes on sale today: Features, offers and availability

CMF Phone 2 Pro comes in four shades: two matte finish (Black and Light Green) and two with dual tones (Orange and White)

5 May 2025 11:37 am
OpenAI Sam Altman launches new startup World

Altman announced that they are launching in the U.S. and plan to open retail outlets in cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles and Nashville

5 May 2025 11:27 am
Hubbles 35-year journey is a blueprint to understand the cosmos

Every pixel of its images has revealed whole new worlds in the great beyond, helping humankind understand its own place in the cosmos

5 May 2025 9:08 am
Microgravity increases core body temperature: IIST model

The model tracks how heat moves through the body in 3D, and accounts for mechanisms like sweating and shivering, the impact of clothing, heat generated by vital organs, and other factors that influence thermoregulation

4 May 2025 7:00 am
When Amy flew solo from England to Australia

Now considered one of the most influential and inspirational women of the 20th Century, Amy Johnsons claim to fame was the fact that she was the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia. This flight, which spanned from May 5-24 in 1930, was one among many in her flying career. A.S.Ganesh tells you more about Amy and her historic flight

4 May 2025 12:53 am
Blood of man bitten by hundreds of snakes leads to strong anti-venom

Researchers have found that a combination of antibodies in the blood and another drug could shield mice against 13 kinds of venom

3 May 2025 7:00 pm
Mathematical rule found to have shaped bird beaks for 200 million years

Finding universal rules in biology is rare and difficult: there are few instances where physical laws are so pervasive across all organisms

2 May 2025 4:45 pm
Why do scientists want to spend billions on a 70-year project in the Swiss Alps?

More than three times the size of the LHC, an enormous new proposed machine promises to resolve some mysteries of the universe and reveal some new ones

2 May 2025 10:29 am
IIA researchers chart the Suns subsurface weather

According to the study, the plasmas currents shift with the Suns magnetic heartbeat and could have a far-reaching influence on space weather and earth

1 May 2025 8:41 pm
World's largest fusion project reaches construction milestone with India's help

India is among the seven main members of the project and has played a key role in building some of its most critical infrastructure

1 May 2025 2:59 pm
S8 tension: cosmologists cant agree on how clumpy the universe is

Cosmologists use the term S8 to quantify how clustered matter is in the universe; a problem arose when different ways to measure S8 turned up different estimates

1 May 2025 5:30 am
Toyota, Waymo explore collaboration to speed up self-driving tech

Toyota Motor and Alphabet's Waymo said on Wednesday they have agreed to explore a collaboration on autonomous driving technology

30 Apr 2025 10:30 am
Starlinks India struggle: spectrum, surveillance, and connectivity

Starlinks regulatory experience in India offers critical insights into the delicate interplay between innovation, law, and sovereignty. It underscores the importance of early, structured dialogue between technology providers and government regulators

30 Apr 2025 8:30 am
Insufficient support for deep tech, startups by public-funded R&D: Study

Labs of the strategic sector such as those belonging to defence research, space, atomic energy research all of which constitute the lions share of Indias overall Research and Development (R&D) spend were excluded from the study due to the sensitive nature of their work

29 Apr 2025 10:28 pm
Emerging economies lead the way in AI trust, survey shows

The global study showed two-thirds of those surveyed were now using artificial intelligence regularly and even more - 83% - believed it would result in a wide range of benefits

29 Apr 2025 10:00 am
Austria trials DNA testing to uncover honey fraud

When a honey sample lacks a wide range of DNA traces or for example contains a high proportion of DNA traces from rice or corn, it may not be genuine

28 Apr 2025 2:29 pm
Tesla could benefit the most from new rules on reporting of self-driving car crashes

Rule changes announced by the Trump administration this week could allow automakers to report fewer crashes involving self-driving cars, with Tesla potentially emerging as the main beneficiary

28 Apr 2025 8:23 am
NIV shares H5N1 genome data in a public database

The institute has shared the genome sequence data with the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data, on April 21, a day aftera report was published in The Hindu about NIV not sharing sequence data before paper publication

27 Apr 2025 10:05 pm
Welcome to the London Zoo...

Its been 197 years since the worlds oldest scientific zoo threw its doors open. Whats a scientific zoo? Who was responsible for setting up the London Zoo? What do the zookeepers do during a stocktake? A.S.Ganesh has the answers to all this and more

27 Apr 2025 12:24 am
Google says workers could save 122 hours a year by adopting AI in admin

Britain could gain 400 billion pounds ($533 billion) from AI-driven growth if it trained its workforce, Google said

25 Apr 2025 10:03 am
Experiments in Axiom mission to ISS to study if diabetics can stay in space

Indian Air Force pilot, Shubhanshu Shukla, will be among the four astronauts to be part of the mission

25 Apr 2025 2:58 am