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As Indias southern states are seeing a surge of deals worth billions of dollars as global tech giants race to expand cloud infrastructure, environmentalists warn against potential overuse of water
TikTok said Thursday it has signed a joint venture deal with investors that would allow the company to maintain operations in the United States
OpenAI invited developers to send their apps for the ChatGPT ecosystem, even as users can now access Apple Music through the chatbot
Austrian activist and lawyer Max Schrems, a defender of online privacy rights, took Meta to court in 2014, three years after he began trying to obtain full access to his personal data
SpaceXs Starlink said one of its satellites experienced an anomaly in space on Wednesday that created a small number of debris and cut off communications with the spacecraft at 418 km in altitude
Netflixs real legacy will not be measured by subscriber counts or awards, but by how thoroughly it has normalised a new way of consuming media
CEO Shou Zi Chew said that ByteDance and TikTok have signed binding agreements with the three investors
Google introduced its Gemini 3 Flash AI model with frontier intelligence that is designed to optimise for speed and cost savings
It will be available in 12 Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Nepali, Punjabi, Sanskrit and Urdu
Roblox is willing to make changes to some of its features in Russia, it said on Wednesday, as it seeks to overturn a ban
Mining companies like IREN, CleanSpark, Riot, and MARA Holdings, which have been investor favourites, have also faced setbacks
Alphabets Google is working on a new initiative to make its artificial intelligence chips better at running PyTorch, the worlds most widely used AI software framework
The deal was signed during U.S. President Donald Trump's pomp-filled state visit to the UK in September
OpenAI, Google and Perplexity have begun an unprecedented fight for artificial intelligence users in India
Physicists dont know what dark matter is made up of, but one hypothesis is its made of a new type of subatomic particle called WIMPs. According to physicists, WIMPs barely interact with normal matter and not at all with light. The trick to finding them then is the high-energy particles released when two WIMPs annihilate each other
OnePlus 15R succeeds the OnePlus 13R launched this year while the Pad Go 2 comes as an alternative to the Pad Go, offering affordability
The Kon-Chukurbashi ice cap in the Pamir Mountains is the only mountainous region on the earth where glaciers have not only resisted melting, but even slightly grown, a phenomenon called the Pamir-Karakoram anomaly
Meta announced the rollout of its v21 software update in order to bring voice amplification and Spotify sound matching features to eligible users of its AI glasses
OpenAI announced the release of ChatGPT Images powered by its new flagship image generation model, as well as a new Images feature within ChatGPT
At least two former Pornhub customers a man in Canada and a man in the United States confirmed to Reuters that the data pertaining to them was authentic
The vast majority of businesses are struggling to realise a meaningful return on their AI investments, according to company executives, advisors and the results of seven recent executive and worker surveys
X said in the lawsuit in Delaware federal court that its Twitter brand is still alive and well and not ripe for the picking
Amazon is in talks to invest in OpenAI, which could value the ChatGPT maker over $500 billion, a source said
Scientists have found a way to detect thorium-229s nuclear tick in a solid, opening a path to miniaturised nuclear clocks
Thomas Regnier, a spokesman for the European Commission, however responded that as we have made clear many times, our rules apply equally and fairly to all companies operating in the EU
India recently announced its intention to build Maitri II, the countrys newest research station in Antarctica and Indias fourth, about 40 forty-odd years after the first permanent research station in Antarctica, Dakshin Gangotri, was established. The Hindu talks to Dr Harsh K Gupta, who led the team that established it
Apple stated that its maximum penalty exposure, that is, 10% of its average global turnover derived from all of its products or services globally for financial years 2022 to 2024, could be around $38 billion.
After 10 years of battling objections from foreign nuclear suppliers, the government has brought in a new bill - Its called SHANTI for short - The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Bill. It repeals the previous Atomic Energy Act of 1962 and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill of 2010. Why did the government need the new bill, and why is there opposition to its plan?
At the core of the LG Micro RGB evo is a significant evolution in Micro RGB technology, using LG TVs smallest individual RGB LEDs combined with OLED-level control over each backlight
Meta Platforms and WhatsApp challenged this order before the NCLAT, which, in January this year, passed an interim order, staying the five-year ban imposed by the CCI on data-sharing practices between WhatsApp and Meta for advertising purposes
A first-of-its-kind study has examined inhalable microplastics in four Indian cities. These are plastic particles smaller than 10 m, which researchers have warned can also smuggle in toxic co-pollutants such as heavy metals and hormone-disrupting compounds
OpenAI on Monday confirmed that it has appointed Albert Lee, senior director of corporate development at Google
What is the Biological Weapons Convention? Are non-state actors also pursuing biological tools?
While receiving his Nobel Prize, Joel Mokyr highlighted the interplay between science and technology in economic growth. However, there needs to be a broader understanding of innovations societal influences
A new study has found that any place with heavy artemisinin use and favourable conditions could become a new hotspot for resistance, and that in some parts of Africa, the frequency of resistance markers is gradually increasing. However, there might be a window of time to act before the problem becomes widespread
The initial success of a pioneering experiment in the U.S. offers a glimpse into the future potential of lab-made gametes in fertility treatments, albeit alongside its scientific and ethical ramifications
Google has launched a range of Gemini AI-powered features to enhance its Translate app and make it easier for users to learn new languages
As militant groups increasingly experiment with artificial intelligence, national security experts warn of the rising risks associated with this technology
The commercial boom in artificial intelligence has sparked interest in humanoid robots
Scientists found that mangroves show a range of physiological strategies to tolerate the low osmotic potentials associated with saltwater
X, which was taken over by Elon Musk in 2022, fell foul of the European Unions Digital Services Act (DSA) that regulates large online platforms and vets their safety standards
Australian and U.S. military strategists view resource-rich but largely under-developed Papua New Guinea (PNG) as having a prized location north of Australia
Meta India on Friday named Aman Jain as the new head of Public Policy for India
More than 1.2 million students, from kindergarten through high school, attend public school in El Salvador
Disney and other creative industry giants had been suing AI firms like OpenAI, Perplexity and Anthropic, accusing them of illegally using their content

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