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What did the three Medicine Nobel awardees discover and why is it important? How do regulatory T cells function? How does their work on regulatory T cells lay the ground for a new field of research leading to new treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases?
Four senior executives at Twitter accused billionaire Elon Musk of working to take revenge on them after he was made to buy the social media platform for $44 billion in 2022
The South Korean electronics major said that smartphone growth was led by its Galaxy AI-powered portfolio of Z Fold 7 foldable smartphone, Galaxy S25 series as well as Galaxy S24 series
Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Chancery Court said on Thursday the shareholders in the proposed class action can pursue their core claim that Kotick and other Activision directors breached their fiduciary duties
Banks have been broadly optimistic that AI will make them more productive, but regulators around the world have expressed concerns about its potential impact on financial stability
The project would involve a large-scale facility with a capacity of up to 500 megawatts to support advanced artificial intelligence computing, according to a government statement
Trump on Friday said he was raising tariffs on Chinese exports to the U.S. to 100% and imposing export controls on any and all critical software in a reprisal to recently announced export limits by China on rare earth minerals critical to tech and other manufacturing
The suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty and the plan to utilise the full potential of the eastern Indus rivers added momentum to the approval process for the 1856 MW project, a senior official told The Hindu
Understanding why certain small sounds or noises irritate and annoy us in our everyday life!
The suite of services is similar to Googles Gemini Enterprise targeted at daily business users which was also unveiled on the same day
Apples engineering lets you easily grab the phone from any surface without slippage, making the iPhone Air feel like youre holding nothing but a screen
The feature had been expanded in August for bilingual speakers in English and Spanish - the feature has now added Hindi and Portuguese
The funding round, led by Nvidia, saw participation from prominent investors, including former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Citi, and Donald Trump Jr.-backed private equity firm 1789 Capital, as well as existing investors Lightspeed and Sequoia
Federal regulators have opened yet another investigation into Teslas so-called full-self driving technology after dozens of dangerous incidents
Google, a unit of Alphabet, said in a statement that mass amounts of customer data were stolen in an operation it said may have begun as early as three months ago
The results boosted optimism around the country's $283 billion IT sector, which has been dealing with cautious client spending amid economic uncertainties, especially in North America, its largest market
Om Birla said that cooperation and knowledge-sharing can make technology a bridge rather than a barrier
The enduring legacy of a primatologist who worked equally hard for wild animals and a climate-safe world
Google will also be expanding AI Mode to seven new Indian languages including Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu
JBL launched the Tour One M3 premium headphones in India this week
In an interview with the Journal, Dominic King, vice president of health at Microsoft AI, said that the company's aim is for Copilot to serve answers that are more in line with the information users might get from a medical practitioner
ABB Robotics specialises in industrial robots, such as large robotic arms that can make precise movements in factories
Revolut will let Indian users make domestic and international payments via its tie-ups with the Unified Payments Interface and Visa, starting with 350,000 waitlisted customers later this year before opening to others
The P200 chip, as Cisco calls it, will compete against rival offerings from Broadcom
Despite that, the firms polled were still optimistic that AI adoption would ultimately yield significant benefits, EY said
I grew up in a very humble home. We were a dozen of us in one small room, sharing it with the cattle that we used to raise, Prof. Yaghi told the Nobel Foundation in an interview
OpenAI had also unveiled other features including the ability to access apps within ChatGPT
When Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press, it brought more than just technological innovation it changed society on a global scale. Its amazing what technology is capable of these days, but the development that happened centuries ago is no exaggeration.
The Japanese automaker said that the potential system aims to boost situational awareness in places where it is unsafe to exit the vehicle
Linguists have developed methods to rebuild aspects of this languages structure, and refer to it using the label Proto-Indo-European
Scientists have long wondered how bats keep a sheet of skin between their fingers. In other mammals, this sheet disappears before birth in a process where the cells die on purpose, called apoptosis. One leading hypothesis is that bats evolved flight by suppressing this interdigital cell death
Knock! Knock! Whos there? A woodpecker with a skull stronger than Superman. Are you sure about that? Lets dive into the secret behind how woodpeckers can constantly hit their heads against tree-wood without sustaining any brain injury.
Meet the family of flowering plants, where toxicity is the core aspect of the relationship
You receive a package from Amazon. It could be a new phone, a new book, or anything for that matter. But, the package can step aside for all we care, we are here to trigger our happy receptors with the most wonderful thing that comes with it: bubble wrap!
Throughout history, rainbows have been considered a sign of a good omen that the storm has passed and better days are ahead. And when theres double the rainbows theres double the luck. Double rainbows are a rarity, and how they are formed is just as fascinating.
Ever heard of the movie The Martian, starring Matt Damon? The astronaut, Mark Watney is stranded on Mars and must use his skills of improvisation to survive. This example provides a sneak peek into terraforming. Space agencies and research groups have been working to turn the same planet into a habitable land where every human inhabitant becomes a martian.
Have you ever wondered the secret to Messis curved free kick? Or any of our spin bowlers with their masterly bowling? It may look like magic, but its actually something physics calls the Magnus effect. From cricket pitches to football stadiums, this phenomenon plays an important role in gameplay and winning. With that being said, lets take a dive into the science of spin.
What difference would the direction make? When you run in a circle, you run in all four directions. But believe it or not, there is an explanation for this.
Albert Einstein once said, We still do not know one thousandth of one per cent of what nature has revealed to us. And a lot of it is stranger than fiction. Sometimes, Mother Nature can be a complete weirdo, and she can do extraordinary things for us. From rainbows in the night sky to ice in perfect circles, the list goes on and on.
John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis are being awarded the Physics Nobel for 2025.
The group alleges Qualcomm made the manufacturers pay inflated royalties even if its chips are not used in a device under a worldwide so-called no licence, no chips policy
Perplexity views Comet as a foundational platform rather than a niche, high-price offering. And now, by giving it to more users, for free, it is making its foundation firm and scalable. The timing and structure signal confidence in scale and usage over margin per user
It is not a mere upgrade of the traditional Indian Science Congress, says Science Minister Jitendra Singh
AI has become a force multiplier for the Army with enhanced surveillance, intelligence, and precision targeting, says the senior Army officer who was Direct General of Information Systems (DGIS) during the military operation against Pakistan
In its wind-down plan, Roi has outlined specific steps for users regarding their personal information
Speaking at the Italian Tech Week in Turin, Bezos also compared the surge in artificial intelligence to the internet boom of the early 2000s, urging optimism despite the risk of speculative bubbles
ChatGPT, NVIDIA, and other global business giants are investing heavily in AI in India, with the India AI Mission aiming to build an ecosystem for trusted and inclusive AI; teachers and students use AI tools but ethical dilemmas and the digital divide challenge meaningful classroom interaction