The Hindu
Elections 2026Science/Tech / The Hindu
It will get five years of OS upgrades and seven years of security updates
Google Assistant is designed to react when people use hot words such as Hey Google or Okay Google, similar to Apples Siri
Nvidia is aiming to replace expensive and time-consuming conventional weather simulations with AI-driven versions that the company said can rival or exceed the accuracy of older methods
WhatsApp is set to face greater EU scrutiny after the European Commission on Monday added it to the list of large platforms
Gavin Newsom is launching a review of this conduct and is calling on the California Department of Justice to determine whether it violates California law, a post on X from the Governors Office adds.
Life releases far more heat than thermodynamics alone requires; new research suggests this excess energy helps cells maintain a complex chemistry vital for survival
In 2020, peer reviewers worldwide dedicated approximately 130 million hours to review work, according to Deeksha Gupta, director, global strategy for society programmes at the American Chemical Society. This poses an immense burden to reviewers who must balance reviewing with their own academic and research commitments
The Internet entrepreneur speaks on credibility, community, and the future of shared information
Losing to become strong? A radioactive atom can tell you all about the moodswings and what goes on within.
The President presented the award to Shubhanshu Shukla at the Republic Day celebrations at the Kartavya Path, in New Delhi
Motorola Signature will come in Pantone Carbon and Olive colours, and in three storage variants
NASA is set to launch Artemis II, its first crewed Moon mission since 1972, with four astronauts orbiting the Moon in 2026
Apple and Dell face a tough choice: take on the costs and sacrifice margins or pass them onto consumers at the risk of stifling demand
Microsofts suite of productivity software was down for thousands of users on Thursday
TikTok announced it has established a majority American-owned joint venture to operate its US business
Grok generated an estimated three million sexualised images of women and children in a matter of days, researchers said
Annas Archive, a search engine for multiple illegal shadow libraries, stated in a Reddit post that it had never dealt with Nvidia directly
When these pretty flowers bloom for three to four days, their internal temperature is around 30-35 C even as the surrounding temperature can go down to 10 C
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth said the models built by its Meta Superintelligence Labs team, formed last year, showed a lot of promise
With the expensive deal hanging over its head, Netflix delivered a tepid revenue beat for what is usually one of its strongest quarters, and forecast equally dull prospects for the new year
Nvidia boss Jensen Huang spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where AI boosterism has been overshadowed by a transatlantic confrontation
YouTube announced plans on Wednesday to allow its users this year to create AI versions of themselves
Researchers analysing data from more than half a million people identify shared genetic patterns linking traits related to schizophrenia and osteoporosis
By reviewing existing studies on top-performing athletes, chess players, scientists, and famous classical music composers, researchers have reportedly identified factors correlated with exceptional performance. The findings can change how competitive exams like the IIT-JEE identify top-performing students, experts said
Netflix capped last year with another solid financial performance despite slowing subscriber growth that underscored the importance of its contested $72 billion bid to take over Warner Bros
OpenAI on Tuesday said it is rolling out age prediction on ChatGPT globally, to determine whether an account is likely owned by a minor
The commercial space industry is evolving rapidly, driven by reusable rocket technologies that significantly lower launch costs. Companies like SpaceX lead the charge, with the market projected to exceed $1 trillion by 2030, enhancing sustainability and increasing mission frequencies
The Darwins bark spider, found in the forests of Madagascar, weaves silk that outperforms steel and most human-made fibres in both strength and toughness. Its silk has a tensile strength of about 1.6 gigapascals, around 3x higher than that of iron, making it the toughest biological material ever tested
Britains Gambling Commission said on Monday that Meta Platforms, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, was turning a blind eye to illegal online casinos advertising on its sites
Starmer told a press conference that o options are off the table when asked about restricting social media for younger people
Randstad, one of the worlds largest recruitment agencies, surveyed 27,000 workers and 1,225 employers and covered more than 3 million job postings across 35 markets for the report
Gravity is one of natures four fundamental forces; the others are electromagnetism and the strong and weak nuclear forces. And gravity is 1 billion billion billion billion times weaker than the electromagnetic force, the next strongest. This is why a fridge magnet can overcome the gravitational pull of the entire earth to pick up a paperclip
The findings suggest that the boundary between solid and liquid phases at the nanoscale isnt as distinct as scientists have thought it to be
Every morning, as you use either your toothpaste or shampoo, you engage with soft matter, materials that flow like liquids under force but hold their shape at rest. This fascinating behaviour challenges our understanding of material properties
What did ISRO chairman V. Narayanan state about the mission? How did Thailands space agency GISTDA respond? Are Failure Analysis Committees standing bodies within the ISRO? Has the FAC report of the PSLV-C61 mission been released in the public domain?
Do you know what connects Edwin Hubbles theory for an expanding universe and Albert Einsteins cosmological constant? The biggest blunder of course! Cant make head or tail? A.S.Ganesh fills you in with the universe
Federal auto safety regulators have granted a five-week extension for Tesla to respond to allegations that its vehicles have broken traffic laws while operating in what the electric automaker calls full self-driving mode
While financial terms have not been disclosed, analysts view Starlink as a premium product likely to appeal primarily to long-haul and full-service airlines
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington ruled in 2024 that the company used unlawful tactics to maintain its dominance in online search
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is scrutinising big tech firms that hire employees of a startup instead of buying the companies outright, Bloomberg News reported
Californias attorney general, Rob Bonta, on Friday sent a cease and desist letter to Elon Musks xAI

15 C