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The sweeping changes to Googles app store practices, announced on Wednesday, are aimed at boosting competition and expanding choices for developers and consumers
Intel has said its yields, or the number of good chips per silicon wafer, are improving monthly
The letter is the first significant support Anthropic has received from the tech industry, a group of companies that includes its investors, suppliers and customers
To develop and use AI, the main players in the sector use data centres, whose chips and servers consume a lot of electricity
Auditory stress doesnt stay at the ear. Chronic noise activates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, a hormone-signalling system that coordinates the bodys response to stress and helps regulate energy use, immunity, mood, and sleep-wake timing; it also elevates cortisol, blood pressure, and cardiovascular strain
The U.S.s demands for maximum flexibility on AI use are dangerous
India faces many real-world problems that could benefit from high-quality PhD research. These issues span public health, agriculture, sustainability, digital inclusion, and education. The question is whether our current systems support and encourage studies grounded in what the people need
European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen will attend the consultative panel's inaugural meeting
With huge government contracts at stake, defence contractors would be quick to comply with the Pentagons ban, lawyers said
India faces many real-world problems that could benefit from high-quality PhD research. These issues span public health, agriculture, sustainability, digital inclusion, and education. The question is whether our current systems support and encourage studies grounded in what the people need
Prediction markets let users bet on the outcomes of real world events, but this has raised ethical questions about allowing people to profit from violence, war, and assassinations in Iran
The move comes as memory chip prices climb amid a global shortage, suggesting Apple is willing to absorb some component cost pressure
Blue travelled across empires as a marker of divinity, power, and painstaking labour; over time, its value shifted from rarity, ritual, and resonance to performance, supply, and industrial production, revealing the ongoing dialogue between meaning and utility
Indias genetically diverse population, vast cancer registries, cost-effective genetic sampling and the extensive experience amongst its cancer centres all offer the opportunity for it to help shape evidence that drives global cancer care
Three recent important research developments, all readable in one minute
The researchers were motivated by data rot: the inevitable decay of magnetic and electronic storage media
Anthropic said it would challenge what it called a legally unsound action never before publicly applied to an American company
Gypsum has acted like a protective shelter for life in the Salars hostile environment in two ways
The site is used as a backend by several developers working on independent projects; a govt. official declined to discuss the specific reasons for the websites blocking, but said that information was being shared that should not have been shared
ShakthiSAT is a global space mission that aims to empower 12,000 girls through hands-on training in building real satellites and payloads, leading the worlds first female-driven lunar mission
Apple Borivali is the second Apple store in Mumbai and the sixth across India
Our research revealed a clear biological tipping point in the brain aging trajectory, defined by a quantitative threshold of white-matter injury. Beyond this threshold, normal age-related compensation fails and accelerated tissue loss and cognitive inefficiency emerge, even before conventional memory tests become abnormal
A global shortage of gaming chips could last until the end of this year, an Nvidia executive has said
A young California woman suing Meta Platforms Instagram and Googles YouTube testified on Thursday in a landmark trial
The decision comes amid pressure from the United States on South Korea to address what Washington views as discrimination against U.S. tech companies
Netflix, Warner and Paramount have spent the last couple of months in a heated, public back-and-forth over whose deal has a better regulatory path and offers more value for Warner shareholders.

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