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23 Nov 2025 2:15 pm
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, U.S. court filings allege

In a statement on November 22, Meta spokesman Andy Stone said the study was stopped because its methodology was flawed and that it worked diligently to improve the safety of its products

23 Nov 2025 6:50 am
Eka-aluminium is gallium

November 22 marks the 150th anniversary of Dmitri Mendeleev claiming that the element discovered by Paul-mile Lecoq de Boisbaudran was in fact the eka-aluminium he had predicted, paving the way for the acceptance of his periodic table. A.S.Ganesh tells you more about galliums discovery and the role it played in a tussle over priority

22 Nov 2025 11:07 pm
How do airbags work?

Known for cushioning blows, airbags offer crucial protection to passengers. Yet, concerns regarding its safety frequently arise highlighting what the margin for safety is.

22 Nov 2025 4:29 pm
What 123456 reveals about human behaviour in the digital age

Younger cohorts, who are often presumed to be digital natives, prove just as culpable as older ones. Human behaviour, it seems, is far more consistent than technology

22 Nov 2025 1:43 pm
White House pauses executive order that would seek to preempt state laws on AI

The draft order, which Reuters reported on earlier this week, would have likely faced significant pushback from states

22 Nov 2025 10:33 am
Why Wikipedia locked the Gaza Genocide page?

Wikipedias co-founder criticised the use of the word genocide to refer to Israels actions in Gaza, further igniting a debate about political neutrality on Wikipedia

22 Nov 2025 9:40 am
Platform X starts showing which countries its users are based in

The feature is being implemented gradually, and not all accounts have visible country labels or data yet

21 Nov 2025 2:35 pm
Google and U.S. Government battle over future of internet advertising

After a lengthy trial last year, a U.S. District Judge ruled in April that pieces of Google's ad technology had been rigged in a way that made it an illegal monopoly

21 Nov 2025 12:51 pm
Alleged AI chip smuggling to China leads to U.S. calls for chip tracking

In the Florida case, the conspiracy included the use of a Tampa company as a front to purchase and export chips, and nearly $4 million in wire transfers from China to fund the scheme, the Justice Department said

21 Nov 2025 11:28 am
EU is in touch with X regarding hate speech content on Grok

We are in touch with X, because the company has the obligation to take action against risks relating to Grok, said European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier

21 Nov 2025 11:23 am
Foxconn expands AI push with OpenAI deal

Foxconn and OpenAI announced Friday an agreement to design and build AI data centre hardware, the latest in a string of infrastructure deals for the U.S. creator of ChatGPT

21 Nov 2025 11:16 am
Android and iOS file sharing: Androids Quick Share now works with iPhones AirDrop

Google says this is just the start, as the company looks forward to expanding the experience to more Android users

21 Nov 2025 11:00 am
Heres how Googles Nano Banana Pro lets you unlock studio-quality visuals instantly

Google DeepMind has unveiled Nano Banana Pro, a powerful new image generation and editing model based on Gemini 3 Pro

21 Nov 2025 10:58 am
Foxconn can make 1,000 AI racks a week, to increase next year, chairman says

Liu made the comments at the contract electronics manufacturer's tech day, which was attended by Foxconn's partners and clients including Nvidia and OpenAI

21 Nov 2025 10:33 am
SoftBank to invest $3 billion in Ohio factory for OpenAI data center: Report

The plant will manufacture equipment for data centers in Milam County, Texas, and other locations, the report said, as the Japanese conglomerate goes all-in on the startup at the heart of the generative AI boom

21 Nov 2025 10:27 am
Salesforce says customer data possibly exposed following incident

Salesforce said in its message that it had temporarily revoked all active access to Gainsights applications

21 Nov 2025 9:56 am
Layoffs are piling up, raising worker anxiety. Here are some companies that have cut jobs recently

Amazon said last month that it will cut about 14,000 corporate jobs, close to 4% of its workforce

21 Nov 2025 9:42 am
Samsung names mobile chief co-CEO in return to traditional structure

Samsung said on Friday it has named its mobile chief TM Roh as a new co-CEO and head of its device experience division

21 Nov 2025 9:04 am
COVID-19 virus poses higher cardiac, clotting risks in kids than vaccines, large study says

By showing that rare heart, clotting, and inflammatory complications remain elevated for months after infection but barely rise after vaccination, a new study strengthens the case for continuing paediatric COVID-19 shots to protect children

21 Nov 2025 8:30 am
Pharmacogenomics: reading genes to tailor prescriptions for individuals

Unlike traditional medicines one-size-fits-all approach, the field of pharmacogenomics recognises that genetic differences can dramatically alter how our bodies metabolise and respond to drugs. It represents a fundamental shift in how we think about drug therapy from treating populations to treating individuals, from reactive care to proactive prevention, from trial-and-error to precision medication

21 Nov 2025 6:00 am
U.S. Congress seeks testimony from Australia's internet regulator

In a letter dated November 18, U.S. House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, a Republican, accused Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant of colluding with pro-censorship bodies

20 Nov 2025 2:46 pm
Indians consuming 36 GB mobile data each month

Indias 5G subscriptions will reach 394 million by end of 2025, 32% of total mobile subscriptions, and expected to cross 1 billion by the end of 2031

20 Nov 2025 2:26 pm
AMDs FSR Redstone to debut on December 10: Heres how it will upscale gaming

FSR Redstone is set to initially be rolled out to the RX 9000 series

20 Nov 2025 1:48 pm
Realme GT 8 Pro Review | Offers character, power and creativity

Realme GT 8 Pro arrives with a 3nm architecture, a dedicated HyperVision+ AI chip, and a 2K 144 Hz HyperGlow display, placing it in direct competition with the OnePlus 15 and the Oppo Find X9 Pro

20 Nov 2025 12:30 pm
Assassin Creed's Ubisoft says it will resume trading by Friday

The French video game company, whose stock has plunged nearly 50 percent since the beginning of the year, was suspended last Friday

20 Nov 2025 11:12 am
Spain to probe Meta for alleged privacy breaches, says Prime Minister

Data was allegedly collected about the web pages users visited on browsers and was then linked to their identity on Facebook and Instagram apps

20 Nov 2025 10:57 am
Palo Alto Networks to buy Chronosphere for $3.35 billion, raises annual forecasts

The Santa Clara, California-based company plans to integrate Chronosphere with Cortex AgentiX platform, allowing use of its AI agents on the cloud management firm's data to detect performance issues and autonomously investigate their root cause

20 Nov 2025 10:38 am
Apple App Store Awards 2025: Here are the finalists across 12 categories

Apple announced on 45 finalists for its 2025 App Store Awards

20 Nov 2025 8:51 am
Attribution science: the tricky task of linking climate disasters to emitters

The earths surface is likely to warm by over 2.6 C over preindustrial times by 2100, bringing about potentially life-altering changes to ecosystems and living conditions worldwide. The evolving robustness of climate attribution science will play a crucial part in how governments, banks, courts, and the people respond

20 Nov 2025 6:00 am
U.S. authorises export of advanced American semiconductors to companies in Saudi, UAE

The two companies are G42, which is a state-run AI company based in Abu Dhabi, and Humain, which is a Saudi government-backed AI venture

20 Nov 2025 5:06 am
Microsoft Ignite 2025: Windows 11 push sparks debate over AI ambitions and OS stability

Microsofts Windows 11 push brings back memories of the Windows 8 era, when radical redesigns alienated core users who valued stability over experimentation. The concern this time around is that the rapid pivot toward AI may outpace both ecosystem readiness and user trust

19 Nov 2025 3:55 pm
Jio ups AI appeal with Google Gemini 3 as part of free Jio Gemini Pro Plan for unlimited 5G users

The Gemini Pro Plan (valued at 35,100) will be free for 18 months for every eligible Jio Unlimited 5G customer

19 Nov 2025 1:21 pm
U.S. resident infected with H5N5 a different type of bird flu

Health officials in Washington State report a resident has contracted bird flu, marking the first U.S. human case since February

19 Nov 2025 1:03 pm
OnePlus 15R teased for India within days of OnePlus 15 launch

OnePlus has already created the notify me page on their website of the 15R

19 Nov 2025 12:15 pm
Amazon, Google named by EU among 'critical' tech providers for finance industry

European Union regulators on Tuesday designated 19 technology companies, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft

19 Nov 2025 11:19 am
Microsoft launches tracker to manage autonomous AI in the workplace

Microsoft announced Microsoft Agent 365, a program for its customers to track what it expects to be 1.3 billion agents automating office work by 2028

19 Nov 2025 11:15 am
HP seeking $1.8 billion from Mike Lynch's estate after UK Autonomy lawsuit

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking nearly $1.8 billion from the estate of the late Mike Lynch

19 Nov 2025 10:28 am
Bitcoin drops below $90,000 for the first time since April then rebounds

Bitcoin briefly fell below $90,000 overnight as investors sell once high-flying assets like cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence stocks

19 Nov 2025 9:18 am
Google unveils Geminis next generation, aiming to turn its search engine into a thought partner

Google is unleashing Geminis next generation of artificial intelligence in its dominant search engine and other popular online services

19 Nov 2025 9:08 am
The myth of the normal: what does your lab report really mean?

Every lab report for continuous variables includes a reference range, which is often mistaken to be the normal range. Laboratories use the term reference because the range is statistical, not absolute. This is why falling outside the reference range doesnt always indicate disease

19 Nov 2025 8:30 am
Meta wins major antitrust case as US judge rules no monopoly

Judge James Boasberg of the federal district court in Washington concluded that Meta faces sufficient competition from rivals TikTok and YouTube, preventing the company from exercising monopoly power in the social media market

19 Nov 2025 5:15 am
Cloudflare Outage: How a latent bug triggered a global disruption of X, ChatGPT services | Explained

Bot-mitigation systems exist to keep this type of abusive automated traffic away from websites and applications

18 Nov 2025 11:09 pm
Major tech outages in recent years

Cloudflares global outage on November 18, 2025, disrupted major platforms like X and ChatGPT, highlighting internet infrastructure vulnerabilities

18 Nov 2025 9:33 pm
In Delhi study, ragas in the operation theatre cut anaesthesia use

Even under anaesthesia, the brain doesnt shut down. The auditory cortex still registers sound. As surgery begins, the bodys stress systems stir and the levels of cortisol and other hormones rise, pushing up blood pressure to cope with the strain. The person feels nothing but the body still braces. Music seems to mellow this response

18 Nov 2025 4:00 pm
Katherine Johnson: NASAs forgotten human computer

This is the story of one of the first African American women to have worked at NASA, and someone astronaut John Glenn himself asked for to ensure the numbers were right before his mission...

18 Nov 2025 10:00 am
Paul McCartney to release silent AI protest song

Called Bonus Track it is a two minute 45 seconds recording of an empty studio featuring a series of clicks

18 Nov 2025 9:36 am