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A weak field for 70,000 years could have exposed the atmosphere and surface life to significantly more solar radiation for a prolonged period
Tesla Energy Ventures obtained a licence to produce electricity in the UK in 2020, notably using solar panels, without selling it directly to consumers
Metas new model, which the company has been working on for months, has fallen short in performance when compared to the latest offerings from rivals, the report said
As the conflict between the United States and Iran intensifies, the Strait of Hormuz has become increasingly volatile; with India importing nearly half of its natural gas, the crisis signals the urgency of accelerating the electrification of industrial heat
Deepfake porn has existed for years. But generative AI tools integrated directly into massive social platforms dramatically lower the barrier to entry
Anti-depredation squads were formed in villages to incentivise communities to join hands with the Forest Department to respond to elephants together. However, the searchlights and firecrackers the squads used to drive elephants away possibly created a landscape of fear, forcing elephants to stray into more dangerous situations
Meta has invested heavily in building a team that can design chips in-house in addition to purchasing off-the-shelf products made by Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices
Oracles stake in TikToks U.S. business operations is worth around $2 billion, a filing showed on Wednesday
The memo is dated March 6 and signed by Pentagon Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davies
India needs a holistic, implementable earthquake zoning framework
Copyright-protected content belonging to OTT platforms and producers was allegedly being circulated
In this episode, we explore PC Mahalanobis, the visionary statistician behind Indias statistical revolution, and his impactful contributions that still resonate today.
The new Xiaomi 17 series comes with optical set up co-engineered with German lens maker Leica
Users took to other social media platforms such as Elon Musk-owned X to complain that Instagram was down
Elon Musk on Tuesday said X Money, the social media platforms digital payment system, will enter early public access next month
Meta is acquiring Moltbook, a social network where AI agents post and chat with each other
The demand for cloud computing for AI training and inferencing continues to grow faster than supply, Oracle said in the earnings report
ChatGPT and two other artificial intelligence chatbots have been approved for official use in the U.S. Senate, per NYT
The most up-to-date takedown stats from Meta show that the Instagram and Facebook parent took down three times as much content in response to government orders in JanuaryJune 2025 than in the same period in 2023
Nothing Phone 4a comes at a starting price of 31,999, which is noticeably higher than the 24,999 launch price of the Nothing Phone 3a. That difference makes the upgrades even more important to justify
Researchers at Texas A&M University demonstrate the potential for sustainable lunar agriculture by successfully cultivating chickpeas in soil mixtures containing up to 75% simulated moon regolith
For several months, orbital models suggested a small but notable chance that the rock would strike the lunar surface on December 22, 2032
Conservationists believe the new batch of African cheetahs, brought from Botswana last month, should be the last as there is a dearth of habitat
Three months after Australia launched a landmark ban on teen social media accounts, regulators across Europe, in Brazil and in a handful of U.S. states are moving to emulate it
Canadas federal court in January overturned the government order, allowing the short-video app to keep operating, and told Ottawa to review the case
The proponents of ANEEL, a new type of nuclear fuel, have suggested it can be dropped into existing reactors, including PHWRs, allowing them to use thorium today
X and its safety teams are urgently investigating the chatbots role in generating hate-filled, racist posts online in response to user prompts, Sky News reporter Rob Harris said
AI-generated videos can overstate or downplay the risks of humans interacting with wild animals, increasing chances of injuries, illness, and death on both sides
Experts highlight gaps in access to treatment despite advances in breast cancer care
Khamenei was killed on Saturday in U.S-Israeli strikes that left hundreds dead, including top Iranian officials
For particle physicists working with neutrinos, almost nothing is everything
Surveillance pricing is a strategy where companies use a consumers personal data such as browsing history, location and shopping habits to set individualised, algorithmic prices for products, as opposed to using standard, market-wide pricing
AWS said it had launched an artificial intelligence-enabled platform that aims to ease access to healthcare
In the enterprise race, OpenAI faces competition from rivals such as Anthropic and giants like Google that are selling AI capabilities to enterprises
Oracle is planning thousands of job cuts as it faces a cash crunch from a massive AI data centre expansion effort, Bloomberg News reported
The open-world mobile game, Vilayath Budha: The Sandalwood Survival, featuring actor Prithviraj Sukumaran, was not created as part of the films promotions. The makers have IP consent to use assets from the film including the actors face in the film
Inside the Arctic cabin of Hilde Flun Strm 19 months, 104 polar bears, and a call to save the planet
An ongoing study led by ICMR, which is testing whether a single dose of the India-made Cervavac vaccine generates enough protective antibodies and generates a stable immune response compared to a single dose Gardasil vaccine, will determine if Cervavac is officially recommended
The sweeping changes to Googles app store practices, announced on Wednesday, are aimed at boosting competition and expanding choices for developers and consumers
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
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
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

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