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Vivo X200T launched in India with ZEISS certified lenses and Dimensity processor

It will get five years of OS upgrades and seven years of security updates

27 Jan 2026 12:37 pm
Google settles Google Assistant privacy lawsuit for $68 million

Google Assistant is designed to react when people use hot words such as Hey Google or Okay Google, similar to Apples Siri

27 Jan 2026 11:54 am
Nvidia unveilsAI models for faster, cheaper weather forecasts

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

27 Jan 2026 11:52 am
EU says WhatsApp to face stricter content rules

WhatsApp is set to face greater EU scrutiny after the European Commission on Monday added it to the list of large platforms

27 Jan 2026 9:19 am
California's Newsom accuses TikTok of suppressing content critical of Trump

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.

27 Jan 2026 9:01 am
Life pays universe a heat tax to run precise chemical reactions

Life releases far more heat than thermodynamics alone requires; new research suggests this excess energy helps cells maintain a complex chemistry vital for survival

27 Jan 2026 6:00 am
Reviewer burnout drives AI use yet human oversight remains crucial

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

27 Jan 2026 5:30 am
Wikipedia is not going anywhere, says founder Jimmy Wales as online encyclopaedia completes 25 years

The Internet entrepreneur speaks on credibility, community, and the future of shared information

26 Jan 2026 9:03 pm
What is radioactive decay?

Losing to become strong? A radioactive atom can tell you all about the moodswings and what goes on within.

26 Jan 2026 4:00 pm
Shubhanshu Shukla, Group Captain, conferred Ashoka Chakra

The President presented the award to Shubhanshu Shukla at the Republic Day celebrations at the Kartavya Path, in New Delhi

26 Jan 2026 11:57 am
Motorola Signature launched in India with Sony Lytia sensors: Price, features and sale

Motorola Signature will come in Pantone Carbon and Olive colours, and in three storage variants

23 Jan 2026 12:35 pm
I will have FOMO: Just retired star astronaut Sunita Williams on Moon mission

NASA is set to launch Artemis II, its first crewed Moon mission since 1972, with four astronauts orbiting the Moon in 2026

23 Jan 2026 11:47 am
Surging memory chip prices dim outlook for consumer electronics makers

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

23 Jan 2026 11:47 am
Microsoft 365 down for thousands of users, Downdetector shows

Microsofts suite of productivity software was down for thousands of users on Thursday

23 Jan 2026 11:44 am
TikTok establishes joint venture to end US ban threat

TikTok announced it has established a majority American-owned joint venture to operate its US business

23 Jan 2026 9:29 am
Elon Musk's Grok created three million sexualised images, research says

Grok generated an estimated three million sexualised images of women and children in a matter of days, researchers said

23 Jan 2026 9:02 am
Annas Archive claims it never dealt with Nvidia directly

Annas Archive, a search engine for multiple illegal shadow libraries, stated in a Reddit post that it had never dealt with Nvidia directly

23 Jan 2026 7:59 am
A natural heater hidden in Indias sacred lotus flowers

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

23 Jan 2026 5:30 am
Meta's new AI team delivered first key models internally this month, CTO says

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth said the models built by its Meta Superintelligence Labs team, formed last year, showed a lot of promise

22 Jan 2026 11:37 am
Netflix CEOs on back foot in defence of $83 billion Warner Bros bid

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

22 Jan 2026 11:29 am
WEF 2026: Nvidia boss sees 'trillions' in AI spending ahead

Nvidia boss Jensen Huang spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where AI boosterism has been overshadowed by a transatlantic confrontation

22 Jan 2026 11:15 am
YouTube to match OpenAI with AI likeness feature

YouTube announced plans on Wednesday to allow its users this year to create AI versions of themselves

22 Jan 2026 9:44 am
Large genetic study finds overlaps between schizophrenia, bone health

Researchers analysing data from more than half a million people identify shared genetic patterns linking traits related to schizophrenia and osteoporosis

22 Jan 2026 6:00 am
Study probes the vast gap between early stars and adult achievers

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

22 Jan 2026 5:30 am
Netflix delivers solid 4th quarter, but stock sinks amid worries about slowing subscriber growth

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

21 Jan 2026 9:47 am
OpenAI rolls out age prediction on ChatGPT

OpenAI on Tuesday said it is rolling out age prediction on ChatGPT globally, to determine whether an account is likely owned by a minor

21 Jan 2026 9:20 am
How reusability can lead to sustainable, cost-effective access to space

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

21 Jan 2026 8:30 am
Why only female Darwins bark spiders weave the toughest webs

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

21 Jan 2026 5:30 am
Meta turning a blind eye to illegal gambling ads, UK Gambling Commission says

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

20 Jan 2026 9:32 am
UK PM says 'need to do more' to protect children from social media

Starmer told a press conference that o options are off the table when asked about restricting social media for younger people

20 Jan 2026 9:16 am
Young workers most worried about AI affecting jobs, survey shows

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

20 Jan 2026 9:06 am
Scientists plan to build a graviton detector. Why is it so hard?

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

20 Jan 2026 5:30 am
New state of matter is a solid-liquid hybrid

The findings suggest that the boundary between solid and liquid phases at the nanoscale isnt as distinct as scientists have thought it to be

19 Jan 2026 12:11 pm
Soft matter: the unusual yet persistent physics inside your bathroom cabinet

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

19 Jan 2026 8:30 am
What happened to ISROs PSLV-C62 mission? | Explained

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?

18 Jan 2026 3:16 am
The biggest blunder of Einsteins life

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

17 Jan 2026 11:59 pm
Tesla granted more time in US investigation into its self-driving tech

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

17 Jan 2026 12:23 pm
Musk and Ryanair CEO clash overcost of Starlink Wi-Fi on planes

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

17 Jan 2026 11:58 am
Google asks US judge to defer order forcing it to share data while it appeals

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington ruled in 2024 that the company used unlawful tactics to maintain its dominance in online search

17 Jan 2026 11:18 am
US FTC to scrutinise Big Tech's talent acquisition deals: Report

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

17 Jan 2026 11:16 am
California AG sends cease and desist letter to xAI on deepfake images

Californias attorney general, Rob Bonta, on Friday sent a cease and desist letter to Elon Musks xAI

17 Jan 2026 11:14 am