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University of Science and Technology of China researchers have found a way to realise an experiment Albert Einstein dreamt up a century ago
As the year comes to an end, music streaming giants YouTube, Amazon, and Spotify are trying to woo users by presenting their annual stats in increasingly quirky and memorable ways
Tech giants including Microsoft , Google and ByteDance are scrambling to secure supplies from memory-chip makers such as Micron, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, according to three people familiar with the discussions
Anthropic has hired the law firm Wilson Sonsini to prepare for an initial public offering that could take place as early as 2026, the Financial Times reported
Nvidia has been pushing to get other chip firms to adopt its NVLink technology, with Intel, Qualcomm and now AWS on board
Bun is expected to help Anthropic scale its code-generation tool Claude Code, which reached an annualized revenue run rate of $1 billion since its launch earlier this year
The generative AI boom has sped up chipmakers' development process, as they rush to design the fastest, most energy-efficient equipment for advanced data centers
Sound, waves, and a paradox later, noise cancellation has grown into a sought after delight, popularised by headphones and mastered by sound engineers.
YouTube shared a disappointing update to millions of Australian users and content creators on Wednesday, saying it will comply with a world-first teen social media ban by locking out users aged under 16
Flipping their gender setting to male and even posting photos with fake mustaches, a growing number of women on LinkedIn have posed a provocative challenge
So-called Trump accounts containing $1,000 for all children born after January 1, 2025 were part of the One Big Beautiful Bill that the Republican president pushed through Congress
The Department of Telecommunications has ordered phone makers to pre-install the Sanchar Saathi app on smartphones by March 2026. The order has raised concerns.
While DeepSeek-V3.2 is designed as an AI assistant for reasoning on par with GPT-5, DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale is for more complex tasks and is comparable with the Gemini-3.0-Pro
This is not a user-chosen convenience layer but state-mandated software that can, even if unintentionally, create pathways for monitoring which device belongs to whom, how devices move, when they are active or inactive, and how they interact with telecom networks
Jyotiraditya Scindia, Minister of Communications, said in Parliament that the Sanchar Saathi app could be deleted by users, and was optional
Earlier on X, Mr. Tan had pointed to an article on Mr. Vembus suspicions around the hype of vibe coding
OpenAI hasn't publicly acknowledged it is working on selling ads, but it is testing different types of ads, including those related to online shopping, the report said, citing a person with knowledge of its plans
The deal, unveiled by the companies on Monday, comes as Nvidia has carried out a range of investments, such as those in OpenAI and Anthropic
Apple last month challenged Indias antitrust penalty law which allows the regulator to use global turnover when calculating the penalties
Those in favour of the world-first December 10 ban point to a growing mass of studies that suggest too much time online takes a toll on teen wellbeing
The companies on Monday said they will also launch a new artificial intelligence program to help enterprises in various industries, including financial services, healthcare and retail adopt AI-powered workflows
Australia currently has no specific AI laws though the centre-left Labor government last year signalled it would introduce voluntary guidelines
Netflix has made a mostly cash offer to buy TV and film group Warner Bros Discovery as the storied yet debt-laden Hollywood studio presses on with a sale
What are the two different types of bioremediation? How is traditional microbiology combined with cutting-edge biotechnology? Has the government initiated schemes to further bioremediation programmes? What are some of the challenges the country faces with respect to adoption of such technologies?
As the human presence in the solar system expands, energy will become critical and energy sources will become strategic
The move is meant to safeguard the citizens from buying the non-genuine handsets, enabling easy reporting of suspected misuse of telecom resources and to increase effectiveness of the Sanchar Saathi initiative
Under the pact, HSBC will deploy Mistral's commercial models and future upgrades on a self-hosted basis, combining its internal tech muscle with Mistral's model building
The new service is being unveiled a little over a month after an Amazon Web Services outage on October 20 disrupted thousands of websites worldwide
Iberia said the compromised information included names, loyalty card membership and contact details, but no passwords nor bank card information
Major retail chains and tech companies are offering new or updated artificial intelligence tools in time for the holiday shopping season
The expansion of its plant in Hiroshima will help Micron diversify production away from Taiwan and compete with market leader SK Hynix, the Nikkei said
Even though science tells us we are on track for catastrophic 2.5-3C warming by centurys end, in the back of our minds we think maybe its going to be fine, says RachitDubey, assistant professor, University of California
Australia-based users under the age of 16 will be banned from Metas social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and Threads from December 10
Where other pathogens bent to human ingenuity, HIV forced us to rethink everything: diagnosis, therapy, prevention, even the limits of biomedical ambition
He also said there are only a few countries that have done what India has achieved already and that there are even fewer doing what India is planning to
The industry has changed significantly in recent years as billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX has risen to dominate space launches
Thorniness in bamboo is a defence against herbivores
The new findings add depth to a poorly understood period of human evolution
Embedding cybersecurity practices into daily routines transforms them from mandatory policies into shared values embraced by the community
Data science is not just about building models; it is about solving real-world problems, which requires more than just coding skills
On November 30, 1858, American tinkerer John Landis Mason received a patent for what went on to be the Mason jar. Even though Mason never gained personally from it, the jar that bears his name revolutionised home-food preservation. A.S.Ganesh hands you a jar full of details
In a letter to the Union Agriculture Minister, the Scientists for Genetic Diversity group said the proposal allows multinational enterprises to gain unfettered control over the vital genetic resources of the Global South
On November 27, the launch of a Soyuz-2.1a rocket damaged the cosmodrome and forced authorities to suspend crewed operations
During a podcast episode with Logan Kilpatrick from Google DeepMind, CEO Sundar Pichai expressed excitement about vibe coding but also stressed on the need for experts to handle the security and accuracy of code
The move by Baidu, which runs Chinas largest search engine, comes shortly after it reported a third-quarter loss on November 18
Online spending rose 9.4% through 6:30 p.m. ET (1130 GMT) on Black Friday compared with last year, according to Adobe Inc.s data and insights arm

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