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AI and the evolving landscape of Chennais Margazhi Season

Classical musicians must move past skepticism when it comes to AI. It cannot replace human mastery, but can be a modern instrument for practice, planning and cultural propagation.

10 Dec 2025 3:20 pm
Google Photos rolls out video editing features with templates, music, and custom text

Users can now create personalised videos and edit them within Google Photos itself

10 Dec 2025 2:49 pm
Nvidia builds location verification tech that could help fight chip smuggling

Nvidia has built location verification technology that could indicate which country its chips are operating in, according to sources familiar with the matter

10 Dec 2025 2:22 pm
Google launches AI Plus subscription plan in India with access to latest Gemini tools and features

Available for Rs. 399 per month from today, new subscribers can avail the plan for Rs. 199 for the first six months

10 Dec 2025 1:16 pm
Hinge CEO Justin McLeod to leave company, Match Group says

Match Group said on Tuesday that Hinge founder and CEO Justin McLeod will step down to launch Overtone

10 Dec 2025 11:08 am
Wikipedia operator taps former U.S. Ambassador to Chile for CEO role

Wikimedia Foundation, the operator of Wikipedia, on Tuesday named Bernadette Meehan its chief executive officer, tapping an administrator with deep policy expertise and federal government experience

10 Dec 2025 11:01 am
SpaceX to pursue 2026 IPO raising above $30 billion: Report

Elon Musks SpaceX is moving ahead with plans for an initial public offering, Bloomberg News reported

10 Dec 2025 11:00 am
Spotify expands music videos access to premium users in U.S., Canada to take on YouTube

Spotify said on Tuesday it is making music videos available to premium subscribers in the U.S. and Canada

10 Dec 2025 9:27 am
Oracle's OpenAI reliance faces scrutiny as debt-fueled AI buildout raises worries

Oracle this year staked claim as one of the bigger providers of the rented computing power essential for generative AI thanks to its tie-up with ChatGPT-creator OpenAI

10 Dec 2025 9:01 am
Meta says Australia pushing teens to 'less regulated' platforms

Lesser known chat and image sharing apps Lemon8 and yope, which are not currently listed in the social media ban, have shot up the download charts in Australia

10 Dec 2025 7:08 am
Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called it a proud day for families and cast the law as proof that policymakers can curb online harms that have outpaced traditional safeguards

10 Dec 2025 6:39 am
Aditya-L1 in a global effort reveals why the 2024 solar storm behaved unusually

According to ISRO, during the solar storm, scientists discovered something unusual: the Suns magnetic fields, which are like twisted ropes inside a solar storm, were breaking and rejoining within the storm

9 Dec 2025 8:17 pm
DPIIT committee on AI and copyright suggests compromise position on data mining

Data crawlers for training AI models should not be restricted, a government working paper said. However, it added, all rightsholders would have to be paid for their contributions

9 Dec 2025 3:13 pm
What one writers Nobel lecture reveals about AI and our future

The question is not whether art or human creativity will survive AI but whether the civilisation that deployed AI still has the imagination and moral vocabulary to make any new meaning at all

9 Dec 2025 3:09 pm
Google faces EU antitrust investigation into AI Overviews, YouTube

Google faces an EU antitrust investigation into its use of web publishers online content and YouTube videos for AI, the European Commission said

9 Dec 2025 2:50 pm
ChatGPT Enterprise users say they save 40 to 60 minutes per active day: OpenAI survey

The state of enterprise AI report by OpenAI observed that Enterprise users report saving 40 to 60 minutes per day thanks to AI, and being able to carry out new tasks such as data analysis and coding

9 Dec 2025 2:34 pm
U.S. startup seeks to reclaim Twitter trademarks 'abandoned' by Musks X

The petition was filed by Stephen Coates, a former trademark lawyer at Twitter who now serves as Operation Bluebird's general counsel and runs a small law firm

9 Dec 2025 9:55 am
U.S. FDA qualifies first AI tool to help speed liver disease drug development

The cloud-based system, called AIM-NASH, analyzes images of liver tissue to help doctors assess signs of diseases such as fat buildup, inflammation, and scarring

9 Dec 2025 9:45 am
SoftBank, Nvidia looking to invest in Skild AI at $14 billion valuation

If successful, the funding will be at nearly triple Skild's valuation from the $4.7 billion it commanded in a $500 million Series B round earlier this year that saw participation from Nvidia, LG's venture capital arm and Samsung, among others, according to PitchBook data

9 Dec 2025 9:36 am
Trump says to sign order blocking AI regulation by states

There must be only One Rulebook if we are going to continue to lead in AI, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform

9 Dec 2025 9:10 am
India's Tata signs up Intel as first major customer for $14 billion chip foray

The electronics-manufacturing arm of the 156-year-old salt-to-software Tata group is investing about $14 billion

9 Dec 2025 8:53 am
How can India benefit from neurotechnology? | Explained

What is a Brain-Computer Interface? Can such technologies be used for human enhancement or military advantage? How can neurotechnology help non-communicable and injury-related neurological disorders? How are other nations advancing?

9 Dec 2025 8:30 am
On zoos and magnets: the physics behind sounds

Sounds are waves disturbances that move by pushing and pulling air molecules. Every sound can be counted by a number measuring how fast your vocal cords need to vibrate to generate it

9 Dec 2025 8:30 am
Paramount makes $108.4 billion hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery

Paramount submitted multiple offers starting in September to forge an entertainment powerhouse capable of challenging Netflix and tech giants such as Apple that have expanded into media but faced rejections.

8 Dec 2025 8:53 pm
Fossils, genomes clash as scientists debate the mosquitos origins

The mosquito family Culicidae includes more than 3,500 known species divided into two main subfamilies: Anophelinae and Culicinae. These subfamilies were thought to have diverged between 180 and 200 million years ago. Fossils, however, have told a different story

8 Dec 2025 3:30 pm
How new DGCA rules put human limits at the centre of air safety

Research has associated chronic circadian misalignment with higher BP, metabolic disturbances, higher risk of mood disorders, and gastrointestinal dysfunction

8 Dec 2025 1:28 pm
Nothing Phone 3a Lite Review | Decent smartphone with solid strengths

The Phone 3a Lite is easy to recommend to users who want the Nothing aesthetic on a budget

8 Dec 2025 12:12 pm
IBM nears roughly $11 billion deal for Confluent: Report

Confluent has a market capitalization of about $8.09 billion, as per LSEG-compiled data

8 Dec 2025 9:49 am
Trump airs doubt about Netflix acquisition of Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Discovery officially put itself up for sale in October after receiving multiple unsolicited offers

8 Dec 2025 8:39 am
India needs a diversified portfolio of future-ready power system technologies, say experts

Global Energy Leaders Summit moot setting up an inter-State coordination platform for planning and implementing Indias energy roadmap

7 Dec 2025 9:44 pm
7 Dec 2025 1:30 pm
Sam Altman | Merchant of the future

The OpenAI CEO has declared a code red at his company as the ChatGPT-maker rushes to turbocharge its chatbots performance; his urgency comes shortly after Google unveiled its powerful Gemini 3 model

7 Dec 2025 1:06 am
Meta partners with news outlets to expand AI content

The social media giant said Meta AI will offer breaking news, entertainment and lifestyle stories when users ask news-related questions

6 Dec 2025 11:30 am
Meta buys AI wearables startup Limitless

Limitless has raised a total of $33 million from investors including venture capital powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, according to Pitchbook

6 Dec 2025 11:08 am
Apple sendsnew round of cyber threat notifications to users in 84 countries

Apple has sent a new round of cyber threat notifications to users in 84 countries, the company said on Friday

6 Dec 2025 9:45 am
U.S. senators unveil bill to prevent easing of curbs on Nvidia chip sales to China

The bill, known as the SAFE CHIPS Act, was filed by Republican Senator Pete Ricketts and Democrat Chris Coons

5 Dec 2025 11:28 am
Microsoft faces complaint in EU over Israeli surveillance data

Eko, which says it fights for people and planet over profits, accused Microsoft of violating Europe's data protection law

5 Dec 2025 11:11 am
Eau de AI: Amazon gives techies a whiff of software-driven perfume

Sessions dispensing advice on arcane fields such as cloud modernization, data lakes and container migrations are popular among software engineers at the conference, but none has drawn a crowd like the AI perfumery

5 Dec 2025 11:05 am
Does Googles Quantum Echoes bring Q-day closer?

Googles latest quantum experiment marks a major leap in verifying quantum behaviour but not yet a threat to modern encryption

5 Dec 2025 8:00 am
This hidden addiction keeps us glued to smartphones. Heres how to fix it

We often talk about social media addiction as if the platforms themselves are pulling every string, but when Im honest with myself, the behaviour that most reliably brings my phone to my hand is the arrival of a text on WhatsApp

5 Dec 2025 8:00 am
Low-pH cements could let microbes seal cracks in deep nuclear vaults

Experiments using a low-pH cement found that in niches rich in organic materials, microbes metabolism could strengthen nuclear-waste barriers; the results indicate that future safety assessments should treat underground microbiology as a design parameter rather than as an inconvenience

5 Dec 2025 8:00 am
From AQI and Dharmendra to Operation Sindoor and Womens World Cup: Indians 2025 searches on Google

Google released its annual roundup titled Indias Year in Search 2025: The A to Z of Trending Searches

4 Dec 2025 3:01 pm
EU to launch antitrust probe into Meta over use of AI in WhatsApp: Report

Brussels is planning a new antitrust investigation into Meta Platforms over its rollout of artificial intelligence features in WhatsApp, the Financial Times reported on Thursday

4 Dec 2025 1:55 pm
OpenAI pushes to release new AI model codenamed Garlic as Googles Gemini gains users: Report

As per a new report, OpenAI plans to release a version of the new large language model by early next year

4 Dec 2025 12:12 pm
Wikipedia seeks more AI licensing deals similar to Google tie-up, co-founder says

While the content of Wikipedia remains free for individuals under its license, the high-volume, automated access by for-profit entities is a different matter, Wales said

4 Dec 2025 11:12 am
Salesforce CEO vies to overcome investors AI skepticism while touting companys quarterly numbers

Salesforce has been pummeled by a wave of investor skepticism thats intensified the pressure on its persuasive CEO Marc Benioff

4 Dec 2025 11:09 am
Microsoft lowers AI software sales quota as customers resist new products: Report

It is rare for Microsoft to lower quotas for specific products, the report said, citing two salespeople in the Azure cloud unit

4 Dec 2025 11:04 am
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visits Republicans as debate over intensifying AI race rages

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met separately with U.S. President Donald Trump and Republican senators Wednesday

4 Dec 2025 11:04 am