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Texas lawmakers fail to pass ban on social media for those under 18

A push in Texas to ban children under 18 years old from social media platforms has failed at the state Capitol

30 May 2025 10:12 am
Chinese tech companies prepare for AI future without Nvidia: Report

China's biggest technology companies have begun the process of switching to homegrown chips as they contend with a dwindling stockpile of Nvidia processors

30 May 2025 9:53 am
Germany weighs 10% tax on online platforms like Google

Germany is considering a 10% tax on large online platforms like Alphabet's Google and Meta's Facebook, its new minister of state for culture told magazine Stern

30 May 2025 9:25 am
Watch | Rain before its time, whats really going on with the 2025 Monsoon?

The Southwest Monsoon arrived in Kerala a full week early this yearon May 24, 2025. While early rain might sound like good news, this sudden shift raises bigger, more urgent questions.

30 May 2025 12:51 am
Circadian rhythms: how your bodys internal clock regulates your health

The circadian rhythm sets up physiological rhythms with consequences on wellness. The clock is entrained primarily by light, but also by meal timings and exercise to maintain normal circadian rhythms. Additionally, the output of the clock in concert with a variety of zeitgebers provides feedback to maintain healthy rhythms

29 May 2025 3:00 pm
Google opens its online store to sell Pixel devices throughout India

The new Google Store will also help Pixel users in servicing. They can now self-serve by initiating repair requests and scheduling pick-up directly from the website

29 May 2025 11:48 am
Trump tells U.S. chip design software makers to halt China sales: Report

President Donald Trump's administration has ordered U.S. firms that offer software used to design semiconductors to stop selling their services to Chinese groups, the Financial Times reported

29 May 2025 9:58 am
Netflix co-founder and former CEO Reed Hastings joins Anthropic board

He has previously held director positions at Microsoft and Facebook, and served as the CEO of Netflix for 25 years

29 May 2025 9:55 am
China's DeepSeek releases an update to its R1 reasoning model

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek released an update to its R1 reasoning model in the early hours of Thursday

29 May 2025 9:37 am
Major study says malaria reinfection creates special immune cells

A study published in Science Immunology may open new pathways to conquer malaria and other difficult infections for which we currently lack effective vaccines

29 May 2025 5:30 am
All you need to know about: treating addiction

When dealing with addiction, it is vital to have endless hope

28 May 2025 3:06 pm
Egyptian archaeologists discover three tombs in Luxor

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered tombs dating back to the New Kingdom period from 1550-1070 BC. They identified the names and titles of their owners through inscriptions found within

28 May 2025 2:24 pm
OnePlus unveils its AI strategy, revamps Alert slider to a customisable Plus Key with AI Plus Mind

The Plus Key activates AI Plus Mind, a new feature to quickly save, catalogue, and recall key information found on the screen

28 May 2025 11:55 am
Salesforce to buy Informatica for $8 billion to bolster AI data tools

Thoma Bravo and Cloud Software Group were part of the five interested buyers of the asset, that person and another person familiar with the process said

28 May 2025 9:45 am
Nets and high-tech hijackings: Anti-drone systems offer new ways to counter rising threats

Rising concerns about the misuse of drones have led to the development of new technologies designed to counter unmanned aircraft

28 May 2025 8:47 am
Realme GT 7, GT 7T, Dream Edition and Buds Air 7 Pro launched: Features, price, sale

All the phones in this new series ships with a 7,000 mAh battery supported by a 120 W fast charger included in the box

27 May 2025 3:50 pm
Trump Media to raise $3 billion to spend on cryptocurrencies

The company that runs the Truth Social streaming and social media platform aims to raise $2 billion in fresh equity and $1 billion more through a convertible bond, the report said

27 May 2025 1:47 pm
The U.S. has world-class scientific talent. The rest of the world is hoping to lure that away

As the Trump administration cut billions of dollars in federal funding to scientific research, thousands of scientists in the U.S. lost their jobs or grants

27 May 2025 10:00 am
Putin says services like Microsoft, Zoom should be 'throttled' in Russia

Putin said it was important for Russia to develop domestic software solutions

27 May 2025 9:43 am
Capgemini and SAP partner with Mistral to deploy AI for sensitive sectors

The collaboration targets industries with stringent data requirements, such as financial services, public sector, aerospace and defence, and energy and utilities

27 May 2025 9:35 am
Scientists finally solve the 160-year-old problem of Mendels peas

In 1900, 16 years after Mendels death, three scientists realised that Mendel had answered the question of whether some traits of the parents are passed on to their offspring more frequently than others

27 May 2025 8:30 am
Watch: Technology, Science, and Policy: can they together save a warming planet?

Sambuddha Misra, Arunabha Ghosh and Suruchi Bhadwal in conversation with Jacob Koshy

26 May 2025 4:39 pm
The maths of how Indias coastline lengthened without gaining new land

The coastline paradox reveals more than a peculiar measurement challenge: it underscores how science evolves with better tools

26 May 2025 5:30 am
Operation Sindoor showed Indias full dominance; need to go full throttle on indigenous systems: Dr. Satheesh Reddy

Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy, former Secretary R&D and Chairman DRDO and currently President of the Aeronautical Society of India, in a conversation with The Hindus Dinakar Peri. Some excerpts

25 May 2025 10:09 pm
Axiom-4 mission to International Space Station: Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, crew members to enter quarantine ahead of launch

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Axiom-4 mission crew aboard a Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center in the U.S. on June 9, 2025

25 May 2025 9:27 pm
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Antimalarial agents sidestep insecticide resistance by fighting parasite

Scientists are trying to block the transmission of malaria by going after the parasite rather than mosquitoes

25 May 2025 5:15 am
Does neurodegeneration start when blood vessels are damaged?

Despite decades of research, the precise mechanisms driving neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimers have remained elusive. Two studies published recently have revealed a startling possibility: that the trouble might begin long before neurons die

25 May 2025 5:00 am
Eight mice and a magic drug

On May 25, 1940, lethal doses of streptococci bacteria were used to infect eight mice. Four of these were then administered injections of penicillin, helping them to survive days to weeks, even as the other four died the very next day. A.S.Ganesh waves his wand and tells you about a wonder drug

25 May 2025 1:05 am
Daily quiz: On Nuclear science

Here is a quiz on nuclear science

23 May 2025 5:10 pm
Anthropic touts improved Claude AI models

Anthropic unveiled its latest Claude generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) models on Thursday

23 May 2025 10:56 am
OpenAI's biggest data center secures $11.6 billion in funding: Report

The data center expected to be the ChatGPT parent's largest will use up to 50,000 Nvidia Blackwell chips per building

23 May 2025 10:34 am
Trump hosts gala for crypto memecoin buyers despite corruption concerns

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday will host a private event for hundreds of top investors in his crypto memecoin

23 May 2025 10:32 am
FTC probes Media Matters over Musk's X boycott claims, document shows

The probe, marks an escalation in U.S. government scrutiny of whether groups like Media Matters helped advertisers coordinate to pull ad dollars from X after Musk bought the social media site formerly known as Twitter in 2022

23 May 2025 10:15 am
As we continue to tackle the challenges of antimicrobial resistance, time to factor in newer, emergent issues

While the launch of Nafithromycin, the first antibiotic to be developed in the last 30 years, globally, is a welcome step forward, experts warn that addressing AMR is no longer optional: tackling it requires a multifaceted approach with a shared sense of responsibility to make a difference

23 May 2025 7:00 am
CAR-T therapy can be safely manufactured at hospital, finds ICMR-funded trial led by CMC Vellore

CAR-T cells, produced at the hospital site, were used on 10 patients with acute leukemia and lymphoma; the study found the therapy to be safe, with promising results, with the cost of the therapy being nearly 90% less than global average

22 May 2025 5:15 pm
Microsoft AI weather forecast faster, cheaper, truer: study

According to its designers, Aurora is the first AI model to consistently outperform seven forecasting centres in predicting the five-day trajectory of devastating cyclones

22 May 2025 10:00 am
Starlink launches operations in Bangladesh

Monthly packages start at 4,200 taka ($35) for the service now available nationwide, says Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, with a one-time payment of 47,000 taka required for setup equipment.

21 May 2025 4:51 pm
Google launches AI coding assistant and AI tool for UI designs at Google I/O 2025

The tool as introduced back in December last year to Google Labs and now its beta version will be available to the public

21 May 2025 4:19 pm
HowJayalalithaa gave up opposition to nuclear plant, citingSrinivasans report

After pitching for theKudankulam project, the Chief Minister urged the Centre in September 2011 to halt it until apprehensions about its safety were addressed.Yet she set up an expert panel in February 2012. It included former Chairman of the Atomic Energy CommissionM.R.Srinivasan. Based on its report, she green-lighted the plant in March

20 May 2025 10:02 pm
Swiggy introduces Drops for food lovers to order limited-edition dishes on first-come, first-serve basis

Swiggy has launched its Drops initiative that offers limited-edition dishes from popular food brands and chefs on a first-come, first-serve basis

20 May 2025 4:17 pm
Alphabet's Waymo gets California nod for expansion in San Francisco Bay Area

Waymo said on Monday it received approval from California to expand its robotaxi operations in more areas of the San Francisco Peninsula and further south

20 May 2025 10:45 am
The workings of an atomiser and its myriad applications

Atomisers are used everywhere where a liquid needs to be distributed in a specific and efficient way across a surface or through a space. Some ways in which sprays differ are in the drop size, spray pattern, and angle of application

20 May 2025 8:30 am
Minimal model captures neurons, flow of opinions, exotic matter

A new study has introduced a new form of the classic Ising model that, by incorporating non-reciprocal interactions, can recreate many properties of one-way networks

20 May 2025 5:30 am
From pyramids to hourglasses: how AI can change Indian workplaces

McKinsey estimates that Artificial Intelligence could pump trillions into the global economy, with firms seeing productivity rise by up to 25% when they embrace it. Thats the lure that AI promises efficiency and flexibility

19 May 2025 8:30 am
Our bodies perform a kind of mRNA editing and we dont know why

Researchers from China recently reported that its hard to make sense of the widespread persistence of A-to-I mRNA editing in animals

19 May 2025 5:30 am
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