Technology
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Centre okays Rs 700 crore to set up institutes of pharma, medical technology
New Delhi: The Central government has earmarked Rs 700 crore to set up centres of excellence at the National Institutes of Pharmaceutical, Education & Research (NIPER) over the next five years to…
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110 new languages arrive on Google Translate with AI
New Delhi: Using artificial intelligence (AI), Google on Thursday announced to add 110 new languages to Google Translate, including Cantonese, NKo and Tamazight. These new languages represent more than 614 million speakers,…
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India leads global AI research, Bengaluru seventh best AI Hub
New Delhi: Bengaluru is now ranked seventh on the top 10 list of artificial intelligence (AI) Hubs worldwide, a report showed on Friday, adding that India (tied with Germany) has the highest…
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AWS picks 24 Indian startups for space accelerator programme
New Delhi: Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Friday announced its first-ever space accelerator programme in India, selecting 24 startups from the country, providing a big boost to the space startup sector. The…
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AI flagship killer realme GT 6 democratises big storage in smartphones
New Delhi: The evolution of mobile phones has been remarkable, transforming from bulky, brick-like devices with protruding antennas to today’s sleek, powerful smartphones. Ironically, those early models had far less storage capacity…
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Flipkart rolling out own payments app ‘Super.money’
New Delhi: E-commerce giant Flipkart has started rolling out its own payments app Super.money, in a fintech push, over a year and a half after separating from PhonePe. Now live in beta…
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77 per cent of Indian firms witness surge in frauds due to Covid-19 pandemic
New Delhi: About 50 per cent of Indian organisations encountered one or more fraud incidents during and after the pandemic, with a substantial majority (77 per cent) perceiving a noticeable increase in…
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5G subscriptions projected to reach 840 million in India by 2029 end: Report
New Delhi: 5G subscriptions are projected to reach around 840 million in India by the end of 2029, accounting for 65 per cent of mobile subscriptions in the region, a new report…
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NASA’s weather, solar storms monitoring GOES-U satellite en route to space
New Delhi: NASA on Wednesday successfully launched the GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) aimed at monitoring weather in space and on Earth as well as large solar storms. GOES-U is the…
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT now available for all Apple Mac users
New Delhi: Sam Altman-run AI company OpenAI on Wednesday announced that ChatGPT is now available for all Apple Mac users. ChatGPT on Mac computers was announced earlier this month during Apple’s flagship…
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Samsung to unveil new AI-enabled foldable smartphones next month
New Delhi: Samsung Electronics is expected to unveil new Galaxy series foldable smartphones with artificial intelligence (AI) features next month. The Samsung ‘Galaxy Unpacked 2024’ will take place in Paris on July…
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Snapchat introduces new safety features to protect teens from online harm
New Delhi: Social media platform Snapchat on Tuesday introduced a suite of new safety features to safeguard teens and the broader community from online harm. The new features include expanded in-app warnings,…
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EU charges Microsoft over possibly abusive tying practices regarding Teams
San Francisco: The European Union (EU) on Tuesday accused Microsoft of breaching antitrust rules with the ‘abusive’ bundling of its Teams and Office products. “The European Commission has informed Microsoft of its…
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Samsung builds AI chip infrastructure used in more efficient computing
Seoul: Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday it has completed building infrastructure to produce faster and more efficient chips for artificial intelligence (AI) computing. The infrastructure for so-called compute express link (CXL) technology…