New Delhi, April 11 iPhone manufacturer Apple has warned its users about ongoing Pegasus-like sophisticated spyware attacks targeting a very small number of individuals, including journalists, activists, politicians and diplomats. Controlling phone just via missed call Spyware can control mobile...
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London, April 11 Instagram said it’s deploying new tools to protect young people and combat sexual extortion, including a feature that will automatically blur nudity in direct messages. The social media platform said in a blog post Thursday that it’s...
Chandigarh, April 11 Mercenary spyware is designed to remotely infiltrate and compromise smartphones and other devices without the knowledge or consent of the users. These surveillance tools could be used to monitor movements and communications, steal private data, etc. In...
Mumbai, April 11 NASA’s mission that launched sounding rockets during the recent total solar eclipse was led by Aroh Barjatya, an India-born researcher who studied in cities across the country before moving to the United States, his family said. The...
Vijay Mohan Chandigarh, April 11 A study undertaken by experts from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has revealed a significantly decreasing trend in solar power generation potential in the country and has suggested use of more efficient equipment to deal...
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New Delhi, April 11 Tech giant Apple on Thursday sent threat notifications to select users in 92 countries, including some in India, who may have been targeted using ‘mercenary spyware’ like Pegasus from the NSO Group. Mercenary spyware attacks are...
New Delhi, April 10 American electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk is visiting India later this month to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and is likely to announce the company’s investment plans in the country, according to sources. Musk,...
Ludhiana, April 9 ISRO Chairman Dr S Somanath shared that India reached the moon through Chandrayan 3, not to prove anything to the world, but to study the celestial rocks there. Indian minds are capable of building satellites and rockets....
New Delhi, April 9 About 5,000 meteorites are being lost in Antarctica because of ice melting caused by climate change, new research has found. Scientists are calling for a major international effort to preserve the scientific value of meteorites as...
New Delhi, April 9 The lack of proper training in advancing technologies like generative AI (GenAI), poor management, and gender disparity are the major roadblocks for women pursuing careers in tech, according to a report on Tuesday. The report by...
New Delhi, April 9 The world experienced the warmest March ever due to a combined effect of El Nino conditions and human caused climate change, making it the 10th consecutive month since June last year to set a new temperature...
New Delhi, April 9 In a fillip to the country’s Electric Vehicle (EV) goals, the European Union (EU) and India on Tuesday joined hands to promote startups working in the area of battery recycling technologies for EVs. The collaboration aims...
Aksheev Thakur New Delhi, April 8 To check the spread of misinformation ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, online video sharing platform YouTube has asked content creators to label synthetic and artificial intelligence-generated content. Introduces New tool to detect synthetic...
Mexico, April 8 The first total solar eclipse to grace North America in seven years made landfall in Mexico on Monday as millions of skywatchers gazed upward for the start of a celestial display at least partially visible, weather permitting,...
London, April 8 Months after creating the new Microsoft AI organisation to help advance their consumer AI products and research, including Copilot, the tech giant has now announced that it is opening a new AI hub in London, UK. According...
New Delhi, April 8 Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) on Monday announced the “successful deployment” into space of its sub-metre optical satellite that was assembled and tested in India. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched TSAT-1A satellite from the Kennedy Space...
New Delhi, April 8 A team of South Korean scientists has developed a new labelling technology that can observe neuronal structure in detail and help decode degenerative brain disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, as well as stroke — known...
Washington, April 8 The moon will blot out the sun for millions of people in North America along a path crossing from Mexico into the United States and then Canada in a total solar eclipse occurring on Monday, April 8....
New Delhi, April 7 India’s weather scientists have started harnessing the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance weather forecasts, India Meteorological Department Director-General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said. In a free-wheeling interaction with PTI editors, he said over the...
Vibha Sharma Chandigarh, April 5 Come April 8 and the world will witness its first solar eclipse of this year. Given that it will be the first total solar eclipse since December 4, 2021, makes the celestial event even more...
New Delhi, April 4 Social media platform X has expanded its ‘Community Notes’ program to India, a fact-checking type feature that allows people to collaboratively add context to potentially misleading posts. The activation of ‘Community Notes’ program in India comes...
San Francisco, April 4 The US space agency NASA has selected four companies — Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, and Venturi Astrolab — to develop a lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) that Artemis astronauts will use to travel around the Moon’s surface....
Bengaluru, April 3 A multi-institutional team has provided critical insights into the evolution and origins of the virus strains fuelling lumpy skin cattle disease outbreak, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has said. In May 2022, cattle across India began...
New Delhi, April 2 Six genes have been found to be at the heart of emotional response and meaning perception, in turn making up one’s personality, including their outlook and functioning, according to new research. These genes were also found...
New Delhi, April 2 The melting of glaciers in a warming climate exposes new ground that are then colonised by invasive species, a new research has found. The study, conducted by UK-based researchers, looked at how living organisms colonise new...
New Delhi, March 30 As world leaders scramble to tackle the menace of deepfakes in a global election year, Sam Altman-run OpenAI is trying to develop beneficial AI, with a text-to-speech model called ‘Voice Engine’. The AI model uses text...
Toronto, March 29 A team of researchers here on Friday said they have identified genes which might be partially behind cerebral palsy, a condition which affects the ability to move and maintain balance and posture in children. The seven-year study,...
Jodhpur, March 28 Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur have developed a new low-cost, paper-based analytical device that can be connected to smartphones to provide on-spot detection of glucose levels. The device carries a lab-based functionalised biodegradable...
New Delhi, March 27 In a bid to take on OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Elon Musk on Wednesday said that X platform will soon allow its ‘Grok’ AI chatbot to more paying subscribers. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the Tesla...
Guwahati, March 26 Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati on Tuesday announced the transfer of key technology for the commercial rollout of India’s first recombinant vaccine for swine fever virus in pigs and wild boars. Swine fever...
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