New AI tool can predict fatal heart rhythm with 80 pc accuracy

New AI tool can predict fatal heart rhythm with 80 pc accuracy

London, March 28 - British researchers have developed a novel artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can predict a person's risk of a lethal heart rhythm with 80 per cent accuracy.

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Lawyers write to CJI over group trying to ‘pressurise judiciary’

Lawyers write to CJI over group trying to ‘pressurise judiciary’

New Delhi, March 28 - A group of senior lawyers, including Senior Advocate Harish Salve, Bar Council of India Chairperson, Manan Kumar Mishra, in a letter addressed to the Chief Justice of India (CJI), expressed concerns against mounting political and professional pressure through

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South Korea to bar intern doctors if they don’t register for jobs

South Korea to bar intern doctors if they don’t register for jobs

Seoul, March 28 - Intern doctors in South Korea, who have left their worksites in protest of a plan to hike the number of medical students, will be barred from training in the first half of this year unless they register for jobs

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X users with 2,500 verified subscriber followers to get Premium service for free

X users with 2,500 verified subscriber followers to get Premium service for free

New Delhi, March 28 - Billionaire Elon Musk on Thursday said that X users who have 2,500 verified subscriber followers will get Premium features for free.

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Top S. Korean game developer joins Google Cloud on AI, cloud computing

Top S. Korean game developer joins Google Cloud on AI, cloud computing

Seoul, March 27 - NCSOFT Corporation, a major South Korean online and mobile game developer, said on Wednesday that it has joined hands with Google Cloud in improving artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing capabilities.

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SK hynix expects significant increase in sales of high-end chips

SK hynix expects significant increase in sales of high-end chips

Seoul, March 27 - SK hynix, the world's second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday that it expects a significant increase in the portion of its high bandwidth memory (HBM) chip sales relative to total DRAM (dynamic random-access memory) chip sales.

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Blue Planet acquires Vac-Tech Engineering to boost hazardous waste management

Blue Planet acquires Vac-Tech Engineering to boost hazardous waste management

New Delhi, March 27 - Sustainable waste management solutions provider Blue Planet on Wednesday announced the acquisition of Vac-Tech Engineering for an undisclosed sum.

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India’s data centre capacity to double in 3 years: Report

India’s data centre capacity to double in 3 years: Report

New Delhi, March 27 - India’s data centre capacity is likely to double in three years, from nearly 0.9 gigawatts (GW) in 2023 to 2 GW in 2026, a report said on Wednesday.

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South Korea’s Health ministry appeals to defiant trainee doctors for talks

South Korea’s Health ministry appeals to defiant trainee doctors for talks

Seoul, March 27 - South Korea's health ministry on Wednesday appealed to defiant junior doctors to come forward for talks with the government, as a prolonged walkout by trainee doctors has crippled major hospitals for more than five weeks.

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AI chatbot Grok will be available for all premium subscribers this week: Musk

AI chatbot Grok will be available for all premium subscribers this week: Musk

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.

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YouTube removes over 2.25 mn videos in India for violating its community guidelines in Q4 2023

YouTube removes over 2.25 mn videos in India for violating its community guidelines in Q4 2023

New Delhi, March 26 - Google-owned YouTube has removed over 2.25 million videos in India for violating its community guidelines in the fourth quarter of 2023, the popular video streaming platform said in a report on Tuesday.

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LG Group to invest over $74 billion into future tech by 2028

LG Group to invest over $74 billion into future tech by 2028

Seoul, March 27 - LG Group said on Wednesday it will invest 100 trillion won ($74.4 billion) in South Korea by 2028 to sharpen future technologies and seek new growth drivers.

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Need for uniformity in regulations for small modular reactors, say nuclear power experts

Need for uniformity in regulations for small modular reactors, say nuclear power experts

Sochi (Russia), March 26 - Nuclear power experts on Tuesday were unanimous in their view that there is a need for common regulations for small modular reactors (SMR) which is expected to be the sunrise sector within the industry.

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Global extended reality headset shipments drop 19 pc, Meta leads

Global extended reality headset shipments drop 19 pc, Meta leads

New Delhi, March 26 - Global Extended Reality (XR) headset shipments dropped 19 per cent (year-on-year) in 2023, as Meta captured 59 per cent of the market, a new report showed on Tuesday.

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Oversight Board asks Meta to remove restriction on Arabic word ‘shaheed’

Oversight Board asks Meta to remove restriction on Arabic word ‘shaheed’

New Delhi, March 26 - Meta's oversight board on Tuesday asked the company to end its blanket ban on the Arabic word "shaheed", roughly translated as "martyr" in English.

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S. Korea, Japan to cooperate in developing satellite navigation system

S. Korea, Japan to cooperate in developing satellite navigation system

Seoul, March 26 - South Korea and Japan will collaborate on the development and operation of regional satellite navigation systems in East Asia, Seoul's science ministry said on Tuesday.

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TRAI issues recommendations to streamline M2M eSIM sector

TRAI issues recommendations to streamline M2M eSIM sector

New Delhi, March 26 - The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Tuesday released recommendations aimed at streamlining the regulatory landscape of machine-to-machine (M2M) embedded SIM (eSIM) in India.

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India’s manufacturing industry most targeted for ransomware attacks: Study

India’s manufacturing industry most targeted for ransomware attacks: Study

New Delhi, March 26 - India’s manufacturing industry witnessed the most ransomware extortion in 2023, according to a global report.

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63 pc of Indian enterprises believe Gen AI is important for sustainability efforts: Study

63 pc of Indian enterprises believe Gen AI is important for sustainability efforts: Study

Bengaluru, March 26 - About 63 per cent of Indian enterprises believe that generative AI will be important for their efforts towards sustainability, according to a new study on Tuesday.

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Indian tech startups receive $1.6 bn in funding in Q1 2024; retail, fintech lead

Indian tech startups receive $1.6 bn in funding in Q1 2024; retail, fintech lead

New Delhi, March 26 - The Indian tech startup ecosystem received $1.6 billion in total funding in the first quarter this year (till March 15), becoming the fourth-highest nation globally in terms of funding raised during this period, a new report showed on

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