Google doubles down on efforts to combat misinformation ahead of EU elections
London, Feb 10 - Google has announced to support the European parliamentary elections by surfacing high-quality information to voters, safeguarding its platforms from abuse and equipping campaigns with the best-in-class security tools and training.
$300 bn electronics production in few years a realistic, achievable target: IT Minister
New Delhi, Feb 10 - India has embarked on the journey to reach $300 billion electronics production, including $100 billion in exports, in the coming few years which is a realistic and achievable target for the government, Union Minister for Electronics and IT
US announces over $5 bn investment in chip-related R&D, skill development
Washington, Feb 10 - The Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration has announced to invest over $5 billion in semiconductor-related research, development and workforce needs.
OpenAI generating 100 bn words per day: Sam Altman
New Delhi, Feb 10 - ChatGPT maker OpenAI is currently generating about 100 billion worlds per day, its Co-founder and CEO Sam Altman revealed on Saturday, as he seeks trillions of dollars to reshape the future of chips and artificial intelligence (AI).
Samsung Galaxy Book 4 series set to launch in India this month
New Delhi, Feb 9 - Samsung is all set to launch its Galaxy Book4 series of notebooks in India this month. Sources told IANS that Samsung will likely announce pre-bookings of its Galaxy Book4 series in the middle of February, and the new
PhonePe to launch Indus Appstore in New Delhi on Feb 21
New Delhi, Feb 9 - PhonePe is set to launch the Indus Appstore consumer app on February 21 in the capital.
Licious lays off 3% of its workforce amid restructuring exercise
New Delhi, Feb 9 - Direct-to-consumer (D2C) foodtech platform Licious is laying off nearly 3 per cent of its workforce, around 80 employees, as part of a restructuring exercise.
Musk plans to discontinue phone number, only X for texts, calls
New Delhi, Feb 9 - Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Friday said that he plans to discontinue his phone number and use only social media platform X for messages, audio and video calls.
Pinterest announces new ad deal with Google, reaches 498 mn monthly users
San Francisco, Feb 9 - Photo-sharing social media platform Pinterest has announced its next third-party ad integration with Google, as it reached an all-time record of 498 million monthly active users globally.
Ex-PhonePe CEO’s startup Paymart to offer ‘virtual ATM’, partners 5 Indian banks
New Delhi, Feb 9 - Former PhonePe CEO Amit Narang's fintech startup Paymart on Friday said that it has partnered with five Indian banks to offer its innovative virtual, cardless, and hardware-less cash withdrawal service.
SAR on car for surveillance! Ex-ISRO official promoted Sisir Radar innovates
Chennai, Feb 9 - A synthetic aperture radar (SAR) on a car for surveillance? Yes, that is what space sector startup, Sisir Radar Private Ltd has innovated.
Another NASA-SpaceX backed US firm to launch Moon mission on Valentine’s Day
New Delhi, Feb 9 - NASA backed private US company Intuitive Machines aims to launch a lander on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket on February 14.
Prama India, MeitY’s C-DAC to spur R&D, innovation in thermal camera tech
New Delhi, Feb 9 - Homegrown video security solution provider Prama India on Friday said it has partnered Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), under the IT Ministry, for research and development and innovation in thermal camera technology.
Google joins global coalition to bring transparency to digital content in AI era
New Delhi, Feb 9 - The Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), a global standards body advancing transparency online through certifying the provenance of digital content, on Friday announced that Google has joined as a steering committee member and support Content Credentials
Global data traffic hit 59 exabytes in 2023, equivalent to over 46 cr smartphones
New Delhi, Feb 9 - Global data traffic in 2023 reached 59 exabytes, a remarkable 23 per cent increase from the 48 exabytes recorded in 2022, a report said on Friday.
Apple rolls out redesigned iCloud app for Windows
New Delhi, Feb 9 - Apple has rolled out a redesigned iCloud app for Windows to offer new features and improvements to enhance the user experience.
Google bids goodbye to Bard, kick-starts next Gemini AI era: Sundar Pichai
New Delhi, Feb 8 - Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai on Thursday announced the next chapter in the company’s AI journey, saying Bard will now simply be called Gemini.
Threads tests Instagram-like save posts feature
New Delhi, Feb 8 - Meta's X rival Threads has started testing highly requested feature 'save posts' on the app, allowing users to bookmark favourite posts to revisit them later.
Instagram may soon let you write messages with help of AI
New Delhi, Feb 9 - Meta-owned Instagram is reportedly woking on the functionality to allow users to write messages with the help of artificial intelligence (AI).
India to put new meteorological satellite INSAT-3DS into orbit on Feb 17
Chennai, Feb 8 - India will put into orbit its new meteorological satellite INSAT-3DS on February 17 at 5.30 p.m. with the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) rocket, the Indian space agency said on Thursday.