- Technology
Google launches ‘Indian Languages Programme’ to support local news publishers
New Delhi: Google on Friday launched the ‘Indian Languages Programme’ under its News Initiative to support local news publishers in India. According to the company, the Indian Languages Programme is a comprehensive…
- India
‘Nehru’ dropped; NMML renamed Prime Ministers’ Memorial Museum & Library
New Delhi: The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Society housed in Teen Murti Bhavan premises here has been renamed by the government as Prime Ministers’ Museum and Library Society, prompting sharp reactions…
- Health
More diagnostic tools for early detection of Alzheimer’s underway: Report
New Delhi: With advancements in medical technology, novel diagnostic tools are emerging to facilitate early and accurate detection of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a report on Friday. Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive neurodegenerative…
- Technology
Microsoft to remove some old File Explorer features on Windows 11
San Francisco: Microsoft has stated that some of the old settings under Folder Options in File Explorer will be removed as part of an effort to reduce the number of File Explorer…
- Health
Universal donor stem cell therapy to help treat degenerative brain diseases
New York: US scientists have developed universal donor stem cells that could one day provide lifesaving therapy to children with lethal brain conditions, such as Canavan disease, as well as to people…
- Technology
Future iPhones may be scratch resistant
San Francisco: Apple will reportedly bring scratch resistance feature to future iPhones. A patent for “Spatial Composites”, which refers to integrating metal or ceramic with a chassis for scratch resistance, has recently…
- India
Muslim clerics, leaders oppose fresh move on UCC
Lucknow: Prominent Muslim clerics and leaders of various Islamic organisations have said that a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is impractical in a country like India, which has a number of religious minorities,…
- India
Tamil Nadu: Former DGP gets 3 yrs jail in sexual harassment case
Chennai: A local court in Villupuram on Friday sentenced former Tamil Nadu Special DGP Rajesh Das to three years of imprisonment in a sexual harassment case. The accused was charged with sexual…
- Technology
Rolls-Royce unveils its 1st all electric car at $486K
Seoul: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars on Friday unveiled the brand’s first all-electric model, named Spectre, in South Korea as it sees further room to grow in Asia’s fourth-biggest economy. South Korea is the…
- Technology
Mercedes-Benz adds ChatGPT to voice control of its vehicles
San Francisco: Luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz has expanded the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and added OpenAI’s ChatGPT into the voice control of its vehicles as the next step. “By adding ChatGPT,…
- Bangalore
VHP to protest in Bengaluru against withdrawal of anti-conversion law
Bengaluru: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) will stage a protest here on Friday against the ruling Congress government in Karnataka over its decision to withdraw the anti-conversion law introduced by the previous…
- Technology
Adobe Acrobat turns 30 as people opened over 400 bn PDFs in Acrobat in 2022
New Delhi: It was 30 years ago that Adobe co-founder Dr John Warnock and his team invented the Portable Document Format (PDF) and Adobe Acrobat that allowed sharing of text and images…
- Health
Covid pandemic increased diabetes among children, pregnant women
New York: The number of children diagnosed with Type-2 diabetes continued to rise in the year after the Covid-19 pandemic began, according to research. Another study, also being presented at ENDO 2023,…
- Technology
WhatsApp working on multi-account feature on Android
San Francisco: Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on a multi-account feature on Android that will allow users to access multiple accounts from the same device. According to WABetaInfo, the company is working…
- Technology
‘Hey Disney!’ voice assistant now available for Echo devices in US
San Francisco: Amazon and Disney have announced that the new voice assistant ‘Hey Disney!’ is now officially available for Echo devices in the US. The new voice assistant is built on Alexa…
