Technology
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Hyundai Motor, LG Energy Solution to invest $4.3 bn in US battery plant
Seoul: South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution said on Friday they will invest 5.7 trillion won ($4.3 billion) in a battery cell plant in the United States, with an…
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CSIR-CIMAP study lowers nicotine content in Tobacco plant
Lucknow: The CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) has successfully lowered nicotine content in the Petit Havana Tobacco plant variety by using a genome editing tool and reduced 60-70 percent…
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Virgin Galactic aces final test flight before commercial service in June
San Francisco: Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic had successfully completed its final test flight to suborbital space ahead of its commercial service in June. Unity 25 marks the company’s fifth spaceflight and the…
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ChatGPT app for iOS now available in India
New Delhi: OpenAI’s ChatGPT app is now available for iOS users in India as the Microsoft-owned company has expanded the availability of the app to more countries. The list of new countries…
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WhatsApp may soon let users set up usernames
San Francisco: Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature called — “WhatsApp usernames”, which will let users choose unique usernames for their accounts. With this feature, users will be able…
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Tesla whistleblower leaks 100GB data about customers’ Full Self-Driving complaints
San Francisco: Challenging Elon Musk’s full self-driving claims, a Tesla whistleblower has reportedly leaked 100GB of data to a German media outlet that contains thousands of customer complaints about the automaker’s Full…
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Google opens up access to generative AI capabilities in Search
New Delhi: Google has started to open up access to new generative AI capabilities in Search as part of early experiments as announced during the company’s event two weeks ago. The company…
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OpenAI offers 10 grants worth $100K each to democratise AI
New Delhi: Microsoft-backed ChatGPT developer OpenAI has introduced 10 grants worth $100,000 each for building prototypes of “a democratic process for steering” artificial general intelligence (AGI). The company said that its goal…
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Ford signs pact with Musk to bring Tesla charging into its EVs
San Francisco: US automaker Ford has reached an agreement with its rival Elon Musk-run Tesla that will give Ford EV customers access to more than 12,000 Tesla Superchargers across the US and…
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Musk’s Neuralink brain implant gets FDA approval for human trials
San Francisco: Elon Musk-led brain-computer interface company Neuralink announced that it has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to begin its first-in-human clinical study, which means that actual humans could…
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Chinese firms fuel Fentanyl epidemic via crypto payments in millions
New Delhi: As countries like India struggle with the growing menace of drugs, crypto has emerged as a culprit as two separate reports by Blockchain research firms have revealed that Chinese chemicals…
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Google rolls out its Play Games for PC to Europe, New Zealand
San Francisco: Google has rolled out its multi-platform gaming experience Play Games for PC Beta — a service that lets users play Android games on Windows — to users in Europe and…
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OpenAI closes $175 mn fund to empower other AI startups: Report
San Francisco: Sam Altman-run OpenAI has closed a $175 million investment fund focused on empowering other AI startups, with backing from Microsoft and other investors. The Information reported first about the fund-raise,…
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DRAM chip demand forecast to outrun supply in H2: Report
Seoul: Global DRAM demand is expected to overtake supply as early as July, a recent industry report showed on Thursday, in a change that would lessen pressure on semiconductor companies reeling from…