Technology
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Alibaba pledges to hire 15K people this year amid job cut reports
Beijing: Chinese tech conglomerate Alibaba Group on Friday denied speculations of mass layoffs, saying it is committed to hire 15,000 new employees this year, the media reported. Earlier reports claimed that Alibaba…
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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…