Technology
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NASA, SpaceX, Northrop Grumman launch 21st Cygnus resupply mission
New Delhi: NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX plan to launch the next cargo delivery mission to International Space Station on Sunday at 11:02 a.m. EDT (8:30 p.m. Indian Standard Time). This flight…
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TikTok’s practices endangered children’s safety, US alleges in lawsuit
New York: The US government has sued Chinese-owned social media giant TikTok, alleging that it endangered the safety of children by illegally collecting information from them and allowing them to share messages…
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Apple sets another quarterly revenue record in India: Tim Cook
New Delhi: Apple has once again set quarterly revenue record (April-June period) in India, riding on robust local manufacturing amid the government’s push and growing export figures. Apple CEO Tim Cook said…
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Delta CEO reveals IT outage costs USD 500 million
San Francisco: Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said the massive IT outage, earlier this month, cost the company $500 million. He said the figure included not just lost revenue but “the…
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X rival Threads set to hit 200 million monthly active users
New Delhi: As more than 3.2 billion people use at least one of Meta apps daily, X rival Threads is about to hit 200 million monthly active users (MAUs), Meta Founder and…
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India becomes largest market for Meta AI usage: Mark Zuckerberg
New Delhi: Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that India is now their largest market for artificial intelligence (AI) usage. In the Q2 earnings call with analysts, Zuckerberg said they…
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Digital initiatives likely to triple India’s retail lending by 2030: Report
Mumbai: Digitalisation has driven financial inclusion in India and government initiatives in this sector are estimated to triple retail borrowing to about $2.5 trillion, or about 34 per cent of the GDP,…
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AI-powered antibiotic breakthrough offers hope for drug development
New Delhi: In a major advancement for tackling antibiotic resistance, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a promising new antibiotic using artificial intelligence. The research, published in Nature…
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Stock market closes near all-time high; Nifty at 24,951
Mumbai: Indian equity indices closed near an all-time high on Wednesday following positive action in the broader market. At closing, the Sensex was at 81,741, up 285 points or 0.35 per cent,…
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Samsung’s operating profit surges 15 times to $7.54 billion in Q2
Seoul: Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday its second quarter (Q2) operating profit surged more than 15 times from a year earlier on the robust performance of its semiconductor business. The world’s largest…
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Copilot driving GitHub’s growth, annual revenue run rate at $2 billion: Nadella
San Francisco: Artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Copilot accounted for over 40 per cent of GitHub’s revenue growth this year as the annual revenue run rate of the open-sourced developer platform has reached…
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Average data breach cost in India touches record Rs 19.5 crore
Bengaluru: The average cost of a data breach in India reached an all-time high of Rs 19.5 crore this year, as the local industrial sector experienced the costliest cyber attacks across sectors,…
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India sees 21 pc growth in data centre absorption, demand surges from tier 2, 3 cities
New Delhi: India saw 21 per cent growth in data centre absorption in the first half this year — from 778 megawatts (MW) capacity in H1 2023 to nearly 942 MW in…
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Customer service calls on hold resulted in 15 bn hours loss for Indians in 2023: Report
New Delhi: Customer service calls on hold resulted in a massive loss of 15 billion hours for Indians last year, resulting in likely $55 billion in economic loss output, a report revealed…
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YouTube reveals new ways for Indian creators to earn, unlock ‘fandoms’
New Delhi: Google-owned YouTube is helping Indian creators unlock ‘fandoms’ in three ways — creation, monetisation and community – allowing them new tools to generate revenue directly from dedicated fans, Ishan John…
