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July 26, 2024 5:54 PM

Govt unveils comprehensive measures to boost electric vehicle adoption in India

In a recent Rajya Sabha session, Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma, Minister of State for Steel and Heavy Industries, clarified that the FAME-India Scheme phase-II does not provide direct incentives to electric vehicle manufacturers. Instead, the scheme focuses on consumer benefits. The FAME II scheme, ...

July 26, 2024 4:08 PM

Google AI systems make headway with math in progress toward reasoning

Alphabet's Google unveiled a pair of artificial intelligence systems on Thursday that demonstrated advances in solving complex mathematical problems, a key frontier of generative AI development. The current class of AI models, which work by statistically predicting the next word, have struggled wit...

July 26, 2024 3:13 PM

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 cleared to return to space, FAA says

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket has been cleared to return to space by the U.S. aviation regulator after it was grounded by a rare mid-flight failure, the Federal Aviation administration (FAA) said on Thursday. The FAA said it did not find any public safety issues in the anomaly that occurred during the f...

July 25, 2024 5:32 PM

Researchers reveals ways of preventing cancer cells from colonizing liver

Researchers at ETH Zurich have made a significant discovery in the fight against cancer metastasis, potentially paving the way for new treatments to prevent the spread of colorectal cancer to the liver. In a study published today in Nature, a team led by Andreas Moor from the Department of Biosyste...

July 25, 2024 1:44 PM

India, UK forge semiconductors partnership to strengthen technology security

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy unveiled the UK-India Technology Security Initiative during his inaugural visit to India, marking a significant stride towards enhancing bilateral cooperation in semiconductor technology. Lammy held high-level meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Minister ...

July 24, 2024 5:51 PM

Facebook removes 63,000 accounts in Nigeria over ‘sextortion’ scams

Meta Platforms said on Wednesday it had removed about 63,000 Facebook accounts in Nigeria that attempted to engage in financial sexual extortion scams mostly aimed at adult men in the United States. Nigerian online fraudsters, known as "Yahoo boys", are notorious for scams that range from passing t...

July 22, 2024 4:20 PM

India to seek licences to scout Pacific Ocean for critical minerals

India will apply for licences to explore for deep-sea minerals in the Pacific Ocean as it competes to secure supplies of minerals critical for energy transition technologies, a top government scientist told Reuters. The UN-backed International Seabed Authority (ISA) has issued 31 deep-sea explorati...

July 20, 2024 5:26 PM

CrowdStrike update that caused global outage likely skipped checks, experts say

Security experts said CrowdStrike's routine update of its widely used cybersecurity software, which caused clients' computer systems to crash globally on Friday, apparently did not undergo adequate quality checks before it was deployed. The latest version of its Falcon Sensor software was meant mak...

July 19, 2024 6:21 PM

Study reveals influenza viruses can use two pathways to infect

A study conducted by researchers at the University of Zurich has uncovered a second mechanism by which certain influenza viruses can enter human and animal cells. This discovery could have significant implications for understanding cross-species transmission and the potential for future pandemics. ...

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