Sci-Tech

September 23, 2024 2:26 AM

India is voice of Global South; the world listens when we speak: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized India's growing influence on the global stage during his address to the Indian diaspora in New York, asserting that "the world listens when India speaks." Highlighting India's role as a significant voice for the Global South, PM Modi said, "When India articul...

September 23, 2024 2:07 AM

‘Made in India’ chips will run devices globally: PM Modi in New York

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a large gathering of Indian Americans on the second day of his three-day visit to the United States, emphasizing India's ambition to become a global hub for semiconductor manufacturing. He said that 'Made in India' semiconductor chips will soon power devices ar...

September 21, 2024 5:14 PM

NASA releases eerie sound waves from a black hole 250 million light years away

NASA has recorded an eerie audio clip capturing sound waves from a supermassive black hole located 250 million light years away in the Perseus cluster of galaxies. These acoustic waves were transposed up 57 and 58 octaves to make them audible to human ears. The audio, released in 2022, marked the fi...

September 20, 2024 4:18 PM

Gaganyaan to be launched by end of this year, says ISRO chief

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S Somanath said on Friday that India's first human spaceflight mission, Gaganyaan, is on track for launch by the end of this year. "Gaganyaan is ready for launch. We are making efforts to launch it by the end of this year," Somanath said during a v...

September 20, 2024 4:10 PM

Tech giants push to dilute Europe’s AI Act

The world's biggest technology companies have embarked on a final push to persuade the European Union to take a light-touch approach to regulating artificial intelligence as they seek to fend off the risk of billions of dollars in fines. EU lawmakers in May agreed the AI Act, the world's first comp...

September 20, 2024 2:13 PM

Huawei’s $2,800 phone launch disappoints amid supply concerns

Huawei and Apple's latest smartphones went on sale in China on Friday, with many fans of the Chinese company disappointed that its much-anticipated $2,800 phone - more than twice the price of the iPhone 16 Pro Max - was not available for walk-in customers. At Huawei's flagship shop in the southern ...

September 19, 2024 12:43 PM

Update makes X available again to many in Brazil

Social media platform X became accessible to many users in Brazil on Wednesday as an update to its communications network circumvented a block order by the country's Supreme Court. Last month, after a months-long dispute between X owner Elon Musk and Brazilian Justice Alexandre de Moraes, the Supre...