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January 30, 2025 11:06 AM
SoftBank is in talks to invest up to $25 billion in ChatGPT owner OpenAI, according to a person familiar with the matter, as the Japanese conglomerate continues to expand into the sector. SoftBank could invest $15 billion to $25 billion directly into Microsoft-backed OpenAI, some of which may be us...
January 29, 2025 3:26 PM
President Donald Trump said Tuesday night he had asked Elon Musk's SpaceX to return two NASA astronauts from the International Space Station, who were already scheduled to fly back on a SpaceX capsule in March. Musk earlier on Tuesday said Trump had asked him to return the two astronauts "as soon a...
January 29, 2025 2:59 PM
India's digital economy will contribute nearly one-fifth of the national income by 2029-30, surpassing agriculture and manufacturing in less than six years. With an 11.74% share in GDP in 2022-23 (INR 31.64 lakh crore or USD 402 billion), the digital economy has emerged as a key driver of economic g...
January 29, 2025 1:06 PM
Chinese tech company Alibaba on Wednesday released a new version of its Qwen 2.5 artificial intelligence model that it claimed surpassed the highly-acclaimed DeepSeek-V3. The unusual timing of the Qwen 2.5-Max's release, on the first day of the Lunar New Year when most Chinese people are off work a...
January 29, 2025 11:49 AM
Celebrating the historic milestone of its 100th mission, ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan on Wednesday outlined ambitious plans for the space agency, aiming to launch another 100 missions in the next five years. "Today we made a historical achievement," Narayanan said following the successful launch of t...
January 29, 2025 11:40 AM
India’s space agency, ISRO, celebrated a historic milestone on Wednesday morning with the launch of its 100th mission. A Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) lifted off from the Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh at 6:23 a.m., carrying the NVS-02 navigation satellite into orbit....
January 28, 2025 12:18 PM
Developers at leading U.S. AI firms are praising the DeepSeek AI models that have leapt into prominence while also trying to poke holes in the notion that their multi-billion dollar technology has been bested by a Chinese newcomer's low-cost alternative. Chinese startup DeepSeek on Monday sparked a...
January 27, 2025 5:17 PM
Hariman Sharma, a visionary farmer from Himachal Pradesh, has been honoured with the prestigious Padma Shri for his ground-breaking contribution to Indian agriculture. Sharma developed a self-pollinating, low-chilling apple variety called HRMN-99, which has revolutionised apple cultivation by enabli...
January 27, 2025 4:13 PM
Digital news units of billionaires Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani, and other outlets including the Indian Express and the Hindustan Times, are joining proceedings against OpenAI for improperly using copyright content, legal papers show. Courts globally are hearing claims by authors, news organisati...
January 27, 2025 1:30 PM
Chinese startup DeepSeek's AI Assistant on Monday overtook rival ChatGPT to become the top-rated free application available on Apple's App Store in the United States. Powered by the DeepSeek-V3 model, which its creators say "tops the leaderboard among open-source models and rivals the most advanced...
