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September 19, 2025 7:32 PM

Stanford scientists use AI to engineer viruses that kill bacteria

Can AI Create Life? It took more than eight decades for scientists to cover the leap from discovering DNA to finding its structure. Technology paced the scientific advancements that could shape the future of humanity and now with artificial intelligence, all the records of time taken for an innovation are being broken. Artificial intelligence is no longer just writing text, generating images, or coding software. In a breakthrough that could transform medicine, scientists at Stanford University h...

September 15, 2025 7:48 PM

AI rules must match pace of technology, says Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday underlined the urgent need for regulations in Artificial Intelligence (AI) to keep pace with rapid technological advancements. She was addressing the launch of “AI for Viksit Bharat: The Opportunity for Accelerated Economic Growth” and the Frontier Tech Repository organised by NITI Aayog in New Delhi. The Finance Minister said AI is a “rapidly progressing, real-time and dynamic” technology and must be governed with the same speed as its ...

September 11, 2025 1:22 PM

Slim iPhone Air may be a design win for Apple, but AI doubts linger, analysts say

Apple CEO Tim Cook channeled his predecessor and design genius Steve Jobs on Tuesday when he unveiled the iPhone Air, the company's slimmest handset yet and the biggest change in eight years to a lineup fans and analysts complained was stagnating. Cook kicked off the company's annual product launch event at its Cupertino, California, headquarters with a Jobs quote: "For us, design goes beyond just how something looks or feels. Design is also how it works." Inside its 5.6-mm (0.22-inch) slim ...

September 10, 2025 2:24 PM

Apple launches slim iPhone 17 Air, new AirPods and Watch in holiday refresh

Apple unveiled a new generation of the iPhone, including a sleek model dubbed iPhone 17 Air, and several other devices on Tuesday, as it looks to drive upgrades and spur sales ahead of the holiday shopping season. The Cupertino, California-based company largely kept device prices unchanged from last year amid U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs that have hurt the company's profit, but dropped the 128 GB storage option from its iPhone lineup. Here's all you need to know about the latest Apple...

September 9, 2025 3:49 PM

Apple event expected to feature a slimmer iPhone as pricing, AI questions linger

Apple on Tuesday is expected to unveil a new lineup of iPhones, including a thinner "Air" model that could be a precursor to a folding phone next year. The slimmed phone, which analysts said is likely to be slotted in the middle of Apple's handset lineup between less expensive iPhone 17 models and pricier iPhone 17 Pro models, will likely be the star of an event that will otherwise feature incremental upgrades to Apple Watches and other mainstay product lines. The iPhone Air will go head-to-he...

August 20, 2025 2:24 PM

India to lead next wave of 5G, AI and IoT: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday lauded India’s achievements in expanding affordable broadband, revolutionising digital payments through UPI, and leveraging technology for governance, noting that these milestones have now become global case studies. PM Modi underscored that the country is poised to lead the next wave of digital transformation in 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) and cybersecurity, setting benchmarks for the world. Resharing a post by Union M...

August 7, 2025 3:44 PM

India’s AI tech spending projected to reach $10.4 Bn by 2028: Report

India’s AI technology spending is estimated to reach $10.4 billion in 2028, with an annual growth rate of 38%, a report said on Thursday. Around 40% of organisations in the country have already implemented agentic AI, and about 50% of them are planning to use the technology within the next 12 months, IDC InfoBrief and UiPath said in a joint report. In 2025, AI investments are focused on building the basic infrastructure required to power transformative, high-value use cases. According to th...

August 1, 2025 4:39 PM

CEO Tim Cook says Apple ready to open its wallet to catch up in AI

Apple CEO Tim Cook signaled on Thursday the iPhone maker was ready to spend more to catch up to rivals in artificial intelligence by building more data centers or buying a larger player in the segment, a departure from a long practice of fiscal frugality. Apple has struggled to keep pace with rivals such as Microsoft and Alphabet's Google, both of which have attracted hundreds of millions of users to their AI-powered chatbots and assistants. That growth has come at a steep cost, h...

June 19, 2025 1:25 PM

Apple eyes using AI to design its chips, technology executive says

Apple AAPL.O is interested in tapping generative artificial intelligence to help speed up the design of the custom chips at the heart of its devices, its top hardware technology executive said in private remarks last month. Johny Srouji, Apple's senior vice president of hardware technologies, made the remarks in a speech in Belgium, where he was receiving an award from Imec, an independent semiconductor research and development group that works closely with most of the world's biggest chipmaker...

June 16, 2025 12:54 PM

Nvidia’s pitch for sovereign AI resonates with EU leaders

Nvidia NVDA.O CEO Jensen Huang has been pitching the idea of "sovereign AI" since 2023. Europe is now starting to listen and act. The concept is based on the idea that the language, knowledge, history and culture of each region are different, and every nation needs to develop and own its AI. Last week, the CEO of the artificial-intelligence chipmaker toured Europe's major capitals - London, Paris and Berlin - announcing a slew of projects and partnerships, while highlighting the lack of AI inf...