Category: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
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Opera launches new browser ‘Opera One’
Web browser company Opera on Tuesday launched a new, redesigned browser — ‘Opera One’, which will replace the company’s flagship browser for Windows, MacOS, and Linux later this year. Based on Modular Design, the company explained that Opera One delivers a liquid navigation experience and transforms the way users interact with their browsers. Furthermore, the…
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Apple may produce 32, 42-inch OLED displays by 2027
Apple will reportedly produce 32-inch and 42-inch OLED displays or iMacs by 2027 and plans to completely phase out LCDs and mini LED displays in their mobile devices set for 2026. According to a forecast from analysts at research firm Omdia, Apple could have some physically big plans for OLED in the works, reports AppleInsider.…
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Log9 Materials kicks off India’s 1st commercial Li-ion cell manufacturing line
Battery technology startup Log9 Materials on Friday launched India’s first commercial Li-ion cell manufacturing facility at its campus in Jakkur, Bengaluru. Log9’s commercial Li-ion cell manufacturing line has an initial capacity of 50 MWh and the facility will cater to lithium-titanium-oxide (LTO) and lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cell manufacturing. The manufacturing line will support the…
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Tim Cook meets Sunil Mittal, software developers, photographers
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Friday met with Bharti Enterprises chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal and several content developers. Mittal and Cook committed to working more closely in India and Africa. “Tim Cook and Sunil Bharti Mittal had an hour-long meeting this morning,” the company said on Twitter. “While expressing their satisfaction on the ongoing long…
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India improves global ranking for mobile speeds amid 5G rollout
Amid the widespread 5G roll out, India showed significant improvement in its global ranking for median mobile speeds in March, a report showed on Wednesday. The country increased two spots in rank globally for median mobile speeds, from 66th in February to 64th in March, according to Ookla, the global leader in network intelligence and…
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Elon Musk working on ‘TruthGPT’ as ChatGPT alternative
After slamming OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Elon Musk is now working on “TruthGPT,” a ChatGPT alternative that will act as a “maximum truth-seeking AI.” In an interview with Fox News, Musk said that an alternative approach to AI creation is needed to “avoid the destruction of humanity”. “I’m going to start something which I call ‘TruthGPT’ or…
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Scientists identify new genetic target for male contraception
Scientists have in a breakthrough identified a gene, which when blocked or deactivated via drugs can reduce sperm count. The findings, detailed in the journal Nature Communications, could pave the way for a highly effective, reversible and non-hormonal male contraceptive for humans and animals. The team from Washington State University identified expression of the gene,…
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Google to shut its G Suite app Currents
Google has announced that it will shut down Currents, the platform that was introduced in 2019 as a replacement for Google Plus for G Suite users. According to The Verge, the company will begin winding down Currents on July 5, with data available for export until August 8, 2023, when it will no longer be…
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Samsung cuts pay hike to average 4.1%, freezes raises for board members
Samsung Electronics’s management and its workers have agreed to an average 4.1 per cent pay raise for the year, while effectively freezing raises for its board members due to poor performance amid a worsening chip glut and a global slowdown. The pay raise is lower than the 9 per cent wage hike of the previous…