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Cloud Computing, Scaling Hypothesis and Other Disruptive Tech Trends in 2024

Generative AI could change industries that depend on creativity, like advertising, media, product design, and software development, in a big way

Jun 13, 2024

Karnataka's Min for IT/BT Kharge launches new scale-up programme for startups in California

Priyank Kharge, Karnataka's Minister for IT/BT, announced 'Hypergrowth Global Karnataka', a global late-stage scaling programme at London Tech Week, stated an official release on Wednesday. Minister Kharge made the announcement at the event in San Francisco, California, last evening.

Jun 12, 2024

IIT-K, AVPL International to jointly develop farmer-friendly drones for large-scale landholders

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K) and AVPL International, which deals in agriculture drone ecosystem, have joined hands for co-developing cutting-edge drones equipped with advanced technology, designed to address the challenges faced by large-scale landholders in India, Australia, Austria, and multiple European nations.

Jun 12, 2024

New innovative smart traffic system developed by BHU professor and Indian student in S. Korea

An Associate Professor, Ankit Gupta, in the Transportation Engineering Section of the Civil Engineering department of IIT Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and a Ph. D student, Sumit Mishra, at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea have developed an innovative system 'Spatio-Temporal Traffic Data Reporting for Smart City Services'.

Jun 12, 2024

Elon Musk rolls out another feature on X; Messages begin to hide all likes by default

Elon Musk on Wednesday confirmed the roll out of a new feature that will hide all likes by default for X users.

Jun 12, 2024

Why Musk threatened to ban Apple products using ChatGPT [Analysis]

Amidst the buzz around Apple's partnership with OpenAI on integrating ChatGPT to its operating systems, Elon Musk, Tesla CEO and X owner has threatened to ban the use of Apple devices at his companies.

Jun 12, 2024

WWDC 2024: macOS Sequoia, iPadOS 18 and watchOS 11 unveiled on Day 1; all new features explained

Apple unveiled the macOS Sequoia, as the next version of the world's most advanced desktop operating system. The updated iPadOS 18 was introduced with "powerful new intelligence features and apps designed for Apple Pencil." The watchOS 11 has been showcased with improved features on "health and fitness insights, and even more personalization and connectivity." Read on to know more.

Jun 11, 2024

Solar Drive: India sees 2-fold surge in open-access solar installations in Q1 this year

As the adoption of renewable energy gains steam in India to offset the negative impact of climate change, India saw a two-fold surge in open-access solar installations to 1.8 gigawatts (GW) in the first quarter this year.

Jun 11, 2024

WWDC 2024 kicks off: 'Apple Intelligence' and IOS 18 released at the venue

Apple's much anticipated Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2024 kicked off on 10th June 2024. Apple introduced the IOS 18 backed with 'Apple Intelligence', "the personal intelligence system for iPhone, iPad, and Mac that combines the power of generative models with personal context to deliver intelligence that's incredibly useful and relevant."

Jun 11, 2024

ChatGPT integration in iPhones: Upset Elon Musk threatens to ban iPhones at his companies

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday threatened to ban iPhones from all his companies over the integration of ChatGPT into iPhones and other Apple devices.

Jun 11, 2024

Scientists develop new methods to detect Huntington's disease progression using AI

AI is predicted to revolutionize healthcare and digital life by 2035, with applications in medicine and nutraceutical research.

Jun 10, 2024

Candi solar raises $38 mn to boost clean energy expansion

Clean energy company candi solar on Monday announced that it raised $38 million in a Series C funding round led by Norfund, Kyuden International, and STOA.

Jun 10, 2024

Tim Cook meets Indian student, winner of 'Swift Student Challenge' ahead of Apple WWDC 2024

Before kicking off this year's Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), the company's CEO Tim Cook on Monday shared his experience of meeting with student developers who won 'Swift Student Challenge' and one of them was Indian student Akshat Srivastava, who was present at the meeting.

Jun 10, 2024

'Without him, we would just be another car firm': Musk lauds Indian-origin engineer Ashok Elluswamy, first recruit of Tesla's Autopilot team

Lauding the Indian-origin engineer Ashok Elluswamy, who was the first recruit of Tesla's Autopilot team

Jun 10, 2024

Facebook hit with another data leak of 1 lakh users, claim cyber security researchers

Cybersecurity researchers have reported an alleged data leak involving at least one lakh users of Facebook which appeared on a data breach forum.

Jun 10, 2024