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Thursday, Jul 27

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‘US Govt. knew about aliens since 1930s, has been trying to reverse engineer their tech’: Army, intel veterans

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A former Air Force intelligence officer and two other veterans of the US armed forces suggested people have been murdered by the US government as part of the conspiracy to keep UFOs a secret in a hearing held by the US Congress

Tuesday, Jul 25

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China ‘strongly urges’ Japan not to be influenced by the US and disrupt global tech industry

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With Japan set to impose hard restrictions on exports of Japanese chip-making technology, China, who depends on expertise from Japan, Netherlands and Taiwan, has urged Japan not to get influenced by the US' propaganda and end up disrupting…

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‘Semicon India result of PM Modi’s vision, happy that 2023 exhibition is taking place in Gandhinagar’: IT Minister

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The Semicon India 2023 exhibition will start on July 28, and will be inaugurated by PM Modi. IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar revealed that he is happy that the exhibition is taking place in Gandhinagar, and that Semicon India is the…

Monday, Jul 24

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Internet’s Underbelly: 8 YO buys AK-47 from the dark web using money he made working as a hacker

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The 8 year old boy from Netherlands started making some pretty good money while working with cyber criminals as a hacker. He made enough to buy an AK-47 and ammunition. The boy's mother only came to know of all this, because the gun was…

Friday, Jul 21

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JournoGPT: Google is secretly showcasing its generative AI for journalists to major US newspapers

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Google has been showcasing a special AI chatbot they have developed for journalists to major newspapers in the US. Apart from journalists losing their jobs, media outlets also risk hurting their reputation because of AI hallucinations and…

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TSMC delays launch of Arizona plant to 2025 as ‘Americans not skilled enough’

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TSMC is facing some massive challenges in setting up its fabrication unit in Arizona, US. The biggest challenge that it is facing is that of shortages of skilled labour who can set up the plant to the required specification, as well as…

08

Giant Asteroid that blindsided NASA, almost hit Earth

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NASA came to know of the giant asteroid two days after it flew past us. The asteroid had entered the Earth's 60,000 mile radius, which means it narrowly missed us. To put it in perspective, the Moon, is about 230,000 miles away from the…

Thursday, Jul 20

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Data Protection Bill to be tabled this monsoon session: Here’s everything you need to know

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The Indian Parliament will table the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill during the ongoing monsoon session. The draft bill of 2022 had several issues that prompted the Indian Government to go back to the drawing board and rework on it.…

Tuesday, Jul 18

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Without men, women and sex: Scientists one step away from making human babies from a single cell

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Soon, men and women won’t need each other to have babies. After creating human sperm from somatic like skin and blood and other non-germ cells, scientists are now just a step away from making human eggs in the lab

Monday, Jul 17

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Semicon Wars: China has shot itself in the foot by limiting chip-making metals, says US national security advisor

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China has decided to limit some rare earth metals that are vital to the manufacturing of semiconductors like gallium and germanium. Although this was in retaliation to the ongoing US-China chip war, this move may backfire on China

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UN Security Council to discuss AI threat to humanity and global peace for the first time

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The United Nations Security Council will start discussing the challenges AI poses to humanity and global peace. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres suggests that we have an international AI body like we have one for atomic energy, the IAEA

Friday, Jul 14

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Russia does to US what US did to China, bans all Apple products from govt-affiliated orgs

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Russia has banned all officials and ministers who work closely with Rostec, Russia's state-run military-industrial conglomerate, from using Apple products like the iPhone, Macs, and iPads. Russia has often accused Apple of illegally spying…

ChatGPT, Creator In Trouble: OpenAI is being probed for false, harmful statements about real people

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OpenAI's Sam Altman and ChatGPT are being probed by the FTC over false and harmful statements about real people. AI hallucinations have been a major concern for OpenAI as well as govts. all across the world, which is why regulating it is…

Thursday, Jul 13

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Despite sanctions by the US, Intel and NVIDIA continue to push AI-chips to China

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Despite the sanctions that have been imposed by the US on China, tech companies like Intel and NVIDIA continue to push their highly advanced AI chips in the Chinese market. This is fuelled by the AI craze in China, and the AI industry's…

Chinese hackers broke into the US Commerce, State Department, confirms Microsoft, US govt

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Chinese state-sponsored hackers have grown more sophisticated and much more capable. They recently hacked their way into the US Commerce Department and the US State Department both of which are considered some of the most difficult…

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Russia to launch their own Wikipedia clone that will be friendlier to Putin following Wagner mutiny

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Russia has launched a clone of Wikipedia, called Ruwiki or Russian Wiki. Regular Wikipedia is often critical of President Vladimir Putin, which is a major concern. The former top editor for Wikipedia in Russia, will head Ruwiki, and is…

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‘Dynamite to Metaverse, Hawala to Crypto’: Amit Shah & Rajeev Chandrasekhar open G20 meet on cybersecurity

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In the inaugural session of the G20 conference Titled “Crime and Security in the age of NFTs, AI And Metaverse," IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar and Home Minister Amit Shah spoke on the need to have work together and develop laws and…

Wednesday, Jul 12

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Internet Gaming Disorder: 15-YO Alwar boy addicted to gaming develops serious psychological issues

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A 15-year-old boy's addiction to online games has resulted in his admission to a care facility for counselling and treatment. The young boy started showing odd behaviours such as uttering "fire, fire" while sleeping and have a pair of…

Tuesday, Jul 11

15

Sound of Nothing: Scientists prove people can hear silence for the first time

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In a major discovery that is likely to change what we know about sound and human hearing, scientists have discovered that humans actually have the ability to hear silence

Monday, Jul 10

‘Shouldn’t Exist’: Scientists baffled by super-reflective planet where it rains titanium from metal clouds

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Scientists are baffled by an exoplanet just outside our Solar System, where it rains titanium from metal clouds. The planet, codenamed LTT9779b, has an average temperature of 2000 degree Celsius during winters, and reflects 80 per cent of…

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Twitter’s ‘Akhand Bharat’ Moment: Thinks Pakistan is in India, restricts Pak Govts’ handle in their own country

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Some local leaders in Pakistan even claimed that this may be a conspiracy by India and that Indian leaders might have exerted some influence on Twitter to alter the geo-tagging of certain regions in Pakistan, like Gilgit Baltistan

Friday, Jul 7

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Deadlier than zika, malaria and dengue: Mosquitoes carrying flesh-eating bacteria, can spread to humans

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A team of microbiologists in Australia have found that a bacteria being carried by certain mosquitos, can make flesh in living organisms rot away. Called the M. ulcerans, it causes Buruli ulcer, a chronic disease that affects the skin, and…

Thursday, Jul 6

Egg On Face: Viral US left-wing Twitter account ‘Erica Marsh’ suspended, was allegedly fake

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A viral US left-wing ultraliberal account that was know for rage-baiting the right-wing, Erica Marsh, has been suspended on suspicions of being a fake account. In 2022, several left and right leaning fake profiles popped up on Twitter to…

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Meta’s Twitter rival Threads won’t launch in the EU because of a major reason

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Meta's new social media platform had a massively successful launch. However, it won't be launching in the EU because of major concerns over data collection and privacy. Meta will have to completely change how they do business if they want…

Wednesday, Jul 5

WATCH: South Korean tech company showcases a human-like robot conducting an orchestra

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A South Korean tech company has created a robot that conducted an orchestra, leading 60 musicians from the National Orchestra of Korea. The EveR 6 robot conducted the orchestra in front of an audience of 1000 people

Tuesday, Jul 4

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China retaliates against US’ chip ban, limits exports of essential chipmaking metals

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China has decided to limit the export of gallium and other related products that are vital to the designing and manufacturing of semiconductors. This measure comes as a retaliation for the US' ongoing tech war with China

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Planet X: Earth’s solar system may be hiding an extra planet

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For a century, scientists have been confused by Uranus and Neptune's orbits. There has been a long held belief that a 9th, undiscovered planet may be influencing their orbit. Now, we have some proof that explains the planet's odd behaviour

Monday, Jul 3

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Bharat 6G Alliance: IT Minister Vaishnaw announces major developments in Semicon India, 6G Tech

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IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that Micron will start manufacturing their semiconductors in India soon, and that ive companies have been granted approval today for chip design under the Design Linked Incentive Scheme

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PopeGPT: Pope Francis releases ‘The Vatican Handbook To Develop Ethical AI’

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Pope Francis and the Vatican have released a handbook to guide tech companies in the ethical development of 'Disruptive Technologies,' namely AI. The Vatican said in a statement, that many businesses in Silicon Valley, often approached…

Thursday, May 25

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No elections safe from AI, deep fake photos, videos of politicians to become common, warns former Google top boss

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Google's former CEO, Eric Schmidt, has warned that no democratic election can be free from AI's interference, unless governments across the world, work actively to curb misinformation and deep fakes. He is also calling for strict…