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U.S. President Biden signs bill that will see TikTok sold or banned next year

As U.S. President Joe Biden has signed the bill, TikTok-parent ByteDance has less than a year to divest its ownership or see TikTok banned in the U.S. [...]

Taiwan chipmaker UMC warns of muted auto, industrial demand

Taiwanese chipmaker UMC warned of muted auto and industrial demand despite a rise in wafer shipments in the second quarter as inventory levels for computing, consumer and communications segments improved [...]

Musk targets Australian senator, gun laws in deepening dispute over X stabbing content

Elon Musk targeted an Australian senator and suggested the country’s gun laws were meant to stop resistance against its “fascist government”, escalating his battle over a court order to remove video posts of a bishop being stabbed [...]

 Future Skills at Monash College and Microsoft partner to transform tech education with AI

Students will be given a suite of certifications and badges from Microsoft through the program.  [...]

Indus Appstore adds voice search feature in local languages

The homegrown appstore aims to cover 75 percent local language speakers among the internet users in the country [...]

Realme launches Narzo 70x 5G and Narzo 70 5G in India

Narzo 70x uses MediaTek Dimensity 6100+ chipset with upto 6GB RAM and 128GB internal storage [...]

Apple’s sales drop in China as Huawei makes a comeback in the premium segment 

Apple’s smartphone shipments in China dropped by 19% in the first quarter of 2024 as Huawei made a comeback in the country’s premium segment [...]

Microsoft launches lightweight model Phi-3 mini that can run on smartphones

The model can also run on the chips that power regular computer instead of the expensive and hard to find AI processors that Nvidia makes. [...]

Xiaomi expands its AIoT lineup with Redmi Pad SE and Redmi Buds 5A

The Chinese smartphone major also introduced a special edition of the Redmi Note 13 Pro+ [...]

AI search startup Perplexity AI valued at more than $1 billion after new funding round

Founded less than two years ago, the startup stood out after notable industry members like Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that he used Perplexity “almost everyday.”  [...]

Team including Indian scientists designs potent antidote to cobra, krait venom toxins

The antidote 95Mat5 worked well against multiple venoms and protected mice from death; the only exception was the king cobras’ venom, where the compound only delayed death [...]

 Future Skills at Monash College and Microsoft partner to transform tech education with AI

Students will be given a suite of certifications and badges from Microsoft through the program.  [...]

New type of host defence against Zika, dengue infections revealed

Scientists have identified a novel defence mechanism the human body uses to prevent some viruses from transmitting via non-conventional routes [...]

The fizz in the shaving cream

As long as the pressure is maintained in a closed system and the gas from a pressurised source is not allowed to escape, it takes up a very small amount of space. [...]

Injury rates for Musk’s SpaceX exceed industry average for second year

The 2023 records also show that injury rates at some SpaceX facilities grew worse than those the company had reported in 2022 [...]

The tools helping scientists up the rate at which they find new drugs

The road between identifying new drug targets and having drugs against those targets requires sophisticated tools, funding, and experts in many areas working together [...]

What is post-stroke depression and how can we address it? | Explained

Stroke is associated with substantial neuropsychiatric morbidity including cognitive impairment, dementia, personality change, and mood disorders [...]

What do countries and companies want in global plastic treaty talks? | Explained

Negotiators have a tough task as countries, corporations and the petrochemical industry are divided over how ambitious the treaty to reduce plastic pollution should be [...]

Europe is world’s fastest-warming continent, report says

The latest five-year averages show temperatures in Europe are now running 2.3 degrees C above pre-industrial levels [...]

Aditya mission continuously sending data about Sun: ISRO chief

India's first solar mission craft, Aditya-L1 spacecraft was launched on September 2, 2023 [...]

Team including Indian scientists designs potent antidote to cobra, krait venom toxins

The antidote 95Mat5 worked well against multiple venoms and protected mice from death; the only exception was the king cobras’ venom, where the compound only delayed death [...]

New type of host defence against Zika, dengue infections revealed

Scientists have identified a novel defence mechanism the human body uses to prevent some viruses from transmitting via non-conventional routes [...]

Dr. Reddy’s recalls Sapropterin Dihydrochloride oral solution powder in U.S. due to ‘sub potency’

The issue was discovered during an accelerated stability test in addition to customer complaints. [...]

Toss out the junk food, bring back the healthy food plate

There needs to be a people’s movement, backed by sincere policy interventions, to promote healthy and nutritionally diverse diets and ensure informed food choices [...]

Unrelenting heat likely to impact health of children and elderly, caution doctors

With temperatures only set to increase from first week of May, experts stress on precautionary measures to prevent heat-related illness, including heat exhaustion and strokes [...]

The bitter truth about sugar 

This week in health: the curious case of Madurai AIIMS, IRDAI’s new rules on health insurance and why sugary processed foods are harmful. [...]

The tools helping scientists up the rate at which they find new drugs

The road between identifying new drug targets and having drugs against those targets requires sophisticated tools, funding, and experts in many areas working together [...]

What is post-stroke depression and how can we address it? | Explained

Stroke is associated with substantial neuropsychiatric morbidity including cognitive impairment, dementia, personality change, and mood disorders [...]

ICMR to expand its Indian Clinical Trial and Education Network for bettering medical research

The INTENT network is invested in providing an end-to-end solution for clinical trials for Indian researchers [...]

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