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Meta licenses Quest’s OS to third-party manufacturers

Meta’s intention with partnering up the Horizon OS with other headset manufacturers is to “create a new ecosystem of mixed reality devices, and we’re making it even easier for developers to build mixed reality apps,” a blog post by the company said.  [...]

Google fires 20 more workers over protests

A spokesperson for Google confirmed the news saying they had conducted an investigation into the protests on April 16 and found more employees who had participated in sit-ins at the company offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California.  [...]

WhatsApp to launch note-taking and channel pinning features: Report

WhatsApp is testing two new features via its Beta app, including the note-taking and channel-pinning features. [...]

Satellite imagery covering catchments of Indian Himalayan river basins show significant changes in glacial lakes

ISRO’s satellite imagery shows significant expansion of glacial lakes in Indian Himalayan river basins, aiding in climate change adaptation [...]

Apple acquires French startup specialising in AI compression and computer vision tech 

Apple acquired Datakalab, a French startup that described itself as an expert in low power, runtime efficient, and deep learning algorithms that work on device  [...]

Samsung to fix “green line” issue in India with free screen replacement 

Samsung is fixing the “green line” issue faced by users of its Galaxy devices by reportedly offering free screen replacements  [...]

Google Wallet starts rolling out in India

Google Wallet is specifically designed for contactless payments using credit/debit cards and requires smartphones with NFC support. [...]

After Bitcoin Halving weekend, crypto market sees small gains

Bitcoin’s halving event took place over the weekend, but did not trigger huge price rallies as many investors and miners hoped [...]

Elon Musk lashes out against Australian court demand to remove stabbing video on X

X owner Elon Musk claimed that Australia was censoring the platform’s content for people in other countries as well [...]

Lava sees a definitive resurgence in affinity towards indigenous mobile brands

Lava completed 15 years of existence on March 27, and is the lone indigenous mobile brand surviving among the Korean and Chinese players dominance in India [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The ‘genomic accordion’ mpox viruses use to evolve, infect humans

In an April 18 study, scientists reported a section of the mpox genome believed to be ‘less important’ is responsible for giving the virus a peculiar evolutionary ability [...]

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 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 [...]

The ‘genomic accordion’ mpox viruses use to evolve, infect humans

In an April 18 study, scientists reported a section of the mpox genome believed to be ‘less important’ is responsible for giving the virus a peculiar evolutionary ability [...]

All cases of organ transplants, whether from living or deceased donor, to be given unique NOTTO-ID

The Union Health Ministry has issued the directive to eliminate commercial dealing in organs, especially those involving foreign citizens [...]

Cardiologist busts notions of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ habits

The Indian diet is traditionally carbohydrate-rich and the addition of fast food to our culture has only made it worse. A radical re-look at our food culture is the need of the hour, an expert says. [...]

Underpaid and unrecognised, ASHAs in Andhra Pradesh continue to fight for basic rights

Years of struggle with no quick resolution in sight has left us disillusioned with the successive governments, they say [...]

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