India To Get Above-Normal Rainfall in September: IMD Predicts Continued Monsoon Activity

The IMD anticipates that a low-pressure system will develop over the Bay of Bengal each week throughout September, leading to widespread rainfall across the country.   

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RSS`s All India Coordination Meeting Kicks Off In Kerala With Key Leaders And 300 Participants

The All India Coordination Meeting of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has commenced in Palakkad, Kerala, on Saturday and will run until September 2. This significant event brings together key figures such as RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat, General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale, and other senior national office bearers. 

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DNA: Child Clings To Kidnapper, Leaving Him In Tears During Separation; Watch Bizarre Video

The child, upon being reunited with his parents, clung to the kidnapper and cried, unwilling to let go. 

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Modi, Shah, Nadda Lead Key Discussions To Finalise Candidates For Haryana Assembly Elections

Haryana BJP chief Mohan Lal Badoli was also present at the party’s core group meeting at Nadda's residence.

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Gmail users on Android can now chat with Gemini about their emails

Gmail users on Android devices can now chat directly with Google’s AI assistant, Gemini, about their emails in the Gmail app. Google rolled out the new feature, Gmail Q&A, on Thursday to users who pay for Gemini, according to a blog post, and announced the feature would be coming to iOS devices. With Gmail Q&A, […]

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Tesla keeps putting its digital history in the memory hole

It seems that the Ministry of Truth has been busy at Tesla. Some sharp-eyed folks, including reporters at Electrek, noticed that Tesla has deleted all of its blog posts prior to 2019. Those blog posts are a digital history of the company, covering everything from CEO Elon Musk’s original master plan, to the first Autopilot […]

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Farewell Party Turns Tragic, Joyous Delhi Police Officer Dies Suddenly While Dancing - WATCH

The Roop Nagar SHO had been transferred recently and a farewell party was thrown in his honour on Wednesday. Kumar, while dancing at the party, suddenly fell down and complained of chest pain.

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Encounter in Kupwara: Security Forces Clash With Terrorists In Jammu and Kashmir

An encounter has erupted between security forces and terrorists in the Tangdhar area of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir. No casualties have been reported yet, and details are still emerging.

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One busted valve led to the failure of Astrobotic’s $108M Peregrine lunar lander mission

Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander failed to reach the moon because of a problem with a single valve in the propulsion system, according to a report on the mission released Tuesday. Company leadership said in a press conference that engineers have redesigned the valve and introduced additional redundancy into the propulsion system of its next lander, […]

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Meta and Instagram spotted developing a new social music-sharing feature

Meta and Spotify are exploring deeper music integration in Meta’s Instagram app. New findings indicate the companies are testing a feature that would allow users to continuously share what music they’re listening to through Instagram’s Notes. The new functionality was first spotted by reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi, who often finds unreleased features while they’re still […]

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How Techstars, Meta helped profitable LatAm startup Mercately raise a $2.6M seed

In Latin American countries like Brazil and Chile, messaging platform WhatsApp has become one of the most popular apps to use to buy things online. It was even the e-commerce platform of choice in the region during the pandemic. But WhatsApp is designed to be a messaging platform, not an e-commerce site. A startup called […]

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BLA Threatens China As Pakistani Forces Struggle Against Baloch Army

The insurgency in Balochistan, which has long been a thorn in Pakistan's side, appears to be intensifying. 

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Case Charged Against Filmmaker Ranjith; Four Prominent Actors Face Fresh Sexual Abuse Charges

A more well-known actress from the 1990s also came forward on Monday with allegations of misconduct from years ago against a noted filmmaker. 

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Kerala Govt Forms SIT To Investigate Allegations Of Harassment In Malayalam Film Industry

The Justice Hema Committee report, which was released on August 19, has revealed systemic issues within the Malayalam film industry, particularly concerning the mistreatment of women.

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PM Modi`s Plane Spends 46 Minutes In Pakistani Airspace On Return From Poland: Report

PM Modi's plane stayed in Pakistani airspace for 46 minutes while returning to Delhi from his Poland visit.

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The fallout after Bolt’s aggressive fundraising attempt has been wild

After fintech Bolt surprised the industry with a leaked term sheet that revealed it is trying to raise at a $14 billion valuation, things got weird.

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`State-Sponsored Communalism`: Asaduddin Owaisi Targets Madhya Pradesh Govt Over Bulldozing Of House

The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president condemned stone pelting at policemen and the demolishing of the house and cars owned by Ali. 

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Marc Andreessen’s family plans to build a ‘visionary’ subdivision near the proposed California Forever utopia city

Marc Andreessen's family is planning to build a large housing development
near the proposed California Forever city.

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`Will Do Same To You As Kolkata`: Maharashtra Auto Driver Threatens Schoolgirls, Gets Beaten by Crowd

The girls immediately asked the driver to stop the auto, pulled him out, and began beating him. Onlookers quickly gathered and, after learning about the driver's threat, joined in the beating. 

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AI sales rep startups are booming. So why are VCs wary?

When you really probe venture capitalists about investing in AI startups, they’ll tell you that businesses are experimenting wildly but are very slow to add AI solutions into their ongoing business processes.  But there are some exceptions. And one of them appears to be an area known as AI sales development representatives, or AI SDRs. […]

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Badlapur Sexual Assault Case: `School Blamed Injuries On Private Parts To Cycling`, Alleges Family

A family member stated that the parents faced significant delays at both the hospital and the police station. 

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Ahead Of Ukraine Visit, PM Narendra Modi Says India Ready To Help Restore Peace In Region

During his visit to Warsaw, Modi held extensive discussions with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, highlighting the strengthening of India-Poland relations, which were elevated to a strategic partnership.

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On Rape Incidents, Bengal`s Sonagachi Sex Worker`s ‘Heartbreaking’ Appeal Goes Viral; Watch

The nation is reeling from the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor, while a contrastingly heartwarming video from Kolkata's Sonagachi red-light area captivates social media.

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OpenAI signs deal to train on Condé Nast content, surface stories in ChatGPT

OpenAI has inked a deal with Condé Nast — the publisher of storied outlets such as The New Yorker, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Bon Appétit and Wired — to surface stories from Condé Nast properties in OpenAI’s AI-powered chatbot platform ChatGPT and its search prototype SearchGPT. The specific terms of the partnership weren’t disclosed. But in […]

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Bihar: Ward Councillor Pankaj Rai Gunned Down in Hajipur; Tejashwi Yadav Slams CM, Deputy CMs

Former Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav slammed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputies for deteriorating law and order situation.

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Could Trump’s AI-generated Taylor Swift endorsement be illegal?

On Sunday, former President Donald Trump posted a collection of memes on Truth Social — the platform owned by his media company — that make it seem like Taylor Swift and her fans are coming out in support of his candidacy. But as new legislation takes effect, these images could have deeper implications about the […]

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Swarmbotics founders grew ‘obsessed with robot swarms’ and now plan to bring them to the battlefield

Few truly autonomous systems are deployed on the battlefield, but one startup is looking to change that with robotic systems that use cooperative behavior to boost troops’ intelligence and tactical advantage. Those systems are called “swarms,” and they’re basically collections of autonomous robots that can coordinate their actions.  Swarm robotics have been the stuff of […]

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Former a16z VC Balaji Srinivasan obtained a private island for his new longevity ‘technocapitalist’ school

Former a16z-investor Balaji Srinivasan has booked out an island in Singapore to create his own “Network School.”

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Kolkata Doctor Rape Murder Case: Is Accused Sanjay Roy A Psycho Killer? DNA Explains

The CBI will try to ascertain through a Psycho-Analysis test whether the accused, Sanjay Roy, is a psychopath or not.  

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Digitally resurrecting actors is still a terrible idea

This post contains spoilers for the movie “Alien: Romulus” In the long-running Alien movie franchise, the Weyland-Yutani Corporation can’t seem to let go of a terrible idea: It keeps trying to make a profit from the deadly xenomorph. No matter how many times they fail, and how many people die in the process, whenever the […]

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Weather Forecast: IMD Issues Orange Alert For North-Eastern States

IMD issued an Orange alert for today and tomorrow for West Bengal, Nagaland, Mizoram, Tripura. 

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`BJP Fears Kejriwal For Doing In 8 Years What They Couldn`t In 20`: Ex-Delhi Dy CM Manish Sisodia

A trusted lieutenant of Kejriwal, the former deputy chief minister walked out of jail on August 9 on bail after spending 17 months behind bars in connection with the excise policy case.

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Big Trouble For JJP, 4 MLAs Quit Ahead Of Haryana Elections

Anoop Dhanak, Ram Karan Kala, Devender Babli and Ishwar Singh quit the party citing personal reasons.  

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Delhi Horror: 11-Year-Old Girl Raped By Land Lord`s Son

According to police, the incident occurred on Tuesday when the 22-year-old accused lured the girl to his house to watch television.  

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Researchers develop hair-thin battery to power tiny robots

MIT this week showcased tiny batteries designed specifically for the purpose of power these systems to execute varied tasks.

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J&K Assembly Election Announced, But Omar Abdullah Won`t Contest - Here`s Why

J&K Assembly Elections: The Assembly elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will be held in three phases from September 18 and the results will be announced on October 4.

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Jeff Bezos’ brother’s firm has launched a debut $100M VC fund called HIPstr

HighPost Capital, a private equity firm run by Mark Bezos, Jeff Bezos' younger brother, and PE veteran David Moross, has launched a new venture capital arm.

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Apple, Google wallets will soon support California driver’s licenses

California residents will soon be able to store their driver’s license or state ID in their Apple Wallet or Google Wallet apps, as the state’s government announced Thursday that support for digital IDs is launching in the coming weeks. Californians with an ID in the Apple Wallet or Google Wallet app will be able to […]

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DNA: Microplastics Found in Salt and Sugar, Pose Serious Health Risks

According to the study, various types of salt, including white salt, black salt, and rock salt, along with five types of sugar, were tested.

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India Prepares To Celebrate 78th Independence Day; PM Modi To Hoist National Flag At Red Fort

From Srinagar and Ladakh to the nation's capital, the country will come together to celebrate its freedom on August 15.

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Study suggests that even the best AI models hallucinate a bunch

The research suggest that models aren't hallucinating much less, despite claims to the contrary from OpenAI, Anthropic and the other big AI players.

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FTC finalizes rule banning fake reviews, including those made with AI

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Wednesday a final rule that will tackle several types of fake reviews and prohibit marketers from using deceptive practices, such as AI-generated reviews, censoring honest negative reviews and compensating third parties for positive reviews. The decision was the result of a 5-to-0 vote. The new rule will […]

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DNA: Analysing Mystery Around Alleged Theft Of Decorative Lights Near Ram Mandir In Ayodhya

The FIR claims that out of the 6,400 bamboo lights installed along Ram Path, a staggering 3,800 have been stolen. Similarly, on Bhakti Path, 36 out of 96 projector lights have gone missing.

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Google’s Made You Look uses Pixar characters to trick kids into smiling for the camera

Made You Look will be available on the Pixel 9 Pro Fold when it launches next month.

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Kolkata Doctor Rape- Murder Case: What Happened That Night At RG Kar Hospital; DNA Decodes

The court has ordered the case to be handed over to the CBI, citing concerns about the integrity of the investigation.  

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AAP To Launch Delhi Poll Campaign With Manish Sisodia`s Foot March On August 14

The AAP will kick-start its campaign for the Delhi Assembly polls with senior leader Manish Sisodia undertaking a foot march to reach out to voters in all 70 constituencies.

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Soldier Assaulted In Police Custody; Furious Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Reprimands Cops

A sub-inspector and three constables have been shunted out and an inquiry has been ordered.

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Kolkata Rape-Murder Case: Is West Bengal Police Shielding Real Mastermind? DNA Decodes

This tragic incident, reminiscent of the infamous Nirbhaya case in Delhi, has not only raised serious concerns about the safety of women in the state but also cast a shadow over the police investigation.

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Poll Gamble: Haryana BJP Goes Freebies Way To Counter Resentment, Congress And A Surging AAP

The BJP, under the fresh leadership of Nayab Singh Saini as the Chief Minister (earlier he was state BJP president), has taken several steps in the recent past to woo the voters.

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How CNH’s ‘black belt’ M&A head makes deals

Heavy equipment manufacturer CNH Industrial has a long history of mergers and acquisitions, at times supervising legendary brands like Ferrari. But five years ago, as agtech was booming, the global giant was struggling to tap into the startup scene.  The conglomerate turned to one of its longest-tenured executives, a swashbuckling Italian businessman named Michele Lombardi. […]

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Widow`s `Acid` Attack Halts Ex-Lover`s Wedding In Andhra Pradesh

The confrontation, which occurred after Syed returned from Kuwait to marry another woman, led to the cancellation of the wedding. 

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‘Now We Know Why...’: Ramesh Speculates Untimely Adjournment Of Parliament Linked To Hindenburg Report

Taking a jibe at the central government, he remarked that ‘now we know why’ the parliamentary proceedings were suddenly suspended. 

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Woman Doctor Murder Case: IMA Issues 48-Hour Ultimatum, Warns Nationwide Protests

Indian Medical Association warned a national wide protest if the culprits are not arrested within the period.

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The X exodus that wasn’t

When digging into the data to determine how large the exodus everyone on Threads is talking about actually is, we oddly came up short.

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PM Modi Announces New Railway Line Projects, Says ` Will Boost Connectivity And Enhance Job Creation`

These eight projects cover 14 districts in 7 states including Odisha, Maharastra, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Telangana and West Bengal. 

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Rajasthan Assembly And Its Ghost Connection: DNA Analysis Of 200 MLA Conundrum

The Rajasthan Assembly has 200 members. However, there has never been a time when all 200 members were present together.

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Flint Capital raises a $160M through an unusual fund-raising strategy

Flint Capital just closed its third fund at $160 million. Its has a unique strategy for finding its limited partner investors. 

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`Deeply Emotional Moment...,` Says Naveen Patnaik After Indian Men`s Hockey Team Win Bronze At Olympics

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi also congratulated the Indian men's hockey team for winning the bronze medal at the Olympics.

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ECI Reviews Preparations For Assembly Elections In Jammu And Kashmir Amid Calls For Early Polls

National Conference, Peoples Democratic Party, Bhartiya Janata Party, and Congress Party were among the political parties who met with the ECI team. 

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UK’s internet regulator warns social media platforms over risks of inciting violence

The U.K.'s internet regulator Ofcom has published an open letter to social media platforms raising concerns about the use of their tools being used to incite violence.

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DNA Exclusive: Analysis Of Wrestler Vinesh Phogat`s Heartbreaking Olympic Disqualification

In today's episode of DNA, Zee News did a in-depth analysis of how did Vinesh Phogat's weight increase by 100 grams, and who is responsible for this mistake? 

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Reddit to test AI-powered search result pages

Reddit users will soon see AI-generated summaries at the top of search results.  Reddit CFO Drew Vollero told investors during its earnings call on Tuesday that the company plans to test AI-powered search result pages to “summarize and recommend content.” He noted this will help users “dive deeper” into content and discover new Reddit communities.  […]

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Google Assistant lives to automate another day

With new Pixel devices just over the horizon, Assistant’s days on Android may still be numbered. For the time being, however, it still has a place on the home.

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Amazon upgrades its AI image generator

Amazon has released an upgraded version of its in-house image-generating model, Titan Image Generator, for AWS customers using its Bedrock generative AI platform. Simply called Titan Image Generator v2, the new model brings with it several new capabilities, AWS principal developer advocate Channy Yun explains in a blog post. Users can “guide” the images they […]

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DNA Exclusive: Analysing Pakistan And China`s Conspiracy To Oust Sheikh Hasina

In today's DNA episode, Zee News' revealed how the the Bangladesh coup is a carefully orchestrated plot involving Pakistan, China, and Opposition parties.

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Announcing the agenda for the AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

We’re so excited to announce that we’ve added a dedicated AI Stage presented by Google Cloud to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. It joins Fintech, SaaS and Space as the other industry-focused stages — all under one big roof. We couldn’t possibly host TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 without a huge deep dive on all things artificial intelligence. So, […]

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PM Modi Chairs Key CCS Meet Amid Bangladesh Crisis, Gets Updates On Situation

The Indian Air Force is on high alert across all eastern sectors due to the current events. Doval, along with senior military officials, met with Sheikh Hasina at Hindon Airbase, where she is being provided security by the Indian Air Force.

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Under Himanta Biswa Sarma Assam Moves To Reserve Government Jobs For Locals

Assam Chief Minister announced that the state will implement a new domicile policy, which will restrict state government jobs to individuals born in Assam. 

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From golf to hunting, a new crop of startups want to make these experiences even better

COVID-19 pushed people to take up outdoor activities. Now, startups are helping companies and consumers keep up with demand.

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Many safety evaluations for AI models have significant limitations

Despite increasing demand for AI safety and accountability, today’s tests and benchmarks may fall short, according to a new report. Generative AI models — models that can analyze and output text, images, music, videos and so on — are coming under increased scrutiny for their tendency to make mistakes and generally behave unpredictably. Now, organizations […]

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Who Is Sanjeev Jain? Realty Firm Parsvnath Developer`s CEO Arrested After 60km Car Chase By Delhi Police

The police were initially informed that Sanjeev Jain was at his residence in Gurugram. However, by the time they arrived, he had already departed for Delhi. Police arrested him after a 60km chase at the Delhi Airport.

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Zuckerberg and Jensen show off their friendship, while an AI necklace covets yours

A fireside chat between Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg at SIGGRAPH 2024 took some unexpected turns. What started as a conversation about the capabilities of Nvidia GPUs and Zuckerberg’s vision of an AI chatbot future quickly became a more casual affair — including a swap of custom-made jackets, a rare F-bomb from the Meta CEO, […]

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When a big company comes after a hot startup, it’s not a slam dunk decision to sell

We spoke to Harness CEO and founder Jyoti Bansal about his previous company, which Cisco bought for $3.7 billion in 2017.

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Taj Mahal or Tejo Mahalaya: DNA Analysis Of The Most Raging Topic In Hinduism Vs Islam Debate

 In 2018, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) submitted an affidavit to the Agra Court, stating there is no evidence that the Taj Mahal was ever a temple. 

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Punjab CM Mann, Speaker Kultar Singh Denied Political Clearance To Go Abroad: Report

Punjab CM Mann, who holds a diplomatic passport, was scheduled to visit Paris from August 3 to August 9 for the Indian hockey team's quarterfinal clash on August 4, and had sought political clearance for the same. 

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Adept Materials’ dehumidifying paint was inspired by trees and semiconductors

The startup developed a two-material system that helps homes self-regulate their internal humidity.

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DNA Exclusive: How Toll Roads Changed The Fate Of Bihar`s People

Zee News has been actively dispelling the myths surrounding toll taxes through its campaign, "Toll Tax: A Necessity, Not a Burden." 

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Microsoft now lists OpenAI as a competitor in AI and search

Microsoft has a long and tangled history with OpenAI, having invested a reported $13 billion in the ChatGPT maker as part of a long term partnership. As part of the deal, Microsoft runs OpenAI’s models across its enterprise and consumer products, and is OpenAI’s exclusive cloud provider. However, the tech giant called the startup a […]

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UP Cobbler`s Fortune Changes With Rahul`s Visit, Offered Rs 10 Lakh For Shoes Stitched By LoP

During his visit to Sultanpur for a defamation case hearing, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi stopped by the shop of Ram Chet, a cobbler, and even tried his hand at stitching footwear.

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