OpenAI plans to release a new ‘open’ AI language model in the coming months

OpenAI says that it intends to release its first “open” language model since GPT‑2 “in the coming months.” That’s according to a feedback form the company published on its website Monday. The form, which OpenAI is inviting “developers, researchers, and [members of] the broader community” to fill out, includes questions like, “What would you like […]

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IMD Predicts Scorching Summer With Increased Heatwaves, No El Niño Upcoming Monsoon - Check Full Forecast

IMD confirmed no El Niño, predicted hotter-than-usual summer with more heatwave days across India from April-June 2025.

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Spark, Mayfield, and Kleiner Perkins pour another $75M into AI data center chipmaker Retym

Retym, a U.S. chipmaker with Israeli roots, has raised a fresh $75 million series D led by James Kuklinski of Spark Capital. Existing investors — Mayfield’s Navin Chaddha and Kleiner Perkins’ Mamoon Hamid — also participated, bringing its total raised to $180 million, it says. Retym is another startup benefiting from AI’s glow-up. It’s chips […]

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Apple reportedly revamping Health app to add an AI coach

Apple is developing a new version of its Health app that includes an AI coach that can advise users on how to get healthier, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Gurman first reported that something like this was in the works back in 2023, but now he says development is moving ahead, with the new features […]

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Perplexity CEO denies having financial issues, says no IPO before 2028

Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas recently took to Reddit to address users’ product complaints and reassure them that the company is not under serious financial pressure. Srinivas seemed to be responding, in part, to a user theory that the company is “doing horribly financially” and “making lots of changes to cut costs.” As an example, the […]

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`Did Anyone Die?` Asks Lamborghini Driver After Hitting Two Pedestrians In Noida

The injured, labourers from Chhattisgarh, were rushed to a nearby hospital and are said to be out of danger. They have suffered a fracture in their legs, police said. 

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Amazon shakes up streaming leadership team

Amazon announced this week that Jennifer Salke is stepping down as the head of Amazon MGM Studios — a move that could indicate high-level dissatisfaction with the company’s streaming strategy over the past few years. To be clear, Salke’s boss Mike Hopkins (the head of Amazon MGM Studios and Prime Video) praised her work in […]

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ED Busts Noida Couple Running Adult Webcam Studio For Foreign Porn Sites

Noida couple is said to be running an adult webcam streaming studio from their home. They allegedly shared these videos with Technius Limited

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‘My Sister Would Have Become SC Judge’: Ex-Haryana Minister Ajay Yadav On Justice Nirmal Yadav`s Acquittal

The matter was reported to the Chandigarh Police, following which an FIR was registered. The case was later transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

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Fintech VC powerhouse Frank Rotman stepping down from QED Investors to found his own startups

Prolific fintech investor and QED Investors co-founder Frank Rotman said Friday that he will transition to a partner emeritus role by year’s end to focus on founding his own startups. But those startups won’t necessarily be financial technology companies. In a post on X, Rotman – who helped start QED in 2007 – declared that […]

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Rana Sanga ‘Traitor’ Remark Sparks Uproar In Rajya Sabha; Suman Refuses To Apologize

The controversy stems from Suman’s statement labeling Rana Sanga a ‘traitor’ for allegedly inviting Mughal emperor Babur to defeat Ibrahim Lodi in the 16th century. 

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Nintendo used its new app to announce the ‘Legend of Zelda’ movie release date

Nintendo announced on Friday that its live-action “The Legend of Zelda” movie will premiere on March 26, 2027. It’s a little weird to announce this the day after a Nintendo Direct livestream, where the gaming company usually unloads all of its recent news. But that was intentional. The company wants fans to download its new […]

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Foreign Secretary Misri Holds Phone Conversation With US Deputy Secretary Of State

MEA said both sides agreed to remain engaged on matters of "mutual concern".

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Separatism On Its Last Breath In Jammu and Kashmir: More Groups Join Mainstream

Union Home Minister Amit Shah hailed the move, stating that separatism in Jammu and Kashmir is "on its last breath."

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The Lumon Terminal Pro computer pops up on Apple’s website

The Lumon Terminal Pro — the computer used in Apple TV’s hit series “Severance” — has appeared on Apple’s retail website. When shopping Apple.com, you’ll see the new device, adorned with a red “New” label, when you click to view the available Mac computers Apple has for sale from the top-level navigation. But sorry, “Severance” […]

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Waqf Bill Protest, Iftari And Saugat-e-Modi: How BJP-Led NDA, RJD-Led Mahagathbandhan Are Wooing Muslim Voters In Bihar

RJD's aggressive stance comes ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections scheduled for October-November this year, where Muslim votes will play a crucial role.

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19 founders and VCs working with Elon Musk’s DOGE

Silicon Valley used to take a backseat to Washington, D.C. But now, the people disrupting technology have taken the wheel at the highest echelons of government. And that’s thanks, in large part, to the Department of Government Efficiency, better known as DOGE. Much reporting on DOGE has focused on its staffers’ ties to Musk, the billionaire bestie of […]

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ChatGPT’s image-generation feature gets an upgrade

During a livestream on Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the first major upgrade to ChatGPT’s image-generation capabilities in over a year. ChatGPT can now leverage the company’s GPT-4o model to natively create and modify images and photos. GPT-4o has long underpinned the AI-powered chatbot platform, but until now, the model has been able to […]

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Is Bengal Govt Under Mamata Banerjee Running `Hindu Hatao` Campaign? DNA Decodes

One of the major allegations is that Hindus are being removed from the voter list, with claims that they are being labelled as Bangladeshis.

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DNA Exclusive: Shocking Revelations From Muskaan And Sahil`s Interrogation In Meerut Jail

In today's DNA, the Zee News anchor analyzed the five startling confessions that came out during the Muskaan and Sahil interrogation.

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US lifts sanctions on Tornado Cash, a crypto mixer linked to North Korean money laundering

Tornado Cash was used to launder billions in stolen crypto, according to the Treasury.

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Shiv Sena Workers Vandalise Mumbai Hotel Where Comedian Kunal Kamra Made Jibe At Eknath Shinde

Shiv Sena MP Naresh Mhaske strongly condemned Kamra, calling him a ‘hired comedian’ making comments about their leader for money. 

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Former Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt’s new robotics startup reportedly raises another $150M

The Bot Company, the robotics startup founded by former Cruise co-founder and CEO Kyle Vogt, has raised $150 million in a round led by Greenoaks, according to Reuters, citing unnamed sources. Vogt founded the startup with Paril Jain, who led the AI tech team at Tesla, and former Cruise software engineer Luke Holoubek. Vogt did […]

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Buy now, pay later . . . for a burrito?

In 2010, a programmer who was mining bitcoin famously made the comically expensive mistake of spending 10,000 bitcoin on two pizzas. As of this writing, those coins would be worth $850 million dollars. While there are few comparisons to that kind of miscalculation, the prospect of adding interest payments to fast-food orders is raising concerns […]

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Anti-Terror Encounter Underway In Jammu And Kashmir`s Kathua

Reinforcements were swiftly dispatched to aid in the operation, as a manhunt was launched to apprehend the terrorists, believed to have infiltrated on Saturday via either the ravine route or through a newly created tunnel.

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Political Turmoil In Punjab Deepens As AAP Cracks Down On Protesting Farmers

The recent crackdown by AAP has divided public opinion. Many farmers and opposition political leaders argue that this action is yet another example of the government ignoring the struggles of the farming community.

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Unnecessary Concerns Raised, Mistrust Created On Delimitation: RSS

Delimitation is a constitutional process. In a democracy, elections are held, and for that purpose, the delimitation exercise is conducted, said the RSS.

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CBI Files Closure Report In Sushant Singh Rajput `Suicide` Case: Official

The CBI submitted a closure statement in the death case of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput in 2020.

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Yunus Govt May Be In Trouble; Bangladesh Staring At Another Coup-Like Situation With Heavy Army Presence In Dhaka?

At present, one full brigade of the army is stationed in the capital, along with paramilitary forces and units from the Bangladesh Border Guards. Additionally, police personnel from nearby districts have been mobilized to reinforce security in Dhaka.

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MEA Slams Pakistan For Cross-Border Terrorism, Says `Biggest Roadblock To Peace`

MEA spokesperson criticised Pakistan for promoting cross-border terrorism, describing it as the "biggest roadblock" to peace   

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DeepSeek: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot app

DeepSeek has gone viral. Chinese AI lab DeepSeek broke into the mainstream consciousness this week after its chatbot app rose to the top of the Apple App Store charts (and Google Play, as well). DeepSeek’s AI models, which were trained using compute-efficient techniques, have led Wall Street analysts — and technologists — to question whether the U.S. can maintain its […]

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`Using Language Issues To Hide Their Corruption`: Amit Shah In Rajya Sabha

Union Minister Amit Shah Criticised DMK for opposing the three-language formula and asserted that some parties are using language issues to hide their corruption. He added that if the NDA is from the government in Tamil Nadu, it will provide medical and engineering courses in Tamil.  

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Next Insurance gets scooped up by Munich Re for $2.6B

Germany’s Munich Re has signed a definitive agreement to acquire digital insurance company Next Insurance for $2.6 billion, the firms announced on Thursday. Founded in 2016, Palo Alto-based Next Insurance is focused on providing insurance to small-to-medium-sized businesses. It was last valued at $2.5 billion in late 2023 when it raised $265 million. Next Insurance’s […]

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AI’s answers on China differ depending on the language, analysis finds

It’s well-established that AI models developed by Chinese AI labs like DeepSeek censor certain politically sensitive topics. A 2023 measure passed by China’s ruling party forbids models from generating content that “damages the unity of the country and social harmony.” According to one study, DeepSeek’s R1 refuses to answer 85% of questions about subjects deemed […]

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Group co-led by Fei-Fei Li suggests that AI safety laws should anticipate future risks

In a new report, a California-based policy group co-led by Fei-Fei Li, an AI pioneer, suggests that lawmakers should consider AI risks that “have not yet been observed in the world” when crafting AI regulatory policies. The 41-page interim report released on Tuesday comes from the Joint California Policy Working Group on Frontier AI Models, […]

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Substack rival Ghost is now connected to the fediverse

Newsletter platform Ghost, an open source competitor to Substack, is now connected to the fediverse, also known as the open social web. Federated apps run on the protocol ActivityPub, which powers apps like Mastodon, Pixelfed, Threads, Flipboard, and others, allowing posts published on one app to be seen and engaged with by those on other […]

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`Will Dig Out Attackers From Graves’, Says CM Fadnavis After Nagpur Violence

Fadnavis refuted reports that religious verses were burned during the violence. 

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Tesla and Rivian charging networks have fewest problems by far, according to Consumer Reports

The most problem-free EV charging networks in the U.S. right now are the ones built by Tesla and Rivian, according to a new survey from Consumer Reports. The publication surveyed 1,230 owners on their EV charging experiences between March 2024 and February 2024, and just 4% of the respondents said they experienced problems at Tesla’s […]

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Bolt’s former CEO is launching a new e-commerce startup

Maju Kuruvilla, who left the CEO role of controversial one-click checkout startup Bolt last year, is back. He’s launching his own startup, focused on a different problem for online shoppers: what he calls “check-in.” When you click on an ad for something like a T-shirt, the experience afterward can feel a little clunky. The website […]

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Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, acquires a generative AI video startup

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has acquired Hotshot, a startup working on AI-powered video generation tools along the lines of OpenAI’s Sora. Aakash Sastry, Hotshot’s CEO and co-founder, announced the news in a post on X on Monday. “Over the past 2 years we’ve built 3 video foundation models as a small team — Hotshot-XL, […]

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OpenAI to start testing ChatGPT connectors for Google Drive and Slack

OpenAI will soon begin testing a way for business customers to connect apps like Slack and Google Drive to ChatGPT. OpenAI plans to start beta testing a new feature called ChatGPT Connectors, according to a document viewed by TechCrunch. ChatGPT Connectors will allow ChatGPT Team subscribers to link workspace Google Drive and Slack accounts to […]

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People are using Google’s new AI model to remove watermarks from images

Users on social media have discovered a controversial use case for Google’s new Gemini AI model: removing watermarks from images, including from images published by Getty Images and other well-known stock media outfits. Last week, Google expanded access to its Gemini 2.0 Flash model’s image generation feature, which lets the model natively generate and edit […]

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From RSS Days To India-Pakistan Cricket Rivalry: PM Modi`s Top Quotes From Fridman Podcast

During the podcast, PM Modi was seen touching on several subjects ranging from technology and politics to sports. He also recalled his childhood days and challenges tackling poverty.

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`Bills Proposing Simultaneous Polls Are Being...`: Union Minister Meghwal`s BIG Update On One Nation One Election

Meghwal highlighted that Lok Sabha and assembly elections were held simultaneously in 1952, 1957, 1962 and 1967.

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Nvidia GTC 2025: What to expect from this year’s show

GTC, Nvidia’s biggest conference of the year, begins Monday and runs till Friday in San Jose. TechCrunch will be on the ground covering the news as it happens — and we’re expecting a healthy dose of announcements. CEO Jensen Huang will give a keynote address at the SAP Center on Tuesday at 10 a.m. Pacific, […]

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Kannada Actor Ranya Rao`s Stepfather DGP Ramchandra Rao Sent On Compulsory Leave

Meanwhile, Ranya Rao approached a Sessions Court in Bengaluru for bail. Her move came after the Special Court for Economic Offences here denied her bail on Friday.  

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AT&T technician Mark Klein, who exposed secret NSA spying, dies

Klein, a former AT&T technician turned whistleblower, exposed mass surveillance by the U.S. government in 2006.

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`After Maha Kumbh, Now Holi Has Given...`: Yogi Adityanath`s Swipe At `Opponents Of Sanatan Dharma`

As per a press statement following his participation in the Holi celebrations and the traditional Rangbhari Shobha Yatra, which started from Ghantaghar, Yogi Adityanath showered flowers on the people gathered at the Holi Milan programme held at the Gorakhnath temple.

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Amazon is still hosting stalkerware victims’ data weeks after breach alert

Amazon won't say if it will stop hosting data from three phone surveillance operations that spilled private data on millions of people.

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Ex-Twitter AI ethics lead Rumman Chowdhury is worried about Musk’s impact on the federal government

Rumman Chowdhury, a data scientist, nonprofit founder, and former director of Twitter’s machine ethics team, had strong words for Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) during an SXSW panel on Thursday. “When your funding is frozen and you don’t know if you’re gonna be fired, and there’s this, like, absolutely unhinged person […]

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India`s RAW Behind Pakistan Train Hijack By BLA? Conspiracy Theories Flood Pak Media

The incident occurred when the train, travelling from Quetta to Peshawar and carrying 440 passengers, was ambushed by BLA militants near the mountainous terrain of Gudalar and Piru Kunri in a tunnel.

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The people in Elon Musk’s DOGE universe

Meet the DOGE staffers and senior advisors in Elon Musk's inner circle, and how they got there.

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Browser User, one of the tools powering Manus, is also going viral

Manus, the viral AI “agent” platform from Chinese startup Butterfly Effect, has had an unintended side effect: raising the profile of another AI tool called Browser Use. Browser Use, which aims to make websites more accessible for agentic applications that perform tasks on a user’s behalf, has experienced explosive growth in the past week. Daily […]

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A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs

A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024.

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Podcast app Pocket Casts makes its web player free

Pocket Casts, the podcast app acquired by Automattic in 2021, is now making its web player free. The company says the move offers an alternative to the big platforms’ closed ecosystems, where algorithmic-driven content is prioritized and podcasts are kept behind paywalls. Podcasts were built on open technology — the open, decentralized standard RSS, which […]

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At SXSW, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber pokes fun at Mark Zuckerberg with Latin phrase T-shirt

When Bluesky CEO Jay Graber walked on stage at SXSW 2025 for her keynote discussion, she wore a large black T-shirt with her hair pulled back into a bun. At first glance, it might appear as though she’s following the same playbook that so many women in tech leadership have played before: downplaying her femininity […]

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Shivakumar Rejects Reports Linking Ministers With Gold Smuggling Case, Calls Them `Political Gossip`

Karnataka Deputy CM dismisses reports linking ministers to the gold smuggling case, calling it political gossip, with central agencies investigating.

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Fashion Show In Gulmarg During Ramadan Sparks Outrage Among Kashmir Leaders

Fashion show in Gulmarg during Ramadan sparks outrage among Kashmir leaders, calling it disrespectful to local cultural sentiments.

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Colossal CEO Ben Lamm says humanity has a ‘moral obligation’ to pursue de-extinction tech

The CEO of Colossal, a startup that aims to use genetic editing techniques to bring back extinct species, including the wooly mammoth, assured audiences at SXSW that the company has no plans to create a real-life Jurassic Park — lest there was any doubt. “Modern conservation isn’t working […] and we’re gonna need a ‘de-extinction’ […]

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2 Killed Overnight As Israeli-Arab Homicides Surge

Israeli police investigate two shootings in Arab villages, part of ongoing violence with rising Israeli-Arab homicides linked to organized crime.

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Judge allows authors’ AI copyright lawsuit against Meta to move forward

A federal judge is allowing an AI-related copyright lawsuit against Meta to move forward, although he dismissed part of the suit. In Kadrey vs. Meta, authors including Richard Kadrey, Sarah Silverman, and Ta-Nehisi Coates have alleged that Meta has violated their intellectual property rights by using their books to train its Llama AI models, and […]

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Death Penalty For Religious Conversion, Rapes? MP CM Yadav Vows Strict Action On Crimes Against Women

Mohan Yadav said that his government would make a provision for the death penalty for religious conversion of girls, along the lines of punishment for rape of minors.

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AI-powered ‘more personalized Siri’ is delayed

Apple is delaying the rollout of the “more personalized Siri” experience it promised as part of its rollout of Apple Intelligence. According to a statement from the tech giant published on Friday by Apple blog Daring Fireball, the company admits it will “take us longer than we thought to deliver” on these new Siri features. […]

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Amid Opposition Uproar, EC Promises To Fix `Decades-Long` Duplicate Voter I Card Issue In 3 Months

TMC MP Saket Gokhale said the Election Commission has finally admitted and accepted their guilt that duplicate Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) numbers have been allotted to multiple people.

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Telangana Tunnel Collapse: Cadaver Dogs Identify Two Possible Spots For Human Presence

The robotics team had earlier gone inside the tunnel on March 4. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, who visited the tunnel on March 2, suggested to the officials leading the rescue operation to use robots inside the tunnel if necessary, to avoid any danger to the rescue personnel. 

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Spotify says it’s fixing the bug that caused Premium users to hear ads

Spotify has acknowledged an issue that’s causing some of its paid Premium subscribers to encounter ads when trying to play music. In an X post published on Thursday by Spotify’s customer service account, the company said it’s looking into the problem and linked to its Community website where the issue has been documented by users […]

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Delhi Govt`s Rs 2,500 Monthly Aid To Women: Scheme May Roll Out On Mar 8; Check Eligibility

The eligibility criteria were discussed in a meeting attended by the Delhi Chief Secretary, said an official on the scheme which was a major poll promise of the BJP in the assembly election. 

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Not all cancer patients need chemo. Ataraxis AI raised $20M to fix that.

Ataraxis AI has raised a $20.4 million Series A to make cancer treatment more personalized.

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580 FIRs Registered, 789 Drug Peddlers Held In Punjab`s Anti-Drug Drive: Minister

Nearly 74 kg of heroin, 19.5 kg of opium, and 77 kg of synthetic drugs, amounting to a total recovery of about 170 kg of narcotics, have been seized in the past four days.

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Will RSS Magic Work In Bihar Polls? Sangh Chief Mohan Bhagwat`s 5-Day Tour Holds Key

Ahead of Bihar polls, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has arrived in the state on a five-day tour during which he will interact with cadres and attend other programmes.

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Bihar Polls: Tejashwi Promises `100 Pc Domicile Policy` If Voted To Power

Tejashwi Yadav was addressing a 'Yuva Panchayat' (youth conclave) where he came up with a number of promises keeping in mind the preference, among people of the state, for government jobs.

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Google still limits how Gemini answers political questions

While several of Google’s rivals, including OpenAI, have tweaked their AI chatbots to discuss politically sensitive subjects in recent months, Google appears to be embracing a more conservative approach. When asked to answer certain political questions, Google’s AI-powered chatbot, Gemini, often says it “can’t help with responses on elections and political figures right now,” TechCrunch’s […]

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Hackers launder most of Bybit’s stolen crypto worth $1.4B

Experts note that this is just the first step for the alleged North Korean hackers to profit from the historic heist.

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Podcasting platform Podcastle launches a text-to-speech model with more than 450 AI voices

Podcast recording and editing platform Podcastle is now joining other companies in the AI-powered, text-to-speech race by releasing its own AI model called Asyncflow v1.0. An API for developers will also be available, allowing them to directly integrate the text-to-speech model in their apps. Thanks to the new model, the company is able to offer […]

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Odisha Woman Kills Husband, Surrenders Before Police

The accused, identified as Dumari Munda of Dubikhal village, surrendered at the Sukinda police station, confessing that she had hit her husband with a wooden rod, leading to his death.

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Signal is the number-one downloaded app in the Netherlands. But why?

Privacy-focused messaging app Signal has been flying high in the Dutch app stores this past month, sitting many days as the most downloaded free app on iOS and Android for all categories, per data from multiple app-tracking platforms such as Sensor Tower. The app has experienced surges in popularity through the years, often in response […]

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Apple might not release a truly ‘modernized’ Siri until 2027

Apple is struggling to rebuild Siri for the age of generative AI, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who says the company might not release “a true modernized, conversational version of Siri” until iOS 20 comes out in 2027. That doesn’t mean there won’t be big Siri updates before then. A new version Siri will reportedly […]

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Flora is building an AI-powered ‘infinite canvas’ for creative professionals

With just a few words, AI models can be prompted to create a story, an image, or even a short film. But according to Weber Wong, these models are all “made by non-creatives for other non-creatives to feel creative.” In other words, they’re not built for actual creative professionals. That’s something Wong is hoping to […]

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`Electrifying Workout`: Man Performs Pull-Ups On Live Wires In Viral Video — WATCH

In the video, the man can be seen gripping the overhead wires and effortlessly pulling himself up.

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Mark Cuban offers to fund government tech unit that was cut in the middle of the night

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban waded into the latest government tech shake-up on Saturday, posting an unexpected offer of support for newly laid-off federal workers on the social network Bluesky. His message, which quickly gained traction, urged the displaced engineers and designers to turn the upheaval to their advantage. “If you worked for 18F and got […]

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Paytm To Seek Resolution Of FEMA Allegations Related To Subsidiaries; Says No Impact On Operations

Paytm-ED Show Cause Notice: Alleged Contraventions Relates to Transactions Before Paytm's Investment in Little Internet and Nearbuy. 

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PM Modi Extends Ramzan Wishes, Says `It Bring Peace And Harmony In Our Society`

Modi extended his wishes to the people on the start of the holy month of Ramzan on Sunday. 

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Researchers explore how to build shapeshifting, T-1000-style robots

Researchers have developed small robots that can work together as a collective that changes shape and even shifts between solid and “fluid-like” states — a concept that should be familiar to anyone still haunted by nightmares of the T-1000 robotic assassin from “Terminator 2.” A team led by Matthew Devlin of UC Santa Barbara described […]

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