Technology

Before TikTok and Instagram, Vine, a popular social media platform where people could post six-second-long videos, popularised short-form content. Introduced in 2012, Vine was owned by Twitter and shut down four years later. But now, diVine, a new app backed by Twitter’s ex-CEO Jack Dorsey, is bringing back more than 1,00,000 archived Vine videos from … Read more

Asteroids contain abundant reserves of both common and precious metals, attracting startups that see them as a sustainable alternative to Earth-based mining, which faces challenges such as resource depletion and environmental damage. However, reaching and extracting materials from these celestial bodies remains profoundly difficult. A California-based company, TransAstra, has introduced an innovative solution: the Capture … Read more

At a time when the world is debating the arrival of artificial general intelligence (AGI), Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella offered a surprisingly grounded view of the technology. For the uninitiated, AGI is a conceptual AI that has the ability to understand, learn, and apply intelligence much like humans do. While he is clearly excited about … Read more

OpenAI has launched a pilot programme in select regions from 13 November, introducing group chats within ChatGPT. The feature allows users to create shared spaces where friends, family, classmates, or colleagues can collaborate, while the AI helps in making decisions, generating ideas, and organising plans. OpenAI noted that these group chats are separate from personal … Read more

IBM has unveiled its most advanced quantum processor yet, stating that the new chip could help it achieve quantum advantage (when a quantum computer outperforms all classical systems) as early as next year. Known as IBM Quantum Nighthawk, the chip has been designed with an architecture to complement high-performing quantum software, the tech giant said … Read more

The Mini Apps Partner Program, as it’s called, takes a 15 per cent cut of in-app purchases for mini apps and games, Apple said on Friday. That’s essentially a reduced rate from the usual 30 per cent fee developers are charged when Apple processes payments. The idea behind the new programme is to offer developers … Read more

Valve is entering the console wars with the Steam Machine, a cube-shaped video game console designed to play PC games in the living room. The device is a sequel to a console of the same name, which failed to live up to the hype when it was released in 2014. At the time, the Steam … Read more

According to a new study, a tremendous blast observed from a dwarf star was strong enough to remove the atmosphere of any nearby planets that might have resembled Earth. The study published in Nature on November 12 marks the first confirmation of a coronal mass ejection (CME) from a star other than the Sun.   A … Read more

Google DeepMind researchers have developed a new technique to help AI vision models perceive and organise the visual world more like humans do. This method can be used to better align AI vision models with human knowledge in order to address pre-existing blind spots such as their inability to detect connections between two objects (a … Read more

Spotify on Thursday, November 13, introduced three new Premium subscription tiers in India with plans starting at Rs 139 per month. The new subscription portfolio comprises Premium Lite, Premium Standard, and Premium Platinum. “While Spotify has become an integral part of listeners’ lives in India, the way people stream varies from those discovering music for … Read more