Technology

Bitcoin crossed the $120,000 level for the first time on Monday, marking a major milestone for the world’s largest cryptocurrency as investors bet on long-sought policy wins for the industry this week. Starting on Monday, the U.S. House of Representatives will debate a series of bills to provide the digital asset industry with the nation’s … Read more

Malaysia’s trade ministry said on Monday that the export, transshipment and transit of high-performance artificial intelligence chips of U.S. origin will be subject to a trade permit, effective immediately. Individuals or companies are required to notify authorities at least 30 days in advance when exporting, transhipping, or bringing in transit any item that is not … Read more

The US agency National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Thursday El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) neutral conditions would prevail along the equatorial Pacific Ocean until October this year, meaning the Indian summer monsoon would not be under the threat of either El Niño or La Niña till the end of this season. Part of the … Read more

At the Madras High Court, Justice N Anand Venkatesh listened to a woman advocate’s plea about her private videos being leaked online without her consent. Secretly recorded by a former partner during college, the footage resurfaced years later, and circulated on social media and messaging apps.  “The woman is undergoing great mental agony,” said the … Read more

Ever since Huawei launched the Mate XT Ultimate Edition – the world’s first tri-fold phone, rumour had it that Samsung was also working on a similar device. Recently, Samsung rolled out a One UI 8 beta build, which features new animations that suggested that a tri-fold phone was indeed in development. Now, Samsung Electronics’ Device Experience … Read more

Tesla will open its first India showroom in Mumbai next week, having imported $1 million worth of cars and merchandise, marking its entry into the world’s third-largest car market despite CEO Elon Musk’s complaints about high import tariffs. In an invitation to media late Thursday, the carmaker said the July 15 event was the “launch … Read more

“It’s smarter than almost all graduate students in all disciplines simultaneously,” Elon Musk said during the livestream of the launch of his AI startup xAI’s most advanced version of the Grok chatbot. Grok 4 is the latest iteration of xAI’s large language model (LLM) Grok, and it has not just come with minor updates but … Read more

Slate Auto was under research and development for three years, until April this year, when it revealed its Slate Auto 2-door EV pickup. The maiden car from the company made headlines for announcing over 100 customisation options.  The company  is now gearing up to roll out its EV to customers in the US. Slate Auto … Read more

Japan has set a new world record for internet speed, reaching 1.02 petabits per second, according to the country’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT). That’s fast enough to download the entire Netflix library or the English version of Wikipedia thousands of times in just one second. To compare, this new speed is … Read more

Axiom Mission 4 live streaming: After spending around two weeks at International Space Station (ISS), Axiom Mission 4 astronaut crew including Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla are set to return to Earth on Monday (July 14). NASA is set to provide live coverage of their departure from the orbital lab. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying the … Read more