Technology

Astronomers have identified a new exoplanet that appears to defy expectations in almost every way, starting with its resemblance to the fictional sunsets of Tatooine, the desert planet from Star Wars. The planet, catalogued as HD 143811 AB b, orbits a pair of stars far more closely than any other directly imaged planet in a binary … Read more

WhatsApp is rolling out new features ahead of the holiday season. The popular instant messaging platform says that the latest bundle introduces tools to help people stay connected even when the festive rush makes it hard to keep up. Here are some of the features that WhatsApp rolled out in the new update:  Calls get … Read more

This year, we saw tech giants like Google, OpenAI, Perplexity, and others launch AI-powered browsers or integrate their chatbots into existing ones. But in a surprising turn of events, the Chrome team at Google unveiled a new Gemini 3-powered browser called Disco, which it says is “designed to reimagine browsing and building for the modern … Read more

Neither gold nor diamonds, the world’s costliest material is a substance known as antimatter that costs an estimated USD 62.5 trillion (Rs 62.5 lakh crore) a gram. A gram of it packs a punch of explosive energy equivalent to four Hiroshima-class nuclear weapons and is costlier than India’s entire budget put together-Rs 50 lakh crore. Antimatter … Read more

Runway has taken a major step in the intensifying race to build world models, announcing its first system, GWM-1, alongside a significant upgrade to its flagship Gen 4.5 video model. The dual release signals the American tech company’s push to position itself at the front of an industry quickly shifting from experimental research to deployable, … Read more

Message board website Reddit on Friday filed a lawsuit in Australia’s highest court seeking to overturn the country’s social media ban for children, calling it an intrusion on free political discourse and setting the stage for a protracted legal battle. The San Francisco-based firm, which ranks Australia among its biggest markets, said in a High … Read more

Days after internally declaring a ‘code red’ over Google’s edge in AI, OpenAI appears to have fired back with a new advanced model. The Sam Altman-led AI powerhouse has introduced GPT-5.2, which it describes as its most advanced frontier model for professional work and long-running agents. OpenAI says the new model is its most capable … Read more

With Google doubling down on artificial intelligence and investing billions of dollars, the Mountain View, California–based tech giant has recently created an entirely new position – chief technologist for AI infrastructure, and appointed Amin Vahdat to the role. Vahdat’s position is key to Google’s success in AI and its ability to maintain leadership against heavyweights … Read more

Instagram has rolled out a new feature to give users far more influence over what appears in their feeds, beginning with Reels. Announced on December 10, the tool called ‘Your Algorithm’ offers a clearer look at how Instagram decides what you see and puts that decision-making power directly in your hands. The launch marks one … Read more

Some 400,000 years ago, in what is now eastern England, a group of Neanderthals used flint and pyrite to make fires by a watering hole — not just once, but time after time, over several generations. That is the conclusion of a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Previously, the oldest known evidence of … Read more