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Scientists have discovered three new species of cascade frogs from the biodiverse-rich forests of Northeast India and documented five other species in the country for the first time. The findings, published in…
By Sohail Khan · 12 Aug
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Security flaws in Zoom’s screen-sharing feature could have allowed hackers to take control of devices used by anyone who joined a call on the popular video conferencing platform, researchers have found. The…
By Sohail Khan · 12 Aug
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Employees at Oracle are bracing for more layoffs. IT giant Oracle is reportedly planning a fresh round of job cuts amid mounting debts to fund its AI infrastructure build out. The layoffs…
By Sohail Khan · 12 Aug
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A solar eclipse will occur on August 12, 2026, with many parts of the world set to witness the celestial event, either partially or completely. What is a solar eclipse? A solar…
By Sohail Khan · 12 Aug
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Nvidia is developing a new AI model family, Nemotron 4, with the goal of challenging top open-source models globally, The Information reported on Tuesday, citing people who work on the project. The…
By Sohail Khan · 12 Aug
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Brad Lightcap, a longtime OpenAI executive, said Tuesday that he was leaving the company after eight years to start a new venture, the latest in a string of departures from the artificial…
By Sohail Khan · 12 Aug
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The story so far: Theoretical physicist Deepak Dhar has been awarded the Dirac Medal for his contributions to statistical physics — an honour he is sharing with three other physicists, Bernard Derrida,…
By Sohail Khan · 12 Aug
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AI startup Manus said on Tuesday it will resume operating as an independent company and some user data will be deleted as part of its separation from U.S. tech giant Meta. “As…
By Sohail Khan · 12 Aug
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Spotify said on Tuesday it would begin adding “AI Persona” badges to some profiles from mid-September to give listeners more transparency about whether the artist behind the music was a real person.…
By Sohail Khan · 12 Aug
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M.P. Parameswaran, former nuclear scientist who later became prominent as a Marxist theorist, people’s science movement activist and writer, passed away in Thrissur, Kerala, on Tuesday (August 11, 2026). He was 92.…
By Sohail Khan · 11 Aug