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  MediaTek Showcases AI Strategy At Computex 2025, Unveils Hybrid Computing Solution

  MediaTek showcased several artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for a wide range of devices and platforms at Computex 2025 on Tuesday. The Taiwan-based chipmaker unveiled its first hybrid computing solution to offer AI capabilities on the edge, a new chipset to bring AI to in-car infotainment systems, as well as an Internet-of-things (IoT) platfo...

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  Microsoft Releases Magentic-UI, an Open-Source Agentic Web Interface That Can Perform Tasks on the Web

  Microsoft released an agentic web interface on Monday that can perform complex tasks on the web. Announced at the company’s Build 2025 conference, the new tool is named Magentic-UI, and the company is pitching it as a “human-centred web agent.” The Redmond-based tech giant claims that, unlike other computer use agents, this one collaborates w...

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  Maye Musk Shares Elon Musk's 1989 Computer Aptitude Test: "My Genius Boy"

  "The results were outstanding," the letter noted, a sentiment echoed by netizens, many of whom praised Musks evident tech talent even as a teenager.

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  Google DeepMind Unveils AlphaEvolve, a Coding Agent Designed to Reduce AI Hallucinations

  Google DeepMind announced a new artificial intelligence (AI) coding agent on Wednesday that can enhance the capabilities of AI models. Dubbed AlphaEvolve, it is designed to discover and optimise algorithms across complex computing and mathematical tasks. The powerful AI system is built on the Mountain View-based tech giant’s Gemini models, and it...

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  Huawei Announces HarmonyOS 5 Operating System With AI Features for PCs

  Huawei on Thursday announced HarmonyOS 5, its first-ever self-developed operating system (OS) for PCs at the HarmonyOS Computer Technology and Ecosystem Communication event in China. It is said to be based on the company’s HarmonyOS Next mobile OS which was announced in October 2024 and has been developed independently of Android. Huawei claims i...

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  Indian Startup Unveils System to Run AI Without Advanced Chips

  Ziroh Labs, an artificial intelligence startup operating in India, collaborated with researchers at the country’s premier technology school to design an affordable system that it says can run large AI models without requiring advanced computing chips from the likes of Nvidia.

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  Indian-Origin Singapore Hospital Staff Fined For Accessing Patient's Records Illegally

  A senior Indian-origin patient service associate at Singapore's National University Hospital was fined SGD 3,800 after she pleaded guilty to one count of misusing a computer system by accessing records of a patient.

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  Nagaland University Researchers Develop AI-Powered Personalised Learning System For Students

  The study conducted at Nagaland University, demonstrated that Flexible Learning System reduces task processing time by 94%.

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  IIT Bombay Launches Online PG Diploma In Computer Science And Engineering

  This ePGD consists of six courses covering areas such as Advanced Programming, Computing Systems, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning (ML).

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  World’s First Modular Quantum Computer Operates at Room Temperature

  A room-temperature quantum computer has been developed by Xanadu, addressing scalability and error correction challenges in the field. Named Aurora, the system uses photonic qubits and connects multiple modules via fibre optics, removing the need for extreme cooling. Published in Nature, the study highlights its potential for large-scale quantum da...

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  First Modular Quantum Computer Works at Room Temperature Without Cooling

  Scientists have developed Aurora, the first modular quantum computer that operates at room temperature. Unlike traditional quantum systems requiring near absolute zero temperatures, Aurora uses photonic qubits interconnected via fiber optics. This innovation by Xanadu enhances fault tolerance and scalability, paving the way for future quantum data ...

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  Researchers Using AI to Scan Animals’ Faces to Decipher Signs of Pain and Emotions: Report

  Researchers are now reportedly experimenting with artificial intelligence (AI) to decipher the facial expressions of animals to understand their emotions. As per the report, several research groups are now using AI models with computer vision to analyse emotions and signs of pain and distress in farm animals. This is one of the niche use cases of t...

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  IIT Madras and ISRO Unveil IRIS, India’s First Aerospace-Grade Semiconductor

  IIT Madras and ISRO have successfully developed and booted IRIS, an indigenous aerospace-grade semiconductor chip for space applications. Based on the SHAKTI processor, IRIS is designed for IoT and compute systems, integrating fault-tolerant memory and advanced serial buses. The entire design, fabrication, and assembly were completed in India under...

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  New Method Controls Synchronisation in Spin Hall Nano-Oscillators Using Spin Waves

  A study led by researchers at the University of Gothenburg and Tohoku University demonstrates how phase synchronisation can be controlled in spin Hall nano-oscillators (SHNOs). Using propagating spin waves, the team achieved long-range coupling between SHNOs, opening new possibilities for applications in neuromorphic computing, telecommunications a...

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  Elon Musk's Aides Locking Federal Workers Out Of Computer Systems At US Agency

  Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.