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Smart Cities Start With People, Not Technology: Study
African cities are growing at an incredible pace. With this growth comes a mix of opportunity and challenge. How do we build cities that are not only smart but also fair, inclusive and resilient?
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Overthinking Common In India, 1 In 3 Use Tech Tools Like ChatGPT For Support
Choosing a dish at a restaurant or making a gift purchase decision, a growing number of Indians are turning to technology to navigate overthinking, which has become a part of daily life of the people, as per a survey.
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McDonald's Bets On India As It Doubles Down On AI Investment By 2027
McDonald's plans to "double down" on its artificial intelligence investment by 2027 and is betting on India as a key hub for data governance, engineering and platform architecture.
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Dolby Atmos in the Studio: How the 3D Sound Stage Technology Is Reshaping Music Production in India
At the heart of the music creation process is a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW), a software (typically Avid Pro Tools or Steinberg Nuendo) that acts as the central hub to record, edit, mix, and produce audio (think of it as the Photoshop of sound). The DAW runs the Dolby Atmos Production Suite, a software toolkit developed by Dolby that allows soun...
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YouTube Brings AI-Powered Age Estimation to Enable Features to Protect Teens
YouTube is launching a new age verification feature in the US, utilising machine learning to estimate users' ages. This technology aims to ensure age-appropriate content is displayed for younger viewers, and is designed to bypass instances where users may have provided incorrect birthdates to circumvent age restrictions.
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How Pigs, High-Tech Tools Can Help In Search For Mexican Drug Cartel Victims
First the scientists dress dead swine in clothes, then they dispose of the carcasses. Some they wrap in packing tape, others they chop up. They stuff the animals into plastic bags or wrap them in blankets. They cover them in lime or burn them.
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"Most Empathetic Voice": Neurodivergent People Find New Support In AI Tools For Social Navigation
For Cape Town-based filmmaker Kate D'hotman, connecting with movie audiences comes naturally. Far more daunting is speaking with others. "I've never understood how people [decipher] social cues," the 40-year-old director of horror films says.
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Woman Changes Name, Evades Law For 20 Years In Rs 8-Crore Fraud Case, Arrested
Using tech to identify an accused who had evaded the law for nearly 20 years, the CBI has arrested a woman who was accused in a Rs 8-crore bank fraud case.
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Google Introduces 30 New AI Tools for Educators and Custom Gemini App for Students
Google introduced several new offerings for students, educators, and schools on Monday. The announcements were made at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) edtech conference, where the Mountain View-based tech giant announced Gemini in Classroom, a suite of more than 30 new AI tools for educators. The company also released a...
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Not Phones, Not Laptops: This Old-School Device Could Be Your Ultimate War Survival Tool
Despite modern technology, radio remains a critical survival tool in emergencies and wartime, providing essential information when other communication systems fail.
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Apple Considering Using AI to Design its Chips, Technology Executive Says
Apple is interested in tapping generative AI to help speed up the design of the custom chips at the heart of its devices. Johny Srouji, Apple's senior vice president of hardware technologies said Apple needs to use the most cutting-edge tools to design its chips, including the latest chip design software from electronic design automation (EDA) firm...
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Google Announces SynthID Detector That Can Identify Gemini-Generated Content at Google I/O 2025
Google I/O 2025 keynote session on Tuesday was focused on new artificial intelligence (AI) updates and features. Alongside, the Mountain View-based tech giant also introduced a new tool to bring more transparency when it comes to AI-generated content. Dubbed SynthID Detector, it is an under-testing verification portal which can detect and identify ...
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Apple WWDC 2025 to Be Held From June 9 to June 13: All You Need to Know
Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2025 is set to take place in June, Apple announced on Tuesday. In line with the previous years, the annual developers conference is expected to take place at Apple Park in California, while those around the world can watch all the developments unfolding via an online telecast of the event. It promises to offer...
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TikTok Introduces New AI Alive Tool to Create Videos From Photos in Stories
TikTok is introducing a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that will allow users to turn an image into an animated video. On Tuesday, the vertical video-based social media platform announced a new AI feature dubbed AI Alive that uses generative AI technology to create videos from photos. Currently, the tool can only be used to generate videos...
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WhatsApp Will Soon Offer Secure AI Access via Meta's Private Processing Technology
Meta is introducing a new technology called Private Processing for WhatsApp that will allow users to access artificial intelligence (AI) tools in a private and secure environment. On Tuesday, the Menlo Park-based tech giant shared a first look at the technology and how it is ensuring both data security as well as transparency at the user level.
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Smart Cities Start With People, Not Technology: Study
African cities are growing at an incredible pace. With this growth comes a mix of opportunity and challenge. How do we build cities that are not only smart but also fair, inclusive and resilient?
-
Overthinking Common In India, 1 In 3 Use Tech Tools Like ChatGPT For Support
Choosing a dish at a restaurant or making a gift purchase decision, a growing number of Indians are turning to technology to navigate overthinking, which has become a part of daily life of the people, as per a survey.
-
McDonald's Bets On India As It Doubles Down On AI Investment By 2027
McDonald's plans to "double down" on its artificial intelligence investment by 2027 and is betting on India as a key hub for data governance, engineering and platform architecture.
-
Dolby Atmos in the Studio: How the 3D Sound Stage Technology Is Reshaping Music Production in India
At the heart of the music creation process is a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW), a software (typically Avid Pro Tools or Steinberg Nuendo) that acts as the central hub to record, edit, mix, and produce audio (think of it as the Photoshop of sound). The DAW runs the Dolby Atmos Production Suite, a software toolkit developed by Dolby that allows soun...
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YouTube Brings AI-Powered Age Estimation to Enable Features to Protect Teens
YouTube is launching a new age verification feature in the US, utilising machine learning to estimate users' ages. This technology aims to ensure age-appropriate content is displayed for younger viewers, and is designed to bypass instances where users may have provided incorrect birthdates to circumvent age restrictions.
-
How Pigs, High-Tech Tools Can Help In Search For Mexican Drug Cartel Victims
First the scientists dress dead swine in clothes, then they dispose of the carcasses. Some they wrap in packing tape, others they chop up. They stuff the animals into plastic bags or wrap them in blankets. They cover them in lime or burn them.
-
"Most Empathetic Voice": Neurodivergent People Find New Support In AI Tools For Social Navigation
For Cape Town-based filmmaker Kate D'hotman, connecting with movie audiences comes naturally. Far more daunting is speaking with others. "I've never understood how people [decipher] social cues," the 40-year-old director of horror films says.
-
Woman Changes Name, Evades Law For 20 Years In Rs 8-Crore Fraud Case, Arrested
Using tech to identify an accused who had evaded the law for nearly 20 years, the CBI has arrested a woman who was accused in a Rs 8-crore bank fraud case.
-
Google Introduces 30 New AI Tools for Educators and Custom Gemini App for Students
Google introduced several new offerings for students, educators, and schools on Monday. The announcements were made at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) edtech conference, where the Mountain View-based tech giant announced Gemini in Classroom, a suite of more than 30 new AI tools for educators. The company also released a...
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Not Phones, Not Laptops: This Old-School Device Could Be Your Ultimate War Survival Tool
Despite modern technology, radio remains a critical survival tool in emergencies and wartime, providing essential information when other communication systems fail.
-
Apple Considering Using AI to Design its Chips, Technology Executive Says
Apple is interested in tapping generative AI to help speed up the design of the custom chips at the heart of its devices. Johny Srouji, Apple's senior vice president of hardware technologies said Apple needs to use the most cutting-edge tools to design its chips, including the latest chip design software from electronic design automation (EDA) firm...
-
Google Announces SynthID Detector That Can Identify Gemini-Generated Content at Google I/O 2025
Google I/O 2025 keynote session on Tuesday was focused on new artificial intelligence (AI) updates and features. Alongside, the Mountain View-based tech giant also introduced a new tool to bring more transparency when it comes to AI-generated content. Dubbed SynthID Detector, it is an under-testing verification portal which can detect and identify ...
-
Apple WWDC 2025 to Be Held From June 9 to June 13: All You Need to Know
Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2025 is set to take place in June, Apple announced on Tuesday. In line with the previous years, the annual developers conference is expected to take place at Apple Park in California, while those around the world can watch all the developments unfolding via an online telecast of the event. It promises to offer...
-
TikTok Introduces New AI Alive Tool to Create Videos From Photos in Stories
TikTok is introducing a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that will allow users to turn an image into an animated video. On Tuesday, the vertical video-based social media platform announced a new AI feature dubbed AI Alive that uses generative AI technology to create videos from photos. Currently, the tool can only be used to generate videos...
-
WhatsApp Will Soon Offer Secure AI Access via Meta's Private Processing Technology
Meta is introducing a new technology called Private Processing for WhatsApp that will allow users to access artificial intelligence (AI) tools in a private and secure environment. On Tuesday, the Menlo Park-based tech giant shared a first look at the technology and how it is ensuring both data security as well as transparency at the user level.
