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Railways Makes History, First Hydrogen Coach Tested In India. Here's Why It Matters
India has successfully tested its first hydrogen-powered train coach at ICF Chennai, marking a leap in sustainable rail technology.
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To Gatekeep Or Let Lose? Parents Face Tough Choices On AI
Parents are "very worried" about the future Artificial Intelligence holds for their children -- whether it's deepfakes, "the inability to distinguish between reality and AI," or "the thousands of possible new threats that I wasn't trained to detect".
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Maharashtra's Gadchiroli Police Trains Tribal Youth In AI, Web Development
The Gadchiroli Police Skilling Institute is revolutionising the lives of tribal youth in Naxal-affected villages by providing training in cutting-edge technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), software development, and web development.
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World Youth Skills Day 2025: 11 Key Facts That Define Future Of Learning And Work
World Youth Skills Day 2025: India has emerged as a global leader in skill development. Through the Skill India Mission, over 50 million young people have been trained across domains like technology, services, and manufacturing.
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Ashwini Vaishnaw Shares 1st "Breakthrough" In Undersea Bullet Train Tunnel
The construction of the first 2.7-km stretch of India's ambitious 21-km undersea bullet train tunnel has been completed. Located between Ghansoli and Shilphata, the section is a part of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR) corridor.
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No Japanese Bullet Train On Mumbai-Ahmedabad Route? A Fact Check By Railways
The Railways Ministry has dismissed as baseless and misleading some reports claiming that India has decided not to run the Japanese bullet train on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route.
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Watch: Passenger Enjoys Self-Heating Bento Box On Japan's Bullet Train. Foodies Are Impressed
A viral video shared by a Canadian CEO, Tina Lee, shows various bento boxes she got for her family's journey onboard Japan's Shinkansen (bullet train). One of them had self-heating technology.
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Apple Reportedly Considering Powering Siri Using Anthropic or OpenAI’s AI Models
Apple is reportedly ditching the idea of using in-house artificial intelligence (AI) models to power the new capabilities in Siri. As per the report, the Cupertino-based tech giant is now considering outsourcing the technology instead. The two main contenders for this are reportedly Anthropic and OpenAI, who have been asked to train a custom versio...
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How Fish Farming Is Transforming Former Naxalites In Jharkhand
Former insurgents in eastern Jharkhand are trading guns for fishing nets under a central government scheme that has helped transform a once violence-torn region and contributed to its removal from a list of Naxalite-affected areas.
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BBC Said to Have Threatened Legal Action Against AI Start-up Perplexity Over Content Scraping
In a letter to Perplexity Chief Executive Aravind Srinivas seen by the FT, BBC said it may seek an injunction unless the AI firm stops scraping its content, deletes existing copies used to train its AI systems, and submits "a proposal for financial compensation" for the alleged misuse of its intellectual property.
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Google, Scale AI's Largest Customer, Said to Plan Split After Meta Deal
Google plans to sever ties with AI data-labeling startup Scale AI after rival Meta acquired a 49% stake. Reuters' sources reveal Google, Scale's largest customer, had projected $200 million in payments this year for crucial human-labeled training data, vital for developing models like Gemini. The search giant is reportedly already in discussions wi...
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IIT Madras Pravartak Invites Applications For Virtual Reality, Online Business Courses
IIT Madras Pravartak New Courses: The Augmented/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) course, developed in partnership with VyVoxel, an international player in AR/VR/MR, is a 60-hour online training scheduled to begin on June 14.
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Switzerland Trials Railway Tracks With Solar Panels To Power Trains
The technology has been developed by Sun-Ways after its founder, Joseph Scuderi, first had the idea in 2020 while waiting for a train.
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Scientists Develop New Way To Avoid Pregnancy Using Self-Injecting Jab
Currently, contraceptive implants last for years but the device needs to be fitted inside a woman by a trained professional via a surgical procedure.
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Moonvalley Launches AI Video Model Marey for Filmmaking, Said to Be Fully Trained on Licensed Data
Moonvalley, a Los Angeles-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup, launched a new generative video model on Wednesday. Dubbed Marey after Étienne Jules Marey, who was considered to be a pioneer of cinematography, the AI video model is said to be trained only on ethically sourced licensed data. The startup says that the nature of training data p...
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Railways Makes History, First Hydrogen Coach Tested In India. Here's Why It Matters
India has successfully tested its first hydrogen-powered train coach at ICF Chennai, marking a leap in sustainable rail technology.
-
To Gatekeep Or Let Lose? Parents Face Tough Choices On AI
Parents are "very worried" about the future Artificial Intelligence holds for their children -- whether it's deepfakes, "the inability to distinguish between reality and AI," or "the thousands of possible new threats that I wasn't trained to detect".
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Maharashtra's Gadchiroli Police Trains Tribal Youth In AI, Web Development
The Gadchiroli Police Skilling Institute is revolutionising the lives of tribal youth in Naxal-affected villages by providing training in cutting-edge technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), software development, and web development.
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World Youth Skills Day 2025: 11 Key Facts That Define Future Of Learning And Work
World Youth Skills Day 2025: India has emerged as a global leader in skill development. Through the Skill India Mission, over 50 million young people have been trained across domains like technology, services, and manufacturing.
-
Ashwini Vaishnaw Shares 1st "Breakthrough" In Undersea Bullet Train Tunnel
The construction of the first 2.7-km stretch of India's ambitious 21-km undersea bullet train tunnel has been completed. Located between Ghansoli and Shilphata, the section is a part of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR) corridor.
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No Japanese Bullet Train On Mumbai-Ahmedabad Route? A Fact Check By Railways
The Railways Ministry has dismissed as baseless and misleading some reports claiming that India has decided not to run the Japanese bullet train on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route.
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Watch: Passenger Enjoys Self-Heating Bento Box On Japan's Bullet Train. Foodies Are Impressed
A viral video shared by a Canadian CEO, Tina Lee, shows various bento boxes she got for her family's journey onboard Japan's Shinkansen (bullet train). One of them had self-heating technology.
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Apple Reportedly Considering Powering Siri Using Anthropic or OpenAI’s AI Models
Apple is reportedly ditching the idea of using in-house artificial intelligence (AI) models to power the new capabilities in Siri. As per the report, the Cupertino-based tech giant is now considering outsourcing the technology instead. The two main contenders for this are reportedly Anthropic and OpenAI, who have been asked to train a custom versio...
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How Fish Farming Is Transforming Former Naxalites In Jharkhand
Former insurgents in eastern Jharkhand are trading guns for fishing nets under a central government scheme that has helped transform a once violence-torn region and contributed to its removal from a list of Naxalite-affected areas.
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BBC Said to Have Threatened Legal Action Against AI Start-up Perplexity Over Content Scraping
In a letter to Perplexity Chief Executive Aravind Srinivas seen by the FT, BBC said it may seek an injunction unless the AI firm stops scraping its content, deletes existing copies used to train its AI systems, and submits "a proposal for financial compensation" for the alleged misuse of its intellectual property.
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Google, Scale AI's Largest Customer, Said to Plan Split After Meta Deal
Google plans to sever ties with AI data-labeling startup Scale AI after rival Meta acquired a 49% stake. Reuters' sources reveal Google, Scale's largest customer, had projected $200 million in payments this year for crucial human-labeled training data, vital for developing models like Gemini. The search giant is reportedly already in discussions wi...
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IIT Madras Pravartak Invites Applications For Virtual Reality, Online Business Courses
IIT Madras Pravartak New Courses: The Augmented/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) course, developed in partnership with VyVoxel, an international player in AR/VR/MR, is a 60-hour online training scheduled to begin on June 14.
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Switzerland Trials Railway Tracks With Solar Panels To Power Trains
The technology has been developed by Sun-Ways after its founder, Joseph Scuderi, first had the idea in 2020 while waiting for a train.
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Scientists Develop New Way To Avoid Pregnancy Using Self-Injecting Jab
Currently, contraceptive implants last for years but the device needs to be fitted inside a woman by a trained professional via a surgical procedure.
-
Moonvalley Launches AI Video Model Marey for Filmmaking, Said to Be Fully Trained on Licensed Data
Moonvalley, a Los Angeles-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup, launched a new generative video model on Wednesday. Dubbed Marey after Étienne Jules Marey, who was considered to be a pioneer of cinematography, the AI video model is said to be trained only on ethically sourced licensed data. The startup says that the nature of training data p...
