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Finance Ministry Bans ChatGPT And Deepseek For Official Purposes Even As Sam Altman Promotes OpenAI In India

Finance Ministry has issued an advisory instructing its employees not to use AI tools like ChatGPT and DeepSeek for official work due to concerns over the security of government data and documents, Reuters reported. Although the notification is reportedly dated January 29, news of it surfaced only recently, coinciding with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s India visit. Similar…
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OpenAI targets higher education in the U.S. with ChatGPT rollout at California State University

Microsoft (MSFT.O) backed OpenAI said on Tuesday it will roll out an education-specific version of its chatbot to about 500,000 students and faculty at California State University as it looks to expand its user base in the academic sector and counter competition from rivals like Alphabet (GOOGL.O). The rollout will cover 23 campuses of the largest public…
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Scientists pour cold water on popular ice bath health claims

In recent years, social media has turned ice baths from an athlete’s recovery tool into a mainstream wellness trend, with influencers and celebrities touting their supposed benefits for everything from mood enhancement to immune system boosting. Now, a new systematic review and meta-analysis cuts through the hype and reveals how cold-water immersion (CWI) actually affects the human…
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ISRO’s 100th Mission Hits Hurdle As Navigation Satellite Faces Technical Glitch

ISRO’s landmark 100th mission has hit a setback as its navigation satellite, NVS-02, faces a technical glitch, raising concerns over its deployment. The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) milestone 100th rocket mission has encountered a setback, as its navigation satellite, launched on Wednesday, developed a technical glitch on Sunday. Providing an update, ISRO stated that “orbit raising…
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Scientists just figured out how polar bear fur repels ice no matter how cold it is

In the harsh Arctic environment, where polar bears regularly plunge into freezing waters to hunt seals, a remarkable thing happens: unlike your car windshield on a winter morning, their fur resists turning into a frozen mass. Scientists have long wondered how these marine mammals keep ice from forming on their iconic white fur, and now an international…
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Dog breed myth debunked: The surprising truth about canine superpowers

For centuries, police departments have favored German Shepherds, search-and-rescue teams have relied on Bloodhounds, and military units have trained Belgian Malinois. We’ve long believed these breeds were specially developed to excel at their jobs, thanks to unique skull shapes that enhanced their abilities. But new research suggests we’ve been wrong all along. A new study published in…
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Something Bad Is Brewing Inside Google

Google might be one of the wealthiest corporations in the world, but that doesn’t mean the multi-trillion-dollar company won’t resort to downsizing. Over the last year or so, employees in the once-ironclad tech sector have watched in horror as waves of layoffs ravaged their offices and sent wages tumbling. Bracing for cuts after annual performance reviews on…
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Meta’s WhatsApp says spyware company Paragon targeted users in two dozen countries

An official with Meta Platforms’ (META.O), opens new tab popular WhatsApp chat service said Israeli spyware company Paragon Solutions had targeted scores of its users, including journalists and members of civil society. The official said on Friday that WhatsApp had sent Paragon a cease-and-desist letter following the hack. In a statement, WhatsApp said the company “will continue…
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A scientific institute has classified pet cats as an ‘invasive alien species’ and cat lovers are not happy

A Polish scientific institute has categorized domestic cats as an “invasive alien species.” The Polish Academy of Sciences has defined the house cat (felis catus) as “alien” as it was domesticated in the Middle East and has deemed cats as “invasive” due to the “negative influence of domestic cats on native biodiversity,” they explained in a statement.…
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It’s Official: NASA discovered another Earth

It’s Official: Scientists Discovered A “Second Earth” Astronomers have discovered a planet nearly the same size as Earth that orbits in its star’s habitable zone, where liquid water could exist on its surface, a new study said. The presence of liquid water also indicates the planet could support life. This newly found world, Kepler-1649c, is 300 light-years…
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Elon Musk’s satellites help Zelensky dominate the skies: US billionaire’s internet system is allowing Ukrainian drones to pound Putin’s helpless tanks

Aerorozvidka (Aerial Reconnaissance) is being used to attack Russian drones and target Vladmir Putin’s army of tanks with the help of the newly available Starlink system which improves internet and connection speeds US billionaire Elon Musk’s new technology helps to keep Ukrainian drones connected with their bases It comes as the country has continue to suffer through…
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Facebook wants to bring back young adults on its platform but they say there’s nothing much it can do to win them

In its July-September 2021 quarterly earnings conference, Meta’s cofounder Mark Zuckerberg seemed a little worried. He was vocal about it, too. He wants to see a shift. A shift that would take years. “We are retooling our teams to make serving young adults their North Star rather than optimising for the larger number of older people,” Zuckerberg said.…
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Russia will ban Instagram in the country from March 14, citing ‘calls for violence against Russians’ on the platform

Russia’s communications agency Roskomnadzor announced that it will ban Instagram in the country from March 14, according to a statement on the agency’s website. The statement, which was released on Friday, reads: “Roskomnadzor decided to complete the procedure for imposing restrictions on access to Instagram at 00:00 on March 14, providing users with an additional 48 hours of…
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ETSA 2021: India will lead the charge on new tech like Web 3.0 & metaverse, says Rajeev Chandrasekhar

India will definitely lead the charge on capitalising on the business opportunity emerging from next-generation technologies Web 3.0 and the Metaverse , said Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and Electronics and IT. Newer opportunities also extend into electronics, deep tech to quantum computing among others, the minister said speaking at the…
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rolls-royce ‘spirit of innovation’ is officially the world’s fastest all-electric aircraft

an electric airplane pioneered by rolls-royce has set two new world speed records, making it officially the world’s fastest all-electric aircraft. named ‘spirit of innovation’, the plane reached a top speed of 555.9 km/h (345.4 mph) over 3 kilometers, and 532.1km/h (330 mph) over 15 kilometers when flown at a test site in the UK. the records have since been certified…
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Facebook temporarily allows posts on Ukraine war calling for violence against invading Russians or Putin’s death

Meta Platforms (FB.O) will allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the context of the Ukraine invasion, according to internal emails seen by Reuters on Thursday, in a temporary change to its hate speech policy. The social media company is also temporarily allowing some posts that call for…
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