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New York: Apple will rely on Google to help finish its efforts to smarten up its virtual assistant Siri and bring other artificial intelligence features to the iPhone as the trendsetting company plays catch up in technology's latest craze. The deal allowing Apple to tap...

London: The UK's Office of Communications (Ofcom) Monday launched an investigation into X over the “deeply concerning” reports of its Grok artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot generating sexualised imagery to determine if it breached the country's Online Safety Act. The independent media watchdog said it had...

Sriharikota: ISRO's PSLV-C62 rocket carrying 16 satellites, including a foreign Earth Observation satellite, encountered an anomaly, the space agency saidMonday, signalling the failure of the mission. Disturbances in the rocket and later deviation from the flight path were observed when strap-on motors were providing thrust...

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): ISRO's PSLV-C62, carrying an Earth Observation satellite and several commercial payloads, encountered "an anomaly during the third stage of the flight", space agency chairman V Narayanan said Monday. The 44.4 metre tall four-stage rocket lifted off as scheduled at 10.18 am from...

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): ISRO's trusted workhorse PSLV lifted off from the spaceport in Sriharikota Monday, carrying an earth observation satellite along with 14 other commercial payloads for both domestic and overseas customers. Marking the first launch of the year, the mission is part of the...

New Delhi: Microblogging site X has accepted its mistake and assured it will comply with Indian laws after the IT Ministry warned the Elon Musk-led social media platform on the Grok AI obscene content issue, government sources said Sunday. Around 3,500 pieces of content have...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday said artificial intelligence (AI) laboratories are being set up in nine Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) of the state. Addressing the closing ceremony of the Odisha Skill Competition 2025-26, CM Majhi said a total of 47 ITIs will...

New Delhi: Nearly 44 per cent Indian cities face chronic air pollution, indicating a structural problem driven by persistent emission sources rather than short-term episodes, an analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) has found. However, only 4 per cent...

New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is expected to launch the EOS-N1 earth observation satellite aboard PSLV-C62 rocket January 12, marking the first mission of 2026. The EOS-N1 (also called Anvesha) is an Earth observation satellite designed to enhance India’s remote sensing capabilities...

New Delhi: The government has sought more details from X, including specific action taken on obscene content linked to its Grok AI and steps to prevent a repeat in future, sources said Wednesday, adding that the response submitted by the firm, while detailed, was not...