Sci-Tech

Bangkok: A plane believed to be carrying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has landed in Bangkok Tuesday, as he is on the way to enter a plea deal with the US government that will free him and resolve the legal case that spanned years and continents...

Beijing: China's Chang'e 6 probe returned on Earth Tuesday with rock and soil samples from the little-explored far side of the moon in a global first. The probe landed in northern China Tuesday afternoon in the Inner Mongolian region. Chinese scientists anticipate the returned samples...

New Delhi: The Centre Tuesday announced it has begun the auction of spectrum worth Rs 96,238.45 crore for telecom services. The total quantum of spectrum being auctioned is 10,522.35 MHz in various bands, valuing Rs 96,238.45 crore at reserve prices, said the Ministry of Communications....

New Delhi: Maiki South Mining Pvt Ltd has bagged the country's first lithium block in Chhattisgarh that was put up for sale, the government said Monday. Meanwhile, the government cancelled the auction of 14 critical minerals that were on offer in the second round of...

New Delhi: Dutch investment firm Prosus has written off $578 million (about Rs 4,800 crore) that it invested in edtech firm Byju's, the company said Monday. In September 2022, Prosus had lost significant influence on Think and Learn, which owns Byju's brand, as its stake...

New Delhi: Meta Monday announced the availability of its AI assistant 'Meta AI' in India on WhatsApp, Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and meta.ai portal. With this, people can use Meta AI in feeds and chats across its apps to get things done, create content, and deep...

New Delhi: AI will replace people with people, contrary to the common narrative, Deloitte's AI Executive Rohit Tandon said, emphasising that the future belongs to AI-human collaboration, not replacement, as he envisions a revolutionary era where technology empowers, rather than replaces, the workforce. In an...

Bengaluru: Space agency ISRO Sunday said it has achieved a third consecutive success in the Reusable Launch Vehicle Landing Experiment by demonstrating the autonomous landing capability of the launch vehicle under more challenging conditions. This mission simulated the approach and landing interface and high-speed landing...

New Delhi: About 28 Indian startups have raised $800.5 million in funding across 29 deals this week. This represents an increase of 296 per cent from the $201.8 million secured by the startups last week across 21 deals, reports Inc42. Quick commerce unicorn Zepto announced...

New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new in-app dialer feature that will allow users to make calls directly from the app. According to WABetaInfo, users will not need to add contacts to their address book to make calls from the app. Users...