A wooden tablet dating back nearly 2,000 years has revealed the earliest known Latin writing by a woman, Claudia Severa, inviting her friend Sulpicia Lepidina to a birthday celebration. Discovered at Vindolanda, a Roman fort near Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, UK, the tablet highlights the personal connections of Roman military families. Preserved by the unique…
Motorola Edge 50 Pro users can now download the latest Hello UI update based on the new Android 15 operating system (OS). It is rolling out in a phased manner and users in India are receiving the update on their smartphones. As per the company, it brings smoother graphics and faster app performance. However, the…
AgiBot, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics firm open-sourced a massive dataset containing high-quality data on training humanoid robots on Monday. Dubbed AgiBot World Alpha, the dataset is said to be collected from more than 100 robots in real-life scenarios. The company stated that this dataset can help researchers and developers accelerate the training…
Redmi Turbo 4 will launch in China on January 2. It is claimed to be the first smartphone to launch with MediaTek’s octa-core Dimensity 8400-Ultra chipset. The design and colourway of the upcoming handset have been confirmed previously. Now, the company has revealed the battery and build details of the phone. Several key features of the…
Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) inaugural space docking mission has been launched aboard an indigenous PSLV-C60 rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh. The mission, termed the Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX), is designed to establish India as the fourth nation to achieve this advanced technological capability. Two spacecraft, weighing approximately 220 kg…
India on Tuesday delayed the implementation of market share caps for a popular digital payments method by two years, a move that will benefit Google Pay and Walmart-backed PhonePe. According to the proposal, first made in November 2020, digital payment firms would not be allowed to hold more than 30 percent share of the volume…
OnePlus Watch 3 is expected to launch soon as a successor to the OnePlus Watch 2, which was introduced at MWC 2024 in February. Recent reports have suggested several key features of the purported smartwatch, however, a new report suggests that it may now be joined by a Pro variant. As per the report, the OnePlus…
Vivo X200 series was launched in India earlier this month and Vivo now seems to be preparing for the unveiling of the X200 Ultra. The brand is yet to disclose details about the Vivo X100 Ultra successor, but a new leak has brought us a few details about its cameras. The Vivo X200 Ultra is tipped…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released its Financial Stability Report for 2024 on December 30. In the report, the apex bank shared its observations around the emerging practice of tokenising assets on blockchains. While acknowledging that this practice is still in its early stages, the RBI flagged potential concerns, noting that asset tokenisation is…
If 2023 was all about the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and its entry into mainstream tech conversations, 2024 became the year when AI began displaying its transformative capabilities. What started as a text-based chatbot fad that could respond to users in a human-like fashion, is today powering many major tech products and platforms…