Arc Search, the artificial intelligence (AI) mobile browser, is soon coming to Android, the company confirmed on Saturday. The browser made its debut at the beginning of this year and gained popularity due to its AI-powered features such as Browse for Me, where the AI reads multiple web pages to show the relevant information, AI…
India’s digital Rupee, or eRupee central bank digital currency (CBDC), is presently in the advanced phases of its trials facilitated by 16 national banks. The eRupee has managed to amass five million users in its pilot stage, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das claimed Monday. Das was speaking at a conference in Bengaluru when he said that…
Indian crypto exchange WazirX, that was hacked for over $230 million (roughly Rs. 1,928 crore) on July 18, is moving ahead with resuming some services on its platform after more than a month of suspension. In a statement released over the weekend, the exchange said it was resuming INR withdrawals starting Monday, August 26. WazirX…
Threads is reportedly testing a new feature for the platform that will allow users to publish posts that disappear after a certain period. These temporary posts can be visible for up to 24 hours, as per the report. The replies made underneath the posts will reportedly also be automatically deleted once the parent post is…
This is a ‘man bites dog’ story because, for much of the two companies’ existence, Intel’s brand value ranked among the highest in the world, consistently outpacing that of AMD. Under the leadership of Intel’s then-CEO Andy Grove, its former CMO Dennis Carter significantly enhanced this value by creating constructs like the Bunny People and…
Google Pixel 8a arrived in May this year with a refreshed design, Tensor G3 SoC, and several AI features. It is still new in the market but the first image of Google’s next-generation Pixel A series phone — Pixel 9a — has now leaked online. Shared by a reliable source, the images show that the…
Two NASA astronauts who flew to the International Space Station (ISS) in June aboard Boeing’s faulty Starliner capsule will need to return to Earth on a SpaceX vehicle early next year, NASA officials said on Saturday, deeming issues with Starliner’s propulsion system too risky to carry its first crew home as planned. Veteran NASA astronauts Butch…
Astronomers have traditionally relied on helioseismology to estimate the Sun’s age by analysing the vibrations that ripple through its interior. However, recent research has uncovered a significant obstacle, the Sun’s magnetic activity, which follows an 11-year cycle, appears to be distorting these measurements. Data from the Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network (BISON) and NASA’s SOHO mission,…
New research indicates that the brain stores at least three distinct copies of every memory, overturning the long-held belief that a single, modifiable version exists. Conducted on rodents, the study focused on the hippocampus, a critical brain region for memory and learning. Researchers discovered that neurons in this area create multiple memory copies, each varying…
A Viking Age (800–1050 CE) stone figurine was recently unearthed, however, archaeologists have stumbled upon a strange problem — nobody can identify which animal it belongs to. Unearthed at the Fjörður excavation site in Seyðisfjörður, the figurine is dated between A.D. 940 and 1000. Carved from local stone, it depicts a four-legged animal with a…