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The French multinational and its non-profit partner organisation were keen to digitise both natural and man-made features from aerial imagery of desert terrain. So they turned to artificial intelligence (AI) for assistance. Given the vast geographical regions involved, they sought out automated methods to identify and track roads, tracks and trails. In a bid to spur AI-led innovation internally, large technology companies are not just training their employees in AI but also encouraging various teams to come up with use cases and deploy the technology in their verticals.

Google's new Willow quantum chip has achieved a remarkable milestone, solving a computational problem in just five minutes—a task that would take the world’s fastest supercomputers 10 septillion years to complete. This breakthrough in quantum computing was demonstrated when Willow outperformed the Frontier supercomputer in a benchmark algorithm, marking a significant step forward for the company’s ambitions in quantum technology. The algorithm used to test Willow’s capabilities, designed purely for benchmarking rather than practical application, showcased the chip’s unprecedented speed. According to Google, Willow completed the task in minutes, a feat that would take 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years for Frontier, far exceeding the age of the universe. This performance is a vast improvement over Google’s earlier claims in 2019, when the company said it could solve a problem in minutes that would take 10,000 years for classical computers.

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Jitin Prasada said on Monday. “Despite being the largest connected nation globally, our presence in the critical global public forums where global standards and technologies for the Internet are determined — it is notably underrepresented,” the minister said. “It is a priority of our government to address this imbalance and ensure that our nation's perspectives contribute significantly to shaping the global discourse on internet governance.”

production linked incentive (PLI) schemes have led to investments of over Rs 1.25 lakh crore, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday. Speaking at the Rising Rajasthan Global Investment Summit 2024, he said the role of PLI scheme in increasing manufacturing in India is also increasing. «There is a lot of enthusiasm in Electronics, Specialty Steel, Automobiles and auto components, Solar, and Pharmaceuticals,» PM Modi said. «Investment of about Rs 1.25 lakh crore has been made in due to PLI scheme. Products worth about Rs 11 lakh crore have been manufactured and exports have increased by Rs 4 lakh crore,» he said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Last month, news agency ANI filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, alleging unauthorized use of its content to train the generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. This marks the first such case in India, but the lack of clear policies on AI's use of public data has sparked similar conflicts globally.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Android 15 is officially here, but why does it not feel like a big upgrade? Android 15 builds upon the existing Material You design language introduced in Android 12. While there are subtle UI improvements, it's not a dramatic visual overhaul.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. It was a tea-loving author who started off my dalliance with cosy crimes that transformed into a 20-year affair before gently fizzling out. My current infatuation is also set off by a tea-loving author, Kevin Kwan, and his Crazy Rich Asians trilogy.

Bashar Assad attempted to distance themselves after its rapid fall. Syria's al-Watan newspaper, historically pro-government, wrote: «We are facing a new page for Syria. We thank God for not shedding more blood. We believe and trust that Syria will be for all Syrians.» It added that media workers should not be blamed for publishing government statements in the past.

Manama Dialogue and co-chair a ministerial meeting. Jaishankar, in Manama on the final leg of his four-day, two-nation trip, was received by his Bahrain counterpart Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani. «Delighted to arrive in Manama this evening. Great to see my brother FM Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani,» he said in a post on X. «Look forward to participating in the Manama Dialogue tomorrow. Confident that our High Joint Commission will be very productive,» he said.

Lok Sabha that 519 Indian nationals were deported from the United States, for being declared «unauthorised to stay» by American authorities, within a year's time, says a TOI report. ALSO READ: US Visa Bulletin December 2024: Indian applicants in some Green Card categories move forward Replying to questions by TMC member Mala Roy on the deportation of Indians from USA, minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Azad told the Lower House in a written reply that, «as per US government data, a total of 519 Indian nationals were deported to India during the period November 2023 to October 2024. Deportations are carried out by the US government through commercial and chartered flights.»

US federal panel called Friday for legislation that would give regulators more authority over certain crypto assets, weeks before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House. Trump has vowed that the United States would be the «crypto capital of the planet,» and during his election campaign drew heavy financial support from cryptocurrency backers. On Friday, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) recommended that Congress pass legislation «providing federal financial regulators with explicit rulemaking authority over the spot market for crypto assets that are not securities.»

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced the step saying it had determined services offered by Google Payment had posed a risk to consumers. The regulator's step and the subsequent lawsuit marked a government tussle with a Silicon Valley behemoth in the final weeks of President Joe Biden's administration. The regulator's move could be reversed after President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House in January.

CMF Phone 1 review and, as I noted there, the phone was a lot faster than probably any other phone in this segment. The main reason for this is that the Nothing OS is lightweight and free of ads and bloatware but still manages to remain feature-rich.

Nadella, while speaking at the Norges Bank Investment Management’s podcast earlier this year, had said, “Google should have been the default winner in the world of big tech’s AI race,". Pichai shot back at the Microsoft CEO at the DealBook Summit, saying, “I would love to do a side-by-side comparison of Microsoft’s own models and our models any day, any time.

The application form for SBI Clerk 2024 will be available from December 7 to December 27, 2024. The selection process will include a preliminary exam, a mains exam, and a language proficiency test. The prelims exam is scheduled for January 2025, while the mains exam will take place in February 2025. Graduates aged between 20 and 28 years are eligible to apply.

BJP MLA Kalidas Kolambkar will take oath as the pro-tem Speaker of the Maharashtra legislative assembly on Friday, a day before the special three-day session of the Lower House of the state legislature begins. Talking to PTI this morning, Kolambkar, a nine-time MLA, confirmed that he will take oath as the pro-tem speaker at 1 pm at the Raj Bhavan. Governor C P Radhakrishnan will administer the oath to him, he said. Kolambkar currently represents the Wadala assembly constituency in Mumbai.

Gautam Hari Singhania has been appointed as the Executive Chairman of Raymond Lifestyle after the textiles and fabric maker's shareholders approved the appointment proposal. The special resolution for the «appointment of Gautam Hari Singhania as an executive chairman» of the company and to fix his remuneration received 86.85 per cent of the total votes cast at the Annual General Meeting (AGM). The resolution was passed with requisite majority, according to the Scrutinizer's Report filed by the company to the bourses on Wednesday evening. Besides, the shareholders of the company also approved eight other special resolutions regarding the appointment of Independent Directors and Sunil Kataria as the Managing Director of the company.

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Vivo X200, is expected to appeal to the majority of buyers considering its pricing is expected to be much less than the flagship, the X200 Pro. That said, the X200 faces stiff competition from its sister company Oppo’s Find X8, which shares several similarities, including the chipset, camera setup, and more. That said, while the Oppo Find X8 is already available in India, the Vivo X200 is scheduled to launch on 12 December.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Justice Department wants to turn America’s most successful search engine into a public utility. As part of its proposed remedies in its antitrust case against Google, the department would force the company to share its technology, data and models with competitors at marginal cost.