Science & Technology
Meta takes on Google and Snap with cheaper AI smart glasses
Competition in the smart glasses market is heating up. Last month, Google said it is developing new AI-powered eyewear in partnership with Warby Parker that will use its Gemini AI model. More recently, Snap announced […]
ChatGPT could soon get smarter GPT-Bidi-1 voice model that can listen and talk at same time
OpenAI appears to be preparing a major upgrade for ChatGPT’s conversational abilities. The reported changes are part of the company’s broader plans to turn ChatGPT into a super app, with improvements expected across its AI […]
Nasa to push a telescope falling to Earth away from it with another spacecraft
Satellites don’t always stay in orbit. As they get closer to Earth, atmospheric drag can pull them lower and lower until they burn up, with solar activity speeding up the process. NASA’s Swift Space Observatory […]
Apple is changing Hide My Email, and privacy advocates may not like it
As governments around the world debate online safety, misinformation and age restrictions, the broader fight over privacy and anonymity on the internet is becoming more intense. And as these developments unfold, Apple is planning a […]
Microsoft eyes DeepSeek to lower AI costs while US restricts Mythos and Fable 5 over China fears
The artificial intelligence boom is creating strange alliances and even stranger contradictions. For years, American AI companies have accused Chinese firms of copying or “distilling” their cutting-edge AI models. Washington has repeatedly warned that China […]
Ocean patch that is cooling in a warming world
In 1751, Captain Henry Ellis of an English slave-trading ship lowered a bucket with a built-in thermometer while sailing 25°N in the north Atlantic Ocean. In those times, water temperatures at different sites and depths […]
Breakthroughs in battery technology can soon make devices and EVs much better
Scientists and technology companies across the world are making rapid advances in battery technology that could soon transform electric vehicles, smartphones and renewable energy storage systems. Researchers say the next generation of batteries may charge […]
Artemis-III is Nasa’s toughest mission before Moon landing
Nasa on Tuesday, June 9, named the four astronauts who will fly the Artemis-III mission. The crew, as revealed, includes commander Randy Bresnik, pilot Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (ESA), and mission specialists […]
Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5, first Mythos class model that you can use
Anthropic will now let you access Claude Mythos-class AI models. The company announced on Tuesday that Claude Fable 5 is the first publicly available Mythos-class model, but it comes with certain hard limits. Mythos refers […]
Great Conjunction alert: Venus and Jupiter to align for a rare comic kiss on June 8 and 9
Skywatchers are in for a spectacular celestial treat this month as Venus and Jupiter, the two brightest planets visible from Earth, move into a rare and dazzling conjunction. The planetary pairing, being described as a […]
World’s first nuclear dustbin almost ready. It will be sealed for 1,00,000 years
Humans are finally close to creating the world’s first repository to dump nuclear waste in and lock it for around 1,00,000 years, the duration it will take the radioactive material to decay to roughly the […]
OpenAI and Anthropic are worried someone might build a biological weapon with AI
Generative AI has made it easier than ever for people to access information. Users can ask questions in natural language and receive answers that are easy to understand, often within seconds. But that convenience has […]
Alibaba AI Qwen latest model beats Google Gemini and ChatGPT in coding
Chinese tech giants are making a serious push in the AI race to challenge their US rivals, and one of the biggest names driving that push is Alibaba. The company recently launched its latest AI […]
Why Chandrayaan-2’s Moon water discovery is an Indian gift to world
When India launched the Chandrayaan-2 mission in 2019, the spotlight largely remained on the lander’s hard landing near the Moon’s south pole. But nearly seven years later, the orbiter is quietly delivering what could become […]
YouTube to label AI videos even when creators do not disclose AI use
AI-generated videos are being shared increasingly on the internet, particularly on platforms like YouTube. Some AI “slop” channels like Bandar Apna Dost have reportedly earned crores of rupees just from posting AI-generated videos. So far, […]
Ancient moonpocalypse may explain Neptune’s odd moon Nereid
Neptune’s moon Nereid may be the sole survivor of an ancient moonpocalypse. A new study suggests that the strange satellite was born in a steady, circular orbit around Neptune, then tossed into its current elongated […]
OpenAI’s AI solves 80-year-old maths problem, marking major breakthrough for artificial intelligence
For decades, one of mathematics’ most famous unsolved problems quietly frustrated some of the world’s brightest minds. Now, OpenAI says one of its AI models has cracked it — not with step-by-step human guidance, but […]
From Omni world model to Gemini 3.5 and smart audio glasses, biggest announcements from Google IO 2026
At its annual Google I/O 2026 developer conference, Google made one thing very clear — the company wants AI to become the centre of almost everything people use online. From Search and YouTube to Gmail, […]
