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San Francisco: Google has created a new machine learning tool called Tone Transfer that allows people to transform every sound like whistling into something like a violin, or a saxophone, or a flute. “We created a tool called Tone Transfer to allow musicians and amateurs alike to tap into DDSP (Differentiable Digital Signal Processing) as […]

Jaipur: India’s 1328th butterfly species has been discovered in Rajasthan during the ongoing “Big Butterfly Month”, which is being celebrated from September 5. Butterfly expert and teacher Mukesh Panwar, a resident of Sagwara in Dungarpur district, discovered this species named Spealia Zebra. You May Like: New Trapdoor Spider Species Discovered In Odisha Panwar, a member […]

New Delhi: Google has rolled out a new, more helpful editor in the Photos app on Android with smart suggestions and easy-to-use granular adjustments. Google has added a new tab in the editor that uses machine learning to give people suggestions that are tailored to the specific photo they are editing. The suggestions help people […]

New Delhi: Twitter is giving people more control over the conversations in India and is adding different conversation formats to empower people with choices and make them more comfortable in conversations, the micro-blogging platform said on Sunday. According to a 2019 Twitter report, 51 per cent of Twitter’s Indian users Tweet in English and 49 […]

London: Researchers have found that global warming is driving an unprecedented rise in sea temperatures, including in the Mediterranean sea. Data from the European Union’s (EU) Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS) will increase concerns about the threat to the world’s seas and oceans from climate change. The Ocean State Report revealed an overall trend […]

New Delhi: Microsoft blocked over 13 billion malicious and suspicious mails in 2019, of which more than 1 billion were phishing credential attacks. In 2020, the tech giant is busy tackling misinformation around Covid-19 as cybercriminals pivoted lures to imitate trusted sources like the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other national health organisations, to get […]

New Delhi: In a bid to support Indian app developers after its own app was removed by Google from its Play Store recently, leading digital payments platform Paytm on Monday launched an Android Mini App Store to support local developers take their innovative products to the masses. Paytm said it will provide listing and distribution […]

Pune: Graphics giant Nvidia on Monday said that India’s largest high performance computing-Artificial Intelligence (HPC-AI) supercomputer PARAM Siddhi-AI will use its technology along with indigenously developed HPC-AI engine, software frameworks and Cloud platform by the country’s Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). Nvidia said that the supercomputer will be based on its DGX SuperPOD […]

Chennai: Trying to make up for lost time due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Indian space agency is gearing up for three quick rocket launches carrying domestic and foreign satellites, said a senior official. The Indian space agency has also developed a Virtual Launch Control Centre to test the rocket systems at the rocket port […]

San Francisco: Facebook has announced to remove any Pages, Groups and Instagram accounts representing the far-right conspiracy theory group QAnon, even if they contain no violent content. This is an update from the initial Facebook action in August that removed Pages, Groups and Instagram accounts associated with QAnon when they discussed potential violence while imposing […]

New Delhi: Google is set to roll out a new safety feature that will automatically issue an alert within the Google app people are using and help them address it, and the users no need to check email or phones alerts for a suspected hack or a compromise. The new alerts are resistant to spoofing, […]

Bengaluru: Researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) said they have developed a non- invasive bandage made with magnetic nanofibres to treat skin cancer by administering heat to the tumour cells. Skin cancer is caused mainly due to excessive exposure to ultraviolet rays from the sun. There are two types: Melanoma, which develops from […]

San Francisco: Facebook spent more than $23 million (about Rs 171 crore) to provide security for its CEO Mark Zuckerberg in 2020. The company’s annual reviews of company security “identified…

Washington: NASA has decided to postpone the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s first experimental flight to April 14 after a test completed earlier than planned. The flight was earlier scheduled for April…

New Delhi: Google has extended Assistant voice commands to Android apps and the users can now open and search their favourite apps with ‘Hey Google wake word and make everyday tasks within an app much easier. Opening and searching within Android apps using “Hey Google” is now available to all Assistant-enabled Android phones. “Starting today, […]