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In this photo provided by Zipline, a drone makes a package drop during a demonstration at Zipline's Northern California hub in 2021. Zipline, an American company that specializes in using autonomously flying drones to deliver medical supplies, has taken off in Japan. Credit: Zipline via AP Zipline, an American company that specializes in using autonomously flying drones to deliver medical supplies, has taken off in Japan.…

Virtual reality company AppliedVR is taking an innovative approach to a new trial for its chronic pain treatment. Rather than try to find a group of people with chronic back pain to sign up for the trial and not get the treatment, they’ll pull data from an existing database of chronic pain patients to use as a comparison group — a strategy that has the potential to make clinical trials more efficient. AppliedVR got Food and Drug Administration approval for its virtual reality system that treats chronic back pain back…

India's Reliance Industries is investing $200 million (roughly Rs. 1,510 crore) in Glance, a lock screen content company backed by Alphabet and owned by ad-tech firm InMobi, to bring the service to new Jio smartphones this year, the companies said on Monday.The investment, made through Reliance's Jio Platforms unit, values Glance at $1.7 billion to $1.8 billion (roughly Rs. 12,800–13,600 crore) post-money, according to a source involved in the deal.The integration will allow Reliance's retail businesses to advertise…

Pony.ai has received a license to operate its autonomous taxi service in China, making it the first company to win the country’s approval (via Reuters). Starting in May, the Toyota-backed robotaxi service will operate 100 autonomous vehicles in the Nansha district of Guangzhou, and will later expand to serve other portions of the city. Pony.ai says riders can hail and pay for rides from the company’s app between 8:30AM to 10:30PM, and that its fares will align with the “standard taxi pricing” in Guangzhou. The…

Twitter has accepted Elon Musk’s offer to purchase the company for $44 billion, the company announced in a press release today. Musk purchased the company at $54.20 a share, the same price named in his initial offer on April 14th. “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” said Musk in a statement included with the release. “I also want to make Twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with new…

US chipmaker Nvidia said on Tuesday a cyber attacker has leaked employee credentials and some company proprietary information online after their systems were breached."We have no evidence of ransomware being deployed on the Nvidia environment or that this is related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict," the company's spokesperson said in a statement.The Santa Clara, California-based company said it became aware of the breach on January 23. Nvidia added it was working to analyse the information that has been leaked and does…

Nokia G21 and Nokia G11 are tipped to launch in India on Tuesday. The company has teased the debut of two new smartphones on social media along with an April 26 launch date, without revealing which handsets will be launched. Both smartphones were launched in select markets in February. The Nokia G21 is equipped with a 50-megapixel primary camera and sports a 6.5-inch display, while the Nokia G11 is claimed to offer three days of battery life and a 90Hz display. The company is yet to officially confirm which models will be…

Intel Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger earned 1,711 times as much as the average worker at the US chipmaker in just 11 months since he joined in February last year, a regulatory filing showed on Wednesday.Compared to Gelsinger, former CEO Bob Swan had earned 217 times more than the average Intel employee in 2020.Gelsinger earned $178.6 million (roughly Rs. 1,352 crore) in 2021 with stock awards making up nearly 79 percent of his total compensation, which was about 698 percent higher than Swan's 2020 pay.Executive pay…

Realme GT Neo 3 is set to go on sale in India starting May 4, Realme India revealed ahead of the launch of the smartphone in the contry. The Chinese company had announced earlier that the gaming-focused handset will launch in India on April 29. The GT Neo 3 was launched in China last month, featuring a 120Hz refresh rate display and powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 8100 5G SoC. A previous leak had tipped the storage variants and colours of the Indian variant of Realme GT Neo 3.According to a Realme India microsite, the…

Lenovo has issued a security advisory related to three security vulnerabilities found on several laptops. The flaws affect over 100 Lenovo laptop models, across the company's IdeaPad, Legion, and Yoga portfolios. Using the vulnerabilities, an attacker might be able to disable the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Secure Boot feature and execute arbitrary code on the laptop. The manufacturer has advised users with affected laptop models to update to the latest firmware for these devices from the official…