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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman S Somanath recently said India's first space-based solar observatory Aditya L1 is anticipated to reach its destination -- the Sun-Earth Lagrangian Point L1, on January 6. It was launched from the Sriharikota spaceport on September 2.Why is this important?The Sun-Earth Lagrangian Point L1 is 1.5 million km from Earth, and Aditya L1 was expected to reach its destination after a 125-day journey. It will study the Sun's outer atmosphere without any interference from eclipses…

On Thursday, shares of food delivery platform Zomato bucked the trend and opened 1.7% lower despite upbeat broader markets rally to set new highs. What triggered the fall was a show cause notice for Rs 402 crore in unpaid goods and services tax (GST) issued to the company by tax authorities.What’s the latest development?Late Wednesday, Zomato filed a notice with stock exchanges about being served a notice by the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) on December 26, asking the Gurugram-based company to show cause…

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday temporarily paused a ruling that had restricted imports of Apple's popular Apple Watches into the United States.Here is a look at what the case means for consumers and what is next for Apple.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM KozhikodeIIMK Advanced Data Science For ManagersVisitMITMIT Technology Leadership and InnovationVisitNorthwestern UniversityKellogg Post Graduate Certificate in Product ManagementVisitWhy was the ban imposed? The…

It’s not just the US which is leading the race for releasing generative AI large language models (LLMs). Organisations across China, Korea, Singapore, Japan, France, India and the UAE have built LLMs trained on their native languages, outperforming several performance benchmarks set by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Meta’s LlaMa, Google’s Gemini, and several other popularly known models.According to data science community platform Hugging Face, there has been a rapid influx of new LLMs, with hundreds being announced every week. Today,…

A ban restricting imports of Apple's popular Apple Watches into the United States has gone into effect.Here is a look at what the ban means for consumers and what is next for Apple.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB Digital TransformationVisitIIM KozhikodeIIMK Advanced Data Science For ManagersVisitIIM KozhikodeIIMK Senior Management ProgrammeVisitWhy was the ban imposed? The U.S. International Trade Commission in October ordered Apple to stop…

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China’s gaming regulator has clamped down on the world's largest digital gaming industry with rules to limit in-game purchases and compulsive playing behaviour.These include a ban on rewards for frequent log-ins, forced player duels, and prohibition on any content deemed to violate state secrets.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM KozhikodeIIMK Advanced Data Science For ManagersVisitMITMIT Technology Leadership and InnovationVisitIIM LucknowIIML Executive Programme in…

The Fediverse, or federated universe, is a network of interconnected social media platforms including Mastodon, Pleroma, Pixelfed, and PeerTube that allows users of different servers to interact with each other. Each platform, be it a Mastodon server or a Pleroma instance, is hosted on its own server, managed by administrators who set their own rules, moderation policies, and community guidelines. Users on these platforms have their own profiles and identities within their…

Global search engine giant Google last week announced it would introduce updates to its application Google Maps that the company says will give users more control over their location data. What are the changes and why is this significant? An explainer.What is Google planning to change?Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB Digital TransformationVisitNorthwestern UniversityKellogg Post Graduate Certificate in Product ManagementVisitMITMIT Technology…

Does Accenture’s first quarter performance and guidance for the second quarter announced Tuesday bode well for Indian IT companies? Not really! Going by the management’s commentary, green shoots are visible but timelines will vary much like the visibility on its deal pipelines. Reports also suggest that the current green shoots in the IT spending ecosystem will not have any material impact on Indian IT’s fiscal 2024 guidance and that the technology spend cycle will only recover post-June 2024, which may benefit revenue…