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PLANETARY SCIENCE Volunteers, AI bag 1000 asteroids An army of 11,400 citizen scientists joined forces with artificial intelligence (AI) to spot more than 1000 previously unknown asteroids. In 2019, researchers led by the European Space Agency enlisted volunteers to peruse more than 37,000 images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope over nearly 20 years. Because the exposures were 30 minutes long, asteroids appear as curved lines or streaks. The volunteers spotted more than 1000 of…

Glance — the consumer Internet subsidiary of technology company InMobi — on Monday launched Glance TV as its latest offering to debut on TVs. Glance TV works as a platform for live and interactive content that will be available for access to users directly from the home screen of their smart TVs. Glance has partnered with both content partners as well as TV manufacturers to make its new experience live for users. Prior to the latest announcement, the company was known for driving its lock screen experience that is claimed…

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…

Digital technology firm InMobi's social media arm Roposo is in discussions with Reliance Retail for a social commerce related business deal which is expected to be rolled out in the next two quarters, a top official said on Tuesday.SoftBank-backed InMobi's co-founder and CEO Naveen Tewari told PTI in an interview that the company is looking to reach 1 billion users in the next 2-3 years by building various partnerships and expanding its footprint overseas."We are partnering with Reliance Retail to provide the e-commerce…

Lockscreen platform Glance has purchased Indian gaming firm Gambit Sports as part of its plans to bring NFT gaming services on your smartphone. An unconsolidated subsidiary of InMobi Group and funded by Google, Glance designs lockscreens with inbuilt games. Glance has finalised the acquisition deal of Bengaluru-based Gambit Sports for an undisclosed amount just a month after it secured a deal with Reliance Jio. The platform aims to add an NFT element to its live lockscreen games.Founded in 2015, Gambit Sports owns and…