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The interim union budget for FY25 announced the setting-up of a ₹1 trillion-corpus to fund deep-tech ventures. This gives India’s nascent deep-tech sectors a shot in the arm. However, there will be challenges. Mint explains why the corpus is significant. Why does deep-tech need govt support?Deep-tech includes sectors that are heavily driven by engineering, research and development, and innovation. This niche area covers technologies that are yet to go mainstream. Innovation of…

Elon Musk-owned Neuralink has implanted a brain chip in a patient who is “recovering well". Neuralink’s brain-computer interface (BCI) can help patients use their limbs through thought. But some are wary about the lack of details provided by Musk. How do BCIs work in humans?“Imagine if Stephen Hawking could communicate faster than a speed typist or auctioneer. That is the goal...", says Musk. Neuralink’s BCI product, called ‘Telepathy’, is “fully implantable" and comprises an…

It’s a little less than a month until Pacific Drive rolls out into the world. To get you ready for the game, Ironwood Studios has released a video that covers the core gameplay. It isn’t hard to understand the basics of Pacific Drive, but there are a lot of deeper systems to keep in mind. For example, gathering anchor energy is important, but you might not realize how important it really is until you’re caught in an area with reality collapsing around you. So, you can learn from your mistakes like I did, or you can…

Senior C-suite executives moving to rival companies is common. As are non-compete clauses as part of employment contracts by employers while making top management employee appointments. Yet lawsuits against employees for contract violations are not a frequent phenomenon in India.What happened?Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIT DelhiIITD Certificate Programme in Data Science & Machine LearningVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Product ManagementVisitIIM KozhikodeIIMK…

Too Long; Didn't ReadSystems thinking is a way of looking at the big picture and seeing how everything is connected. It’s a framework, a methodology, and a worldview all at once, depending on how acquainted with it we become. We need to get familiar with the different concepts and tools before being comfortable putting them into practice. Too Long; Didn't ReadSystems thinking is a way of looking at the big picture and seeing how everything is connected. It’s a framework, a methodology, and a worldview all at once,…

A gentle refresher on essential concepts and operations for data sciencePhoto by Viktor Forgacs on UnsplashIntroductionIn my previous post, I introduced some of the operations and concepts that are fundamental to linear algebra. This included vectors and matrices, as well as the transpose, dot product, and matrix multiplication operators. In this post, I’ll introduce some additional concepts that complement those discussed previously. If you haven’t already seen my primer on linear algebra you can check it out here.Linear…

Too Long; Didn't ReadIn this article, we’re going to talk about avoiding any such issues. We’ll recommend asynchronous programming techniques to perform these tasks in a separate thread, thus leaving the main thread free to perform other tasks. This will help ensure smooth and responsive gameplay, and (hopefully) satisfied gamers. Too Long; Didn't ReadIn this article, we’re going to talk about avoiding any such issues. We’ll recommend asynchronous programming techniques to perform these tasks in a separate thread, thus…

Understanding the most underrated trick in applied Machine Learning(Midjourney)Hashing is one of the most common “tricks” used in industrial Machine Learning applications, yet it doesn’t get nearly as much attention as it deserves.The biggest advantage of hashing, especially in modern recommender systems, is its finite-memory guarantee: without hashing, it would be highly impractical to learn the relevance of billions of videos, news articles, photos, or web pages for billions of users without running out of memory.But…

Ten days after Free Comic Book Day, DC Comics will release another free comic, dubbed the Dawn of DC Primer, to comic book stores.On Free Comic Book Day, the 6th of May 2023, DC Comics will release a Dawn of DC Knight Terrors comic book, teasing what is to come with those two months of horror-transformed comics across the DC Comics line. Ten days later, on the 16th of May, they will release another free comic, dubbed the Dawn of DC Primer, which promises to reveal secrets and more from the year-long storytelling…

 did wonders for Formula 1. The hit Netflix series has drawn fans to the sport through its (sometimes manufactured) drama and beautiful cinematography. What you likely don’t know is that has its version, albeit with shorter episodes and massively condensed storylines. Even still, Formula E Unplugged is for the new season whether you’ll be watching the EV racing series for the first time or you’re a veteran fan. Season two of Unplugged, which chronicles 2022’s Season 8 of Formula E, hit some broadcasters just before…