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Apple AirPods Pro’s new hearing aid feature could help people face a problem they’d rather ignore

Millions who could benefit from hearing aids have never tried them, but the Apple AirPods could change this




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OpenAI chair's AI startup Sierra gets $4.5 billion valuation in latest funding round

One-year-old Sierra focuses on selling artificial intelligence-powered customer service chatbots to enterprises




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Meta builds AI search engine to cut Google, Bing reliance, the Information reports

The Facebook-owner currently relies on Google and Bing search engines to give users answers on news, stocks and sports




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Microsoft Teams to launch threaded conversations, combined chats and channels features

The app has also added other changes in the interface so users can organise their chats better




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Google brings AI-powered Gmail writing tools and ‘Polish’ to more users

Google is expanding its generative AI-powered email drafting tools to more users with new and enhanced shortcuts on web and mobile




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GitHub unveils multi-model Copilot, Spark for AI developers

Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet will be available via GitHub Copilot starting today and Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro will be available in the coming weeks




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OpenAI builds first chip with Broadcom and TSMC, scales back foundry ambition

OpenAI is working with Broadcom and TSMC to build its first in-house chip designed to support its artificial intelligence systems, per sources




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Google ad change could affect millions of small businesses

Google is changing the way its Google Local Services ads work, which could affect millions of small businesses




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Elon Musk's xAI in talks to raise funding valuing it at $40 billion: Report

Earlier in October, OpenAI raised $6.6 billion in funding from investors which could value the company at $157 billion




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As Bitcoin nears all-time high, WazirX investors are in pain over their locked crypto funds

Bitcoin was inching towards its March 2024 all-time-high price of $73,750.07, but those whose crypto assets are locked with the WazirX exchange after a cyberattack are anxious about missing out




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Microsoft, Meta, Apple, Amazon, and the burden of expectations knock Wall Street sharply lower

Drops for Big Tech companies including Microsoft and Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms led Wall Street lower




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Chinese researchers develop AI model for military use on back of Meta's Llama

ChatBIT was fine-tuned and "optimised for dialogue and question-answering tasks in the military field", the paper said




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Amazon's improving retail sales boost third-quarter profit, revenue beats estimates

Like its tech peers, Amazon said it expected higher capital expenditures for the foreseeable future to help develop artificial intelligence software




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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says next big AI model launch pushed due to compute challenges

Altman also said that the next update for DALL-E was still in the works with no release date yet




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Indonesia bans sales of Google phones days after blocking Apple's iPhone 16

Indonesia said it has banned sales of smartphones made by Alphabet's Google due to rules requiring the use of locally manufactured components




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Dropbox to lay off 20% of its workforce

Last year in April, Dropbox fired 16% of the workforce for similar reasons due to a decrease in cloud growth and spent money in hiring AI specialists instead




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Perplexity AI CEO says “still haven’t gotten” a green card amid immigration debate ahead of U.S. Presidential Election 2024

Srinivas went on to work with OpenAI for a year before co-founding Perplexity AI in 2022




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Transformation Stories #4 A New Podcast Interview With Me (Rob Larsen)

Check out yours truly on an episode of Atlas Systems’ Transformation Stories. A hands-on leader and change-maker with 20 years of experience, Rob Larsen remains at the forefront of software-led innovation – in financial services and the larger enterprise world. In this all-new conversation with Atlas Systems, Larsen offers insights into finding the right pace […]




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I Didn’t Realize How Much I Rely on GitHub Codespaces Until This week

How much do I rely on GitHub Codespaces for open source development? Super double-plus much. I can illustrate exactly how much with one short anecdote. Gulp 5 was recently released and I created several PRs across repos in the H5BP organization to update Gulp across the board. I missed one issue with the encoding of […]




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HTML5 Boilerplate 9.0.1 Released

See it on GitHub! View it on npm! This release was kicked off because of Gulp 5. Gulp 5 has breaking changes so we had to work through the upgrade manually. In the process of doing that upgrade we discovered a couple of bugs. Christian Oliff noticed that tests were failing on Windows I noticed […]




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Upgrading jQuery: Working Towards a Healthy Web

Upgrading jQuery: Working Towards a Healthy Web | Official jQuery Blog Working in the environments I do, I can tell you there are some scary situations out there with regards to jQuery. I remember John Resig, more than a decade ago, talking about wanting multiple different versions of jQuery to be able to work on […]




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Will not allow dilution of AIIMS brand: Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda

The Health Minister said no compromises will be made in faculty recruitments or standards of teaching at any of the new AIIMS institutes being set up across the country




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Should men be allowed into operation theatres when their wives are having a baby? Doctors weigh in after YouTuber’s video sparks controversy

YouTuber Irfan recently posted a video on social media that showed him cutting the umbilical cord of his newborn, in the operation theatre of a private hospital in Chennai; consent of the medical personnel involved to being videoed was another aspect doctors say needs discussion




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WHO says ‘intense bombardment’ halts Gaza polio vaccinations

The U.N. health body said it had been “compelled to postpone” the bid to give 119,279 children in northern Gaza a second vaccine dose due to the escalating violence




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Rajasthan-based firm barred from making ‘Insulin’ homeopathic tablets

A licence for the manufacture of this product was cancelled; this follows a complaint from Kerala-based RTI activist K.V. Babu with the Prime Minister’s public grievance cell




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Trachoma eliminated as a public health problem in India; what next?

The achievement marks a significant public health victory and has profound economic implications. Trachoma’s impact, through blindness and visual impairment, results in an estimated economic loss of $2.9 to 5.3 billion annually due to reduced productivity




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For type 2 diabetes, focusing on when you eat – not what – can help control blood sugar

Time-restricted eating, also known as the 16:8 diet, became popular for weight loss around 2015. Studies have since shown it is also an effective way for people with type 2 diabetes to manage blood glucose




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National Mental Health Festival 2024 kicks off in Bengaluru




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30,000 critical care beds, regional centres for National Institute of Virology are among plans under PM-ABHIM: V.K. Paul

Expanding healthcare infrastructure plans also include integrated public health units in 600 districts and 30 branches of the National Centre for Disease Control, Niti Aayog member Dr. Paul has said




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$25-million Pandemic Fund aims to curb ‘zoonotic’ diseases

The Centre will implement the G20 Pandemic Fund, which is aimed at enhancing the country’s “animal health security”, in partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).




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Polio in Pakistan: Another vaccination campaign begins after worrying surge

Pakistan regularly launches such campaigns, but violence targeting the health workers and police assigned to escort them is common




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Roll back approval to import used medical devices, med-tech industry urges PM

The group said the move puts at risk patient safety and undermines the domestic med-tech sector. It said that refurbished machines are not subject to stringent quality checks applicable to new devices.




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Bridging the gap in mental healthcare services: NGOs launch dementia clinics in Hyderabad’s slums

India continues to grapple with a dearth of mental healthcare services, even as the number of persons with dementia is expected to rise over the next two decades




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Ayushman Bharat: All seniors above 70 can avail health coverage except those in Delhi, West Bengal

Senior citizens eligible for PM-JAY regardless of income; Ayushman Vaya Vandana card will help cut out-of-pocket health spends; on Ayurveda Day, PM launches initiatives to validate traditional herbal medicine, promote Indian medical systems




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COVID-19 resulted in nearly half a million excess deaths, WHO’s global TB report states

Thirty high TB burden countries accounted for 87% of the world’s TB cases in 2022 and two-thirds of the global total was in eight countries including India




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AIIMS-Bibinagar to boost tuberculosis care in Telangana with aerial aid

Inaugurated virtually by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the drone service is part of a series of health projects designed to enhance access to essential services in remote and underserved areas




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World Stroke Day: NIMHANS study finds that part of sleep apnoea burden is a consequence of stroke

Most patients with stroke are not evaluated for sleep apnea; this is an issue that needs to be addressed by the scientific community, doctors at NIMHANS, Bengaluru said




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Tuberculosis infected 8 million people last year, the most WHO has ever tracked

The World Health Organization says more than 8 million people were diagnosed with tuberculosis last year




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As breast cancer incidence rises, doctors raise importance of early detection, need for women to be breast aware

Chennai accounts for highest crude incidence rate of breast cancer in T.N., data shows; a number of factors have led to this, say doctors




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Wellness retreat that King Charles and Queen Camilla visited in Bengaluru to soon expand to Portugal 

King Charles III and Queen Camilla, who left the retreat after a three-day rejuvenation session, are happy with the expansion plans as this would be closer to the UK, says holistic health practitioner Issac Mathai, who runs the facility




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What is breast density and how is it associated with cancer? Explained

Breast density matters because of two main reasons: it may make it harder to detect signs of cancer on a mammogram, and it is linked with an increased risk of breast cancer




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Glioblastoma: why immunotherapy may offer hope for brain cancer patients

Recent trials have shown that immunotherapy can safely be delivered through injections into the cerebrospinal fluid; scientists are now exploring how to adapt these methods to penetrate the tumour more effectively




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Stop abuse of patent monopolies in rare diseases, say patient representatives and treatment activists 

They seek urgent intervention by government, courts, and lawmakers into the issue  




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Lassa fever: Understanding the risk, response and global threat

The Lassa virus causes Lassa fever, a zoonotic disease; humans usually contract the virus through contact with food or items contaminated by the the Mastomys rat’s urine or faeces.




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Bengaluru start-up strives to bridge India’s genomics data gap to aid precision oncology

The company, 4baseCare, has come up with a gene panel for the Indian population after extensive research. This, according to the founders, will allow doctors to provide more evidence-based and data-backed treatment for cancer patients in the country




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Osteoporosis can shorten your life − here’s how to prevent fractures and keep bones healthy

The key to having healthy bones for a lifetime is to take some simple preventive measures – and the earlier, the better




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Severe staff shortage leaves Tamil Nadu’s obstetricians and gynaecologists overworked

Doctors are forced to take turns doing frequent 24-hour shifts — in some cases two to three 24-hour shifts a week. Inquiries with government OB-GYNs reveal that several health facilities have been short-staffed for years, and vacant posts remain unfilled




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'Sushant's death needs a CBI inquiry'

'This is not a fight just for Sushant, it is a fight against a system that suppresses genuine talent and forces them to take extreme steps.'





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'Once in a blue moon you get a lottery like Animal'

'It has never happened that all Top 5 songs on Spotify are from one film. On the Ormax list, the Top 9 are from Animal.''The music is good, sure. But everything has taken off with Animal the film.'