b Apple AirPods Pro’s new hearing aid feature could help people face a problem they’d rather ignore By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 08:47:33 +0530 Millions who could benefit from hearing aids have never tried them, but the Apple AirPods could change this Full Article Technology
b OpenAI chair's AI startup Sierra gets $4.5 billion valuation in latest funding round By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 09:42:25 +0530 One-year-old Sierra focuses on selling artificial intelligence-powered customer service chatbots to enterprises Full Article Technology
b Meta builds AI search engine to cut Google, Bing reliance, the Information reports By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 10:00:06 +0530 The Facebook-owner currently relies on Google and Bing search engines to give users answers on news, stocks and sports Full Article Technology
b Microsoft Teams to launch threaded conversations, combined chats and channels features By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 11:28:42 +0530 The app has also added other changes in the interface so users can organise their chats better Full Article Technology
b Google brings AI-powered Gmail writing tools and ‘Polish’ to more users By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:29:48 +0530 Google is expanding its generative AI-powered email drafting tools to more users with new and enhanced shortcuts on web and mobile Full Article Technology
b GitHub unveils multi-model Copilot, Spark for AI developers By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 21:50:00 +0530 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 Full Article Technology
b OpenAI builds first chip with Broadcom and TSMC, scales back foundry ambition By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 08:32:52 +0530 OpenAI is working with Broadcom and TSMC to build its first in-house chip designed to support its artificial intelligence systems, per sources Full Article Technology
b Google ad change could affect millions of small businesses By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 09:22:43 +0530 Google is changing the way its Google Local Services ads work, which could affect millions of small businesses Full Article Technology
b Elon Musk's xAI in talks to raise funding valuing it at $40 billion: Report By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 09:57:24 +0530 Earlier in October, OpenAI raised $6.6 billion in funding from investors which could value the company at $157 billion Full Article Technology
b As Bitcoin nears all-time high, WazirX investors are in pain over their locked crypto funds By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 13:27:39 +0530 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 Full Article Technology
b Microsoft, Meta, Apple, Amazon, and the burden of expectations knock Wall Street sharply lower By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 09:27:41 +0530 Drops for Big Tech companies including Microsoft and Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms led Wall Street lower Full Article Technology
b Chinese researchers develop AI model for military use on back of Meta's Llama By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 09:59:35 +0530 ChatBIT was fine-tuned and "optimised for dialogue and question-answering tasks in the military field", the paper said Full Article Technology
b Amazon's improving retail sales boost third-quarter profit, revenue beats estimates By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:16:16 +0530 Like its tech peers, Amazon said it expected higher capital expenditures for the foreseeable future to help develop artificial intelligence software Full Article Technology
b OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says next big AI model launch pushed due to compute challenges By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 11:49:45 +0530 Altman also said that the next update for DALL-E was still in the works with no release date yet Full Article Technology
b Indonesia bans sales of Google phones days after blocking Apple's iPhone 16 By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 13:36:42 +0530 Indonesia said it has banned sales of smartphones made by Alphabet's Google due to rules requiring the use of locally manufactured components Full Article Technology
b Dropbox to lay off 20% of its workforce By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 14:10:37 +0530 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 Full Article Technology
b Perplexity AI CEO says “still haven’t gotten” a green card amid immigration debate ahead of U.S. Presidential Election 2024 By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 16:12:23 +0530 Srinivas went on to work with OpenAI for a year before co-founding Perplexity AI in 2022 Full Article Technology
b Transformation Stories #4 A New Podcast Interview With Me (Rob Larsen) By htmlcssjavascript.com Published On :: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:33:05 +0000 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 […] Full Article CSS HTML Web
b I Didn’t Realize How Much I Rely on GitHub Codespaces Until This week By htmlcssjavascript.com Published On :: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:15:24 +0000 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 […] Full Article HTML JavaScript github h5bp
b HTML5 Boilerplate 9.0.1 Released By htmlcssjavascript.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 16:49:28 +0000 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 […] Full Article CSS HTML Web h5bp
b Upgrading jQuery: Working Towards a Healthy Web By htmlcssjavascript.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 00:55:07 +0000 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 […] Full Article CSS JavaScript Web
b Will not allow dilution of AIIMS brand: Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 15:33:33 +0530 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 Full Article Health
b Should men be allowed into operation theatres when their wives are having a baby? Doctors weigh in after YouTuber’s video sparks controversy By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 21:52:17 +0530 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 Full Article Health
b WHO says ‘intense bombardment’ halts Gaza polio vaccinations By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:50:34 +0530 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 Full Article Health
b Rajasthan-based firm barred from making ‘Insulin’ homeopathic tablets By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 18:22:48 +0530 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 Full Article Health
b Trachoma eliminated as a public health problem in India; what next? By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 06:00:00 +0530 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 Full Article Health
b For type 2 diabetes, focusing on when you eat – not what – can help control blood sugar By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 16:07:10 +0530 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 Full Article Health
b National Mental Health Festival 2024 kicks off in Bengaluru By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 15:17:58 +0530 Full Article Bengaluru
b 30,000 critical care beds, regional centres for National Institute of Virology are among plans under PM-ABHIM: V.K. Paul By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 16:44:34 +0530 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 Full Article Health
b $25-million Pandemic Fund aims to curb ‘zoonotic’ diseases By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 22:55:35 +0530 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). Full Article Health
b Polio in Pakistan: Another vaccination campaign begins after worrying surge By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 13:27:32 +0530 Pakistan regularly launches such campaigns, but violence targeting the health workers and police assigned to escort them is common Full Article World
b Roll back approval to import used medical devices, med-tech industry urges PM By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 20:20:33 +0530 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. Full Article India
b Bridging the gap in mental healthcare services: NGOs launch dementia clinics in Hyderabad’s slums By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:15:10 +0530 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 Full Article Hyderabad
b Ayushman Bharat: All seniors above 70 can avail health coverage except those in Delhi, West Bengal By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:16:54 +0530 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 Full Article India
b COVID-19 resulted in nearly half a million excess deaths, WHO’s global TB report states By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 22:45:16 +0530 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 Full Article Health
b AIIMS-Bibinagar to boost tuberculosis care in Telangana with aerial aid By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 00:04:31 +0530 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 Full Article Telangana
b World Stroke Day: NIMHANS study finds that part of sleep apnoea burden is a consequence of stroke By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 07:00:00 +0530 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 Full Article Health
b Tuberculosis infected 8 million people last year, the most WHO has ever tracked By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 14:10:41 +0530 The World Health Organization says more than 8 million people were diagnosed with tuberculosis last year Full Article Health
b As breast cancer incidence rises, doctors raise importance of early detection, need for women to be breast aware By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:49:26 +0530 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 Full Article Health
b Wellness retreat that King Charles and Queen Camilla visited in Bengaluru to soon expand to Portugal By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 17:56:43 +0530 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 Full Article Bengaluru
b What is breast density and how is it associated with cancer? Explained By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 02 Nov 2024 11:10:44 +0530 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 Full Article Health
b Glioblastoma: why immunotherapy may offer hope for brain cancer patients By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 09:15:00 +0530 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 Full Article Health
b Stop abuse of patent monopolies in rare diseases, say patient representatives and treatment activists By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 19:17:18 +0530 They seek urgent intervention by government, courts, and lawmakers into the issue Full Article Health
b Lassa fever: Understanding the risk, response and global threat By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 14:19:31 +0530 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. Full Article Health
b Bengaluru start-up strives to bridge India’s genomics data gap to aid precision oncology By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 09:00:00 +0530 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 Full Article Bengaluru
b Osteoporosis can shorten your life − here’s how to prevent fractures and keep bones healthy By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 09:30:00 +0530 The key to having healthy bones for a lifetime is to take some simple preventive measures – and the earlier, the better Full Article Health
b Severe staff shortage leaves Tamil Nadu’s obstetricians and gynaecologists overworked By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 22:41:27 +0530 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 Full Article Tamil Nadu
b 'Sushant's death needs a CBI inquiry' By www.rediff.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Jul 2020 07:17:30 +0530 '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.' Full Article Sushant Singh Rajput CBI Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari Shekhar Suman IMAGE Instagram Subhash K Jha Nitesh Tiwari Shuddh Desi Romance Adhyayan Bihar Chhichhore Patna
b 'If I had to be trashy, I'd be the best trash' By www.rediff.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Jul 2020 15:26:15 +0530 'I always gave my best, even to what people considered to be trashy content.' Full Article Mita Vashisht Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki Shyam Benegal Govind Nihalani IMAGE Subhash K Jha Producer Ekta Kapoor Vikram Bhatt Sakshi Tanwar Shoojit Sircar Mahesh Bhatt Mani Ratnam Subhash Ghaiji Film City Aslam Rediff
b 'Once in a blue moon you get a lottery like Animal' By www.rediff.com Published On :: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 10:04:01 +0530 '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.' Full Article