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Received call for mobile tower NOC? It could be fake:PIB issues warning; know how fraudsters can steal your money and tips to stay safe

Imagine getting a call that promises you an easy way to earn ₹20,000 to ₹50,000 every month just by allowing a mobile tower on your rooftop or empty land. It sounds like a great opportunity. But there is one problem: the documents are fake. A growing number of people across India are falling victim to […]

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80% of OTT users report digital fraud, LocalCircles survey finds:Respondents included 61% men, 39% women; demand stricter regulation

The use of dark patterns, deceptive design practices that mislead users on digital platforms, is increasing across OTT services. According to a LocalCircles survey, 8 in 10 Indian users, or 80%, said they had fallen victim to such misleading tactics while using OTT apps. The survey received responses from more than 1.18 lakh people across

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US lifts export ban on Anthropic’s AI models:Access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 to return soon after national security restrictions

For nearly three weeks, two of Anthropic’s most advanced AI models were unavailable after the US government stepped in over national security concerns. Now, that restriction has been lifted. The company says it will begin restoring access to its Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, marking an important moment in how governments are beginning

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Your brain activity can now turn into text without typing:Meta unveils ‘Brain2Qwerty’ AI system that will help patients with neurological disorders

Imagine writing with just your thoughts or what if you could type a message without touching a keyboard or even speaking? That idea may sound like science fiction, but Meta has taken a major step towards making it possible. The company has introduced ‘Brain2Qwerty v2,’ a new artificial intelligence (AI) system that can convert brain

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UPI service now launched in Greece:Indians to make UPI payments across 10 countries; live demo conducted

India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is now live in Greece. Greece has become the new country to join this digital payment network. A live demo of this service, launched through a partnership between Eurobank and NPCI International Payments Limited, was also witnessed at Eurobank’s headquarters in Athens. Demo took place in the presence of Union

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AI lacks human experience:How engineers use ‘shadow thinking’ to confuse AI with junk code

AI can easily memorize rules and documented data, but it cannot learn the human skill that comes from years of experience, intuition, and insight. For example, an experienced doctor can predict a disease by observing a patient’s breathing even before looking at reports, or a coder can find complex bugs without any specific rules. Humans

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OpenAI’s first hardware is here, but it’s not a smartphone:Designed for the company’s AI coding assistant, it packs 13 keys, a joystick, and touch-sensitive controls

When people hear that OpenAI is working on hardware, most immediately think of the much-rumoured AI phone being developed with former Apple designer Jony Ive. But the company’s first hardware product is something completely different. Instead of launching a smartphone, OpenAI is introducing a compact micro pad built for developers who use its AI coding

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How long do humans have left on Earth?:New research says that humanity could vanish in 17,000 years; here’s how

Can mathematics really predict when humanity will disappear? It sounds like science fiction, but some mathematicians believe probability can offer clues about how long humans are likely to survive. Their calculation doesn’t predict how humanity will end: it could be climate change, a global pandemic, nuclear war, or something completely unexpected. Instead, it estimates when

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AI is writing millions of books every month:3 times more books published on Amazon; but readers found them less useful

If you search for new books on Amazon, there’s a possibility that a large number of them may not have been written by an author, but by AI. After the arrival of large language models like ChatGPT in 2022, the number of e-books published monthly on Amazon has increased from around 1 lakh to 3

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