New Technology
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AI adoption in India: Opportunities and challenges for policy considerations
For India to pursue its national interests, it will have to find ways to maintain strategic autonomy with respect to this critical technology.
Bharath Reddy
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ChatGPT: Humans have always adapted to new technology – ask the Mesopotamians, who invented writing
While ChatGPT threatens to change writing as we know it, the Mesopotamians, who lived 4,000 years ago, went through a similar seismic change.
Louise Pryke, The Conversation
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Can Bionic Reading make you a speed reader? Here’s what research says
No matter how quickly you recognise certain words, your brain still has to do the work to understand the sentence.
Lauren M Singer Trakhman, The Conversation
Trending
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Why Calcutta HC struck down 25,000 teachers’ appointments and how it could impact the election
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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Electric eels inspired the first battery 222 years ago and are still sparking scientific imagination
One species of eel can discharge 860 volts of electricity – that’s 200-fold higher than the top voltage of a single lithium-ion battery.
Timothy J. Jorgensen, The Conversation
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Explainer: How chip-embedded e-passports announced in the 2022 Budget will make travel smoother
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization, more than 100 countries have already rolled out e-passports.
Factchecker Team
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A simple crystal may help scientists in scaling up quantum computers
There is still work to be done before the new technology is up to the task.
Jarryd Pla, The Conversation & Andrew Dzurak, The Conversation
Video
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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A new tech can check the authenticity of whisky without opening bottles – and detect diseases
Spectroscopy, which measures the chemical make-up of whisky, may also help fight cancers.
Graham D Bruce, The Conversation & Kishan Dholakia, The Conversation
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Toots not tweets: India’s Twitter users are angry – and this chart from Mastadon shows it
The open-source social media platform does not track user information and takes reports of abusive content seriously – serious advantages over Twitter.
Manavi Kapur and Kuwar Singh, qz.com
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Phosphorene nanoribbons: An ‘accidental’ new material that could revolutionise batteries
The discovery has the potential to boost battery capacity by 50%.
Mitch Watts, The Conversation & Chris Howard, The Conversation
The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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Back to the Future: Nike unveils basketball shoes that lace up with the touch of a button
Nike Adapt BB shoes will automatically loosen or tighten when you step into them, and then adapt based on your activity.
AFP
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Tracking roadkill, documenting species: Apps are becoming the new frontier for animal conservation
A handful of such applications in India are helping streamline rescue and prevention efforts.
Manon Varchot
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China: Company plans to launch ‘artificial moon’ in 2020 to replace street lights in Chengdu city
It is not clear whether the project has the government’s backing.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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IPL 2024: Will Jacks’s unbeaten ton, Virat Kohli’s 70* drive Bengaluru to clinical win over Gujarat
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India tour of Bangladesh: Renuka Thakur stars as visitors pick up comfortable win in opening T20I
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Shooting, Shotgun Olympic Qualifiers: Maheshwari Chauhan secures Paris quota in women’s skeet
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: Laxita, Ekta clinch silver as India finish second in tournament
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Men’s recurve team win gold; Deepika Kumari clinches silver