Category: Technology

China said on Sunday it will accelerate the use of artificial intelligence and big data in elderly and social care as it bets on new technologies to drive economic growth despite an ageing population. The announcement comes as officials grapple with the country’s low birth rate and a declining workforce. “We will accelerate the development and application of new technologies and products such as big data and artificial intelligence in the fields of social assistance, elderly care services, and services for the disabled,” civil affairs minister Lu Zhiyuan said at…

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Apple said on Friday that some artificial intelligence improvements to its voice assistant Siri, originally slated for a 2025 release, will now be postponed until 2026. The tech giant revealed that it has been developing a “more personalised Siri”, which will give it “more awareness of your personal context, as well as the ability to take action for you within and across your apps.” In a statement, iPhone maker noted: “It’s going to take us longer than we thought to deliver on these features and we anticipate rolling them out…

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SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft exploded in space minutes after lifting off from Texas on Thursday, prompting the FAA to halt air traffic in parts of Florida, in the second straight failure this year for Elon Musk’s Mars rocket programme. Videos on social media showed fiery debris streaking through the dusk skies near south Florida and the Bahamas after Starship broke up in space shortly after it began to spin uncontrollably with its engines cut off, a SpaceX live stream of the mission showed. The failure of the eighth Starship test comes…

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WhatsApp is set to enhance user experience with an exciting upcoming update featuring a dedicated Meta AI screen, making interactions with the chatbot even better and smoother. According to WABetaInfo, Meta’s popular instant-messaging app’s new Meta AI screen is set to be released in a future update, as indicated in the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.25.5.22 update. Users can explore the new Meta AI screen by long-pressing the floating action button from the chat list, enabling voice commands for easier engagement. This shortcut will provide a faster way to engage with…

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A US court on Tuesday denied billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk a preliminary injunction he was seeking against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI’s efforts to convert into a for-profit firm. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California said Musk has not met “the high burden required for a preliminary injunction” to block the conversion of OpenAI to a for-profit status. However, Rogers said that she is prepared to expedite a trial on the issue to later this year. Marc Toberoff, a lawyer for Musk, said they were pleased that the judge “offered…

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PARIS: With a valve fault halting Monday’s launch just 30 minutes before take-off, Arianespace has rescheduled Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket to blast off on Thursday from French Guiana, carrying the French military’s CSO-3 satellite in a mission vital to Europe’s independent space ambitions. The rocket was slated to lift off on Monday, but was postponed due to an “anomaly”. After reviewing the ground equipment, the company said it is now targeting a launch on “6 March 2025 at 1:24 pm local time in Kourou” (1624 GMT). “Ariane 6 and its…

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WhatsApp is rolling out a new call menu feature for individual and group chats as the popular communication app continues to enhance calling experience for its users. The new update, downloadable through Google Play Store, is only available to some beta testers. The update brings up a call menu to the top par of the chat boxes. This replaces the previous two buttons at the top of the conversation box used to initiate voice and video calls with one button. In single person chats, this button displays a voice call…

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President Prabowo Subianto appears in an Instagram video, dressed in a traditional Indonesian black hat and shirt, seemingly addressing his people after last year’s election. “Who hasn’t received aid from me? What are your needs right now?” he appears to ask viewers in the clip shared in November. However, while his lips move and his eyes blink naturally, the words spoken are part of an elaborate deepfake scam, exposed by police last month, that has deceived Indonesians across 20 provinces. Sponsored Content Cardiologist: The Best Method for a Flat Stomach…

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Over 50 years after the final Apollo mission, the US returned to the lunar surface last february with the landing of its first-ever private spacecraft. Now, starting Sunday, two more missions are set to follow within a single week, marking a bold push by NASA and its industry partners to make Moon landings a routine part of space exploration. First up is Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1, nicknamed “Ghost Riders in the Sky.” Sponsored Content Which car has the right of way? Few people know!Tips and Tricks All-Inclusive Mexico…

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In a landmark development, Pakistan Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco) and China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) signed a cooperation agreement for first Pakistani astronauts to set off on a mission to Tiangong – the Chinese Space Station (CSS). Under the landmark agreement, two Pakistani astronauts will undergo training at the Astronaut Center of China, according to an official statement issued on Friday. One selected astronaut shall be trained as a scientific payload specialist, preparing for specialided research aboard the China Space Station (CSS). Sponsored Content Cardiologist: The Best…

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