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1 in 500 men carry extra sex chromosome raising risk of diseases: Study

1 in 500 men carry extra sex chromosome raising risk of diseases: Study

13-06-2022  comments

London (IANS) Around one in 500 men could be carrying an extra X or Y chromosome - most of them unaware - putting them at increased risk of diseases such as Type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, and thrombosis, according to a study.

Sex chromosomes…

Half of finance AI projects to be delayed or cancelled by 2024

Half of finance AI projects to be delayed or cancelled by 2024

12-06-2022  comments

New Delhi (IANS) As the banking and financial institutions adopt artificial intelligence (AI)-driven technologies globally, half of current finance AI deployments will be either delayed or cancelled by 2024, a new report has forecast.

At the…

Pi calculated to 100 tn digits by Google Cloud employee

Pi calculated to 100 tn digits by Google Cloud employee

11-06-2022  comments

San Francisco (IANS) Tech giant Google's Cloud developer advocate Emma Haruka Iwao has beaten her own record from three years ago for the number of digits calculated for pi.

In 2019, she was able to calculate pi to its 31.4 trillionth digit,…

Google Maps to show air quality around you

Google Maps to show air quality around you

11-06-2022  comments

San Francisco (IANS) Tech giant Google has rolled out a new feature for Google Maps that will now show the air quality layer in the US on both Android and iOS users.

According to 9To5Google, this will show users what to expect, air-wise: whether…

Google announces new features for Meet, Chromebooks

Google announces new features for Meet, Chromebooks

08-06-2022  comments

New Delhi (IANS) With an aim to empower teachers and students, tech giant Google on Wednesday announced that it is sharing new updates to Chromebooks, Google Classroom and Google Meet.

For those using the Google Workspace for Education Plus…

Indian cyber agency flags multiple bugs in Chrome OS, Mozilla

Indian cyber agency flags multiple bugs in Chrome OS, Mozilla

07-06-2022  comments

New Delhi (IANS) The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has flagged several bugs in Chrome OS and Mozilla products that may put various sensitive data at risk.

In a report, the agency mentioned that the bugs could allow a remote…

Hubble spots largest near-infrared image to find universe's rarest galaxies

Hubble spots largest near-infrared image to find universe's rarest galaxies

07-06-2022  comments

Toronto (IANS) An international team of scientists has released the largest near-infrared image ever taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, enabling astronomers to map the star-forming regions of the universe and learn how the earliest, most distant…

MacBook Air refresh could ship 7 mn units by end of 2022: Kuo

MacBook Air refresh could ship 7 mn units by end of 2022: Kuo

06-06-2022  comments

San Francisco (IANS) Tech giant Apple's update to the MacBook Air could ship between 6 and 7 million units in the second half of 2022, media reports say.

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo offered shipment forecasts for the model. He also said that the…

Govt asks Twitter, YouTube to take down deo brand Layer'r Shot's obscene ad

Govt asks Twitter, YouTube to take down deo brand Layer'r Shot's obscene ad

04-06-2022  comments

New Delhi (IANS) The Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry has written to Twitter and YouTube to remove video advertisements of a deodorant brand Layer'r Shot for their alleged obscene content.

"It has come to the notice of the ministry…

Country's first liquid mirror telescope comes up in Uttarakhand

Country's first liquid mirror telescope comes up in Uttarakhand

03-06-2022  comments

New Delhi (IANS) The first liquid mirror telescope in the country and the largest in Asia - commissioned atop Devasthal, a hill in Uttarakhand - will now keep a watch on the overhead sky to identify transient or variable objects such as supernovae,…

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