Big Data

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  US Examining Whether UK's Encryption Demand on Apple Broke Data Treaty

  In a letter dated February 25 to two US lawmakers, Tulsi Gabbard, the US director of national intelligence, said the US is examining whether the UK government had violated the CLOUD Act, which bars it from issuing demands for the data of US citizens and vice versa.

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  Election Commission Refused To Upload Voters' Data: Arvind Kejriwal's Big Charge

  Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal today alleged the Election Commission refused to upload data on the number of votes polled in each assembly constituency in Delhi despite several requests. Votes in the Delhi assembly election held on Wedne

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  Microsoft, Meta Back Big AI Spending Despite DeepSeek's Low Costs

  Microsoft and Meta's CEOs defended massive spending on AI efforts after China's DeepSeek launched an AI assistant, it claims is more data and cost-efficient compared to the AI models that have emerged from the US. The top executives of these big tech firms said funds were needed to stay competitive in the field.

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  SPHEREx Space Telescope to Map Cosmos in Infrared Light, Launching in February 2025

  Set to launch in February 2025, NASA’s SPHEREx mission will provide a comprehensive map of the universe in infrared light. The telescope will examine 450 million galaxies and 100 million stars, shedding light on the universe’s formation, early conditions after the Big Bang, and the presence of water in planetary systems. SPHEREx will survey the...

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  Nvidia GeForce Now Cloud Gaming Service for Streaming AAA Games Coming to India This Year

  Nvidia has already unveiled several gaming-centric products such as the GeForce RTX 50 series Blackwell GPUs at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025 in Las Vegas, hinting towards the company’s big plans of investing in gaming this year. Its latest announcement makes gaming more accessible around the world with the establishment of a GeForce R...

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  Meta Seeks New Nuclear Reactors To Run US Data Centers

  Meta said on Tuesday it is seeking proposals from nuclear power developers to help meet its artificial intelligence and environment goals, becoming the latest big tech company to take interest in atomic power amid an expected boom in power demand.

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  Here's How James Webb Space Telescope Helps Us Look Back in Time

  The James Webb Space Telescope allows astronomers to explore the universe’s history by observing light that has travelled across billions of light-years. This unique capability enables scientists to see how galaxies, stars, and other celestial bodies appeared billions of years ago, offering a glimpse into the early stages of the universe. By stud...

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  Lenovo Raises PC Shipments Outlook for 2025 After Strong Earnings

  Lenovo’s Chief Executive Officer Yang Yuanqing raised his outlook for global shipments in 2025 to double-digit percentage growth, up from a previous forecast of five percent to 10 percent, citing demand for AI PCs and the replacement cycle facilitated by Windows 11.

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  Astronomers Identify Black Hole Consuming Matter 40 Times Its Theoretical Limit

  Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have discovered LID-568, a black hole that is consuming matter at a rate over 40 times the theoretical Eddington limit. This discovery, made in a galaxy formed only 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang, sheds light on how supermassive black holes might have evolved rapidly in the early universe. R...

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  Microsoft Forecasts Slower Cloud Business Growth in Second Quarter

  Microsoft has forecast an increase in spending on AI this quarter and warned of slower growth in its cloud business Azure, even as the company beat Wall Street's estimates for first-quarter revenue and profit.. The Redmond company has signalled that big AI investments were not enough to keep pace with capacity constraints at its data centres.

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  Intel Set for Big Drop in Quarterly Revenue as Chipmaker Struggles to Bounce Back

  Intel is expected to report its biggest quarterly revenue drop in five quarters on Thursday, potentially signaling more erosion of data center and personal computer market share for the once iconic American chipmaker.

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  European Union AI Act Checker Reveals Big Tech's Compliance Pitfalls

  Some of the most prominent artificial intelligence models are falling short of European regulations in key areas such as cybersecurity resilience and discriminatory output, according to data seen by Reuters.

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  Big Drop In Car Sales In July-September, But 2-Wheelers Pick Up The Pace

  Sales of passenger cars in the country saw a significant decline in the second quarter of FY25, as highlighted by the latest sales data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) on Monday.

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  Google's AI Data Protection Practices Probed By Irish Regulator

  Big Tech's influence over AI has been drawing increasing scrutiny from regulators around the globe, amid concerns they are using access to personal data to dominate the emerging sector.

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  Top EU Privacy Regulator Opens Probe Into Google's AI Compliance

  The EU is probing if Google adequately protected the personal data of European Union users before using it to help develop its foundational AI Model.