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Astronomers Discover Unusual X-Ray Oscillations From a Black Hole 100 Million Light-Years Away
A supermassive black hole 100 million light-years away is showing an unprecedented increase in X-ray oscillations, starting from 18-minute intervals and accelerating to 7 minutes in just two years. Astronomers believe a white dwarf, orbiting perilously close to the event horizon, is causing these flashes. The findings offer a glimpse into black hol...
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Supermassive Black Hole Flashed Twice in a Rare Event, Scientists Explain the Reason
In a galaxy 408 million light-years away, the black hole ASASSN-22ci consumed a star from a binary system, producing a rare double-flash tidal disruption event (TDE). First observed in February 2022, a second flare occurred 720 days later, possibly caused by Hills capture. Researchers anticipate a third flare in early 2026, offering unprecedented i...
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Pixel Phones Receiving January 2025 Update With Bug Fixes and Security Patches
Google Pixel owners can now update their devices to the latest January 2025 patch, the company announced via its support page on Tuesday. The update, which is rolled out for the Pixel 9 series and several other older models running Android 15, brings fixes for issues related to audio, camera, display, graphics, and user interface. Further, it also ...
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HMD Key With 6.52-Inch Screen, 4,000mAh Battery Launched: Price, Specifications
HMD Key was launched in select global markets on Thursday. The new phone comes as a budget offering with 4G connectivity. It is powered by a Unisoc 9832E chipset and runs on Android 14 Go edition out-of-the-box. The phone is equipped with an 8-megapixel rear camera sensor with support for autofocus alongside an LED flash unit and a 5-megapixel se...
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Top AI Highlights of 2024: From OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Google’s Gemini and More
If 2023 was all about the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and its entry into the mainstream tech conversations, 2024 became the year when AI began displaying its transformative capabilities. What started as a text-based chatbot fad that could respond to users in a human-like fashion, is today powering many major tech products and pl...
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Katrina Kaif And Vicky Kaushal's Christmas Getaway In "British Wildlands" Will Give You Serious Wanderlust
The opening picture of Katrina's travel diaries captures the actress in a puffer jacket flashing a radiant smile
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Virat Kohli's "Flashing Outside The Off-Stump" Rebuked As India Battle Australia, Sachin Tendulkar Invoked
Virat Kohli, who has had an inconsistent series so far with scores of 5, 100 not out, 7, 11, and 3 in his last five innings, has amassed just 126 runs at an average of 31.50.
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Google Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking AI Model With Advanced Reasoning Capabilities Launched
Google released a new artificial intelligence (AI) model in the Gemini 2.0 family on Thursday which is focused on advanced reasoning. Dubbed Gemini 2.0 Thinking, the new large language model (LLM) increases the inference time to allow the model to spend more time on a problem. The Mountain View-based tech giant claims that it can solve complex reas...
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Realme 14 Pro 5G Series Shown Off With Temperature-Sensitive Colour-Changing Rear Panel
Realme partially unveiled its Realme 14 Pro 5G series on Thursday showcasing its colour-changing back panel. The company confirmed that the new smartphones will offer a temperature-sensitive colour-changing rear cover. The lineup comprising Realme 14 Pro and Realme 14 Pro+ will be available for purchase starting January.
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Micromax, Phison Announce MiPhi Joint Venture to Offer NAND Storage Solutions in India
Micromax and Phison announced MiPhi, a joint venture to provide embedded storage solutions for AI applications. MiPhi will cater to various sectors, including mobile, automobile, IoT, data centres, and consumer devices, using manufacturing facilities across four regions in the country.
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Google Rolling Out Gemini 2.0 Experimental Advanced Model to Paid Subscribers
Google is rolling out a new artificial intelligence (AI) model from the Gemini 2.0 family. Dubbed Gemini 2.0 Experimental Advanced, the large language model (LLM) will only be available to the paid subscribers of Gemini. The new model release comes just days after the Mountain View-based tech giant released the Gemini 2.0 Flash model to Gemini’s ...
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Gemini for Android Gets New Model Switcher Feature, Gemini 2.0 Flash Option
Google has started rolling out the new Gemini 2.0 Flash artificial intelligence (AI) model to the Android app of the chatbot. The Mountain View-based tech giant released the first model in the Gemini 2.0 family on December 12. While the model was added to the web version of Gemini on the same day, the mobile apps did not get access to it immediatel...
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Flash Villas, Cars And Drugs: Assad's Legacy In Latakia
The drive winds between manicured lavender-lined lawns to a crescent-shaped home with a gleaming swimming pool on the Syrian coast: Bashar al-Assad's holiday hideaway disgusts those who now come here.
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Google Gemini 2.0 Family Unveiled, Gemini 2.0 Flash Added to the Chatbot on Web and Mobile Apps
Google introduced the successor of the Gemini 1.5 family of AI models, dubbed Gemini 2.0, on Wednesday. The new AI models come with improved capabilities including native image generation and audio generation, the company highlighted. Currently, the Gemini 2.0 model is available in beta to select developers and testers, whereas the Gemini 2.0 Flash...
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Realme Neo 7 Design Officially Revealed Ahead of December 11 Launch
Realme Neo 7 is set to launch next week with a MediaTek Dimensity 9300+ chipset under the hood. Just a week ahead of the official reveal, the Chinese brand has posted official images revealing the design and colour of the Realme GT Neo 6 successor. The Realme Neo 7 appears to have dual rear cameras. Meanwhile, the phone is confirmed to pack a 7,000...
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Astronomers Discover Unusual X-Ray Oscillations From a Black Hole 100 Million Light-Years Away
A supermassive black hole 100 million light-years away is showing an unprecedented increase in X-ray oscillations, starting from 18-minute intervals and accelerating to 7 minutes in just two years. Astronomers believe a white dwarf, orbiting perilously close to the event horizon, is causing these flashes. The findings offer a glimpse into black hol...
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Supermassive Black Hole Flashed Twice in a Rare Event, Scientists Explain the Reason
In a galaxy 408 million light-years away, the black hole ASASSN-22ci consumed a star from a binary system, producing a rare double-flash tidal disruption event (TDE). First observed in February 2022, a second flare occurred 720 days later, possibly caused by Hills capture. Researchers anticipate a third flare in early 2026, offering unprecedented i...
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Pixel Phones Receiving January 2025 Update With Bug Fixes and Security Patches
Google Pixel owners can now update their devices to the latest January 2025 patch, the company announced via its support page on Tuesday. The update, which is rolled out for the Pixel 9 series and several other older models running Android 15, brings fixes for issues related to audio, camera, display, graphics, and user interface. Further, it also ...
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HMD Key With 6.52-Inch Screen, 4,000mAh Battery Launched: Price, Specifications
HMD Key was launched in select global markets on Thursday. The new phone comes as a budget offering with 4G connectivity. It is powered by a Unisoc 9832E chipset and runs on Android 14 Go edition out-of-the-box. The phone is equipped with an 8-megapixel rear camera sensor with support for autofocus alongside an LED flash unit and a 5-megapixel se...
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Top AI Highlights of 2024: From OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Google’s Gemini and More
If 2023 was all about the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and its entry into the mainstream tech conversations, 2024 became the year when AI began displaying its transformative capabilities. What started as a text-based chatbot fad that could respond to users in a human-like fashion, is today powering many major tech products and pl...
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Katrina Kaif And Vicky Kaushal's Christmas Getaway In "British Wildlands" Will Give You Serious Wanderlust
The opening picture of Katrina's travel diaries captures the actress in a puffer jacket flashing a radiant smile
-
Virat Kohli's "Flashing Outside The Off-Stump" Rebuked As India Battle Australia, Sachin Tendulkar Invoked
Virat Kohli, who has had an inconsistent series so far with scores of 5, 100 not out, 7, 11, and 3 in his last five innings, has amassed just 126 runs at an average of 31.50.
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Google Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking AI Model With Advanced Reasoning Capabilities Launched
Google released a new artificial intelligence (AI) model in the Gemini 2.0 family on Thursday which is focused on advanced reasoning. Dubbed Gemini 2.0 Thinking, the new large language model (LLM) increases the inference time to allow the model to spend more time on a problem. The Mountain View-based tech giant claims that it can solve complex reas...
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Realme 14 Pro 5G Series Shown Off With Temperature-Sensitive Colour-Changing Rear Panel
Realme partially unveiled its Realme 14 Pro 5G series on Thursday showcasing its colour-changing back panel. The company confirmed that the new smartphones will offer a temperature-sensitive colour-changing rear cover. The lineup comprising Realme 14 Pro and Realme 14 Pro+ will be available for purchase starting January.
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Micromax, Phison Announce MiPhi Joint Venture to Offer NAND Storage Solutions in India
Micromax and Phison announced MiPhi, a joint venture to provide embedded storage solutions for AI applications. MiPhi will cater to various sectors, including mobile, automobile, IoT, data centres, and consumer devices, using manufacturing facilities across four regions in the country.
-
Google Rolling Out Gemini 2.0 Experimental Advanced Model to Paid Subscribers
Google is rolling out a new artificial intelligence (AI) model from the Gemini 2.0 family. Dubbed Gemini 2.0 Experimental Advanced, the large language model (LLM) will only be available to the paid subscribers of Gemini. The new model release comes just days after the Mountain View-based tech giant released the Gemini 2.0 Flash model to Gemini’s ...
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Gemini for Android Gets New Model Switcher Feature, Gemini 2.0 Flash Option
Google has started rolling out the new Gemini 2.0 Flash artificial intelligence (AI) model to the Android app of the chatbot. The Mountain View-based tech giant released the first model in the Gemini 2.0 family on December 12. While the model was added to the web version of Gemini on the same day, the mobile apps did not get access to it immediatel...
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Flash Villas, Cars And Drugs: Assad's Legacy In Latakia
The drive winds between manicured lavender-lined lawns to a crescent-shaped home with a gleaming swimming pool on the Syrian coast: Bashar al-Assad's holiday hideaway disgusts those who now come here.
-
Google Gemini 2.0 Family Unveiled, Gemini 2.0 Flash Added to the Chatbot on Web and Mobile Apps
Google introduced the successor of the Gemini 1.5 family of AI models, dubbed Gemini 2.0, on Wednesday. The new AI models come with improved capabilities including native image generation and audio generation, the company highlighted. Currently, the Gemini 2.0 model is available in beta to select developers and testers, whereas the Gemini 2.0 Flash...
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Realme Neo 7 Design Officially Revealed Ahead of December 11 Launch
Realme Neo 7 is set to launch next week with a MediaTek Dimensity 9300+ chipset under the hood. Just a week ahead of the official reveal, the Chinese brand has posted official images revealing the design and colour of the Realme GT Neo 6 successor. The Realme Neo 7 appears to have dual rear cameras. Meanwhile, the phone is confirmed to pack a 7,000...
