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AIDS timeline: Four decades but still no silver bullet

We look at the fight against the deadly condition since its emergence 40 years ago, as the planet marks World AIDS Day on Wednesday

In remembrance: A person walks past the National Covid Memorial Wall, after new measures were announced yesterday due to the Omicron coronavirus variant, in London on November 28, 2021.

Explained | Understanding the new Omicron variant of coronavirus

Bani Jolly Vinod Scaria

The COVAXIN vaccine. File

Covaxin elicits immune memory to virus, study finds

R. Prasad The conclusions that can be robustly based on the study results are limited at this stage

Natural selection: The researchers analysed whole exome data from 80 individuals and identified 74 genes that were positively selected.

Evolution of immune mechanisms can shape genetic risk of mental illness

Shubashree Desikan How changes to our genome caused by natural selection increase the risk of mental illnesses is a deep biological issue

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An experimental COVID-19 treatment pill, called molnupiravir and being developed by Merck & Co. Inc. and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP, is seen in this undated handout photo released by Merck & Co. Inc. on May 17, 2021.

COVID-19 FDA panel backs first-of-a-kind COVID-19 pill from Merck

PTI A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel voted 13-10 that the drug molnupiravir’s benefits outweigh its risks, including potential birth defects if used during pregnancy

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AIDS timeline: Four decades but still no silver bullet

AFP We look at the fight against the deadly condition since its emergence 40 years ago, as the planet marks World AIDS Day on Wednesday

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Spending on quantum computing is expected to grow to $8.6 billion in 2027, IDC says

Global quantum computing market to grow to $8.6 Billion in 2027, report says

Abhishek Chatterjee Research firm IDC, stated that major breakthroughs in quantum computing technology, and the growth of performance intensive computing workloads suitable for quantum technology will drive the majority of the growth.

Facebook risks meta flop, metaverse developers say

Reuters The social media giant made waves last month by changing its name to Meta Platforms and announcing a focus on the buzzy "metaverse".

VW expects battery, raw material drive to cost up to $34 bln

Reuters Sweden's Northvolt, the first plant in which Volkswagen owns a fifth, will start production premium cells for the German carmaker from 2023.

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An elephant struggles to cross a busy section of a road. (For representational purposes only) Photo: Special arrangement.

One-km-long flyover to be built to facilitate elephant movement in Odisha

Satyasundar Barik The proposed flyover is the first of its kind structure to be created in the State

This library in Andhra Pradesh can save the elusive fishing cat

Nivedita Ganguly The Children for Fishing Cat project in the Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh recruits children as ambassadors for conservation to save the predator and its home

A Lily Squatter. Photo: M Yuvan

‘Croak down’ on mosquitoes, say ecologists: Drop in frog and odonate populations helps these disease-causing insects

Prince Frederick Against the backdrop of a dengue outbreak in various parts of the country, ecologists underline the need for creating conducive environments for the natural predators of mosquitoes

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Paddy farmers to get ₹20,000 compensation

Special Correspondent Rangasamy announces ₹5,000 assistance to fishermen

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Largest plant genome sequencing yields a pan-genome for chickpea

Special Correspondent Efforts resulted in seven improved chickpea varieties in India and Ethiopia over the last three years

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An experimental COVID-19 treatment pill called molnupiravir being developed by Merck & Co. Inc. and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP, is seen in this undated handout photo released by Merck & Co. Inc.

Watch | New pills to treat COVID-19

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1,160 elephants killed due to reasons other than natural causes: MoEFCC

Watch | How climate change is affecting the movement of trees

Global quantum computing market to grow to $8.6 Billion in 2027, report says

VW expects battery, raw material drive to cost up to $34 bln

Facebook risks meta flop, metaverse developers say

UK competition watchdog orders Facebook to sell Giphy

Android banking trojans targeted over 300,000 devices

To scale up their attack, threat actors developed loaders with a reduced malicious footprint in Google Play, increasing the difficulties in detecting them with automation and machine learning techniques.

Facebook’s top cryptocurrency executive is leaving the company

Marcus’s exit comes at a time when Meta, formerly known as Facebook, has failed to launch its digital currency that can be used for online transactions through Facebook.

FDA panel backs first-of-a-kind COVID-19 pill from Merck

A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel voted 13-10 that the drug molnupiravir’s benefits outweigh its risks, including potential birth defects if used during pregnancy

Space junk forces spacewalk delay, too risky for astronauts

It's the first time a spacewalk has been canceled because of threat from space junk

Amazon's cloud unit launches new chips to take on Intel, Nvidia

With $45.37 billion in sales in 2020, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's biggest cloud computing provider and one of the biggest buyers of data center chips, whose computing power AWS rents out to its customers.

Jack Dorsey chases crypto, fintech dream post Twitter

The 45-year-old entrepreneur, who is often described as an enigma with varied interests from meditation to yoga to fashion design, plans to pursue his passion which include focusing on running Square Inc and doing more philanthropic work.

Tech regulation leads the agenda at UK G7 forum

The two-day Future Tech Forum, which marked the end of Britain's G7 Digital and Tech Presidency, built on a declaration in April to create a more productive and resilient global economy with digital technology at its heart.

Twitch launches tool to catch channel ban evaders

The new tool, called Suspicious User Detection, will flag "likely" or "possible" channel ban evaders so that creators and moderators of those channels can decide whether to take action.

Qualcomm leans into cameras, gaming with new flagship smartphone chip

The San Diego, California-based company is the biggest supplier of the chips at the heart of many Android phones.

One-km-long flyover to be built to facilitate elephant movement in Odisha

The proposed flyover is the first of its kind structure to be created in the State

Twitter updates private info policy

The policy will allow Twitter to take action on media that is shared without any explicit abusive content, but posted without the consent of the person depicted.

Rajasthan issues advisory against Starlink internet services

In view of the fact that Starlink is not a licensee, the public should not subscribe to the Starlink services

China seeks better cross-border control of big data with new plan

The scale of China's big data industry will exceed $470.79 billion by the end of 2025, MIIT estimated.

AIDS timeline: Four decades but still no silver bullet

We look at the fight against the deadly condition since its emergence 40 years ago, as the planet marks World AIDS Day on Wednesday

Sweden's Ericsson sees 660 mln 5G subscriptions by year end

The telecom equipment maker, which had previously forecast580 million subscriptions, said it expected 4.4 billion 5Gsubscriptions by the end of 2027.

First-ever self-replicating robots

These Xenobots can swim out into a tiny dish, find single cells, gather hundreds of them, and assemble “baby” bots inside their mouth, which after a few days look and move just like the Xenobots.

Explained | Starlink’s patchy start in India

The SpaceX-owned company’s service is used by 1.4 lakh beta users in 20 countries, and over 7.5 lakh users have expressed interest in the service.

Omicron variant doesn’t escape RTPCR, RAT, says Health Ministry

States asked to ramp up testing, ensure vaccine coverage

Panasonic discloses data breach after hackers access internal network

After an internal investigation, the company found that some data on a file server had been accessed during the intrusion.

Google failed to honor 'don't be evil' pledge in firing engineers - lawsuit

In the lawsuit filed in California state court in Santa Clara county, former Google employees Rebecca Rivers, Sophie Waldman and Paul Duke alleged that they were fired two years ago for fulfilling their contractual obligation to speak up if they saw Google violating its "don't be evil" pledge.

'Omicron' the cryptocurrency rides new variant rollercoaster

The price of the hitherto-obscure digital token, whose Twitter feed has little more than 1,000 followers, rose almost ten-fold from Friday to Monday morning when it hit $688, before tumbling as much as 75%, crypto tracker CoinGecko said.

Dorsey's journey from microblogging pioneer to billionaire

Dorsey, who also helms fintech firm Square Inc, will be succeeded by Chief Technology Officer Parag Agrawal.

Who is Twitter's new CEO Parag Agrawal?

Before joining Twitter, Mr. Agrawal worked at Microsoft Corp, Yahoo and AT&T Labs Inc in their research units.

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey will step down as CEO

He will be succeeded by Twitter's current Chief Technology Officer Parag Agrawal

Russia says Twitter mobile slowdown to remain until all banned content is removed

Twitter has been subjected to a punitive slowdown in Russia since March for posts containing child pornography, drug abuse information or calls for minors to commit suicide.

Australia challenges Facebook to back anti-troll defamation law

In February, global social media companies threatened to quit Australia over laws making them pay media outlets for content appearing on their websites.

Apple's AR headset to be a standalone product coming next year

Apple’s goal is to replace the iPhone with AR in 10 years and the AR headset is the first step to achieve this project.

Explained | Understanding the Omicron variant of coronavirus

What is Omicron? How is it different from the other variants? Where all has the B.1.1.529 coronavirus variant been detected?

Running business on Cloud

From SaaS to IaaS to PaaS, the application of cloud computing has now become universal

‘Forza Horizon 5’ review: The best-looking game of 2021 with stunning graphics and sceneries

The latest edition in the racing Forza Horizon game series is near-perfect and is miles ahead of other driving games

COVID-19 pandemic not over, says expert, on Omicron emergence

Virus can keep acquiring mutations that may be more or less detrimental, says G. Padmanaban of BIRAC

Apple global battery development chief moves to Volkswagen

This is the second time in recent months that an Apple executive has left for an automaker. Apple lost its head of car project, Doug Field, to Ford Motor in September.

Europe’s telcos want U.S. tech giants to help fund network costs

The call by the CEOs comes as the telecoms industry faces massive investments for 5G, fibre and cable networks to cope with data and cloud services provided by Netflix and Google's YouTube and Facebook.

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinstore enters India despite pending curbs on trade

Coinstore has launched its web and app platform and plans branches in Bangalore, New Delhi and Mumbai which will act as its base in India for future expansion, its management said.

COP26 pledges need a new climate of cooperation

Developing economies such as India are burdened with other issues and require the help of the developed North

Bonds go deeper and wider with digital tech

App or web-based facilities are coming up to simplify and facilitate transactions

COVID-19 | Centre urges States to step up testing facilities over Omicron

Centre calls for intensive containment, active surveillance, increased coverage of vaccination

‘Croak down’ on mosquitoes, say ecologists: Drop in frog and odonate populations helps these disease-causing insects

Against the backdrop of a dengue outbreak in various parts of the country, ecologists underline the need for creating conducive environments for the natural predators of mosquitoes

Chennai resident crosses birding milestone, documents 100 species from hearthstone

Sundaravel Palanivel recently reached the three-figure mark, remarkably through patch birding from his home in Pallikaranai. His observations and photographic records include around 10 rarities and many insightful avian patterns

Ryots asked not to raise paddy in rabi

Speed up kharif procurement, Chief Secretary tells officials

Writing in the skies

The duo of Major J. C. Savage and Captain C. Cyril Turner came up with what is considered as the first skywriting advertisement in the U.S. on November 28, 1922. Skywriting developed as a novel marketing method from then onwards, creating billboards of the air in the decades that followed. With skywriting experiencing a comeback in the age of social media, A.S.Ganesh looks back at one of the first instances when it was used for advertising...

Evolution of immune mechanisms can shape genetic risk of mental illness

How changes to our genome caused by natural selection increase the risk of mental illnesses is a deep biological issue

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