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    Assassins Creed Shadows review: A return to form, as all doubts are cast away with Shadows

    In terms of gameplay, it takes less than five minutes for you to come to terms with classic Ubisoft game construction, as everything from movement to the environment is inimitably Assassins Creed fare. Few game studios have needed a game to succeed as much as Ubisoft has needed Assassins Creed Shadows. A game that has attracted controversy, unwanted attention, and the cumulative ire of right-wing gamers for attempting to tell the story of Yasuke – the Black Samurai, Shadows was expected to deliver Ubisoft from a string of solid games that failed to make a mark at the box office. Despite much being expected from Shadows, in 2024 (when it was set to launch), it was felt that the latest entry in the iconic Assassins Creed franchise would be review bombed into failing even before its launch. However, come 2025, the game’s launch has been quite successful with over a…
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    Veeranari Chakali Ilamma Women’s University launches solar power system; details inside

    Students were sensitised about solar energy, its operations, and its broader impact on creating a sustainable future Hyderabad: Veeranari Chakali Ilamma Women’s University launched a 25 KW solar power system installation on its campus here on Saturday. The initiative is expected to significantly reduce electricity bills while promoting environmental sustainability. Students were sensitised about solar energy, its operations, and its broader impact on creating a sustainable future, said United Way, an implementing agency. Meanwhile, certificates were distributed to 55 women students of the university who completed an intensive three-month course in data science. The curriculum included modules on python programming, data analytics, and machine learning, equipping participants with in-demand technical skills for the modern workforce.
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    iQOO Z10 launching in India with 7,300mAh battery on April 11

    The iQOO Z10 is set to make history as the first Indian smartphone to feature a massive 7,300mAh battery, the largest ever seen in a smartphone. This marks a significant upgrade from its predecessor, which housed a 5,000mAh battery. Hyderabad: iQOO is preparing to announce its latest smart device, the iQOO Z10, in India on April 11. The device is said to replace the last year’s iQOO Z9 5G and is likely to have several major upgrades, including the largest smartphone battery in India. The first-ever Indian smartphone to have an iQOO Z10 equipped with the center of attention 7,300mAh battery which is the biggest in a powerbank. This comes from its older sibling who only had 5000mAh. Gamers, streamers, and casual phone users will surely celebrate this upgrade. Additionally, the phone is expected to support fast charging with 90W output power. Design teasers released by iQOO showcase a sleek-looking device…
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    IIT Guwahati-incubated start up develops robots for AI-driven surveillance at international borders

    According to Arnab Kumar Barman, CEO, DSRL, unlike conventional security measures that rely on drones, stationary cameras, and manual patrolling, this autonomous robotic system overcomes the limitations of terrain, weather and endurance. New Delhi: Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati have developed advanced robots to man international borders which will offer AI-powered surveillance and uninterrupted, real-time monitoring across challenging terrains, according to officials. The robots developed by Da Spatio Rhobotique Laboratory Pvt. Ltd (DSRL), a start up incubated at IIT Guwahati, have also received acknowledgement from the Defence Research and Development Organisation for their potential for integration into India’s defence infrastructure. The Indian Army is already conducting field trials for the surveillance system. According to Arnab Kumar Barman, CEO, DSRL, unlike conventional security measures that rely on drones, stationary cameras, and manual patrolling, this autonomous robotic system overcomes the limitations of terrain, weather and endurance. “Equipped with seamless pole traversal capabilities,…
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    Department of Telecommunications launches ‘5G Innovation Hackathon 2025’

    ‘5G Innovation Hackathon 2025’, a six-month initiative aimed at accelerating the development of innovative 5G-powered solutions to address societal and industrial challenges New Delhi: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Monday announced the ‘5G Innovation Hackathon 2025’, a six-month initiative aimed at accelerating the development of innovative 5G-powered solutions to address societal and industrial challenges. Open to students, startups and professionals, the programme provides mentorship, funding, and access to over 100 5G Use Case Labs, enabling participants to transform visionary ideas into scalable technologies, according to the Ministry of Communications. Winners will receive significant rewards, including Rs 5,00,000 for the first place, Rs 3,00,000 for the runner-up, and Rs 1,50,000 for the 2nd runner-up. Also, special mentions will be given for Best Idea and Most Innovative Prototype, each receiving Rs 50,000. Ten labs will also be given Certificates of Appreciation for Best 5G Use case and one Certificate for Best idea…
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     What was biggest dinosaur that ever lived? 

    Spinosaurus is currently thought to have been the largest carnivorous (meat-eating) dinosaur, weighing in at 7.4 tonnes and 14 meters long Sydney: Kids of all ages and adults as well are fascinated by dinosaurs that break records for the biggest, the longest, the scariest or the fastest. It’s why, to this day, one of most famous dinosaurs is still Tyranosaurus rex, the tyrant king. These record-breaking dinosaurs are part of the reason why the Jurassic Park movie franchise has been so successful. Just think of the scene where Dr Alan Grant (played by New Zealand actor Sam Neill) is stunned by the giant sauropod dinosaur rearing up to reach the highest leaves in the tree with its long neck. But how do scientists work out how big and heavy a dinosaur was? And what were the biggest dinosaurs that ever lived? Calculating dinosaur size In an ideal world, calculating how big…
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    What lies ahead for Microsoft’s Xbox?

    Rumors persist of a successor to the Xbox Series X/S and an upcoming handheld Understanding Microsoft’s future strategy for the Xbox is as challenging as solving string theory– just when you think you have figured it out, something new emerges to disrupt everything and undo all progress. Over the last couple of years, all signs from Microsoft have indicated its commitment to the cloud and its “Xbox Play Anywhere” slogan as some of its older exclusives have begun to appear even on competing consoles like the PlayStation. With Sea of Thieves launching at the end of April 2024, and Forza Horizon 5 set to launch on April 25, 2025, nearly a year later; it would be sensible for an industry watcher to claim that Microsoft has been refocusing on offering its best games to the widest playerbase possible. However, when you start feeling certain about that observation, Microsoft’s newer actions…
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    ISRO successfully conducts flight acceptance hot test for LVM-M6 cryogenic engine

    ISRO announced that on March 14, 2025, it successfully carried out the flight acceptance hot test of the cryogenic engine designated for the sixth operational mission of the LVM3 launch vehicle (LVM-M6) at the ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC) in Mahendragiri. New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully conducted the flight acceptance hot testing of the cryogenic engine for the LVM-M6 mission, the space agency said. The hot testing is part of acceptance for the flight of Cryogenic engines for every mission. “On March 14, 2025, ISRO successfully conducted the flight acceptance hot testing of the cryogenic engine identified for the sixth operational mission of LVM3 launch vehicle (LVM-M6) at ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri,” the space agency said. Notably, hot tests for the indigenous cryogenic engine (CE20) used in the Cryogenic Upper Stage of LVM3 were so far performed at the High-Altitude Test (HAT) facility at IPRC. At…
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    NASA-SpaceX postpone Falcon 9 mission to return stranded astronauts Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore due to technical fault

    The launch, originally planned for today from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, was scrubbed less than an hour before liftoff due to a hydraulic system issue with a ground support clamp arm on the rocket New Delhi: SpaceX has postponed the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket, which was scheduled to carry a crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) and return the “stranded” NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore. The launch, originally planned for today from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, was scrubbed less than an hour before liftoff due to a hydraulic system issue with a ground support clamp arm on the rocket. NASA and SpaceX confirmed the delay of the Crew-10 mission, which was intended to replace Williams and Wilmore aboard the ISS. The postponement was caused by a technical problem with one of the support arms holding the Falcon 9 rocket at Launch Complex 39A. SpaceX posted on social media,…
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    A new discovery sheds light on our long-extinct cousins

    Since the discovery, researchers spent more than two years meticulously studying the remains of a million-year-old face. They tried to find out which species of ancient human they belonged to, and understand their lives and environment Hyderabad: Fragments of face bones from a species of extinct human previously unknown, dating from between 1.2 million and 1.4 million years ago, were discovered in the caves in the Atapuerca Mountains in Spain during archaeological excavations, which were going on for the last 50 years. The human traces stretched from the Bronze Age to hundreds of thousands of years into the past – before modern humans like us (Homo sapiens) even existed. These are earliest human remains ever found in Western Europe. Sima del Elefante Back in 2022, during an annual field season, the team unearthed a series of bone fragments from a cave called Sima del Elefante (Pit of the Elephant). The fragments…

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      23 January
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      Apple suspends error-prone AI-generated news alerts in beta iPhone software

      Apple is suspending an error-prone feature that used artificial intelligence to deliver bogus news alerts to some iPhone owners. The beta version is only available to a relatively small group of iPhone users and developers, but the same features are usually released in an update available to all users several weeks after the testing begins CUPERTINO: Apple is suspending an error-prone feature that used artificial intelligence to deliver bogus news alerts to some iPhone owners. The decision was disclosed as part of a test version for the next software release, iOS 18.3. The beta version is only available to a relatively small group of iPhone users and developers, but the same features are usually released in an update available to all…

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    • 23 January
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      Truecaller announces biggest update for iPhone users

      On iOS 18.2 and newer versions, Truecaller will deliver real-time caller ID and spam blocking on iPhone Hyderabad: Truecaller has announced the biggest update which offers the entire Truecaller’s spam and scam blocking abilities to iPhone users everywhere. It now has the ability to identify all types of calls making it on a par with its Android counterpart. This has been made possible by Apple’s live caller ID lookup framework, developed especially for apps like Truecaller to provide live caller ID in a privacy-preserving way. This API uses homomorphic encryption and Truecaller is the first in the world to deploy this at scale for Caller ID, a press release said on Wednesday. In addition, the latest update includes automatic blocking of spam calls, which iOS users have been requesting for a long time. Other improvements include the ability to search for previously identified calls, going…

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    • 22 January
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      American Model Chrissy Teigen advocates for social media shut off from 6 pm to 6 am

      In her lengthy social media post, the model reiterated that “life was great”. “Life was awesome before this. I know it’s hard to see it now, but it’s doable. It’s very doable. This doesn’t have to be our lives,” she wrote Los Angeles: Model Chrissy Teigen, who is married to singer John Legend, has urged for social media services to be suspended between the hours of 6 pm and 6 am to give everyone a break because “life was awesome” before platforms like Facebook and Instagram. In a post on her Instagram Stories, she said: “I personally think that one day there will be the most incredible rule, my first rule would be — I think the government or some kind of ethics committee, somebody, should shut off social media between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. Leave it…

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    • 22 January
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      Pet lion attacks man trying to make short video for social media

      A man trying to shoot a video for TikTok was attacked by a pet lion in Lahore Lahore: A Pakistani man was critically injured when a lion attacked him while he was trying to film a TikTok video with the big cat at a breeding farm in the country’s Punjab province, police said on Tuesday. According to police, Muhammad Azeem who is in his late 20s, entered the lion’s cage without the farm owner’s permission to film a TikTok video with the animal in Sabzazar, a densely populated area of Lahore. “As Azeem got closer to the lion with his cellphone, the big cat attacked him, leaving him with injuries to his head, face, and arms,” the police said. Azeem’s cries…

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    • 22 January
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      Have you noticed? Microsoft has redesigned its Microsoft 365 logo

      Microsoft has effected a change in the logo of its most popular software, the Microsoft 365. The redesign is not going well with users. Incidentally, Microsoft Office was rebranded as Microsoft 365 just three years ago Have you noticed? The most popular Microsoft has yet again opted for the rebranding of its iconic product Microsoft 365 logo from the blue hexagon to the Copilot logo with a small ‘M365’ written at the bottom of the new logo. Interestingly, just about three years ago, Microsoft Office was rebranded as Microsoft 365 and now the software giant has gone for the rebranding again. The frequent rebranding has led to criticism that the users were getting confused, but perhaps, Microsoft wants the users…

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    • 22 January
      205

      HCLTech launches new delivery centre with 5000 people capacity at Hitec City in Hyderabad

      Located in the Hi-Tech City, the 320,000 sq ft facility will house 5,000 people and come with Gold Certification from the Indian Green Building Council, underscoring HCLTech’s commitment to sustainable business practices, according to a release by the IT services company New Delhi; HCL Technologies on Tuesday said it has expanded its global delivery footprint in Hyderabad with the launch of a new centre that will have a capacity for 5,000 people. The new centre will provide cloud, AI (Artificial intelligence) and digital transformation solutions to global clients across industries such as hi-tech, life sciences and financial services. Located in the Hi-Tech City, the 320,000 sq ft facility will house 5,000 people and come with Gold Certification from the Indian Green…

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    • 22 January
      264

      Instagram extends reels to 3 minutes and introduces new features

      “Reels have traditionally been limited to 90 seconds, but we’ve received feedback that this restriction is too limiting for creators who wish to share longer content,” wrote Instagram head Adam Mosseri in a post. Hyderabad: In an effort to amplify user engagement and entice creators, Instagram has grown the length of Reels from the limit of 90 seconds to three minutes. The announcement was made on Saturday by Instagram head Adam Mosseri about the new update that is intended to give the creators extra long content to incriminate themselves in competition with TikTok in its extended video format rolled out in 2023. “We’ve historically limited Reels to 90 seconds, but we’ve heard the feedback that this is too restrictive for those…

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    • 21 January
      206

      Video game firm Ubisoft cuts over 100 jobs amid restructuring

      The job cuts mainly impacted workers in the visual effects studio and global IT team, reports The Verge. San Francisco: French video game company Ubisoft, which published popular franchises like Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry, has laid off about 124 employees as part of a corporate restructuring and reorganisation effort. The job cuts mainly impacted workers in the visual effects studio and global IT team, reports The Verge. According to Ubisoft spokesperson Antoine Leduc-Labelle, 98 people laid-off are based in Canada, making up less than 2 per cent of the company’s workforce in the country. “Over the past few months, every team within Ubisoft has been exploring ways to streamline our operations and enhance our collective efficiency so that we are…

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    • 21 January
      188

      Forensic genetic detectives of Hyderabad crack Tamil Nadu monitor lizard case

      The CCMB researchers said that forensic genetic evidence is a powerful tool to secure convictions in wildlife crimes. Hyderabad: The forensic genetic detectives of Hyderabad have uncovered a wildlife crime involving the mystery of occult and how the gullible can be taken for a ride by poachers. The DNA investigators in Hyderabad received small pieces of plant material for analysis. It turned out that the plant materials were, in reality, the gonads of male Bengal monitor lizard, which was killed by the poachers in Tamil Nadu. Published as a case study in Springer Nature (September, 2024), the group of researchers from Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), through their DNA analysis, helped investigators from Tamil Nadu to unravel the…

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    • 21 January
      191

      US says ‘Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na’ to TikTok; India sticks to its bold decision to ban platform

      While US has made a complete U-turn from its decision within hours, India still continues to block TikTok in the country — 4 years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government banned more than 50 other Chinese companies-owned apps due to “security” concerns On Sunday, January 19, 2025, US citizens were in for a rude shock when a message popped up saying, “TikTok isn’t available right now”. The short video- and reel-sharing platform TikTok was taken down in the US after the lawmakers upheld the government’s decision to block the platform in America, citing security and sovereignty concerns as the reason behind the ban. However, the ban has been revoked after the US President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to “work with…

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