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Billionaire Peter Thiel’s capital firm backs AI cow collar startup at $2 billion valuation

The technology, designed by start-up Halter, creates a virtual fence for cattle and enables farmers to monitor the animals’ location & health through an app.

AI Is hastening the résumé’s demise. Good riddance

The résumé’s usefulness was short-lived at best and should have been replaced with a better way to evaluate job seekers long ago.

AI Tinder fakes need a fix, blockchain IDs can help

AI systems have evolved so quickly they are now fooling humans even in the emotion-laden world of online dating.

Disinfo is rewriting Iran conflict in real time. In ‘first truly AI-native war’, India an active target

In the days since US-Israel attacked Iran on 28 February, bad actors have overwhelmed social media feeds with images and videos of missile attacks, destruction, combat and death.

India’s semiconductor market to grow to $120 billion by 2030, says Deloitte study

By 2035, mobile phones, automotive, computing, and data centres are expected to account for over 70% of India’s total semiconductor demand, states the report by Deloitte.

Why bigger isn’t always better in AI

The more important question is whether most businesses actually need these God-like AI systems, and whether they are even the right tools for the tasks that matter most.

Cyber fraud on the rise but nodal agency CERT-In grappling with acute staff crunch—House panel report

192 scientific & technical posts & 22 non-technical posts were sanctioned at various levels, but recruitment has not yet been done. Ministry assures it will finish the process but provides no timeline.

AI-powered sextortion seeing a surge worldwide due to its ‘effectiveness’, says Interpol report

In India, sextortion accounted for nearly 4% of total money lost last year even as investment scams, which accounted for 75% of money lost to cybercrime, continued to be dominant form.

EU under pressure to make digital economy safer. AI can address this issue

To combat financial crime, policy-makers need to find ways to build trust in digital systems that don't involve simply expanding surveillance.

ChatGPT or Claude? People are busy doing their identical prompt experiments 

Each such update tends to trigger a wave of reactions online. Engineers, banking professionals and tech workers frequently respond to the announcements with jokes—often only half-serious—about what it means for their careers.

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A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation in play: Air Headquarters to control strategic assets  

Exclusive: Theaterisation proposal has been stuck over how limited air assets would be divided. Consensus reached on division of air assets among 3 theatres, it is learnt.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.