First govt-owned submarine cable lands in Maldives

Ocean Connectivity Maldives (OCM) signed a $22.5 million (MVR 346.95 million) agreement with Reliance Jio in February 2022 to lay the submarine cable.

12 August 2023

Chinese 'flying car' makes first public flight in Dubai

The X2 is a two-seater electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft that is lifted by eight propellers.

12 October 2022

Amendments proposed to probe, prosecute cybercrimes

The government has introduced bills related to cybercrime to curb the increasing number of crimes committed in cyberspace in the country.

23 February 2023

Qualcomm, Nvidia spar for top spot in AI chip efficiency tests

Artificial intelligence chips from Qualcomm Inc beat Nvidia Corp in two out of three measures of power efficiency.

9 April 2023

U.S., India partnership targets arms and AI to compete with China

Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, and his Indian counterpart, Ajit Doval, are meeting with senior officials from both countries.

1 February 2023

ChatGPT launches boom in AI-written e-books on Amazon

Schickler is on the leading edge of a movement testing the promise and limitations of ChatGPT, which debuted in November.

22 February 2023

India lets banks use face recognition, iris scan

The Aadhaar card has a unique number tied to an individual's fingerprints, face and eye scan.

14 January 2023

Elon Musk says to attempt Starship launch in March

SpaceX, since last year, has been looking to launch its giant Starship into orbit for the first time.

6 February 2023