Tech giant IBM has introduced its most advanced quantum chip yet — the “Quantum Nighthawk” — signalling its intent to achieve quantum advantage, the point at which a quantum computer outperforms all classical systems, as early as next year. The announcement came during IBM’s annual Quantum Developer Conference in New York. The Nighthawk processor features…
Nvidia’s CEO, Jensen Huang, has openly acknowledged China’s growing strength in the global artificial intelligence (AI) race, stating that China and the United States are now “very close” in terms of AI capabilities. He emphasized that this is not a short sprint, but rather a “long-term, infinite race” in which technological leadership can shift quickly…
In a landmark achievement for India’s space endeavors, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla of the Indian Air Force is set to pilot the Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on May 29, 2025. This mission marks a significant milestone as it will be the first time an Indian astronaut commands an international commercial spaceflight,…
MEGHA (Meghalaya E-Governance Human-centred Assistance), a voice-first AI platform designed to help marginalized citizens access government schemes through basic mobile phones, has won the first prize at the Kennedy AI for Good Hackathon, organized by Harvard Kennedy School. The platform emphasizes the potential of responsible and human-centered AI to promote digital inclusion and governance, particularly…
NASA and ISRO are gearing up to launch the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite in early 2025. This cutting-edge satellite will provide unparalleled insights into Earth’s surface, tracking even minute changes across land, glaciers, ice sheets, and vegetation. A joint venture between the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and NASA, NISAR is designed to…
Hong Kong has made its first discovery of dinosaur fossils, found on a secluded, uninhabited island in the city’s UNESCO Global Geopark. Initial analysis by experts suggests the fossils belong to a large dinosaur from the Cretaceous period, approximately 145 million to 66 million years ago, according to an official government statement. Further studies will…
An international team of scientists, led by Ahmedabad’s Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), has discovered an exoplanet, TOI-6651b, which is five times larger and 60 times heavier than Earth. Situated 690 light-years from the Sun, this sub-Saturn class planet is only the fourth known exoplanet in the Neptunian desert—a region near stars where Neptune-sized planets are…
The European Union initiated an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs) last year, and recently, in October, voted to implement tariffs on these imports. In response, China has urged France to play a constructive role in influencing the European Commission towards a mutually beneficial resolution, according to a statement from China’s commerce ministry on…
A recent report from Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reveals that more than a third of the world’s tree species are threatened with extinction in the wild—surpassing the combined threat levels for birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. Released during the UN biodiversity summit, COP 16, in…
Without substantial cuts in fossil fuel use, the world is on track for a 1.8-degree Celsius (3.2 Fahrenheit) increase in temperature, a new United Nations report warns. Even if countries meet all promised climate actions, warming is expected to stay above the Paris Agreement’s target, reaching 2.6 degrees Celsius (4.7 Fahrenheit) by 2100, according to…
