Manish Poswal, Author at DD India

February 28, 2025 10:08 AM

Canada watchdog probing X’s use of personal data in AI models’ training

Canada's privacy watchdog has opened an investigation into X, the social media platform owned by billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk, on whether its use of Canadians' personal data to train artificial intelligence (AI) models broke privacy rules. The O...

February 27, 2025 4:40 PM

Amazon unveils quantum chip, aiming to shave years off development time

Amazon Web Services on Thursday showed a quantum computing chip with new technology that it hopes will shave as much as five years off its effort to build a commercially useful quantum computer. The chip, named Ocelot, is a prototype that has only a...

February 27, 2025 3:37 PM

Nigeria’s museum agrees with royal ruler on custody of Benin Bronzes

Nigeria's national museum commission will be responsible for retrieving and keeping priceless Benin Bronzes, taking on the task with the assent of the royal ruler appointed sole owner and custodian of the objects nearly two years ago, its head said. ...

February 27, 2025 7:47 PM

Russian and US teams meet in Istanbul for talks on mending relations

Russian and U.S. diplomats met in Turkey on Thursday for talks to resolve disputes over their respective embassies in Washington and Moscow, a first test of their ability to reset wider relations and work towards ending the war in Ukraine. The Kreml...

February 27, 2025 3:27 PM

Actor Gene Hackman and wife found dead at home

Gene Hackman, the intense character actor who won two Oscars in a more than 60-year career, has died alongside his wife, pianist Betsy Arakawa, and their dog at home, the sheriff's office in Santa Fe, New Mexico, said on Thursday. The county sheriff...

February 27, 2025 1:59 PM

Zelenskiy invited to special EU summit on support for Ukraine

EU Council President Antonio Costa on Thursday said he had invited Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to the special summit of EU leaders on March 6, to discuss future support to Ukraine. "The EU and its member states are ready to take more res...

February 27, 2025 1:42 PM

South Africa’s G20 presidency to prioritise climate finance

South Africa's G20 presidency this year will prioritise efforts to help developing countries finance their shift to a low-carbon economy, President Cyril Ramaphosa said, even as the United States radically scales back its support. President Donald T...

February 27, 2025 12:54 PM

Padmashree Moirangthem Muktamani Devi’s shoe business, inspiring people to focus on their strength and not weakness

Moirangthem Muktamani Devi from Kakching, Manipur, was raised by her widowed mother. She married when she was only seventeen and had four children. Thereafter, the family faced financial hardships. She started working in paddy fields by day and sold ...

February 27, 2025 12:17 PM

India clocks 9.9 pc global share of VC deals for startups in January

In a remarkable feat, the venture capital (VC) funding landscape for startups in India surged by 69.7 per cent (year-on-year) to $883.2 million (by value) in January, according to a new report. The deal volume for startups also rose by 40.9 per cent...

February 27, 2025 11:33 AM

New Zealand’s foreign minister raises concerns over China’s Tasman Sea drills on Beijing visit

New Zealand's foreign minister said he had raised concerns over China's recent live-fire drills in the Tasman Sea during meetings with Chinese leaders on Wednesday. The issue was a lack of notice given to New Zealand over the military exercises off ...