China’s satellite tracking vessel Yuan Wang 5 on August 16 arrived at Sri Lanka’s southern Hambantota Port, despite India and the U.S. voicing concern with Colombo over the military ship’s visit. Hours after the vessel reached the Sri Lankan port, China said the “marine scientific research” activities of the vessel were “consistent with international law” and did not impact “any other country’s security interests”.
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Physics Duo Finds Magic in Two Dimensions
In exploring a family of two-dimensional crystals, a husband-and-wife team is uncovering a potent variety of new electron behaviors.
India’s Exponent Energy may have found the secret to 15 min rapid EV charging
Bangalore-based Exponent Energy might have come up with a way to deliver 15-minute rapid charging for electric vehicles.
A look at their innovative strategy to get ~70% market share in a span of 63 years.
This startup is setting a DALL-E 2-like AI free, consequences be damned
London- and Los Altos-based startup Stability AI this week announced the release of a DALL-E 2-like system, Stable Diffusion, to just over a thousand researchers ahead of a public launch in the coming weeks.
Google is teaching robots to think for themselves
Giving a robotic assistant a broad-based understanding of how to be helpful at home or work isn’t easy. But Google researchers are making progress.
India’s biggest ever bank fraud?
Spoiler alert: It involves the underworld and helicopters and also the likes of Yes Bank and Union Bank of India.
How to deconstruct the gender binary in design and make space for gender fluidity.
Adam Neumann Gets a New Backer
WeWork’s founder is back with a billion-dollar venture.
Chinese brands that pioneered India’s smartphone market are now being hounded by authorities
As many as 119 bank accounts of Vivo India have been frozen, while Oppo India has been accused of avoiding taxes worth $551 million.
The Door Opened by “Gangnam Style”
The global hit primed Western audiences for films and shows about South Korea as a dystopia.
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Ratan Tata, 84, Backs Startup That Staves Off Senior Loneliness
Elon Musk says he is buying Manchester United, later clarifies it was a ‘joke
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