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DoT Makes Sanchar Saathi App Mandatory on All New Phones to Curb Fake Devices and Cyber Fraud (Update: Mandate Removed)

Update 03/12/2025: In a press release, the government of India stated that it “has decided not to make the pre-installation mandatory for mobile manufacturers,” citing the increasing acceptance of the App as the reason behind the move. “So far 1.4 crore users have downloaded this app and are contributing to information on 2000 fraud incidents per day. The number of users has been increasing…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Amazon challenges competitors with on-premises Nvidia ‘AI Factories’

Amazon announced a new product Tuesday called “AI Factories” that allows big corporations and governments to run its AI systems in their own data centers. Or as AWS puts it: Customers supply the power and the data center, and AWS plunks in the AI system, manages it, and can tie it into other AWS cloud services. The idea is to cater to companies and governments concerned with data sovereignty…
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Oscar-nominated filmmaker is reinventing nature and landscape photography and this beautiful free ebook highlights how

When Pen Densham’s teenage daughter picked up one of his old cameras and started playing around, she inadvertently sparked a creative transformation in her father. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker – whose credits include Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Backdraft and TV shows like The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone – watched her ignore every conventional rule of photography. Then suddenly, he…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Amid affordability crisis, White House plans to raise your fuel costs by $23B

The White House will formally announce its planned hike in US fuel costs by $23 billion tomorrow, according to Reuters. Since the beginning of this year, the occupants of the White House have been on a mission to raise costs for Americans. This mission has encompassed many different moves, most notably through unwise tariffs. But another effort has focused on changing policy in a way that will…
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