Science & Technology

WhatsApp Tests Audio Stickers, Redesigned Message Composer on Android —————————————- WhatsApp is testing new features for its Android app, including audio-enabled stickers and a redesigned message composer, according to recent reports by Android Authority and WABetaInfo. The audio-sticker feature could…

AI Giant Anthropic to Allocate 5% of Shares to Public Benefit Fund ————————————— Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has announced plans to allocate 5% of its shares to a fund supporting the public good, with the stake valued at approximately $48…

AI-Powered Tool Helps Stranded Protesters Return Home Safely in New Delhi ——————————————– An AI-assisted initiative in New Delhi is helping protesters detained by police and left far from the city return home safely, Al Jazeera reported. Developed by 25-year-old Rajiv…

Germany Hosts International Conference on Interfaith Cooperation for Environmental Protection ——————————– Academic institutions from Germany, Austria, Spain, Albania and Malaysia presented the results of an international project promoting interfaith cooperation in environmental protection, climate education and sustainable development at a…

AI in Healthcare: Prevention Opportunities, Need for Regulatory Oversight —————————————- Artificial intelligence could help shift healthcare systems from treatment-focused approaches toward prevention by analyzing medical data and identifying people at risk of developing diseases at an early stage. However, realizing…

Astronomers Detect Record-Breaking Radio Burst from Early Universe ———————————– Astronomers have detected what researchers believe is the most distant fast radio burst (FRB) ever recorded, a powerful pulse of radio waves that travelled for more than 10 billion years before…

AI Speech Clock May Reveal Signs of Biological Aging ————————————– Researchers have developed a machine-learning “speech clock” that estimates a person’s age from subtle acoustic and linguistic patterns in their speech. A study of nearly 3,000 people from Latin America…

Study Identifies Hidden Force Deep Inside Earth That May Affect Day Length —————————————— Two physicists at Canada’s University of Alberta have identified a hidden force deep inside Earth that may slightly alter the planet’s rotation, changing the length of a…

Google Unveils Gemini 4 Argon AI Model with Focus on Complex Tasks, Cybersecurity ————————————— Google has announced Gemini 4 Argon, a new frontier artificial intelligence model designed to handle complex, multi-step and long-duration tasks across software engineering, enterprise knowledge work…

Microsoft Unveils New AI Speech Models ——————————— Microsoft has launched three new AI models for voice applications: MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming, MAI-Voice-2.1, and MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash. The transcription model supports 60 languages with real-time, incremental speech-to-text and automatic language detection. According to Artificial Analysis, MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming…