Alibaba has launched a new version of its AI model, Qwen2.5 Max, claiming it performed better than DeepSeek’s AI, OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Meta’s Llama. The Chinese tech company’s cloud division claimed in a statement that “Qwen 2.5-Max outperforms … almost across the board GPT-4o, DeepSeek-V3 and Llama-3.1-405B,” referring to the advanced open-source AI models from … Read more
SpaceX successfully launched 23 Starlink satellites into orbit on January 24, 2025, marking its 11th Falcon 9 mission of the year. The rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 9:07 a.m. EST, carrying its payload to low Earth orbit. The first stage of the Falcon 9 booster landed in the Pacific Ocean on … Read more
A Malaysian man is offering people a chance to impress their girlfriends and wives with one-of-a-kind “villain for hire” service, according to a report in South China Morning Post (SCMP). The man, identified as Shazali Sulaiman, 28, took to social media to promote his service, earlier this month, claiming he could help the clients demonstrate … Read more
Noah Lyles in action© AFP America’s Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles launched his 2025 season with a 60m victory in 6.62sec at an indoor university meeting in Gainesville, Florida, on Saturday. Lyles, who hadn’t raced since winning gold in a scintillating 100m final and 200m bronze in Paris last year, cruised to victory … Read more
Reliance Jio has introduced new voice-only plans for prepaid subscribers in India. These will offer only voice and SMS services and will not include any data allowance. This move follows a mandate by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for all telecom operators in the country to offer standalone special tariff vouchers (STVs) for voice calls … Read more
China’s space missions: China launched its Shenzhou 19 space mission on Wednesday. In this mission, three Chinese astronauts set off to the Tiangong Space Station for a six-month mission. What’s special is that China’s first female aerospace engineer performed this mission. The Tiangong team will conduct experiments under the space program, which aims to send … Read more
Apple Mac Mini 2024 has been launched in India. This powerful Apple PC comes with the latest M4 and M4 Pro chipsets. It’s Apple’s most compact desktop device ever. The company claims this is the first carbon-neutral Mac. Compared to last year’s Mac Mini 2023, this latest PC has a CPU that’s 1.8 times faster … Read more
Even before Diwali and Chhath Puja, today, October 30, Indian Railways has launched the Vande Bharat train between Delhi and Patna. The first Vande Bharat train departed from Delhi for Patna at 8:25 am today. The people of Bihar will benefit a lot from the launch of this train as now the journey from Delhi … Read more
The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip continues. Thirty-three Palestinians were killed in recent IDF attacks. Among them, 18 people died in the Jabaliya refugee camp. Meanwhile, a large number of people are said to have been injured. This follows an Israeli attack on Sunday that killed six people. Israeli forces targeted … Read more