Articles for category: Technology

September 30, 2025

Priya Nair

Diabetic Retinopathy Often Goes Undetected Until Vision Loss Occurs

Diabetic retinopathy is fast becoming the primary cause of vision impairment in India, with the disease often remaining undetected until vision deterioration has occurred, health specialists said on Saturday, ahead of World Retina Day. World Retina Day is observed each year on the last Sunday of September to increase awareness about retinal health. With India being the diabetes capital of the world, diabetic retinopathy is surfacing as a major public health concern in the nation. Therefore, early identification is vital, the specialists noted. “Diabetes is already an epidemic in India, and diabetic retinopathy is quickly emerging as a public health

September 30, 2025

Priya Nair

PM Modi Launches Rs 50,000 Crore Development Projects in Odisha

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday laid the foundation stone and inaugurated development projects valued at more than Rs 50,000 crore spanning telecommunications, railways, higher education, healthcare, skill development and rural housing sectors. The prime minister put down the foundation stone for Rs 11,000 crore infrastructure expansion projects at eight IITs — Tirupati, Palakkad, Bhilai, Jammu, Dharwad, Jodhpur, Patna and Indore — to add 12,000 seats over the next four years. Modi also laid the foundation for the construction of a rail flyover between Sambalpur City and Sarala with an outlay of Rs 273 crore, and for establishing a semiconductor

September 30, 2025

Ananya Singh

How Filipino Seniors Navigate the Digital World

For about two years now, 67-year-old Paz Deocariza has been using a mobile phone. She often uses Facebook Messenger to talk with her eldest daughter, who is currently working in Saudi Arabia, and with her grandchildren who are studying in Albay. She also uses her phone to amuse herself on social media platforms like YouTube and Facebook. As one of roughly 1.5 million elderly Filipinos listed in the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) database, Paz could be viewed as a digital success for her generation. She is among the fortunate seniors whose quality of life has been enhanced

September 29, 2025

Priya Nair

Talent Agencies Pursue AI Actress Tilly Norwood

Actor, comedian and technologist Eline Van der Velden has disclosed that her newly launched AI talent studio Xicoia is in discussions with several talent agents interested in signing its first creation, AI actress Tilly Norward. Van der Velden discussed the development on a panel at the Zurich Summit on Saturday, where she presented her AI production company Particle6 and then took part in a conversation about AI advancements in the entertainment sector alongside Verena Puhm, head of Luma AI’s new Studio Dream Lab LA. Both Van der Velden and Puhm implied that studios and other media and entertainment firms have

September 29, 2025

Rohit Sharma

Top Analyst Picks for Technology Stock Investments

The technology sector is undergoing constant change, propelled by progress in fields like artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, semiconductors, cybersecurity, and more. Investors should allocate a portion of their capital to this high-growth area to maximize portfolio returns. Importantly, given the macroeconomic uncertainty tied to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the persistent trade tensions with China, it’s sensible to follow top analysts’ guidance on technology firms before making a move. According to Top Wall Street Analysts, the three stocks listed below are Strong Buys. Each stock was recently assigned a new Buy rating and offers meaningful upside as well.

September 29, 2025

Rohit Sharma

Amazon Call Options Present Strategic Trading Opportunity

While diversification is frequently hailed as a go-to tactic, it can also act as a drag in certain situations. Consider Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) as a clear illustration. As a tech powerhouse, Amazon is undeniably involved in the drive to digitize virtually everything. Yet AMZN shares are only up roughly half a percent so far this year. You can point to a challenging retail backdrop. Even so, the security might present an intriguing opportunity for speculative, aggressive traders. On the surface, the fundamentals don’t look supportive for AMZN shares. Earlier this week, Oxford Economics lead analyst John Canavan noted that

September 29, 2025

Rohit Sharma

New Farming Tech Fights Desertification with Wheat Breakthrough

An innovative trial to cultivate wheat for the first time on arid land, using desert ‘soilification’ technique powered by a locally developed bioformulation, could halt the spread of western Rajasthan’s Thar desert toward the National Capital Region. Desertification has accelerated with the progressive degradation of the Aravali ranges. Amid shifts in rainfall patterns, the advance of sand dunes, unscientific plantation drives and land degradation, researchers at the Central University of Rajasthan (CUoR) have undertaken an experiment in wheat cultivation, battling challenges and adapting to the severe desert ecology. The team essentially transformed desert sand into soil using polymers to harness

September 29, 2025

Priya Nair

Key Insights From Variety’s Entertainment Technology Summit

The summit brought together leading executives, marketing chiefs, technologists, entrepreneurs and creators across film, television and gaming on Thursday for a full day of keynote addresses, panel conversations and networking opportunities. Industry figures from Warner Bros. Discovery, Meta, Paramount+, Vizio, Netflix, Fox Entertainment and others offered their perspectives on prevailing trends, tools and tactics that are transforming the entertainment business. Keynote talks featured Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer, who publicly addressed their four-year pact with Paramount for the first time as well as the future of “Stranger Things” as it heads into its final season this fall on Netflix. Later,

September 28, 2025

Ananya Singh

Ballarat’s First 3D-Printed House Nears Completion

Just outside Ballarat in a town called Winter Valley, a new 3D-printed house is nearing completion. Swinburne University engineers have partnered with Oasis Building Group to deliver the two-bedroom, two-bathroom project, about 121 kilometres north-west of Melbourne’s CBD. Director of Oasis Building Group and Ballarat resident Ash Quiddington said he was “pleased to be able to do this” project in his local area. “With construction timeframes accelerated by 50 per cent, it means that we can meet the demand for housing using the existing trade workforce and simply upskilling them in this new technology,” Mr Quiddington said. Beyond shorter construction

September 28, 2025

Ananya Singh

How Karddun AI Technology Enhances E-commerce Performance

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