Yesterday's Top Technology News

1. OpenAI enters Google-dominated search market with SearchGPT

July 25 (Reuters) - OpenAI is venturing into a territory long dominated by Google with the selective launch of SearchGPT, an artificial intelligence-powered search engine with real-time access to information from the internet.

2. ATLAS probes uncharted territory with LHC Run 3 data

At the biannual ICHEP conference that took place in Prague earlier this week, the ATLAS collaboration presented its first results from searches for new physics at record collision energies, targeting magnetic monopoles produced in heavy-ion collisions and ...

3. Google's DeepMind says its AI can tackle Math Olympiad problems

CALIFORNIA – Google DeepMind, Alphabet's artificial intelligence (AI) research division, said it has made strides in solving complex maths problems, an area that remains challenging for today's AI programs. On July 25, Google rolled out AlphaProof, ...

4. Google DeepMind's Game-Playing AI Tackles a Chatbot Blind Spot

Researchers at the company have now published research that combines the abilities of a large language model (the AI behind today's chatbots) with those of AlphaZero, a successor to AlphaGo also capable of playing chess, to solve very tricky mathematical ...

5. CrowdStrike CEO says 97% of Windows sensors back online after major outage

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said that over 97% of Windows sensors are back online after an update from the cybersecurity firm caused one of the world's biggest IT outages. Last week, CrowdStrike issued a routine update to its users around the world ...

6. Apple iPhone 16 Pro: New Leak Reveals Powerful Design Upgrade Incoming, Report Says

Updated July 26 with further details from the same report, adding more iPhone 16 details and clues to the iPhone 17 and a possible folding iPhone on its way. When the iPhone 16 series is released in September—read about the exact release date here—it ...

7. Apple announces cuts in iPhone prices after Budget move on customs duty

Apple Inc on Friday cut prices of the iPhone by up to Rs 5,900 across the board, passing on the benefit of announcements in India's annual Budget which included a 5 per cent reduction in the basic customs duty (BCD) on imported mobile phones.

8. Meta's WhatsApp cracks 100 million as the US discovers the bridge between 'blue and green' bubbles

Meta acquired WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion, and while the app has amassed billions of users worldwide and become a staple in countries such as Brazil and India, its presence in the US has lagged behind.

9. CrowdStrike boss says 97% of crashed systems fixed

A week after a faulty update caused a global IT outage that grounded flights and knocked TV stations off-air, the boss of CrowdStrike has revealed nearly all systems are back online. In a post on LinkedIn, George Kurtz said "over 97%" of systems ...

10. NS pharmacists to prescribe HIV prevention medication, but cost can still be a barrier

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has been approved for use for eight years in Canada. The Nova Scotia College of Pharmacists approved assessing and prescribing PrEP as of July 1, according to the provincial Health Department.

11. NASA blows up another inflatable space station structure after exceeding the recommended safety levels

NASA and Sierra Space blew up another space habitat, after the full-size inflatable structure exceeded NASA's recommended safety levels by 22%. Known as the Large Integrated Flexible Environment, or LIFE, the inflatable structure last underwent stress ...

12. The 9 best Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 cases to protect your new foldable

If it happens to be your next phone, chances are you'll be looking for a case to put it in. After all, this is a glass-covered phone. And while the glass has increased in strength over the years, it's still glass, and one nasty fall could be all it takes ...

13. Apple reduces prices of iPhones across models

Apple reduced iPhone prices by 3-4%, benefiting customers due to a cut in customs duty from 20% to 15%. This is the first time Apple has decreased prices for its Pro models, passing the advantages of duty cuts directly to consumers. India-made iPhones 13, ...