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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - August 2019

Aug 2019

Mar 06, 2025

India Leads in GenAI Adoption with 1.3 Million Enrollments, but Women Lag at 29.6%

India emerged as a global leader in Generative AI (GenAI) adoption, recording 1.3 million AI enrollments in 2024 — the highest of any country worldwide. However, a new report by Coursera (an online learning platform) 'Closing the Gender Gap in GenAI Skills' playbook revealed that women remain significantly underrepresented in this fast-growing field. While India ranked second globally in GenAI enrollments among women learners, they accounted for just 29.6 per cent of total GenAI enrollments in the country, despite making up 40 per cent of all learners on the platform. Globally, women hold a slightly higher share, at 32 per cent of total GenAI enrollments.
Coursera's Closing the Gender Gap in GenAI Skills playbook explores strategies to bridge this disparity and empower more women to participate in AI's transformative growth. The report highlighted a critical need for targeted interventions to ensure equitable access to AI opportunities, as well as to encourage more women to take leadership roles in the field.

Mar 05, 2025

China Unveils New Quantum Supercomputer

Zuchongzhi-3, a superconducting quantum computer prototype with 105 readable qubits and 182 couplers was unveiled by Chinese scientists who claim it processes quantum random circuit sampling (RCS) tasks at a speed quadrillion times faster than the world's most powerful supercomputer and 1 million times faster than Google's Sycamore.

Mar 04, 2025

Nokia Collaborates with NASA to Deploy World's First 4G Network on the Moon

Nokia become the first company to deploy a 4G network on the moon. This 4G LTE network was used for NASA's "Intuitive Machines'" IM-2 mission. This is the first time that the same mobile communication technology as that on Earth was deployed on the moon, promoting the establishment of humanity's sustainable lunar presence capabilities.
This breakthrough not only enhances the communication capabilities of future space missions but also lays the foundation for interstellar communication, ensuring the stability of data transmission.

Mar 03, 2025

Microsoft to Discontinue Skype in May 2025

Microsoft has announced that its video conferencing platform, Skype, will no longer be available after May 2025. The company stated that it is "retiring" Skype and will enable users to transition seamlessly to the free version of Microsoft Teams. Additionally, users who prefer not to migrate to Teams will have the option to export their Skype data.

Mar 02, 2025

Amazon Unveils First Quantum Chip 'Ocelot'

Amazon unveiled a prototype of its first-ever in-house quantum computing chip called 'Ocelot.' The tech giant said that the Ocelot chip has been designed to help Amazon build highly efficient hardware systems.
Ocelot is a nine-qubit chip that has been internally fabricated by Amazon. The company claimed that Ocelot can reduce the costs of implementing quantum error correction by up to 90 per cent, when compared to current approaches.

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