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Arattai App: India’s Homegrown Chatting Alternative

“Imagine replacing WhatsApp with something built here, for you.” That’s the promise behind Arattai, a messaging app developed by Zoho Corporation that has recently surged in popularity. What Is Arattai? Arattai (meaning “casual chat” in Tamil) is a cross-platform messaging and VoIP application offering text, media sharing, voice and video calls, channels, and stories. The app supports Android, iOS, desktop,...

Google Expands AI Push with Crypto Mining Deals, Payment Protocol Ambitions

Google is moving past being just a software or cloud provider. It’s now stepping into crypto-mining infrastructure and building a payments protocol for AI agents, staking its claim on both the hardware and financial rails that power the future. In this article, we’ll trace how these moves interconnect and what they might mean for AI, crypto, and commerce. Google Backs...

Enrique Martín: «El diseño necesita más que talento e iniciativa. También necesita saber defenderse»

Enrique Martín Álvarez, presidente del Comité Organizador del II Congreso Internacional de Protección del Diseño  No voy a recurrir a frases trilladas sobre la hiper-competencia del mercado global y lo duro (jodido) que es salir adelante. De sobra sabemos los empresarios, diseñadores y juristas lo que cuestan las nóminas, lo difícil que es alcanzar algunos […]...

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Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Brings Agentic AI to Phones

Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, its most advanced mobile platform yet, promising to bring agentic AI assistants directly onto smartphones. The chip blends performance upgrades with intelligence that can take proactive actions, not just respond to commands. Analysts believe this could set a new benchmark in the smartphone industry (The Verge). How Agentic AI Works on...

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Scientists Question Human Evolution Timeline With Million-Year-Old Chinese Skull

A newly reanalyzed skull in China is forcing scientists to rethink when modern humans diverged from their ancient relatives. The fossil, known as Yunxian 2, may date back between 940,000 and 1.1 million years, much earlier than conventional evolutionary models suggest, according to Reuters. The claim: Homo sapiens may have branched off from Neanderthals, Denisovans, and other archaic groups hundreds...

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Scientists Create Realistic Fake Flesh for Medical Training

Imagine a training mannequin whose flesh feels like real human skin—one that bleeds slightly when cut and springs back under a scalpel. That’s the goal behind a recent breakthrough: researchers have developed 3D-printed simulated human tissue that mimics real body tissue to help doctors and surgeons train more realistically. This kind of innovation could reshape medical education and improve surgical...