Sci & Tech

NASA announced that it's just under 100 days away from launching a spacecraft designed to study an asteroid potentially worth $10 quintillion. 

Google is exploring using artificial intelligence tools to write news articles and is in talks with news organizations to use the tools to assist journalists, a company spokesperson said late on…

The speed of fixed internet in Iran increased in June 2023, while that of mobile internet declined, according to the Speedtest web service’s latest survey on global internet speed.

India will likely be a major driver of Apple’s five-year revenue and installed base growth, Morgan Stanley analysts said in a note on Monday, citing Apple’s investment in manufacturing in India…

Microsoft and Sony have signed a deal to bring Call of Duty games to PlayStation consoles.  As a reminder, Microsoft offered to acquire Activision Blizzard for $69 billion. And yet, 18…

A domestic researcher has developed a microfluidic optical biosensor for the early detection of prostate cancer.

Twitter’s Chief Technology Officer Elon Musk on Friday said the purpose of his new artificial intelligence company, xAI, will be to "understand the universe." In an often meandering 90-minute-…

In a victory for Microsoft, the US Appeals Court for the 9th Circuit late on Friday denied the Federal Trade Commission’s motion to temporarily stop Microsoft from closing its $68.7 billion…

The online retail market’s share of the total retail transactions in Iran is a meager 4%, which is insignificant compared to other countries of the region, according to a report published…

Study finds air pollution, specifically ozone exposure, has a disruptive effect on the genes responsible for circadian rhythms in the lungs.

Alphabet said it is rolling out its artificial-intelligence chatbot, Bard, in Europe and Brazil on Thursday, the product's biggest expansion since its February launch and pitting it against…

A knowledge-based company has produced composite drive shafts that help prevent currency outflow by making the import of foreign counterpart unnecessary. The composite drive shaft produced by…

SpaceX just set a new rocket-reuse record as a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Sunday at 11:58 p.m. EDT (0358 GMT on July 10), sending 22 of…

Sol Reader, a virtual reality headset dedicated solely to reading books, has recently secured $5 million in a seed funding round.  The device, which is available for pre-order at $350,…

A knowledge-based company has produced high quality diagnostic and research antibodies that are cheaper than their foreign counterparts. Sina Biotech Company has succeeded in meeting the…

Meta’s new Twitter competitor Threads has exploded in growth in its first full day since its public debut on Wednesday night, fueled by Instagram’s already massive user-base.  The text-…

Robots presented at an AI forum said on Friday they expected to increase in number and help solve global problems, and would not steal jobs or rebel against people. But, in the world's first…

A domestic company has unveiled domestic versions of well-known artificial intelligence (AI) products. Mohammad Reza Haghiri, the founder of Mani Platform, unveiled three AI products, namely…

Meta's Threads racked up more than 30 million sign-ups within about 18 hours of its launch, emerging as the first real threat to Elon Musk-owned Twitter, as it took advantage of its access to…

Samsung Electronics said it expects a 96% profit plunge in the second quarter of 2023, as weak demand for memory chips persists. The world’s largest dynamic random-access chipmaker estimates…

There are 1.57 million domains with dot-IR (.ir) extensions, of which 1.56 million have “.ir only” extensions without “.gov” or “.ac”, according to statistics released by the Iranian National…

A new report from blockchain security firm PeckShield found that half of stolen nonfungible tokens (NFTs) get sold within 160 minutes in various NFT marketplaces like Blur and OpenSea. 

Twitter competitor Bluesky said it experienced “record-high traffic” on Saturday after Elon Musk, Twitter’s executive chairman and CTO, said the site will temporarily limit the number of posts…

A knowledge-based company has designed and launched a cloud computing system to provide cloud-based supercomputer and artificial intelligence (AI) services by using domestic knowhow.

Elon Musk said on Saturday that Twitter users will only be able to read a certain number of posts per day due to “extreme levels of data scraping” and “system manipulation” on the platform.