India signs MoU with EU on semiconductor ecosystem; set to enhance resilience in supply chain

Today, December 12, is a major date for artificial intelligence aficionados in India as the nation hosts the fourth Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) Summit in New Delhi. The event started today and will conclude on December 14. Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on the opening day and highlighted the danger of the darker aspects of AI. Pointing out the need for safeguards in AI, PM Modi said we need to “bridge the gap between theory and practice on AI”. In other news, OpenAI announced at the GPAI Summit that the company will hold a developer gathering in Bengaluru in January. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.

Whether or not MachineGames and Bethesda’s Indiana Jones title would be a multiplatform release was a frequently asked question (to say the very least) for months following its launch. Ordinarily, you would take that for granted for a game carrying a major IP’s license, but this is, of course, being developed by a first party Xbox studio. Earlier this year, however, it was confirmed that Indiana Jones will indeed be skipping PlayStation and releasing only for Xbox and PC, and according to Disney – parent company of Lucasfilm and owner of the Indiana Jones IP – that makes “financial and strategic sense” for the game.

Blizzard has announced a set of additional tuning adjustments for the Tindral Sageswift encounter in Amirdrassil that will be coming with the December 12th weekly reset in each region.

Conglomerate Tata Group plans to build one of India's biggest iPhone assembly plants, tapping Apple Inc.'s ambitions to increase manufacturing in the South Asian country.

Elon Musk may be close to winning a long-running battle of wills with the Indian government led by PM Narendra Modi. Policy makers in New Delhi have been hoping to entice Tesla Inc. to produce electric vehicles in India. Musk, meanwhile, wants to sell his cars here without paying the exorbitant import tariffs that India charges.

Marvel Crisis Protocol is years into development, with tons of expansions being released after the original core set was launched. In October, Atomic Mass Games re-released the original core set with new sculpts for minis, new command cards, new leadership abilities, and more. This is great for bringing new players into the game, but by changing what was included in the box (although it mimics the original) allows longtime players to get new content as well.

India and the United States are set to embark on a groundbreaking collaboration in space exploration, marking a significant milestone in their space partnership. The announcement came after NASA Chief Bill Nelson met with Union Minister Jitendra Singh in New Delhi. The recent NASA and ISRO collaboration involves the launch of a remote sensing satellite named NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) in the first quarter of the upcoming year. Apart from this, there are various other projects on which ISRO and NASA will work together.

On Wednesday, S Somanath, the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), emphasised that while the organisation is actively pursuing various targets, the immediate and primary focus remains on Gaganyaan mission- the nation's inaugural human space flight program. Speaking on the sidelines of the 2023 Global Energy Parliament in Kolkata, Somanath stated, "There are many [targets]. It is not one target. But our primary target is Gaganyaan now. Send an Indian to space and bring them back safely. This is our immediate big-ticket target."

The Chinese company, Huawei is gaining much recognition in the market with their new innovative ideas in bringing top-notch technology to their smartphones. Most recently, the company announced its in-house 5G chip which created a buzz among smartphone buyers. Now, with the Huawei P70 series, the company has bigger plans in terms of introducing better-than-ever camera specifications worldwide along with a new chipset. Know how Huawei is planning to increase its sales by introducing the P70 series.

Sony has signed a “strategic global business partnership” with NCSoft, the South Korean company behind massively multiplayer online role-playing games such as Guild Wars and Lineage.

Samsung has launched the Samsung Galaxy A05, the latest addition to its Galaxy A series. The smartphone comes as a budget segment entry, starting in the sub-Rs. 10000 price point and flaunts features such as a 6.7-inch HD+ display, a 5000 mAh battery, and a 50MP wide-angle camera. The smartphone is now available to buy, and if you are looking for a budget smartphone from Samsung, then you should know its price, specification, and availability. Check the details below.

Rockstar has done modern times, they’ve done the hardboiled 1940s, they’ve done the Old West, and now they might be about to go medieval on our asses. No, really. Eagle-eyed fans recently picked up on this rather interesting line in Rockstar India artist Pawas Saxena’s LinkedIn profile…