He lost the ability to walk at 17. Years later, he created a machine that could help paralysed people walk again: Meet Alan Tholkes |

When Alan Tholkes was just 17 years old, a car accident changed his life forever, leaving him paralysed with a spinal cord injury. Rather than letting the setback define him, the Minnesota native spent decades turning his personal struggles into innovations aimed at helping others with mobility challenges. Over the next 40 years, he designed…

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AIIB launches $10 billion support facility for countries hit by Middle East conflict, India among key shareholders

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has launched a $10 billion fund facility to support member countries affected by the economic fallout of the ongoing Middle East conflict, PTI reported. India is the second-largest shareholder in the China-led multilateral lender after China.The Beijing-headquartered bank said the newly launched Energy, Food Security and Economic Resilience Facility…

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‘Can pray for bail after one year’: Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam to stay in jail — key takeaways from Supreme Court verdict in Delhi riots case | India News

Umar Khalid returned to Delhi’s Tihar Jail on 29 December. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday pronounced its verdict on Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid and several others, rejecting their bail plea in the Delhi 2020 riots case.A bench comprising Justices Aravind Kumar and N.V. Anjaria rejected the bail pleas of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel…

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Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis may have just dropped ‘bombshell’ for OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis argues that large language models like ChatGPT are hitting a wall in achieving true scientific breakthroughs. He believes they lack a ‘world model’ to understand causality, unlike DeepMind’s systems that simulate reality. This perspective challenges OpenAI’s scaling strategy amid industry shifts and a race for advanced AI. Demis Hassabis just…

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