Iran science and technology news

  • Musk’s xAI Will Examine Universe, Coordinate With Twitter and Tesla



    July 16,2023


    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.”

  • Iran Online Retailing Share Meager

    Iran Online Retailing Share Meager



    July 16,2023


    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 annually…

  • FTC Loses Court Bid to Block Microsoft-Activision Deal

    FTC Loses Court Bid to Block Microsoft-Activision Deal



    July 16,2023


    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…

  • Domestic Composite Drive Shafts Cost-Competitive, Moneymaker

    Domestic Composite Drive Shafts Cost-Competitive, Moneymaker



    July 14,2023


    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…

  • Google's Bard Enters Europe,  Brazil to Take on ChatGPT

    Google's Bard Enters Europe,  Brazil to Take on ChatGPT



    July 14,2023


    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…

  • Ozone Pollution Disrupts Genes Controlling Circadian Rhythms

    Ozone Pollution Disrupts Genes Controlling Circadian Rhythms



    July 14,2023


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

  • Virtual Reality Reading Headset Gets $5 Million in Seed Funding

    Virtual Reality Reading Headset Gets $5 Million in Seed Funding



    July 11,2023


    Sol Reader, a virtual reality headset dedicated solely to reading books, has recently secured $5 million in a seed funding round. 

  • SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches for  Record-Breaking 16th Time

    SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches for  Record-Breaking 16th Time



    July 11,2023


    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 SpaceX’…

  • Domestic Diagnostic, Research  Antibodies to Help End Imports

    Domestic Diagnostic, Research  Antibodies to Help End Imports



    July 11,2023


    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 domestic…

  • Threads Explodes to 70 Million Signups in One Day

    Threads Explodes to 70 Million Signups in One Day



    July 09,2023


    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-based…

  • 3 Domestic AI Platforms Unveiled

    3 Domestic AI Platforms Unveiled



    July 09,2023


    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 the…

  • Robots Say They Won't Steal  Jobs, Rebel Against Humans

    Robots Say They Won't Steal  Jobs, Rebel Against Humans



    July 09,2023


    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 human…

  • Meta's Twitter Rival Swiftly Signs Up 30m Users

    Meta's Twitter Rival Swiftly Signs Up 30m Users



    July 07,2023


    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…

  • Registered .IR Domains Top 1.5m

    Registered .IR Domains Top 1.5m



    July 07,2023


    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…

  • Samsung Estimates Profits Plunged 96% in 2nd Quarter

    Samsung Estimates Profits Plunged 96% in 2nd Quarter



    July 07,2023


    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…

  • Bluesky Faces High Traffic After Twitter’s Rate Limit

    Bluesky Faces High Traffic After Twitter’s Rate Limit



    July 04,2023


    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…

  • 50 Percent of Stolen NFTs  Sold Within Three Hours

    50 Percent of Stolen NFTs  Sold Within Three Hours



    July 04,2023


    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. 

  • Domestic Firm Offers AI, Supercomputer Services

    Domestic Firm Offers AI, Supercomputer Services



    July 04,2023


    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.
    “Surin Smart…

  • Twitter to Limit Number of  Tweets Users Can Read

    Twitter to Limit Number of  Tweets Users Can Read



    July 02,2023


    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.

  • Domestic Firm Develops First-Ever  Fishing Tools for Drilling Sector

    Domestic Firm Develops First-Ever  Fishing Tools for Drilling Sector



    July 02,2023


    A knowledge-based company has produced fishing tools for the drilling sector for the first time in Iran, which have a lower price than their foreign counterparts.
    The fishing tool of Nasim…

  • AMD's AI Chips Could Match Nvidia's Offerings

    AMD's AI Chips Could Match Nvidia's Offerings



    July 02,2023


    Artificial intelligence chips from Advanced Micro Devices are about 80% as fast as those from Nvidia Corp, with a future path to matching their performance, according a Friday report by an AI…

  • LG Chem Launches Mass Production of  Single-Crystal High-Nickel Cathodes

    LG Chem Launches Mass Production of  Single-Crystal High-Nickel Cathodes



    July 01,2023


    LG Chem announced that it has started South Korea’s first-ever mass production of single-crystal high-nickel cathodes for next-generation batteries.

  • Tehran’s Monthly Air Quality  Not ‘Good’ Even for a Day

    Tehran’s Monthly Air Quality  Not ‘Good’ Even for a Day



    July 01,2023


    Air Quality Index for Tehran did not hit the “good” button in the third month of the current fiscal year (May 22-June 21), charts published by Tehran Air Quality Control Company’s website, Airnow….

  • 1st Fully AI-Generated Drug Enters  Clinical Trials in Human Patients

    1st Fully AI-Generated Drug Enters  Clinical Trials in Human Patients



    June 30,2023


    The first drug fully generated by artificial intelligence entered clinical trials with human patients this week.

  • Domestic Company Develops Multiuse Overcurrent Relays

    Domestic Company Develops Multiuse Overcurrent Relays



    June 30,2023


    A knowledge-based company has produced a multipurpose electrical device that prevents currency outflow.
    The three-phase and earth-fault numerical overcurrent relay is a knowledge-based product of…