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Rupee rises 15 paise to 95.32 against the US dollar in early trade

Mumbai, Jul 10 (PTI) The rupee rose 15 paise to 95.32 against US dollar in early trade on Friday as the greenback weakened and oil prices eased despite intensifying tensions in West Asia. FII outflows and uncertainties over fresh tensions in West Asia weighed on the local unit while a strong start to the day’s trade at the domestic equity markets provided support, according to forex traders. The US launched new airstrikes against Iran on early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting US-allied West Asian countries in an exchange of fire that threatened an interim deal intended to help end

India clears Dixon-Vivo JV for domestic smartphone manufacturing

July 9 (Reuters) – Dixon Technologies said on Thursday the Indian government had approved ​its joint venture with Chinese ‌smartphone maker Vivo Mobile, clearing the way for the companies to ​set up a smartphone ​manufacturing company in India. The joint ⁠venture will be owned 51% ​by Dixon and 49% by ​Vivo Mobile India. Large investments by Chinese companies in Indian ventures draw tougher ​scrutiny under domestic regulations. Such ​investments typically require senior-level government clearance under ‌rules ⁠that govern investments from nations sharing a land border with India. The venture will manufacture ​smartphones and ​other ⁠electronic devices as an original equipment

AI can predict how you’ll respond to a survey. But that’s not the same as understanding you

July 9, 2026 (Conversation) What makes people change their minds, or their behaviour? Social scientists spend a lot of time thinking about this question, and experiments are one of the most powerful ways to answer it. Experiments – testing ideas on real people – take considerable amounts of time and money. Enter large language models (LLMs): artificial intelligence (AI) systems trained to mimic certain kinds of text-based human behaviour based on vast amounts of human-produced text. A new study led by Harvard psychology researcher Ashwini Ashokkumar, published today in Nature, suggests LLMs such as GPT-4 can predict the outcomes of

China, India-linked hacking groups targeted Pakistani law enforcement, report says

July 9 (Reuters) – Multiple Pakistani law ​enforcement agencies were targeted in separate hacking campaigns linked to groups associated with China and India, researchers ‌at cybersecurity firm SentinelOne said on Thursday. The campaigns offer a glimpse into foreign efforts to gather information on Pakistan’s security challenges including militant violence, tensions with Afghanistan and the country’s economic collaboration with China. “When multiple cyberespionage actors operate against law enforcement institutions of a single state, the convergence itself is ​a signal of target value,” Aleksandar Milenkoski, a principal threat researcher at SentinelOne, wrote in a blog published on Thursday. “What draws them ​is

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