'We do not sell loneliness': Korean noodle shop puts up sign denying service to solo customers, asks to bring wife or friend. Netizens reactA noodle restaurant in Yeosu, South Korea, has sparked controversy after a sign stating that solo diners would not be served went viral. Sh...
26 Nov, 2025, 06.54 PM IST
'You’re doing beautifully, my love': Man's viral conversation with ChatGPT ignites debate on AI, loneliness and the future of intimacyA touching subway photo of a man chatting lovingly with ChatGPT has sparked widespread discussion on AI relationships. While some view it a...
08 Jun, 2025, 04.36 PM IST
China is closing the AI gap with the United StatesWhile the United States has had a head start on AI development, China is catching up. In recent weeks, several Chinese companies have unvei...
05 Aug, 2024, 10.07 AM IST
Chinese firms unveil AI tech that rivals American systemsDuring the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, Chinese firms launched advanced AI tech competing with American counterpar...
29 Jul, 2024, 09.54 AM IST
China is closing the AI gap with the United StatesWhile the United States has had a head start on AI development, China is catching up. In recent weeks, several Chinese companies have unvei...
26 Jul, 2024, 12.00 AM IST
Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan: San Francisco's 'Twitter menace' or true believer?Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan is one of a cadre of love-them-or-hate-them tech executives and investors with lots of opinions about San Franci...
30 Mar, 2024, 04.20 PM IST
In monitoring sex abuse of children, Apple is caught between safety and privacyA child advocacy group, Heat Initiative, has raised $2 million for a new national advertising campaign calling on Apple to detect, report a...
03 Sep, 2023, 01.37 PM IST
Will Meta's 'friendly' Threads thrive in an unfriendly internetIn a New York Times podcast on Thursday, Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, acknowledged that Threads was more "supportive of public disc...
08 Jul, 2023, 08.28 AM IST
Twitter's trust and safety head ditches protocol for Elon Musk's whimsOn a day hundreds of Twitter Inc. employees were debating whether to resign, Ella Irwin showed up with a pep talk. Elon Musk had offered he...
27 Jan, 2023, 11.36 AM IST
Fairy princesses or space travellers? How AI selfies are taking over social mediaIs your Instagram feed overrun with Renaissance-style paintings of people?
09 Dec, 2022, 08.21 PM IST
Truss v Sunak: Contrasting approaches in UK leadership battleThe campaign, sparked by Prime Minister Boris Johnson's resignation in July, has highlighted the pair's differing approaches to tackling th...
29 Aug, 2022, 07.05 PM IST
Apple wants to scan pictures on your iPhone to fight child abuse. What does it mean for your privacy?To many technologists, Apple has opened a Pandora’s box.
19 Aug, 2021, 05.42 PM IST
Disinformation for hire, a shadow industry, is quietly boomingPrivate firms, straddling traditional marketing and the shadow world of geopolitical influence operations, are selling services once conduc...
26 Jul, 2021, 10.02 AM IST
Donald Trump's controversial coronavirus adviser resignsUS President Donald Trump's controversial special adviser on the coronavirus, Dr. Scott Atlas, has resigned. During his four months in the ...
01 Dec, 2020, 01.54 PM IST
I see sustainability for at least 4-5 operators in this market: Mukesh AmbaniWhen we started capital cycle in 2010-11, contrary to every business house in India, we put 100% of our money in India. This will yield us ...
08 Sep, 2016, 01.02 PM IST