In 2005, a programmer spotted strange rectangles on Google Earth; ceramic shards proved they marked a buried Roman villa in ItalyA programmer found a Roman villa by examining satellite maps of his hometown. He noticed unusual patterns which led to a significant archae...
19 Sep, 2026, 01.30 PM IST
Anthropic quietly sets up biology lab as it ramps AI drug programAt a time when fears of AI are gripping the public, the startup has built a wet lab, or place for physical experiments, in the San Francisc...
18 Sep, 2026, 10.53 PM IST
AI infrastructure provider Crusoe valued at $30.9 billion in latest funding roundThe Series F round was co-led by Atreides Management, Mubadala Capital and Valor Equity Partners, alongside significant backing from new an...
18 Sep, 2026, 12.52 PM IST
Merriam-Webster adds 1,400 new words in 2026: Vibe coding, meme coin, parasocial, AGI, Sunday scaries, trash panda and Mandela Effect explainedMerriam-Webster has added 1,400 new words and definitions to its online dictionary. These additions include internet slang, AI terminology,...
18 Sep, 2026, 08.40 AM IST
CoreWeave launches $3 billion convertible debt saleCoreWeave is set to secure $3 billion via convertible debt offerings to significantly enhance its artificial intelligence infrastructure. I...
17 Sep, 2026, 07.55 PM IST
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says she wants Canada to become the bloc's 1st associate memberEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed making Canada the European Union’s first associate member, as Ottawa seeks clos...
17 Sep, 2026, 07.40 PM IST
Self-taught programmer from Maryland who built Fortnite began buying North Carolina wilderness in 2009; today, his land holdings exceed 54,000 acres as he works with conservation groups to save them from developersTim Sweeney, the founder of Epic Games, has quietly acquired over fifty thousand acres of North Carolina land. He began purchasing vulnerab...
17 Sep, 2026, 07.13 PM IST
CoreWeave launches $3 billion convertible debt saleNvidia-backed CoreWeave said on Thursday it plans to raise $3 billion through a convertible debt offering, highlighting the massive funding...
17 Sep, 2026, 07.09 PM IST
In 1975, NASA sent a pocket calculator on Apollo-Soyuz as a backup if its main computer failed; 37 years later, it ended up at the SmithsonianNASA utilized an HP-65 calculator as a crucial backup system during the Apollo-Soyuz mission. This programmable device carried essential gu...
17 Sep, 2026, 01.10 PM IST
'We're losing control,' says AI pioneer Yoshua Bengiothat humanity is "losing control" of the technology and the world needs guardrails similar to nuclear arms controls. Bengio told AFP people...
17 Sep, 2026, 07.59 AM IST
In 1983, Steve Jobs placed his Apple Lisa mouse inside a 13-foot time capsule in Colorado; after construction erased its location, crews finally excavated it in 2014In 1983, Steve Jobs buried an iconic Apple Lisa mouse in a time capsule meant to capture the spirit of personal computing. For several year...
16 Sep, 2026, 01.50 PM IST
US House Speaker warns curbing AI too sharply could leave China aheadHouse Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday warned that moving too quickly to curb AI development could cost the United States the tech race to Ch...
13 Sep, 2026, 08.48 PM IST
In 2009, NASA started conducting the largest airborne survey of Earth's polar ice under Operation IceBridge to bridge the observational gap between ICESat and ICESat-2In 2009, NASA started conducting the largest airborne survey of Earth's polar ice under Operation IceBridge to bridge the observational gap...
13 Sep, 2026, 12.14 AM IST
Anthropic says Yemen fighters used AI to seek guided weaponsAn AI firm revealed a Yemen group used its chatbot for weapons development. They attempted to build guided rockets and ballistic missiles w...
11 Sep, 2026, 11.55 PM IST
Meet Kautilya Katariya, the British-Indian boy who became the world's youngest computer programmer at age 6 after completing four university-level computer-science certificationsKautilya Katariya, who achieved the remarkable feat of becoming a Guinness World Record holder at the tender age of six, has proven himself...
11 Sep, 2026, 09.21 PM IST
Russia’s SberBank unveils GigaDoc AI smart mirror for express health assessment in IndiaSberMedAI's GigaDoc smart mirror provided free express health assessments at Innoprom India. This innovative solution analyzes key health i...
11 Sep, 2026, 01.26 PM IST
Quote of the day by Charles Babbage: ‘Propose to a man any principle, or an instrument, however admirable…’ – Father of the Computer on the curious human habit of finding flawsOver a hundred years ago, Charles Babbage foresaw the power of mechanical computing with his ambitious designs for the Difference and Analy...
09 Sep, 2026, 02.28 PM IST