In the 1600s, a Native American clay pot was buried at a Spanish mission in Florida. Around 400 years later, archaeologists were stunned to find it intactArchaeologists in Florida have uncovered a rare, fully intact 400-year-old clay pot believed to have been crafted by the Potano Indigenous ...
27 Jul, 2026, 06.26 PM IST
In 1902, Willis Carrier invented modern air conditioning after Florida doctor John Gorrie's decades-old cooling idea paved the wayIn 1902, engineer Willis Carrier created the first modern air conditioning system to solve a printing company's humidity problem, forever c...
27 Jul, 2026, 05.58 PM IST
Quote of the day by Arthur C Brooks: "Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it..." American author's life lesson that can change the way you take decisionsQuote of the day: Arthur C Brooks’ quote of the day "Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fr...
27 Jul, 2026, 05.21 PM IST
Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Elon Musk and Jensen Huang unite behind one AI vision: Why America's biggest tech billionaires are calling for open-weight AI modelsA coalition of 25 leading technology companies and organizations has urged US policymakers to support open-weight AI models, arguing they a...
27 Jul, 2026, 04.38 PM IST
Sam Altman ‘we are now in the singularity’, OpenAI CEO reveals why he believes humanity has entered an AI era once thought possible only in science fictionOpenAI CEO Sam Altman says humanity has entered the "singularity," a point where artificial intelligence is advancing beyond what once seem...
27 Jul, 2026, 04.00 PM IST
South Korea's SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics sign $950 billion partnership with US big techThe partnership includes the long-term supply of $750 billion in memory chips to US companies by SK Hynix and $200 billion in chips by Sams...
25 Jul, 2026, 01.05 PM IST
South Korea President Lee looking to open new era of AI in with global tech companiesPresident Lee delivered a keynote address unveiling a "San Francisco AI Declaration" that outlined South Korea's AI ambitions and its visio...
25 Jul, 2026, 06.42 AM IST
Samsung, SK Hynix to announce major chip deals with US tech companies, Seoul saysSamsung Electronics and SK Hynix are set to announce major long-term memory chip supply deals with US technology companies during South Kor...
24 Jul, 2026, 06.27 PM IST
The Hugging Face breach and AI's cybersecurity reckoningAn advanced AI agent from OpenAI breached Hugging Face's systems last week. This autonomous intrusion accessed internal data and cloud cred...
23 Jul, 2026, 10.52 PM IST
South Korea's Lee to visit South America and Germany, attend AI summit in USPresident Lee Jae-myung will visit San Francisco, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina. He will attend an AI summit and meet tech leaders there. Tr...
22 Jul, 2026, 02.18 PM IST
AI's data centre boom is becoming a political problem across the globeAs governments race to attract AI investments, data centres are facing mounting opposition worldwide over their massive land, power and wat...
18 Jul, 2026, 11.17 AM IST
ETtech Explainer: Why did Apple sue OpenAI? All you need to know about the tech battleApple has sued OpenAI and two former employees over trade secret theft, alleging confidential information was shared to aid hardware entry....
13 Jul, 2026, 01.01 PM IST
'Scam Altman' vs 'homeboy': Elon Musk and Sam Altman lock horns after Apple lawsuitElon Musk and Sam Altman reignited their public feud after Apple sued OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft. Musk accused Altman of "scamm...
12 Jul, 2026, 12.51 AM IST
OpenAI's AGI deployment chief Fidji Simo to step down after medical leave"Three months ago, I had to go on medical leave after a severe exacerbation of a chronic illness I've lived with for seven years. During th...
10 Jul, 2026, 07.26 AM IST
Sam Altman says OpenAI made ‘many changes’ during talks with USIn an interview with CNBC on Thursday, Altman said the ChatGPT maker had a “collaborative back and forth” with top US officials, including ...
09 Jul, 2026, 09.16 PM IST
OpenAI launches GPT-Live voice models that listen and speak simultaneouslyThe IPO-bound AI startup said it will roll out two versions of GPT-Live - GPT-Live-1 and GPT-Live-1 mini - to users globally on Wednesday.
08 Jul, 2026, 11.20 PM IST
Canada province preparing lawsuit against OpenAI over school shootingBritish Columbia said Tuesday it was preparing a lawsuit against OpenAI over the company's failure to report violent ChatGPT activity by th...
08 Jul, 2026, 07.58 AM IST