Big Tech’s acqui-hire strategy heats up as demand for AI talent soarsIn the last two years, large technology players have been acquiring AI startups for their technology teams. Microsoft paid $650 million in ...
14 Jun, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
The Times and Amazon announce an AI licensing dealAmazon's use of editorial content from the Times could extend to the Alexa software found on its smart speakers. In some instances, excerpt...
30 May, 2025, 08.30 AM IST
Hanoi flooded by swollen river as Typhoon Yagi leaves 179 deadHanoi has evacuated thousands of residents near the Red River as water levels reached a 20-year high following Typhoon Yagi. The typhoon ca...
11 Sep, 2024, 05.20 PM IST
FTC seeking details on Amazon deal with AI startup AdeptThe FTC is investigating Amazon’s hiring of Adept's David Luan amid AI competition with Google and Microsoft, following a January inquiry. ...
16 Jul, 2024, 08.48 PM IST
Amazon lures cofounders from startup Adept to bolster AI effortsCollaborating with Rohit Prasad, I contribute to Amazon's AI advancements under CEO Andy Jassy's leadership. The tech industry closely watc...
29 Jun, 2024, 09.26 AM IST
Top ex-Google AI researchers raise $8 million in funding from Thrive CapitalThrive Capital had led the round in Essential AI, founded by Ashish Vaswani and Niki Parmar. The company is still in stealth mode and hasn'...
04 May, 2023, 05.56 PM IST
Watch: Duo create record for longest slackline walk over active volcanoRafael Zugno Bridi and Alexander Schulz walked across a slackline drawn over an active volcano for creating a new world record
24 Sep, 2022, 04.02 PM IST
Top cryptocurrency prices today: Cardano, Solana, Bitcoin, Avalanche zoom up to 19%The global cryptocurrency market cap was trading sharply higher at the $1.31 trillion mark, rising close to 3 per cent in the last 24 hours...
16 May, 2022, 10.07 AM IST
No goals as PSG's Lionel Messi plays in his 1st ''Classique''Lionel Messi's first 'Classique', a hotly contested game between Paris Saint-Germain & Marseille ended in a goalless draw, reducing PSG's l...
25 Oct, 2021, 10.18 AM IST
How Vietnam's 'influencer' army wages information warfare on FacebookUnlike in neighbouring China, Facebook is not blocked in Vietnam, where it has 60 million to 70 million users. It is Vietnam's main platfor...
09 Jul, 2021, 01.20 PM IST
China reports 19 new mainland COVID-19 cases vs 10 a day earlierThe National Health Commission said in a statement that 18 of the new cases were imported infections. The number of new asymptomatic cases,...
23 May, 2021, 10.18 AM IST
China's Chang'e-5 probe drills moon's surface, collects samplesThe lander first drilled a 2-meter-deep hole, digging out soil, and sealed it up at 4:53 a.m. on Wednesday. Next, it will use its robotic a...
03 Dec, 2020, 01.01 PM IST
Is One Belt, One Road the Chinese ashwamedha? How China's mythology influences its politicsAt the heart of Chinese mythology is belief in the Mandate of Heaven. The Emperor of China has been given the divine authority to mirror he...
23 May, 2017, 11.15 AM IST
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19 Jan, 2017, 08.52 PM IST
China builds world's largest coal mine gas unit to make powerLu'an Group said it would soon start operating the generator with a capacity of 30 megawatts, capable of utilising 99% of methane gas disch...
02 Jan, 2015, 01.05 PM IST
China to build comprehensive earth observation system in 10 yearsThe Beidou GPS network, operational in China since December 2011 has 16 navigation satellites providing GPS services across Asia-Pacific re...
28 Sep, 2014, 05.07 PM IST
Deccan Charters' G R Gopinath praises PM Narendra Modi; plans to launch new airlinesPraising Modi's initiatives, one of the pioneers of low cost airlines Captain G R Gopinath announced that he will launch new airlines.
29 Aug, 2014, 01.38 PM IST