Pizza Hut's AI system promised 30-minute delivery, now it's facing 45-minute waits and a $100M lawsuit insteadPizza Hut's new AI system, Dragontail, has led to a major lawsuit. A large franchisee claims the technology backfired, causing delivery del...
21 May, 2026, 04.18 PM IST
Top-level rejig hits mid-cap ITs; Fintechs wary of RBI wallet rulesHappy Thursday! Mid-sized IT firms are realigning leadership teams as AI-driven changes force a rethink. This and more in today's ETtech Mo...
21 May, 2026, 07.46 AM IST
In 1963, Douglas Engelbart imagined people physically controlling computers with their hands: And helped create the computer mouseIn the 1960s, Douglas Engelbart envisioned interactive computers. He developed the computer mouse, a wooden prototype with wheels, which al...
15 May, 2026, 03.04 PM IST
In 1994, Pierre Omidyar built a simple auction website during a holiday weekend, and ended up creating eBayIn 1995, Pierre Omidyar launched AuctionWeb, a primitive auction site, revolutionizing online commerce. This platform, later known as eBay,...
09 May, 2026, 06.19 PM IST
Quote of the day by Noam Chomsky: “The whole educational and professional training system is a very elaborate filter, which just weeds out people who are....” Did Manufacturing Consent author Noam Chomsky reveal the disturbing truth about institutions, conformity, and intellectual freedom decades before social media?Quote of the day by Noam Chomsky: The Noam Chomsky education system quote highlights how modern education filters independent thinking in s...
09 May, 2026, 05.55 PM IST
Replacing humans with AI is turning out to be costlier than expected, Uber, Nvidia execs sayCompanies are finding AI automation costs, particularly token-based pricing, are exceeding employee salaries. Executives from Nvidia and Ub...
08 May, 2026, 12.20 PM IST
The alchemist of Bengaluru: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw began from a garageKiran Mazumdar-Shaw has named her niece Claire Mazumdar as successor, setting up a gradual leadership transition at Biocon. A pioneer who b...
05 May, 2026, 05.35 PM IST
Human Operator: MIT’s vision for embodied AI and skill accelerationSynopsis: MIT students have developed Human Operator, an AI-powered wearable that gently guides hand movements using electrical muscle stim...
05 May, 2026, 12.35 PM IST
In 1956, Wilson Greatbatch Made a Simple Wiring Mistake at His Workbench: That Unexpected Pulse Led to the Modern PacemakerA chance mistake in 1956 by Wilson Greatbatch led to a groundbreaking discovery. He accidentally created a consistent electrical signal res...
30 Apr, 2026, 05.51 PM IST
If Your Workplace Feels More Rigid Overnight, Here’s What Experts SayAmerican workers are facing a sudden shift to stricter management processes, often linked to upcoming company changes like restructuring or...
18 Apr, 2026, 03.08 PM IST
India’s agentic boom tests regulators; Qcomm growth hits brakesHappy Friday! India’s AI agent boom is outpacing the guardrails meant to keep it in check. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
17 Apr, 2026, 07.34 AM IST
Layoffs hit tech, GCCs; Startups rewrite summer rulesHappy Wednesday! Tech and GCC talent are facing more layoffs as they move up the value chain and integrate into global operations. This and...
15 Apr, 2026, 07.57 AM IST
Can AI chatbots ever become as smart as human intelligence? New study reveals a fatal flaw in the planA new commentary in Nature Human Behaviour argues that the race toward human level AI is built on a flawed assumption. Neuroscientists Evel...
27 Nov, 2025, 06.01 PM IST
Worried that AI will take away your job soon? Here is the good news from MITAn MIT study reveals that generative AI's impact on jobs is gradual and industry-specific, not catastrophic. Workforce reductions are limit...
21 Aug, 2025, 03.30 PM IST
Soon, driver-less cars will be empowered with human-like reasoningDriverless cars struggle with this basic reasoning and lack the ability to navigate.
24 May, 2019, 06.14 PM IST
New system allows computers to teach by exampleThe new system bridges these two ways of processing information, so that humans and computers can collaborate to make better decisions.
07 Dec, 2014, 05.46 PM IST
- Media Lab gets Rs 65-cr annual grant
The Cabinet on Thursday approved a yearly budgetary allocation of Rs 65 crore for the Media Lab Asia (MLA) project, which will now operate ...
11 Jul, 2003, 03.48 AM IST