Before LUCA, who came first? New study suggests life existed before the last universal common ancestorScientists now believe life began long before LUCA. Older organisms, now vanished, passed on vital genetic tools. These 'pre-LUCA' ancestor...
16 Feb, 2026, 03.51 PM IST
AI accounting startup Maxima raises $41 million in Kleiner Perkins-backed roundArtificial intelligence startup Maxima has raised about $41 million from investors including Redpoint Ventures and Kleiner Perkins as it lo...
18 Nov, 2025, 11.45 PM IST
Fintech CEO’s AI hack lets him test ideas quickly, saving hours explaining them to his engineers: 'It comes back with prototypes in 20 minutes'Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski has embraced “vibe coding,” using AI to turn natural language into working prototypes in just 20 minutes...
20 Sep, 2025, 03.45 PM IST
Children should engage with technology they can shape — this builds creativity, work skills and a voice: Mitchel Resnick"Most new technologies do not support children developing into creative thinkers — many are designed just to deliver entertainment or instr...
22 Sep, 2022, 09.46 PM IST
Why everyone should learn to code, and start in school itselfIn India, both CBSE and ICSE boards have introduced programming as part of their computer science course, but the course is optional for mo...
23 Jul, 2019, 11.01 AM IST
Google creates first-ever coding doodle for childrenThe tech giant picked up a unique theme to celebrate 50 years of children's programming language.
04 Dec, 2017, 03.00 PM IST
This 17-year-old has a plan to help kids code from scratchJay Jaganaath has helped 40 abandoned kids in SOS Children's Village to learn programming with MIT Scratch over the past four months.
03 Jul, 2017, 08.43 AM IST
edX now offers complete programmes online, not just individual courses: CEO Anant Agarwal"The pass rate used to be about 6%. But today, when people sign up for a certificate, the pass rate has shot up to 60%," Anant Agarwal said.
19 Jan, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
Makeblock mBot: Introducing kids to robotics and programmingThe company chose to build mBot around the concept of STEM education: science, technology, engineering & mathematics.
28 Jun, 2015, 03.00 AM IST
How the startup ecosystem has transformed over the decades, and where it is headed“This is the golden era of India’s entrepreneurial journey. Entrepreneurs are the new celebrated, romanticised heroes,” says a serial entre...
03 May, 2015, 11.09 AM IST
Protoprint: MIT grad Sidhant Pai's startup using ragpickers to make green 3D printerProtoprint, a Pune-based startup, has tied up with ragpickers who bring in waste they collect from various parts of the city to a site run ...
18 Jul, 2014, 09.20 AM IST
New technology shows who is using your data onlineWith HTTPA, each item of private data would be assigned its own uniform resource identifier (URI) that would convert the Web from, essentia...
15 Jun, 2014, 02.12 PM IST
Forbes '30 Under 30' acheivers' list: Four prodigies who share an India connectionThere is no short-cut to success, say youngsters from the recently-released Forbes list of '30 Under 30', a recognition conferred on the br...
29 Jan, 2014, 10.01 AM IST
23 Indian-origin in Forbes list of 'brightest young stars'The young turks in the field of finance include Ganesh Betanabhatla, 28, who is the Managing director at investment firm Talara Capital.
09 Jan, 2014, 06.09 AM IST
- India has an incredible brainpool: Alan Trefler, CEO Pegasystems
Software-maker Pegasystems has been around for about 30 years, but the company is just beginning to make a name for itself.
12 Nov, 2013, 10.57 AM IST
- India needs to take R&D lessons from MIT, says geek
ET talks to Vinay Gidwaney, who co-founded two software companies when he was just 19.
08 Mar, 2010, 11.59 AM IST
‘Focus on basic science education’Prof Mriganka Sur, one of the top five experts on brain and cognitive science in the world, advises to keep using the brain to improve memo...
04 Jan, 2010, 03.23 AM IST