Not AI engineering. In America, one new skill can help you land a $150,000-a-year job, says surveyDreaming of a high-paying job? While the most common ways of securing a position that pays the big bucks are working in tech or business, m...
22 Aug, 2026, 08.03 PM IST
How U.S. military funding propelled China's robot dogsThe rise of Unitree, a Chinese company known for its impressive robot dogs, can be attributed to research breakthroughs funded by the US mi...
18 Aug, 2026, 03.43 PM IST
Hyderabad-born MIT astronomer Rohan Naidu, who dropped out of engineering at 18 & loves Test cricket, is behind the 'Black Hole Star' discoveryBlack Hole Star: A Hyderabad-born astronomer and fellow scientists have identified a possible ‘black hole star’ using the James Webb Space ...
17 Aug, 2026, 09.40 AM IST
- Samsung hires two AI experts to boost AI adoption in chip business
The South Korean electronics giant is increasingly utilising AI across its semiconductor business to shorten development cycles, improve ma...
14 Aug, 2026, 05.53 PM IST
Scientists uncover an impossible giant 'Red Dot' in deep space—and what's inside is terrifyingAstronomers found an unusual object, MoM-BH*-1, in the early cosmos. This object is believed to be the universe's first identified 'black h...
13 Aug, 2026, 10.14 PM IST
What’s a black hole star? Astronomers spot a strange red object bigger than our entire solar systemBlack Hole Star Discovery: Astronomers using Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope may have discovered a new type of cosmic object called a “bl...
13 Aug, 2026, 04.49 PM IST
Quote of the day by Matt Damon: ‘The fate of entire communities, economies, countries is caught up in that glass of water’ - An inspiring message by The Odyssey, Interstellar actor on the fragile balance that sustains lifeMatt Damon quote of the day: Addressing graduates at MIT's 2016 commencement, actor Matt Damon underscored how crucial clean water access i...
11 Aug, 2026, 03.43 PM IST
Scientists uncover how ancient Roman concrete became more durable over nearly 2,000 yearsResearchers have made significant strides in understanding the enduring nature of ancient Roman concrete, which has surprisingly withstood ...
07 Aug, 2026, 02.32 AM IST
Top Quote of the Day by Milton Friedman, Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman: What do Nobel Prize-winning economists understand about human behavior and financial freedom? Life lessons on decision-making, mindset, wisdom, success, character, personal growth, and why their economic insights still shape smarter choices todayToday's Top Quote of the Day by Milton Friedman, Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman: Milton Friedman, Joseph Stiglitz, and Paul Krugman spent...
06 Aug, 2026, 06.00 PM IST
Sanjay Ghemawat, the Kota kid who spent decades at Google building large-scale computing, is now leaving to make an AI that can run thousands of experimentsSanjay Ghemawat, the Google scientist who grew up in Kota, Rajasthan, is leaving the company after nearly three decades. Ghemawat helped bu...
06 Aug, 2026, 04.37 PM IST
Meet Sanjay Ghemawat, cofounder of AI startup Discovery LoopComputer scientist Sanjay Ghemawat is among the co-founders of Discovery Loop, the artificial intelligence startup launched by longtime Goo...
06 Aug, 2026, 03.53 PM IST
Quote of the day by Isidor Isaac Rabi: ‘If you decide you don't have to get A's, you can learn an enormous amount in college’ - Nobel Prize-winning American physicist on the purpose of educationIsidor Isaac Rabi Quote of the Day: Renowned Nobel Prize-winning physicist Isidor Isaac Rabi believed that true education begins with curio...
05 Aug, 2026, 09.22 PM IST
Top Quote of the Day by Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla and Richard Feynman: Are we asking the right questions about our world? Life lessons from great scientists on curiosity, creativity, problem-solving, critical thinking, discipline, innovation, personal growth, and how their revolutionary ideas guide modern progressToday's Top Quote of the Day by Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla and Richard Feynman: Human progress is driven not merely by discovering answe...
05 Aug, 2026, 06.41 PM IST
Capuchin monkeys learn to ‘kiss’ an AI touchscreen for banana rewards in a groundbreaking Costa Rica experiment as new technology takes animal cognition research into the wildWild capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica have learned to use an AI-powered touchscreen to earn banana rewards, with some even “kissing” the scre...
04 Aug, 2026, 05.51 PM IST
In the 1970s, one engineer created Ethernet, the networking technology that changed how computers connectRobert Metcalfe and Dave Boggs developed Ethernet at Xerox PARC in 1973. This technology solved the growing problem of sharing data between...
31 Jul, 2026, 01.55 AM IST
Scale AI taps former Google Cloud executive as CEOScale AI appointed Francis DeSouza as chief executive officer, effective August 10. DeSouza brings over thirty years of enterprise technolo...
30 Jul, 2026, 10.25 PM IST
Why some people started wearing aluminium foil hats: The famous MIT study that found something completely unexpectedAn MIT experiment found that aluminium foil hats amplified certain radio frequencies instead of blocking them. Written as satire, the study...
30 Jul, 2026, 05.57 PM IST