Why Meta is lining up massive supply of nuclear powerThe parent company of Facebook on Friday announced agreements with TerraPower, Oklo and Vistra for nuclear power for its Prometheus AI data...
10 Jan, 2026, 12.14 AM IST
Meta strikes nuclear power agreements with three companiesMeta and other Big Tech companies want to secure long-term electricity supplies as artificial intelligence and data centers increase U.S. p...
09 Jan, 2026, 05.29 PM IST
Bill Gates Foundation to close on this date; one of the world's richest people to give away all his fortune, here's who will get the moneyBill Gates intends to donate most of his wealth. He aims to close the Gates Foundation by 2045. The foundation will focus on global health ...
08 May, 2025, 08.04 PM IST
Big Tech's soaring energy demands are making coal-fired power plant sites attractiveThe resurgence of electricity demand, driven by Big Tech's AI and cloud computing needs, is breathing new life into previously struggling c...
26 Apr, 2025, 11.09 AM IST
India, react to small, modular nuclearBill Gates' TerraPower, founded in 2006, has begun constructing the Natrium micro nuclear reactor in Wyoming. This project represents a new...
21 Jun, 2024, 11.02 PM IST
How will Bill Gates fight climate change by making new-generation nuclear power plants? Know about sodium-based nuke plantsMicrosoft founder Bill Gates has set up TerraPower which will revolutionize the way electricity is generated. It will use sodium instead of...
11 Jun, 2024, 10.22 PM IST
US bets on small nuclear reactors to help fix a huge climate problemAround twelve companies are developing reactors that are a fraction of the size of those at Vogtle, betting that they will be quicker and c...
14 Nov, 2023, 09.33 AM IST
The US is paying billions to Russia's nuclear agency. Here's why.The United States' current reliance on Russia to buy enriched uranium to fuel nuclear power plants is a significant concern for those in th...
15 Jun, 2023, 09.34 AM IST
Small reactor startups vie to push US into new nuclear eraAlthough SMR technology has been under development for decades, momentum is picking up due in no small part to the push from the government...
30 Apr, 2023, 07.40 PM IST
India’s power giant NTPC will turn to nuclear fleet in climate goal chaseThe company will also keep pursuing larger projects in a joint venture with state-run Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd. — which currently o...
08 Dec, 2022, 10.22 AM IST
America's new nuclear power industry has a Russian problemThe U.S. government is in the final stages of evaluating how much of its inventory of 585.6 tonnes of highly enriched uranium to allocate t...
20 Oct, 2022, 11.15 AM IST
Bill Gates-backed TerraPower raises $750 million for cheaper nuclear reactorsSK will invest $250 million to add a stake in the technology developer, which aims to commercialize smaller and cheaper designs than conven...
15 Aug, 2022, 11.39 PM IST
For $3 mn, you can go sailing on an atomic superyacht with scientists and billionaires to examine the state of the oceansThe ship, called Earth 300, was designed by superyacht specialist Ivan Salas Jefferson.
13 Apr, 2021, 06.12 PM IST
Advanced nuclear reactors no safer than conventional nuclear plants, says science groupUnlike conventional reactors that are cooled with water, advanced reactors are cooled with other materials like molten salt, and are genera...
18 Mar, 2021, 11.13 AM IST
Bill Gates elected as member of China's academic institutionGates, 62, now stands shoulder to shoulder with 66 other prominent Chinese and foreign scientists who have been elected to the Chinese Acad...
27 Nov, 2017, 06.56 PM IST
RIL rejigs investment portfolio; exits four banksIn a major revamp of its investment portfolio, RIL has sold off its holdings in four banks, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, Canara Bank and PNB.
12 May, 2013, 01.46 PM IST
Reliance to fund new generation nuclear reactor along with Gates, Vinod Khosla, ex MS HonchoReliance Industries has joined hands with Bill Gates, Vinod Khosla and Nathan Myrvhold to fund the development of a nuclear reactor.
22 Dec, 2011, 07.41 AM IST