In 1948, a supermarket problem sketched in simple lines inspired a new code: And the barcode quietly transformed modern shoppingWhat began as a mundane challenge in a local grocery store ignited the spark of a revolutionary idea. Inventors Bernard Silver and Norman J...
11 Jun, 2026, 05.23 PM IST
144 years later, Gaudí's masterpiece Sagrada Família finally reaches its full height: Why has the world’s most famous church taken so long to build and how much did it cost?Barcelona's Sagrada Familia has reached a historic milestone. After 144 years, the final major tower, the Tower of Jesus Christ, is complet...
09 Jun, 2026, 02.14 PM IST
India’s quantum opportunity: Turning scale into strategic advantageIndia has a structural advantage in quantum computing. Its size inherently creates challenging optimisation issues, offering a practical te...
09 Jun, 2026, 10.19 AM IST
Saving Siri: After two years of stumbles, is Apple's AI moment here?Siri debuted in 2011 and is accessible through the bulk of Apple's installed base of 2.5 billion devices, but hundreds of millions of consu...
08 Jun, 2026, 07.54 AM IST
Claude Opus 4.8 vs GPT-5.5: What's Anthropic AI's new Ultracode mode, pricing, honesty claims and jailbreak debateAnthropic has launched Claude Opus 4.8, a new AI model. It offers better coding and reasoning abilities. Users can now control the model's ...
05 Jun, 2026, 09.28 AM IST
The spy who hired me: Chinese agents hunt for secrets on LinkedInChinese intelligence is now using professional networking sites and job portals to find and recruit people with access to sensitive data. T...
04 Jun, 2026, 08.49 PM IST
India to use artificial intelligence for machine-readable standards, says Consumer Affairs Secretary KhareIndia's Consumer Affairs Ministry is set to develop advanced, machine-readable standards using AI. This initiative aims to simplify complia...
04 Jun, 2026, 02.48 PM IST
‘No lunch or coffee breaks’: Techie claims MNC tracks employees minute by minute, sparks debate onlineA software professional's Reddit post detailing minute-to-minute work hour tracking at a multinational corporation has ignited online debat...
03 Jun, 2026, 07.23 PM IST
Supreme Court refuses to accept plea to conduct NEET-UG retest in CBT modeThe Supreme Court has rejected a request to conduct the NEET-UG 2026 re-test in computer-based format. Justices stated the National Testing...
01 Jun, 2026, 03.26 PM IST
Psychology suggests adults who leave parties without long goodbyes aren’t rude: They’re protecting the social energy they still need after the room stops watchingExiting social gatherings sooner than expected is not considered rude. In fact, studies in psychology indicate that it serves as an effecti...
31 May, 2026, 04.56 PM IST
Canadian man, who posed as New Jersey teen to sexually exploit over 145 US children, sentenced for 33 yearsA Canadian man received a 33-year prison sentence in the United States for a widespread sextortion scheme. Ramanan Pathmanathan targeted ov...
30 May, 2026, 07.22 AM IST
China's ex-train driver, who “doesn’t speak English” makes an AI film in 10 days using $440; Hollywood filmmaker wants to hire himA former train driver, Liu Ziyu, gained international acclaim for his AI-generated short film, 'Zombie Scavenger,' created in just 10 days ...
29 May, 2026, 12.13 PM IST
Lord Shiva's ‘oldest prayer’ uncovered: Shiv Trilogy author Amish Tripathi shares how a techie decoded a 4,500-year-old Pashupati sealA computer scientist's cryptographic analysis of the Pashupati Seal suggests its inscription is an ancient invocation to Lord Shiva, aligni...
29 May, 2026, 11.42 AM IST
What AI’s entry into de-extinction research says about modern biologyArtificial intelligence is increasingly being used to process complex genetic data, enabling new approaches in biological research. This sh...
28 May, 2026, 05.33 PM IST
UP man uses AI to trace lost 25 ancestral land plots in village he barely knew, here's how he did itAn AI assistant has helped Zahid Khan find 25 ancestral land parcels in Uttar Pradesh's Mohammadpur village. The land records were scattere...
28 May, 2026, 02.13 PM IST
‘If you're writing code traditionally, stop. It's over': Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt explains why he is mourning as a programmerFormer Google CEO Eric Schmidt declared traditional coding is obsolete, urging developers to stop writing code manually. If you're writing ...
28 May, 2026, 11.51 AM IST
Global Market: Chinese AI and chip stocks rally after Huawei signals major tech leapChinese semiconductor stocks surged in Hong Kong following Huawei's announcement of a potential 1.4nm chip breakthrough using "LogicFolding...
26 May, 2026, 09.55 AM IST