From dance floor to war: China readies humanoid robots for combatTwo days after the Games ended, the People's Liberation Army's official newspaper drew its own conclusions from the show. The PLA Daily cal...
07 Sep, 2026, 11.45 AM IST
Meet Tanishq Matthew Abraham, the 21-year-old American prodigy who graduated high school at 10, earned 3 degrees by 11 and published research at 14Tanishq Matthew Abraham graduated high school at age ten and earned three degrees by eleven. He obtained his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineerin...
06 Sep, 2026, 12.39 AM IST
Prineville built a 120-acre wetland instead of a new wastewater plant; the Oregon system cost $7.7 million and saved the city $54 million versus conventional treatmentPrineville, Oregon, built a wetland wastewater system after population growth strained its capacity. This innovative approach cost $7.7 mil...
04 Sep, 2026, 02.40 PM IST
At 13, a Texas student uses AI to study one of the deadliest brain cancers: says, ‘It started with curiosity’; aims to combine AI with biomedicineThirteen-year-old Myreen Ahsan is at the forefront of innovation, delving into the realms of advanced AI tools to aid brain cancer research...
03 Sep, 2026, 11.04 PM IST
In 2005, Jeff Bezos launched a platform he called “artificial artificial intelligence” that once had more than 500,000 workers. Amazon is now shutting it downAmazon has announced that it will shut down its Mechanical Turk crowdsourcing platform on September 30, 2026, after two decades of connecti...
03 Sep, 2026, 12.05 AM IST
Accelerating Plastics Circularity: Turning Ambition into Scalable Action | Industry RoundtableIndustry experts convened to emphasize the need for advancing plastics circularity throughout India and the Asia Pacific region. They ident...
02 Sep, 2026, 07.04 PM IST
India's e-commerce market to hit USD 345 bn by 2030; dark stores to triple: ReportIndia's e-commerce market will nearly triple to USD 345 billion by 2030. Quick commerce is the fastest-growing segment, contributing signif...
02 Sep, 2026, 03.52 PM IST
To Chennai from Cupertino: How Tim ‘cooked’ Apple's India recipeTim Cook leaves Apple after 15 years with India as a critical part of his supply-chain legacy. What began with assembling older iPhones in ...
02 Sep, 2026, 03.26 PM IST
Quote of the day by Nikola Tesla: 'A new idea must not be judged by...' Life lessons from inspiring quote on true innovations, real value, patience, persistence, and long-term visionQuote of the day by Nikola Tesla, “A new idea must not be judged by its immediate results,” explains why new ideas need time before their v...
31 Aug, 2026, 10.03 PM IST
Bihar farmer’s son cracks IIT-JEE at 12, goes from IIT Kanpur to PhD in US and AI researchSatyam Kumar became one of India’s youngest IIT entrants after cracking the IIT-JEE at 12 and securing AIR 670 a year later. The Bihar-born...
26 Aug, 2026, 09.25 PM IST
ET AI Hackathon 2026: A platform to build, innovate and leadGet ready for AI Hackathon 2026, brought to you by The Economic Times and Posspole Catalyst! This nationwide competition aims to uncover th...
24 Aug, 2026, 10.56 PM IST
18-year-old California student Colin Jie Chu built a model to predict EV battery health with 2.36% error. His research wins top US science award18-year-old California student Colin Jie Chu developed a model to predict the health and lifespan of electric vehicle batteries, achieving ...
24 Aug, 2026, 09.06 PM IST
What Will Define the Next Chapter of Enterprise AI? Octave Shares Its Perspective.Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rapidly moved from experimentation to enterprise adoption. Yet as organisations race to deploy increasingl...
23 Aug, 2026, 09.10 PM IST
Google is giving US college students $240 worth of Gemini AI Pro for free for a year, with powerful new AI study features. Here's how you can avail itGoogle is offering eligible US college students a free year of Google AI Pro worth nearly $240, along with premium Gemini features, 5TB of ...
21 Aug, 2026, 04.46 PM IST
Tyson Foods closes beef plants in Joslin, Illinois and Utah, lays off over 3,200 workers as historic US cattle shortage hits meat giant hardTyson Foods is closing its beef plants in Joslin, Illinois, and Eagle Mountain, Utah, affecting more than 3,200 workers as a historic US ca...
21 Aug, 2026, 12.05 AM IST
18-year-old California student Seth Jacob Nabat wins $40,000 in prestigious Regeneron science competition for machine-learning program that could help physicists better understand particle collisionsEighteen-year-old California student Seth Jacob Nabat has won $40,000 after placing 10th in the 2026 Regeneron Science Talent Search. His i...
20 Aug, 2026, 08.13 PM IST
How businesses are shifting from optimisation to navigation, reducing dependencies & building resilienceLeaders still have to raise the sails. That is the real shift: from optimiser to navigator. Optimising assumes conditions are stable enough...
18 Aug, 2026, 11.14 PM IST