Palantir CEO Alex Karp does not want American companies to put the brakes on artificial intelligence (AI) development. The chief executive of one of America’s leading defense tech and software companies doesn’t want US companies to slow down AI development even if there are growing concerns about the risks posed by increasingly powerful AI models….
If BJP wins Nagaon, party will secure all 126 Assam seats in 2031: Himanta Biswa Sarma NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarm on Tuesday made a big claim that BJP could win all 126 assembly seats in the state in the 2031 Vidhan Sabha elections if it wins the Nagaon Lok Sabha bypoll…
Employee of China’s OpenAI and Anthropic rival, DeepSeek, writes a ‘sentimental letter’ on AI; say A DeepSeek engineer has offered a rare and deeply personal look at what it feels like to build increasingly powerful AI while knowing that the same technology could eventually make parts of his own job obsolete. In a sentimental letter…
For many employees, workplace wellness usually means a gym membership, an occasional health check-up, a team outing or perhaps a fitness challenge with a small reward. But an Indian woman working in South Korea has shared a very different kind of workplace incentive, and the reward is enough to make many employees curious. Maansi Arora,…
Nepal finance minister Swarnim Wagle. (Reuters file photo) NEW DELHI: Nepal finance minister Swarnim Wagle will in New Delhi for a two-day visit from Thursday for talks on post-flood reconstruction and wider economic cooperation as Kathmandu looks to India for support after the Aug 26 disaster devastated hydropower projects, roads, bridges and settlements and left…
Trump hits out at Supreme Court US President Donald Trump on Tuesday attacked the Supreme Court after it rejected his administration’s push to restrict mail-in voting in this year’s midterm elections, saying the justices who ruled against him were “not the people I interviewed.”The court, in an emergency order late Monday, found that the restrictions…
File photo: A man walking on a pedestrian bridge past residential buildings in Beijing, China (Picture credit: Reuters) China’s new home prices extended their decline in August, highlighting the continuing weakness in the country’s prolonged property downturn and its impact on the broader economy.New home prices fell 0.1% in August from July, matching the monthly…
Swarnim Wagle will be in New Delhi for a two-day visit NEW DELHI: Nepal finance minister Swarnim Wagle will be in New Delhi for a two-day visit from Thursday for talks on post-flood reconstruction and wider economic cooperation as Kathmandu looks to India for support after the Aug 26 disaster devastated hydropower projects, roads, bridges and…
In the rice fields, the soil around plant roots is home to countless microorganisms that feed on organic matter released by the plants. As microorganisms break down this organic matter, they release electrons that can produce a small electrical current. Researchers are investigating whether this process can be harnessed without affecting normal rice growth. According…
For now, the boats still leave from the dock, visitors still descend into the darkness, and Penn’s Cave remains a family-run attraction waiting to learn whether its future will ultimately belong to the state. Long before tourists arrived by boat, Penn’s Cave was simply a dark opening in the Pennsylvania countryside. In 1795, an Irish…