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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is much older than the solar system itself

Carbon isotope ratios offered clues about the composition of the interstellar gas cloud that gave rise to 3I/ATLAS

23 Jun 2026 4:05 pm
Explained: Metas $900 million investment in Cred and hiring of Kunal Shah as WhatsApp chief

The hiring accomplishes the dual aim of investing into a business focused on the few million Indians with a credit card, and getting a leader for WhatsApp at a time it is pushing to leverage the multi-billion user base Meta has been able to amass.

23 Jun 2026 1:06 pm
The future of Indias chip industry

A new NITI Aayog report says Indias semiconductor ecosystem is not yet equipped to fully meet domestic demand, while stressing the need to strengthen local manufacturing, as geopolitical pressures could potentially disrupt the electronics supply chain

23 Jun 2026 12:44 pm
An industrial risk the Qatar blast shares with accidents in India | Explained

Industry data consistently show that nearly 50% of all process safety incidents occur during 10% of an industrial plants operations, when it is in a transient mode

23 Jun 2026 12:00 pm
Explained: Reliance Communications and Telegrams global blocking

What is BGP? How did it lead to an accidental blocking of Telegram in other countries? Why did this not happen everywhere?

23 Jun 2026 10:40 am
Wikipedia won't let AI edit articles, co-founder Jimmy Wales says

The problem of AI hallucinations, in which fabricated output is confidently presented, has been reduced with newer AI models but remains very, very bad, Jimmy Wales said

23 Jun 2026 10:17 am
Google DeepMind signs AI research deal with film studio A24

A24 has produced horror film Backrooms, Timothe Chalamet-starrer Marty Supreme and Oscar-winning adventure film Everything Everywhere All at Once, among others

23 Jun 2026 10:10 am
IBM partners with OpenAI on enterprise security AI

Project Lightwell will use OpenAIs cyber capabilities alongside other frontier AI models for code review and remediation

23 Jun 2026 9:42 am
Oracle workforce shrinks by about 21,000 employees amid AI adoption

The decline in the workforce follows multiple reports earlier this year about Oracle cutting thousands of jobs

23 Jun 2026 8:58 am
The challenge of Indias digital sovereignty

Digital sovereignty is essential for Indias technological security and strategic autonomy

23 Jun 2026 1:29 am
A Trojan horse has breached the IITs

The Indian Knowledge System centres intend to embed myth-based inquiries in the framework of the IITs

23 Jun 2026 12:58 am
Cred founder Kunal Shah tapped as WhatsApp global chief

WhatsApp parent Meta, which also owns Instagram and Facebook, will invest $900 million (around 8,550 crore) in Cred as a part of this hire, enabling Cred to move forward with ESOP buybacks

22 Jun 2026 9:36 pm
U.S. court rules Ohio can restrict children's use of social media

The panel found the law did not violate free speech protections under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

22 Jun 2026 12:43 pm
Laser strums atoms trillions of times in search for better computers

By physically squeezing or stretching a grid of atoms, scientists can change how a material conducts electricity or stores magnetic information

22 Jun 2026 10:32 am
Telegram | Mass messaging and more

The WhatsApp alternative with a strong commitment to user privacy, which has over 15 crore users in India, is facing a week-long ban in the country

21 Jun 2026 9:39 am
20 Jun 2026 11:53 pm
Can AI crack UPSC? How technology is disrupting Indias coaching industry

At a time when the UPSC journey is being reshaped by Artificial Intelligence and content creators, aspirants and coaches weigh in on the pros and cons

18 Jun 2026 9:00 pm
Google Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer to join IPO-bound OpenAI

Shazeers move comes as leading AI firms compete for talent while racing to develop advanced models

18 Jun 2026 11:00 am
Meta head of product for 'AI for work' transformation is leaving company

Dalton Smith said in her memo that her team was expecting the new features to be available inside Metamate as of June 1

18 Jun 2026 10:26 am
Elon Musk's xAI accused of illegally firing engineer who raised safety concerns

Elon Musk, the worlds richest person, established xAI in 2023 as what he said would be a safer alternative to OpenAI, which he had helped found more than a decade ago

11 Jun 2026 10:10 am