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The origin stories of SPAM

The months of April and May could well be celebrated as the birth months of spam those notoriously undesired messages that clog our information highways. This is because the earliest known case of spam took place on May 3, 1978 and the first such case in the Web as we know it now took place on April 12, 1994. A.S.Ganesh turns off his spam filters to give you these two tales

The Hindu 12 Apr 2026 7:36 am

Apple at 50: A loyalist on the brands evolution in India

From buying an iPod Mini in 2004 to standing in line for early iPad launches, one long-time user traces how Apple Inc. shaped taste, tech and aspiration in India and how the global giant has, over time, gone quietly desi

The Hindu 11 Apr 2026 11:55 am

Artemis astronauts splash down into Pacific Ocean

The crew members -- Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen and Reid Wiseman -- are to be met by recovery teams and flown to a U.S. military ship for medical evaluations

The Hindu 11 Apr 2026 5:57 am

Elon Musk's xAI sues Colorado over state's new AI law

U.S. President Donald Trumps AI advisers favour federal oversight through a streamlined national framework instead of a patchwork of state-level rules

The Hindu 10 Apr 2026 11:51 am

OpenAI projects $2.5 billion in ad revenue this year, $100 billion by 2030: Report

OpenAI expects to generate $2.5 billion in advertising revenue this year, with projections to reach $100 billion by 2030, Axios reported

The Hindu 10 Apr 2026 11:40 am

Florida AG opens probe into OpenAI ahead of potential IPO

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings sent a letter to OpenAI in September 2025 expressing deep concern over increased reports of how OpenAIs products interact with children

The Hindu 10 Apr 2026 11:37 am

OpenAI pauses UK data centre project over regulation, costs

We see huge potential for the UKs AI future. London is home to our largest international research hub, and we support the Governments ambition to be an AI leader, OpenAI said

The Hindu 10 Apr 2026 9:39 am

In breakthrough, cheap aluminium may replace costly catalysts in pharma

New research has found aluminium can be made to behave in the same way that makes transition metals such good catalysts; the stakes are high for India, which has abundant aluminium but currently meets its transition metal needs almost entirely through imports

The Hindu 10 Apr 2026 7:30 am

IT industry, govt. examine cybersecurity implications of Anthropics Mythos model

Claudes new LLM has found security vulnerabilities over a decade old in widely used software; as large U.S. firms get early access, Indian firms and the IT Ministry are examining what lies ahead

The Hindu 9 Apr 2026 5:47 pm

Is BSFs idea to have reptiles in the water along Bangladesh border sound?

Snakes or crocodiles introduced in vulnerable riverine gaps should be explored for feasibility, per a directive to theBorder Security Force on March 26

The Hindu 9 Apr 2026 11:52 am

Russia sees China's WeChat, Douyin as models for its homegrown Max messenger

The Kremlin sees this kind of platform economy, in which e-commerce firms and affiliated banks help businesses reach their customers through online services, as its main tool for boosting slowing economic growth

The Hindu 9 Apr 2026 11:36 am

OpenAI will reserve portion of IPO shares for retail investors, CFO tells CNBC

OpenAI raised over $3 billion from individual investors in its latest funding round

The Hindu 9 Apr 2026 11:30 am

Fast-moving cornstarch acts like a liquid before hardening

A new study has solved a complex physics puzzle and also has practical applications

The Hindu 8 Apr 2026 1:25 pm

Intel joins Elon Musk's Terafab AI chip project to power humanoid, data centre goals

Elon Musk said his rocket company SpaceX, which recently merged with his social media and AI firm xAI, and Tesla would build two advanced chip factories at a sprawling facility in Austin, Texas

The Hindu 8 Apr 2026 9:42 am