Feedback | Thursday, October 15, 2026
June 12, 2026 3:57 PM
A Canadian mother sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman in U.S. court on Thursday alleging that ChatGPT encouraged her daughter to commit suicide, the latest lawsuit to accuse the company of failing to address dangerous conversations between users and the company's chatbot. Kristie Carrier said ...
June 12, 2026 3:44 PM
Pity the poor fly that lands on a Venus flytrap. When the insect touches hair-like structures on this remarkable carnivorous plant, its trap snaps shut, dooming the victim to be digested over several days in secreted enzymes. Scientists have now found the physical mechanism behind this snappi...
June 12, 2026 3:20 PM
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) on Friday said it has released ANCHOR (Atlas of Neurochemical Characterisation of the human brainstem with 3D Reconstruction), the world’s most detailed three‑dimensional atlas of the human brainstem. ANCHOR was developed by the Sudha Gopal...
June 12, 2026 3:10 PM
SpaceX is set to begin trading on Nasdaq on Friday after investors poured $75 billion into the world's biggest IPO ever, betting that Elon Musk's lofty space, communications and AI ambitions can justify a $1.77 trillion valuation. The landmark listing cemented Musk's status as the first trillionair...
June 12, 2026 10:15 AM
Union Minister for Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh, on Thursday inaugurated a Department of Science and Technology (DST)-funded Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF) and three new research clusters at IIT Gandhinagar, aimed at strengthening India's innovation ecosystem and accelerating th...
June 11, 2026 7:42 PM
In a move aimed at strengthening oilseed cultivation and improving farmers' access to scientific guidance, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has launched 'Oilseeds Kisaan Mitra', a WhatsApp-based artificial intelligence-powered advisory service that provides round-the-clock, researc...
June 11, 2026 12:35 PM
Several electricity distribution utilities are now live on DigiLocker, India’s flagship digital document wallet under the Digital India programme. It has successfully onboarded 68 electricity distribution companies (DISCOMs) and power departments across the country, according to IT Ministry. “...
June 10, 2026 9:47 PM
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) on Wednesday highlighted the expansion of India's skilling ecosystem over the past 12 years, citing growth in vocational training infrastructure, apprenticeships, digital skilling platforms and international workforce mobility initiatives...
June 10, 2026 1:01 PM
A two-day workshop on defence procurement, Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX), Technology Perspective Capability Roadmap (TPCR) and testing procedures for MSMEs and start-ups will be held at the Manekshaw Centre in Delhi Cantonment on June 11 and 12. The workshop is being jointly organised b...
June 10, 2026 9:58 AM
Alphabet's Google Cloud said on Tuesday that some customers in India experienced intermittent network disruptions after a fire at a third-party data centre triggered an emergency shutdown of networking equipment. The cloud-computing unit said the fire led to an emergency power shutdown at the facil...
