Over the past 80 years, America’s bold, sustained investment in scientific research, and the discoveries, ideas and innovations that flowed from it made America a world leader. The nation’s scientific leadership has been essential to our shared prosperity and national security,…
It’s been hard to look away from headlines about the European heat wave this week. Temperatures are breaking records across the continent, and the weather is threatening lives, shutting down schools, and in one particularly ironic case, forcing the cancellation…
EU antitrust regulators have preliminarily identified Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure as ‘gatekeepers’ under the Digital Markets Act. This designation aims to curb Big Tech’s influence by imposing specific rules. Both companies have voiced concerns, with Amazon highlighting the…
Agentic workflows are artificial intelligence-powered software systems that chain together multiple models and external tools to tackle complicated tasks, like analyzing a video and answering questions about it. But the way these highly fragmented systems are designed and deployed often…
Infosys CEO Salil Parekh led the pack among top Indian IT executives in FY26, earning Rs 82.6 crore. Tech Mahindra’s Mohit Joshi followed with Rs 67.55 crore. Wipro’s Srinivas Pallia saw a pay dip, while TCS’s K Krithivasan earned over…
As soon as August, a giant silver bullet will cut its way through the dry air of the southwestern US and cross the Pacific to reach the coast of Japan. Once there, the roughly 200-foot-long craft, built by the New…
At the recent AI and Society Forum at MIT, experts from across the Institute discussed the potential benefits and dangers of technological innovation on labor, the nature of work, civil discourse, election administration, and other topics. The event featured individual research…
India is home to about 60% of the world’s wild Asian elephants, and around 80% of the animals’ habitat lies outside protected areas, according to the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change. That brings people and wildlife into close…
OpenAI has introduced Daybreak, a cybersecurity initiative focused on software vulnerability detection and remediation. The programme includes Codex Security, GPT-5.5-Cyber, Patch the Planet, and the Daybreak Cyber Partner Program. According to the company, the initiative is intended to support cybersecurity…
A new chip developed by MIT researchers could help tiny, low-power UAVs avoid obstacles as they zip around tight corners inside an industrial HVAC system to check for gas leaks. The chip allows small autonomous robots and other battery-limited devices…