Sci-Tech

San Francisco: You don't have to be in the middle of an election campaign to be concerned about your ability to spot a lie. Psychology research suggests people lie at least once a day. A 2006 review of 206 papers found that we are little...

New York: Eight former employees sued SpaceX and its CEO Elon Musk, alleging that Musk ordered them fired after they challenged what they called rampant sexual harassment and a hostile “Animal House”-style work environment at the company. The employees, who filed suit in a California...

San Francisco: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been accused of having sexual relationships with two of his employees, including an intern, and approaching another worker to have his babies, a media report revealed Wednesday. According to The Wall Street Journal, Musk in his...

New Delhi: Buoyed by the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government, Apple has managed to export iPhones worth more than Rs 16,500 crore (nearly $2 billion) in the first two months of the ongoing financial year (FY25), shows industry data....

New Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras has launched a first-of-its-kind BTech programme in Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics from the upcoming academic year 2024-25, officials said. The course will have 50 seats and the admissions will be through the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE),...

New Delhi: As millions of people in India grapple with blistering heat intensified by climate change, a new report has said extreme weather events have caused over $41 billion in damages globally since the international climate talks in Dubai (COP28) in December last year. The...

New Delhi: Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Tuesday said the government will push ahead with its tech-driven agenda of cementing India's global lead in semiconductor and electronics manufacturing, and as a technology and digital hub. Taking charge of Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) -- a...

New Delhi: Fintech firm One97 Communications, owner of Paytm brand, is laying off an undisclosed number of employees and claimed that it is providing outplacement support for their smooth transition, according to a company statement. Paytm's sales employee headcount in March 2024 quarter dropped by...

Bengaluru: ISRO's Aditya-L1 spacecraft's two onboard remote sensing instruments have captured the recent solar fury, the space agency said Monday. India's maiden solar mission Aditya-L1 reached the Lagrangian point (L1) January 6 this year, 127 days after it was launched September 2, 2023. L1 is...

New Delhi: As India embarks on its ambitious semiconductor journey, the country will require 2.5-3 lakh skilled professionals by 2027 across Research and Development (R&D), design, manufacturing and advanced packaging domains, a report showed Monday. De-risking initiatives by the world’s leading electronic manufacturers, coupled with...