Sci-Tech

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...

New Delhi: Lauding the Indian-origin engineer Ashok Elluswamy, who was the first recruit of Tesla's Autopilot team, Elon Musk Sunday expressed gratitude towards him, saying that "without him and our awesome team, we would just be another car company looking for an autonomy supplier that...