People will soon have AI 'friends and they'll help us live our lives, says tech chief

Folk will have ‘AI friends’, according to a tech chief. They will chat to their favourite ‘bots about their problems first then take whatever advice they receive into the real world. Karandeep Anand, chief executive officer of chatbot-maker...

Bill Ackman pours billions into 2 tech stocks amid AI boom

Bill Ackman, the billionaire hedge fund manager behind Pershing Square Capital Management, continued to tilt his portfolio further toward Big Tech’s "Magnificent Seven." According to the firm’s latest 13F filing with the SEC, Pershing made a new...

Is AI The Scapegoat Employers Use To Explain Technology Layoffs?

A movie still from Stanley Kubrick's 1968 science fiction film '2001: A Space Odyssey' starring Gary Lockwood. (Photo by Movie Poster Image Art/Getty Images) Getty Images AI has not yet replaced actual jobs at scale. It is potentially a cover for...

The Contribution of Digital Technology to Net-Zero Ambitions

The SBTI offers a solid platform for organizations to establish and achieve such climate goals. Nevertheless, achieving net-zero is not an easy achievement—it takes accurate data monitoring, practical analysis, and effective contradiction and...

Scientists discover oxygen ‘breathing’ crystal that could transform clean energy tech

A team of scientists has created a groundbreaking material – a metal oxide composed of strontium, iron, and cobalt – that can literally “breathe” oxygen. When heated in a simple gas environment, the crystal releases oxygen and then reabsorbs it...

Microsoft opens inquiry into use of its technology in Israeli monitoring of Palestinians

Microsoft has launched a formal and ‘urgent’ external investigation into claims of its Azure cloud services been used by Israel’s military intelligence for the mass surveillance of Palestinians. The probe follows a joint investigation by The...

Andreas Kluth: Expiring deals, rising China, rising tech, rogue dictators = rising nuke risk

Tulsi Gabbard, the U.S. director of national intelligence, admittedly struck the wrong note in a melodramatic video she put out after visiting Hiroshima, which was destroyed by an atomic bomb 80 years ago. “As we stand here today, closer to the...

Scientists discover new glass tech that could transform major cities: 'Could be an excellent solution'

A glass film developed on the atomic scale could provide big savings for utility customers in cold-weather cities such as New York, thanks to its ability to stop heat loss. The clear covering was primarily developed by experts at Rice University...

Greater Noida: B.Tech Student Found Hanging in Hostel; Asked College to Refund Fees in Note

BTech students at private university in Greater Noida hangs self in hostel room (Representative Image) Photo : iStock Noida News: A 24-year-old student, studying at a private college in Greater Noida, died allegedly by suicide, said the police on...

High-tech model trains stop at GC Fair

MOSES LAKE — This is not your grandfather’s electric train set. “In the old days, you had a dial,” said Steve Riegel, who oversaw the model railroad display in the Youth Building at the Grant County Fair last week. “You turned it one way and (the...

Opportunities, challenges in the path of deep-tech startups

Samsung India Manufacturing Expansion: South Korean Tech Giant Continues To Expand Making Advanced Technology Devices in India, Says Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

New Delhi, August 17: South Korean giant Samsung continues to expand manufacturing of its advanced technology devices in India, including laptops, according to Union Minister for Electronics and IT, Ashwini Vaishnaw. In a major fillip to the 'Make...

Irish tech firm secures funding for device to detect concussion in sportspeople

AN IRISH tech firm has secured €650,000 in pre-seed funding to help produce a device that detects concussion in sportspeople. The compact, behind-the-ear sports wearable from Sports Impact Technologies detects head impacts in real-time to enhance...

Zelensky has imposed sanctions against companies related to the UAV technologies in Russian drones

On August 17, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky implemented a decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to impose sanctions on companies involved in the UAV technologies using artificial intelligence in Russian drones. They...

Xinhua Headlines: Humanoid robot games in China spotlight global tech innovation

BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- At the 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games, the first of its kind globally, which wrapped up on Sunday in Beijing, the much-anticipated robot five-a-side soccer saw Tsinghua Hephaestus from China emerge victorious,...

Samsung expands tech devices manufacturing in India

In the first quarter of current fiscal (Q1 FY26), India's traditional PC market, which includes desktops, notebooks, and workstations, saw a 7.1% increase in shipments, reaching 3.39 million units, according to IDC. The market experienced a 7.1...

Scott Bessent Sees Nvidia-AMD China Deal As Blueprint, Facebook Users Claim $725 Million, Intel Surges On Trump Stake Buzz — Weekly Tech Recap

The weekend was a whirlwind of tech and market news. From a massive data privacy settlement for Meta Platforms META to a unique revenue-sharing agreement between the U.S. government and chip giants, the stories were as diverse as they were...

Consumer Tech News (August 11–August 15): Consumer Sentiment Slips, Stimulus Sparks Rallies, and Cisco & Applied Materials Headline Earnings

With earnings season nearing its end and the macroeconomy running hot, shifting sentiment, bold policy moves, and volatile commodity prices are setting the stage for a mixed corporate performance. U.S. consumer sentiment weakened in August, ending...

Caltech's Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies Gets New Director

Aaron Ames Credit: Briana Ticehurst/Caltech Aaron Ames, the Bren Professor of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Control and Dynamical Systems, and Aerospace at Caltech has been named the director and Booth-Kresa Leadership Chair of the Center for...

Chhattisgarh uses satellite technology, force to reclaim 1,800 acres of encroached forest in tiger reserve

The analysis revealed how forest cover loss began after 2012 and continued until 2020, during which encroachers allegedly cleared vast tracts of dense jungle. “It’s an exceptional feat for the state. The removal of these encroachments using...