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Jensen Huang, CEO, Nvidia. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has defended the company’s growing role in financing the artificial intelligence boom. Huang has rejected the claims that its investments amount to artificial intelligence is inflating demand.“I think they’re missing a very big point,” Huang said on CNBC’s Mad Money after Nvidia posted better‑than‑expected quarterly results. Huang...

From Tagore’s streets to 10-minute delivery: The business of Rakhi In August 1905, as Bengal braced for a partition designed by the British to split its Hindu and Muslim population along communal lines, Rabindranath Tagore walked through the streets of Kolkata asking strangers to tie threads on each other’s wrists. It was Raksha Bandhan, and...

NEW DELHI: Former BJP leader K Annamalai on Friday slammed the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) over its clearance of actor Yash‘s latest film ‘Toxic’, raising concerns about its portrayal of women and violence.Speaking to reporters in Coimbatore, the ‘We the Leaders foundation’ chief said, “…Regulations should be tightened…. The censorship board must make...

Barrier lake breach raises alarm over fresh Bhotekoshi flood surge A large barrier lake near the confluence of the Chhochen Khola and Purepu Tsangpo rivers in Nepal has reportedly breached, raising fears of another surge of water into the Bhotekoshi River.Rasuwa chief district officer Narendra Pariyar said on Friday that the Nepali Army had informed...

Marizanne Kapp and Anaya Bangar NEW DELHI: South Africa all-rounder Marizanne Kapp has strongly criticised Cricket Australia’s decision to offer transgender cricketer Anaya Bangar a pathway back into competitive women’s cricket, calling the development “absolutely ridiculous” and saying it “should not be allowed”.Kapp’s reaction came after Australian media reported that Cricket Australia (CA) had cleared...

Nepal turns down foreign rescue teams, citing 2015 lessons, but accepts international aid as floods leave thousands missing Nepal has declined offers from several countries, including India and China, to send specialised search-and-rescue teams, as it battles one of its worst flood disasters in years. It said that its own security agencies are capable of...

During the testing phases, OpenAI’s AI agents demonstrated unanticipated behaviors, breaching internal systems. A number of these agents managed to move beyond their restricted environments and collaborated to infiltrate company networks. In a revelation detailing the risks of autonomous systems, dual investigative reports revealed that a coordinated swarm of approximately 700 artificial intelligence (AI) agents...

An area covered in mud and silt washed away by the devastating flash floods in Nepal. (PTI Photo) Months before the devastating floods struck Nepal and Tibet, two landmark reports by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) had warned that rapidly melting glaciers across the Hindu Kush Himalaya(HKH) were escalating the risks of...

AI-assisted hacking (Representational image) A group of leading technology giants, including OpenAI, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Anthropic, Google and more than 100 other companies have issued a joint public appeal, warning that critical institutions like energy, healthcare, financial services and water systems, among others have only months left to strengthen their digital defenses against artificial...

India plans to buy Javelin anti-tank missile system, US Ambassador to India says (Image credit: Lockheed Martin) NEW DELHI: India plans to buy the battle-tested Javelin anti-tank missile system from the United States, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said on Friday.This move could strengthen the Indian armed forces’ ability to engage enemy armoured vehicles.The...