Category: Events

What would you do for the love of nature? Apparently, live on a remote island with no roads for 53 years, preserving it for the world. Every year, 84-year-old Carol Ruckdeschel walks along the beach on Cumberland Island, Georgia. Donning her white boots, hair in pigtail braids, she takes notes of her home in a...

Alan Turing’s 1950 mistake sent AI down the wrong road, says computer scientist Peter J. Denning As ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini race towards AGI, computer scientist Peter J. Denning says Alan Turing’s ‘famous test’ sent AI down the wrong road 75 years ago; adds: We are aliens across an...Alan Turing’s 1950 paper is where modern...

Despite years in detention, Suu Kyi continues to command loyalty among many supporters. On her 81st birthday on June 19, supporters quietly marked the occasion across Myanmar. More than three years after Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi‘s last junta-orchestrated public appearance, questions over the detained Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s whereabouts and condition are mounting. Her...

The US government has refunded tens of billions of dollars in collected tariffs after the Supreme Court struck down a major portion of President Donald Trump’s extra tariffs ordered, marking a significant setback for one of his flagship economic policies. Newly released Treasury budget figures show the refunds surged following the court’s ruling, wiping out...

Picture from Fire Fury Corps X handle NEW DELHI: The Army on Tuesday marked a key moment in India’s military history, recalling July 14, 1999, as the decisive turning point of the Kargil War. It was the day India’s military campaign gained a decisive edge, forcing Pakistan to announce the withdrawal of its forces after...

Four senior AI researchers have left Google in the past few weeks, and the through-line isn’t pay or position—it’s a city. Most of those walking out of DeepMind for Anthropic and OpenAI are based in London, and that’s the detail worth following. The latest to go are Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel, both described by...

Jeff Bezos made what remains the world’s largest individual philanthropic commitment to climate change and nature in 2020 by pledging $10 billion through the Bezos Earth Fund, with the money set to be distributed by 2030. Five years later, as the fund enters its next phase, Lauren Sánchez Bezos is taking a leading role in...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the existing arrangement at the disputed Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar would remain ad hoc and subject to the final outcome of the pending petitions. The court also assured both the Hindu and Muslim sides that it was prepared to hear the matter on...

Bankipur bypoll: Prashant Kishor declares Rs 96 crore assets; wife owns Rs 101.93 crore NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor has filed his nomination for the Bankipur assembly bypoll in Bihar, declaring movable and immovable assets worth more than Rs 96 crore, according to his election affidavit.The poll strategist-turned-politician, popularly known as PK,...

NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Tuesday registered a strong protest against the continued attacks on vessels carrying Indian seafarers in the Strait of Hormuz by Iran.According to a statement, the ministry said that India is deeply concerned by the attacks on two vessels, MT Al Bahiyah and MT Mombasa, during their transit...