Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, appears to be beating Facebok founder Mark Zuckerberg in the one area where Meta has focused its most aggressive resources: salaries to its employees – making company researchers and engineers some of the richest employees in Silicon Valley. Citing financial data that the company has shown to its...
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‘The end of me’: Google’s Eric Schmidt on AI; says 55 years of coding wiped out
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt believes AI’s rapid advancement, already handling 10-20% of programming tasks, signals the end of traditional coding careers. He sees AI’s true economic power in automating corporate functions like billing and accounting, not just coding. Schmidt also predicts Artificial General Intelligence by 2029, urging human oversight to preserve agency. Former Google...
‘Bloodthirsty mob’: Kin of Hindu man set on fire in B’desh in shock; seeks justice
Representative image The family of Khokon Chandra Das has described the brutal attack on him as shocking and senseless, saying they cannot understand why he was targeted. Das, a businessman from Shariatpur district in Bangladesh, is currently undergoing treatment in Dhaka after suffering around 30 per cent burn injuries. Another Hindu Targeted In Bangladesh, Wife...
‘A red line’: Iran hits back after Trump’s ‘loaded’ warning; mocks US ‘rescue record’
Representative image (Picture credit: AP) Iran on Friday issued a sharp warning against any US intervention, vowing a response after President Donald Trump said Washington would come to the aid of protesters in the Islamic republic.“Any intervening hand-nearing Iran security on pretexts will be cut off with a regret-inducing response,” Ali Shamkhani, an adviser to...
Between belief and balance: The quiet rise of Australia U-19 all-rounder John James
John James (right) with Australia captain Pat Cummins during the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney (Instagram | John James) New Delhi: By the time John James speaks about belief, it is clear he doesn’t treat it as a buzzword.For him, belief is not motivational wallpaper or a pre-match cliché. It...
Permanent disruption: How politics, pollution and power will define 2026
The world is not easing into 2026. It is edging forward under the weight of problems that have been deferred, denied or deliberately ignored. The warning signs are already visible in the air people breathe, the prices they pay and the conflicts that refuse to fade from the headlines. What once felt like isolated crises...
Congress at 140: Is the grand old party ready to make a comeback in 2026?
Mahatma Gandhi once envisioned a future where the Congress would quietly dissolve itself into a Lok Sevak Sangh after Independence, having fulfilled its role and returned power to the people. History, as it often does, chose drama instead. The party stayed on, grew older, heavier with legacy — and now, at 140, finds itself older...
Hype vs valuation: What really drives the IPO market
Representative AI image The year 2025 was a watershed year for the country’s primary markets. Companies from different industries lined up to list on the stock exchanges, thus raising a record Rs. 1.75 lakh crore through mainboard public issues, along with another Rs. 11,429 crore through SMEs.Although as the year ended, a different picture came...
Why did Trump ban Epstein from Mar-a-Lago? Former employees reveal details — Report
Trump Epstein partying at Mar-a-Lago (NBC archive footage) Jeffrey Epstein was barred from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida in 2003 after an 18-year-old beautician complained that he had pressured her for sex during a visit to his home, former employees have said.The employees told The Wall Street Journal that the young female alleged that...
How AI-generated images darkened the picture for enterprises
How AI-generated images darkened the picture for enterprises, EconomictimesB2B Published On Jan 2, 2026 at 02:40 PM IST
