A New Fear Of AI Dawning?

...And it's not just fear of job losses, says Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The announcement recently of Geoffrey Hinton quitting Google, and, when asked why,......

Indian American girl wins Spelling Bee

In her fourth appearance at the annual spelling marathon, a supremely-confident Kavya Shivashankar, 13, of Olathe, Kansas, breezed through to win the 82nd Scripps National Spelling Bee competition,......

Barbarians at the gate, are we ready?

The recent surrender by the Pakistani State to the Taliban in the Swat valley may well turn out to be a watershed in the history of the Indian subcontinent. In terms of long-term impact, this may......

'Sharada Prasad was a renaissance man'

H Y Sharada Prasad, freedom fighter, columnist and the speech writer of three Prime Ministers of India, passed away in New Delhi on Tuesday. Dr Sanjaya Baru, former media advisor to Prime Minister......

World's top biz guru on innovation

It is noon at the Hilton Towers, Mumbai. Seated in the hotel's cavernous Lotus Room are a lot of men in suits. Middle and top level managers, CEOs, students of business management and a number of......

It's weird, it's wonderful, it's Wiki!

"It is common for the police to refer to a 'blunt instrument' when they cannot think of the specific type of club used to bash someone's head in. The origin of the term lies with Sir William......

Broadband just got cheaper and better

Have you got yourself a broadband connection? MTNL's Triband has lowered some of its charges and now offers some attractive packages whether you are an Internet junkie or you simply need to check......

The hottest things on the Net!

They are the hottest new things on the Net. And they are catching on like wildfire. The disruptive technology which powers them could dramatically alter the way we read, listen, express ourselves......

WIll legalising betting in cricket boost match-fixing?

Should betting in cricket be legalised? Vicky Nanjappa talks to police officials to find out what is the downside to this.   In the fall-out of all the controversies surrounding the Indian......