Indian-American OpenAI whistleblower found dead in US

A 26-year-old Indian-origin former employee of the artificial intelligence giant OpenAI has died by suicide in San Francisco, authorities said. IMAGE: OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji.......

'America Is In For A Period Of Extended Domestic Turmoil'

'Trump's disregard for norms and institutions could prove very costly for America's social fabric.' IMAGE: USA President-elect Donald Trump meets with Republican members of the US House of......

'Warfare will soon be between machines and humans'

Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan on Tuesday underlined the evolving nature of warfare and said a combat has always been between humans but now the world is going to enter an era in which it......

Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

Aim to make India core in global energy revolution: Ola Electric

In March 2021, Ola Electric founder Bhavish Aggarwal was seen surveying an empty 500-acre land surrounded by shoe factories, temples, bakery shops, coconut trees and dusty roads in Pochampalli town......

We Missed Industrial Revolution

Is India headed there again? asks Ajit Balakrishnan Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   He was a stout, illiterate man, son of a butcher, struggling to earn enough to feed his 13......

Debt Collection Goes Digital

Companies don't have to be in the field to nudge people to return money they owe lenders. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Rishab Goel, co-founder of the digital-debt collections firm......

Modi's US visit: Why Amazon, Google raised their India bet

American online major Amazon seems to be almost doubling its India investment going by the company’s recent announcement during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to the US.......

Life, Death, Romance On OTT This Week

Stories of life, death, survival and stalkers dominate the OTT scene this week. Sukanya Verma lists everything you can watch.   Perfect DaysWhere to watch? MubiLanguage: Japanese (with......

Madhubala-Dilip Kumar To Star In 2025 Movie?

Digital ghosts have opened a new can of worms for digital experts. IMAGE: Carrie Fisher's digital ghost in Star Wars 5. In July 2023, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and......

Golden Globes 2018: 10 things that stood out

The 'power of women' resonated all through the evening in the most emphatic fashion. The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles buzzed with stars, speeches and statements as the 75th Golden Globes......

Golden Globes 2018: Gal Gadot, Sharon Stone on the Red Carpet

The 75th Golden Globes awards saw the stars descend at the Beverly Hilton hotel in California. This year, we saw none of the colours we're so used to seeing on the red carpet. Instead, it was all......

When Paes, Bhupathi, and Sania conquered the US Open

IMAGE: Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares of Brazil celebrate winning the US Open mixed doubles title after beating Santiago Gonzalez of Mexico and Abigail Spears of the US in the final, on September 5,......

21-year-old Lim Si-hyeon sets World, Olympic archery mark

IMAGE: South Korea's Lim Si-hyeon set a World and Olympic record 694 in the Olympics women's individual ranking round at the stunning Esplanade des Invalides in Paris on Thursday. Photograph:......

Are Computers Destroying Chess?

Cheating poses an existential challenge to chess.It's hard to know how it will be mitigated, but it must be, if chess is to continue being a legitimate sport, asserts Devangshu Datta. IMAGE: World......

Osaka 'a Jesse Owens of Japan' for racial injustice stand

'She is joining a community that has a history, has a legacy, going all the way back beyond Jesse Owens' IMAGE: Naomi Osaka has long been a symbol for change in Japan. Photograph: Al Bello/Getty......

Wimbledon PIX: Nadal, Federer, Serena roll on

PHOTOS from the Wimbledon Championships matches played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Saturday Federer bags more records as he downs Pouille to reach last 16 IMAGE:......