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Sundar Pichai meets US General today amid military jitters over Google’s AI push in China

Google invited General Joseph Dunford for talks after he said the firm's AI work in China 'indirectly benefits the Chinese military'.

Huge salary offers & a glut of companies as IIT placement season kicks off with a bang

Microsoft, Apple offer packages over Rs 1 crore as IITs expect better recruitment season due to ‘robust early hiring trends’.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies of cancer, and Saudi Arabia to admit to Khashoggi’s death

US President Donald Trump says climate change scientists have political agenda, and 93-year-old crowned 'Miss Holocaust Survivor'.

Paul Allen, billionaire who co-founded Microsoft, dies at 65

Paul Allen was regarded as the brains of the Microsoft partnership while Bill Gates was the marketing whiz.

For most internet tech companies like Google, venturing into hardware will remain a hobby

Google technology is already everywhere, Android is an example. It didn’t need its own hardware product offering to achieve the same.

LinkedIn, like Facebook, is allowing researchers to use its data, but with one big caveat

Restrictions on data mining will stop researchers from using data beyond the requirements of their projects.

Why Australia has detained 119 kids on an island, and ‘cyberbullying’ in the White House

Microsoft claims to have thwarted Russian bid to hack the US Senate, and Beijing defies Washington to continue Iran oil imports.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.