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Mint Explainer | A web for machines, not humans: Decoding ex-Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal's next big move

New Delhi, Aug. 27 -- After his ouster from Twitter, now 'X', Parag Agrawal has launched a new company, Parallel Web Systems, that is attempting to create a "web for machines". He is betting on a web ... Read More


Mint Explainer | Freezing the dead: The science, startups, and controversy behind cryonics

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- From Demolition Man-where Sylvester Stallone's cryogenically frozen whole body is revived to chase a futuristic villain played by Wesley Snipes-to movies like The 6th Day, Gemini... Read More


Mint Explainer | The race to freeze and revive the dead: Science or folly?

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- From Demolition Man-where Sylvester Stallone's cryogenically frozen whole body is revived to chase a futuristic villain played by Wesley Snipes-to movies like The 6th Day, Gemini... Read More


The man who wants your face to be the boarding pass-everywhere

Bengaluru, Aug. 6 -- On a foggy January morning in 2017, 17 passengers voluntarily stepped into an experimental lane at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport to test a new way of boarding fligh... Read More


Mint Explainer | When big tech pulls the plug: What Nayara's service disruption reveals

New Delhi, July 30 -- In a world increasingly powered by digital infrastructure, geopolitics can cajole tech giants to bring a business to a halt with the flip of a switch. Nayara Energy learnt this t... Read More


Mint Explainer: Is OpenAI exaggerating the powers of its new ChatGPT Agent?

New Delhi, July 20 -- On Thursday, OpenAI launched its autonomous ChatGPT Agent, a tool that's capable of finding and buying things online, managing your calendar, and booking you an appointment with ... Read More


Who's next to touch m-cap of $4 trillion? And can Nvidia hit $6 trillion?

New Delhi, July 15 -- Until 2014, oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. was the world's most valuable company by market capitalization, often trading places with iPhone maker Apple Inc. Its market cap touched $... Read More


Mint Primer: GPT-5 is coming, but can OpenAI retain its edge?

New Delhi, July 14 -- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has hinted at a GPT-5 launch in the coming months, but a host of legal and corporate issues-not to mention lurking Chinese rivals-could steal its thunder. W... Read More


Are firms wasting their money on AI agents?

New Delhi, July 7 -- Unlike basic chatbots, AI agents are autonomous systems that can plan, reason and complete complex multi-step tasks with minimal input-such as coding, data analysis and generating... Read More


Mint Primer | Behind the job cuts: Is AI the real reason?

New Delhi, June 27 -- At present, the outlook is mixed. The World Economic Forum (WEF)'s Future of Jobs 2025 report predicts 170 million new jobs this decade, but 92 million will be lost. One in four ... Read More