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Six college dropouts who joined ranks of world's youngest self-made tech billionaires

Six college dropouts who joined ranks of world's youngest self-made tech billionaires

Six entrepreneurs, including MIT dropout Alexandr Wang and Harvard dropout Adarsh Hiremath, have built billion-dollar fortunes in their 20s by launching businesses in artificial intelligence and prediction markets.
From college at 9 to PhD at 18: The journey of US prodigy Elliott Tanner

From college at 9 to PhD at 18: The journey of US prodigy Elliott Tanner

Chinese 'AI genius girl' reportedly offered $1.5M salary rises to Xiaomi's top rank in 10 months

Chinese 'AI genius girl' reportedly offered $1.5M salary rises to Xiaomi's top rank in 10 months

Meet Nathan Chen, the 17-year-old Chinese AI prodigy turning heads in Silicon Valley

Meet Nathan Chen, the 17-year-old Chinese AI prodigy turning heads in Silicon Valley

A 17-year-old Chinese AI researcher who helped develop technology capable of competing with leading U.S. models has left startup Moonshot AI after less than a year, attracting attention from Silicon Valley researchers.
October 24, 2026 | 08:55 pm PT
Retired Vietnamese entrepreneur turns to AI to manage life alone in the countryside

Retired Vietnamese entrepreneur turns to AI to manage life alone in the countryside

Retiring after three decades as an entrepreneur, Nguyen Van Anh relocated to the outskirts of Hanoi to live independently, enlisting artificial intelligence to manage her health and personal finances.
October 24, 2026 | 03:06 am PT
How college dropout Alakh Pandey turned free YouTube lessons into a $4B business and became India's second-youngest self-made billionaire

How college dropout Alakh Pandey turned free YouTube lessons into a $4B business and became India's second-youngest self-made billionaire

Alakh Pandey, who grew up in a slum in northern India, dropped out of college to pursue teaching before building an estimated $1.5 billion fortune through his online education company PhysicsWallah.
October 23, 2026 | 12:41 am PT
Retired University of Pennsylvania professor arrested for blocking delivery robot to protest job losses

Retired University of Pennsylvania professor arrested for blocking delivery robot to protest job losses

A 78-year-old retired University of Pennsylvania professor was arrested in Philadelphia after repeatedly obstructing an Uber Eats delivery robot to protest automation replacing human workers.
October 22, 2026 | 09:00 pm PT
Chinese 'superstar hacker' 5 times named Microsoft's top security researcher joins AI giant Z.ai

Chinese 'superstar hacker' 5 times named Microsoft's top security researcher joins AI giant Z.ai

Chinese cybersecurity researcher Yuki Chen, a five-time leader of Microsoft's security researcher rankings and two-time winner of the "Oscars of hacking," has joined Chinese AI firm Z.ai.
October 22, 2026 | 08:41 pm PT
Singaporean roboticist behind AI model that outperformed ChatGPT leaves US to join Asia's top university

Singaporean roboticist behind AI model that outperformed ChatGPT leaves US to join Asia's top university

Singaporean roboticist Jiafei Duan, who helped develop an AI model that outperformed OpenAI's GPT-5 in specialized tests, has returned home to join the National University of Singapore (NUS).
October 22, 2026 | 08:41 pm PT
Chinese teen AI prodigy courted by Silicon Valley reportedly joins ex-Google researchers' startup

Chinese teen AI prodigy courted by Silicon Valley reportedly joins ex-Google researchers' startup

Nathan Chen Guangyu, 17, who helped develop models challenging Silicon Valley rivals is reportedly joining Discovery Loop, co-founded by Vietnamese AI researcher Quoc Le and former Google researchers.
October 22, 2026 | 07:16 pm PT
Intel Vietnam director urges young chip engineers to pursue expertise

Intel Vietnam director urges young chip engineers to pursue expertise

Vietnamese engineers may have strong foundations and learn rapidly, but need perseverance to achieve expertise in semiconductors, according to General Factory Director at Intel Products Vietnam Nguyen Quang Khanh.
October 22, 2026 | 01:08 am PT
Meet America's 5 richest self-made female billionaires in tech

Meet America's 5 richest self-made female billionaires in tech

Anthropic cofounder Daniela Amodei and Epic Systems founder Judy Faulkner lead America's five richest self-made women in technology, whose combined fortunes total $44.4 billion.
October 20, 2026 | 08:20 pm PT
How MIT and Stanford reject Frank Wang once became Asia's youngest tech billionaire

How MIT and Stanford reject Frank Wang once became Asia's youngest tech billionaire

Frank Wang turned rejection from two of America's most prestigious universities into an unconventional path to success, founding Chinese drone giant DJI and becoming Asia's youngest tech billionaire.
October 20, 2026 | 08:20 pm PT
Former MIT scientist wins $6M defamation case against colleague who accused him of sexual harassment

Former MIT scientist wins $6M defamation case against colleague who accused him of sexual harassment

Former Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientist David Sabatini has won $6 million in damages after a Boston jury found that a colleague defamed him with sexual misconduct allegations.
October 20, 2026 | 08:17 pm PT
China's third-best university recruits prize-winning cancer scientist from US

China's third-best university recruits prize-winning cancer scientist from US

Cancer researcher Fengyi Wan has joined China's Zhejiang University after more than two decades working in the U.S., becoming its fifth prominent hire from American institutions this year.
October 20, 2026 | 08:16 pm PT
Google employee takes 90-minute flights to work between US cities

Google employee takes 90-minute flights to work between US cities

Angelique Khieu, a 26-year-old Google sales employee, has attracted attention online for frequently flying 540 kilometers from Los Angeles to San Francisco for work rather than relocating.
October 20, 2026 | 08:16 pm PT
Singapore student builds website comparing haze to cigarettes as Asia's richest country battles longest pollution spell in 11 years

Singapore student builds website comparing haze to cigarettes as Asia's richest country battles longest pollution spell in 11 years

A Nanyang Technological University student has built a website comparing haze exposure to smoking cigarettes as Singapore experiences its longest stretch of unhealthy air quality since 2015.
October 18, 2026 | 07:54 pm PT
World-renowned chemical engineer joins Asia's top university after nearly four decades in US

World-renowned chemical engineer joins Asia's top university after nearly four decades in US

Chinese-born chemical engineer Yong Wang, a U.S. National Academy of Engineering member with 111 U.S. patents, has joined University of Hong Kong (HKU) after 37 years in the U.S.
October 15, 2026 | 02:33 am PT
World's second-richest man says AI could let one person support a family working three days a week

World's second-richest man says AI could let one person support a family working three days a week

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos believes AI could boost productivity enough for one person to support an entire family while working just three days a week.
October 15, 2026 | 02:33 am PT
How Alex Zhou built $3B startup Linkerbot to give robots human-like hands

How Alex Zhou built $3B startup Linkerbot to give robots human-like hands

Inspired by his childhood fascination with Japanese cartoon robot Doraemon, Alex Zhou built Linkerbot into China's second-largest maker of dexterous robotic hands, aiming to replicate human hand movements.
October 14, 2026 | 08:56 pm PT
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