US President Donald Trump on Sunday expressed strong admiration for India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a live interaction at the 250th US Independence Day celebration held at the US Embassy in the national capital, calling the Indian leader a “friend” and reaffirming close bilateral ties. …read more
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In an emotional and heart-wrenching viral video, a tribal woman was shown carrying her 90-year-old mother-in-law on her back for nearly 9 kilometres in Chattisgarh’s Surguja district. …read more
David Warner sparked a massive discussion on social media after sharing a cryptic post about his former IPL franchise, Sunrisers Hyderabad. The viral activity left fans speculating about the Australian star’s relationship with SRH. …read more
In a social media post, Trump asserted that the US’ blockade on the ports of the Islamic republic will remain in “full force and effect” until a formal agreement is reached and signed by the warring sides. …read more
Hiking is one of life’s great joys. Turning off the screens and stepping out into nature for an extended period of time, perhaps even several days, is rejuvenating. Unfortunately, as someone with two young kids and a bad back, I’m not really able to go backpacking anymore. So I often find myself trying to live vicariously through others who write about their lengthy travails along the Appalachian or the PCT. That’s what I thought I was signing up for when I picked up On Trails: An Exploration by Robert Moor. But it turned out to be so much more.
The prologue starts with Moor talking about his decision to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. And …
Rajasthan Royals defeated Mumbai Indians by 30 runs to officially knock Kolkata Knight Riders out of the IPL 2026 playoff race. The victory also confirmed RR’s Eliminator clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 27 as the playoff lineup for the tournament moved closer to completion. …read more
If you’re looking for a laptop that’ll still perform well several years from now, Apple’s latest MacBook Air is hard to beat. Now, in particular, is a good time to pick one up, as you can currently buy the 13-inch MacBook Air at Amazon in the run-up to Memorial Day with an M5 chip, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD for $899.99 ($200 off), which is a new low price. The 15-inch model, meanwhile, is also on sale at Amazon for $1,099.99 ($200 off) in select colors, or at Best Buy for $1,149.
Unless you need a laptop for intensive gaming or demanding workloads like 3D modeling, the M5 Air is the laptop we recommend to most people. Apple’s latest model is faster and better at handling everyday workloads than the new MacBook Neo, whether that means juggling dozens of …read more
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Hacking the first generation of AI chatbots was a laughably simple affair. You didn’t need any technical know-how, backdoor access, or even a basic understanding of what a large language model was. You didn’t need to code. To get an AI system that had cost billions to build to abandon its safety instructions, sometimes all you had to do was ask.
These attacks, known as jailbreaks, had the quality …
Waymo is the undisputed leader in the robotaxi space, operating a fleet of over 3,000 driverless cars in at least 10 cities across the US. A number of companies, including Tesla, Zoox, Avride, and Motional, are racing to catch up with the Alphabet-owned firm. But what if being No. 2 was actually better?
Nuro, the delivery robot company created by veterans of Google’s self-driving car project, thinks it has a decent shot at occupying the slot. After pivoting from delivery to robotaxis in 2024, Nuro struck a deal with Uber and Lucid to deploy tens of thousands of robotaxis all across the US – netting itself hundreds of millions of dollars in …
Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke has hit back at Union Minister Kiren Rijiju over claims of foreign-linked social media support. …read more
