Google’s Sergey Brin dumped his NYC real estate stake for six cents on the dollar as Mamdani’s rent freeze squeezes landlords. Google co-founderSergey Brin has quietly walked away from a sizable bet on New York City apartments, selling his stake in a struggling real estate fund for just six cents on the dollar—a steep loss...
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Do phone batteries last longer when it’s cooler outside?
You might think so — but the answer is not always. Smartphones use lithium-ion batteries. This battery works by moving lithium ions back and forth between two electrodes through a liquid electrolyte. In colder weather, like in North India during the winter, the electrolyte becomes less conductive and the lithium ions move more sluggishly. The...
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Watch: Thief in ‘Modi mask’ steals smartphones from Rajasthan shop
Somdutt TripathiBHILWARA: Thieves stole 35 to 40 smartphones worth Rs 4 to 5 lakh from a mobile shop at the bus stand in Kareda town of Bhilwara district around midnight Monday, with CCTV footage showing one of the accused wearing a mask of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Shop owner Laxman Sen discovered the theft Tuesday morning...
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Remember endless tabs & rabbit holes? How AI is changing the web we grew up with
AI-generated image Growing up in the late 1990s or early 2000s meant watching the internet arrive not as a single platform, but as a world opened through web browsers.British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee created the first web browser in 1990 and called it WorldWideWeb. A few years later, Mosaic made the web more visual by...
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OpenAI’s head of Codex coding app gives good news, says these jobs are safer for now
At a time when AI is being utilised for getting answers and automating tasks, there is one thing that even the sophisticated systems like OpenAI’s Codex cannot do: challenge human creativity and visual taste when creating good design. On this, Andrew Ambrosino, the head of OpenAI’s Codex, the powerful coding application that CEO Sam Altman...
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Viral video: Europe’s heatwave didn’t fry the omelette — ‘pan did,’ says expert
3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jun 30, 2026 05:05 PM IST As Europe battles an intense heatwave, a video from the Netherlands showing a man, Olivier Hude, apparently frying an omelette in a pan placed under direct sunlight has gone viral. With temperatures soaring above 40°C in several parts of the continent, the clip raises questions about whether...
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Europe’s heatwave didn’t fry that omelette — ‘the pan did,’ says expert
3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jun 30, 2026 05:05 PM IST As Europe battles an intense heatwave, a video from the Netherlands showing a man, Olivier Hude, apparently frying an omelette in a pan placed under direct sunlight has gone viral. With temperatures soaring above 40°C in several parts of the continent, the clip raises questions about whether...
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‘Is Siya having an affair?’ Ketan suspected fiancée’s link with Chetan, father claims in FIR
Reports indicate that Ketan had voiced concerns regarding infidelity and was troubled by Siya’s actions before the fatal incident PUNE: Pune realtor Ketan Agarwal had allegedly expressed concerns about his fiancée Siya Goyal’s behaviour and suspected that she was having an affair with co-accused Chetan Chaudhary before he was allegedly pushed to death from Lohagad...
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‘Huge distraction’: Strauss questions timing of Ben Stokes’ retirement
Ben Stokes (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Former England captain Andrew Strauss has questioned the timing of Ben Stokes‘ retirement announcement, saying it became a “huge distraction” for England during the decisive Test against New Zealand.Stokes announced his retirement from international cricket during the final Test at Trent Bridge, informing his teammates on the morning of...
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Nine years of GST: One tax, one market, many transformations
GST’s taxpayer base has expanded significantly since its rollout, rising from 66.5 lakh in 2017 to 1.65 crore as of May 2026, reflecting greater formalisation of the economy. When the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was rolled out on July 1, 2017, it marked India’s biggest overhaul of indirect taxation since Independence. Replacing a patchwork...
