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Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu to engineers: Use AI but never cede

Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu to engineers: Use AI but never … Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu has warned engineers against relying too heavily on artificial intelligence for software development. In an X post, Sridhar Vembu said that engineers should use AI tools without giving up their own understanding of the work. Vembu was responding to a...

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‘No burden for consumers’: Sitharaman clarifies who will pay MDR on UPI transactions

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has backed the recently announced Merchant Discount Rate (MDR), saying that the mechanism will be imposed on operators and will not be passed on to customers. Addressing ongoing speculations around the charges, FM blamed the opposition for creating confusion and urged people to remain alert.Speaking to...

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Chess Olympiad Round 6: How Nihal Sarin blundered his queen in India’s loss

Nihal Sarin at Chess Olympiad (Photo by Michal Walusza from FIDE) NEW DELHI: On Monday, India’s open team was paired against hot favourites and tournament hosts Uzbekistan in Round 6 of the 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand.The anticipation around this fixture had been building since before the tournament began, perhaps because these two nations have...

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Father of dalit IIT-Bombay student, who died by suicide in 2023, detained at stir

IIT-Bombay MUMBAI: The father of a dalit IIT-B student who died by suicide in 2023, Darshan Solanki, was detained by Powai police along with others protesting caste discrimination on the campus on Monday.According to a letter signed by the father, Rameshbhai Solanki, which was shared online, he sought a meeting with IIT-B director Shireesh Kedare...

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Amazon blocks Meta’s AI Agent Muse AI on its app

Amazon has reportedly blocked Meta’s new autonomous personal assistant, Muse, from navigating and purchasing products on Amazon.com on behalf of shoppers. The restriction follows unsuccessful attempts by the retail giant to convince Facebook’s parent company to voluntarily drop Amazon from the artificial intelligence (AI) tool’s automated shopping routines. Last year, Amazon sent a cease-and-desist letter...

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US airports resume operations after telecom outage disrupts thousands of flights

The disruption was linked to two equipment failures. (Reuters photo) US airports across the Northeast began returning to normal on Monday after a telecommunications failure disrupted air traffic operations at several major airports, causing more than 1,000 flight delays and cancellations.US transportation secretary Sean Duffy said the communications lines had been repaired and operations were...

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3 pose as cops, gang-rape Delhi teen near Kalkaji Mandir

A 17-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by three men posing as police officers NEW DELHI: A 17-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by three men at Astha Kunj Park near Kalkaji Mandir after the accused allegedly posed as policemen and separated her from her male friend, Delhi Police said.A PCR call regarding the alleged rape...

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Can orphan adopted legally be ‘returned’ years later?

A Delhi High Court case explores returning an adopted orphan child years later NEW DELHI: Can an orphan adopted legally after following all procedures be “returned” years later if the adoptive parents are unable to handle the truant minor or if the child poses a threat to them?The case of one such child, adopted in...

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