Will NDA’s house of cards hold in Tamil Nadu? Late-night meetings in Delhi rarely make for calm politics, and the one that unfolded late evening last week between Union home minister Amit Shah and AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, or EPS, was no exception. In optics, it was another routine round of koottani (alliance)...
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How Rubio’s childhood shaped Trump’s Venezuela policy
President Donald Trump listens to Sec. of State Marco Rubio speak during a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) When US forces moved in on Nicolás Maduro in January 2026, it looked like a dramatic end to a long-running crisis....
Apple’s Korea hotel gambit failing: Memory costs jump 300%; chipmakers refuse long-term deals
Apple executives are in South Korea negotiating memory chip deals amidst soaring prices, up to 300% since mid-2025. Memory makers are planning aggressive hikes, even charging Samsung’s own divisions significantly more. This AI-driven shortage means less RAM for phones and PCs, with Apple facing tough renegotiations this month. Wall Street analysts betting on Apple weathering...
From Maharashtra to TN, has ‘women first’ become best poll bet for parties?
NEW DELHI: Women are the new kingmakers in elections. Little wonder, political parties have gone all out to woo them elections after elections. We have seen this in Lok Sabha elections, assembly elections and now even in the civic body polls.With municipal corporation elections in Mumbai, Pune and other regions of Maharashtra next week, the...
AI infrastructure debate: Amazon founder on private data centres; ‘Just plug into the grid’
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos criticizes the current trend of companies building private AI data centers, likening it to early 20th-century factories generating their own power. He argues this approach is inefficient and predicts a shift towards centralized cloud services like AWS. Jeff Bezos thinks the current rush to build private data centers for AI is...
India isn’t Silicon Valley, Sandeep Murthy has stopped pretending it is.
Why Sandeep Murthy Believes India’s Future Is Not Silicon Valley, EconomictimesB2B Published On Jan 12, 2026 at 05:08 PM IST
Bills’ Darius Slay spotted at Eagles vs 49ers game, fans confused
(Image via Getty: Darius Slay) Darius Slay, a 35-year-old cornerback, was recently spotted at the Philadelphia Eagles vs. San Francisco 49ers NFL Wild Card Round game. Video footage of him was shared by NFL Insider Ari Meirov. He captioned it: “Darius Slay — who is technically on the Bills, who are playing right now —...
Chinese leaders admit AI gap: Top tech figures warn US lead may widen; cite chip export curbs
Contrary to what tech leaders like Jensen Huang and Eric Schmidt, some Chinese tech leaders are now saying China is unlikely to eclipse the US in the AI race. According to a report by Bloomberg, Justin Lin, head of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s Qwen series of open-source models has said that currently there are less...
xAI attrition claim: Twitter user shares screenshot on high exits; Elon Musk responds
File photo A post shared by Twitter user has reignited concerns over employee retention at Elon Musk’s social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter). A Twitter user called Varunaram Ganesh recently shared a screenshot of an employee announcing their departure from xAI just six months after joining. In the post shared the employee claimed...
