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Philippines defence secretary Gilberto C Teodoro as a man haded over note to him on satge (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: Philippines defence secretary Gilberto C Teodoro publicly rebuked China at a defence forum in Seoul after a note outlining Beijing’s position on the South China Sea arbitration was handed to him while he was…
In 2006, Google’s senior VP emailed Steve Jobs seeking permission to hire a former Apple executive On 28 March 2006, Alan Eustace, then Google‘s senior vice president of engineering, wrote an email that reads less like a hiring note and more like a request for royal assent. Google wanted to offer Jean-Marie Hullot, the French…
Pic courtesy: Society for Science/Chris Ayers Photography Mozart’s versatility is unparalleled, even today. Ever wondered what made him the ultimate musical architect, with every phrase perfectly placed and every note seemingly inevitable? Well, an 18-year-old from Philadelphia may have found the answer! Linus Chen-Plotkin analysed more than 600 classical compositions and discovered something that musicologists…
A Rafale flies alongside a Su-30MKI; the Chinese J-16 is also derived from the Sukhoi family. (Image credit: IAF) When China sent its J-16 ‘Hidden Dragon’ fighters to Egypt for Exercise Eagles of Civilisation, the headline takeaway was straightforward, Beijing’s pilots finally got a close look at the Rafale, the same jet that forms the…
Apple CEO John Ternus says confidence gets you talking, humility gets you learning Tomorrow, John Ternus walks onto the floor of the Steve Jobs Theater as chief executive of Apple, eight days into the job, to introduce the first iPhone line of his tenure. Twenty five years ago he walked into the same company as…
The race towards human-level artificial intelligence is accelerating. (Representative generative image) OpenAI last week launched GPT-6 Astra, its latest flagship artificial intelligence model, claiming major advances in computer use, software engineering, cybersecurity, science and professional work.According to OpenAI’s launch blog, Astra is the “world’s most intelligent and aligned model” and can perform complex tasks across…
A Guwahati woman was allegedly killed by her husband after a quarrel. Her body was found decapitated in a flat, with her head in a bag. GUWAHATI: Accused husband Ramanuj Goswami, arrested for allegedly killing and beheading his wife Riya Talukdar Goswami, has claimed he has “no regrets” and will offer “no apology” for the…
CHENNAI: In the first major audit of the Union govt’s Smart City Mission projects worth ₹10,000 crore, the Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) has flagged widespread violations, including diversion of funds, execution of unapproved projects, deviations from approved plans and works outside designated Smart City areas, in Tamil Nadu.The performance audit of seven of Tamil Nadu’s…
Gaurav Bhatia has sought a permanent injunction against the CJP and its leaders, besides claiming Rs 2 crore in damages. NEW DELHI: BJP national spokesperson and senior advocate Gaurav Bhatia has approached the Delhi high court seeking Rs 2 crore in damages from Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke and co-convenors Saurav Das and…
NEW DELHI: An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 struck Nepal at 9.38 pm on Tuesday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said, as the region continues to grapple with the aftermath of devastating flash floods that have killed more than 1,300 people in Nepal.The tremor was reported hours after a magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Tibet, according…
