Mark Zuckerberg seems to be putting breaks on the vision he has been chasing since 2014, changed company’s name for and spent billions on …

Meta is reportedly planning significant job cuts, around 10%, within its Reality Labs division, responsible for VR products like Meta Quest. This strategic shift prioritizes artificial intelligence development, potentially impacting CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s long-term metaverse vision. Investors have expressed concerns over substantial VR spending with slower-than-expected consumer adoption. Facebook-parent Meta is planning to cut 10%…

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Are we rushing rooftop solar without counting the urban costs?

India’s rooftop solar story is often told as a moral victory. Clean energy. Energy independence. Citizen participation in the green transition. The narrative is comforting, aspirational, and politically convenient. But it is also incomplete. Rooftop solar is being rolled out across Indian cities with remarkable enthusiasm and surprisingly little interrogation of its long-term urban, economic,…

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‘Nato should be leading the way’: Donald Trump renews push to acquire Greenland, citing security concerns; links takeover to ‘Golden Dome’ defence

File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday renewed his push for the United States to acquire Greenland, saying the Arctic island is vital for American national security and for the “Golden Dome” defence system he claims Washington is building.In a post on Truth Social, Trump said, “The…

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Quick commerce branding reset: Flipkart, Swiggy, Zepto stop using ‘10-minute delivery’ tagline; govt order cited

Walmart-owned Flipkart, Swiggy and IPO-bound Zepto have stopped promoting their grocery businesses as “10-minute” delivery services following a government intervention prompted by road safety concerns, according to a Reuters report.The move comes after the labour ministry, at a private meeting on Saturday, asked some companies to discontinue the “10-minute” branding amid concerns over rash driving…

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‘You’re exposed’: BJP sees red over Assam Congress’s now-deleted tweet; what sparked row? | India News

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday slammed the Assam Congress unit over its now-deleted Bihu post showing an AI-generated image of the state BJP headquarters on fire.The BJP Assam unit shared the screenshot and warned that deleting the post would not “nullify” what the grand old party was “trying to imply”. “Deleting the…

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Stock market holiday: Why BSE and NSE are closed on January 15; what investors should know

Indian stock markets will remain closed for trading on January 15 after both the BSE and NSE revised their calendars in view of municipal corporation elections in Maharashtra, turning what was earlier marked as a settlement holiday into a full-fledged trading holiday.The Bombay Stock Exchange said trading will be suspended across equities, equity derivatives, commodity…

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