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A UBC Okanagan study uses Gödel’s incompleteness theorem to argue simulations fail because the universe contains truths no algorithm can generate/ Image: The Truman Show screengrab For years, the idea that we might be living inside a giant cosmic computer has been one of the internet’s favourite existential spirals. A kind of upgraded Truman Show:…
Doc is pulled up for his fetish for proper records As the patient sat down, I looked expectantly for the treatment file. But Gen Z Govind was carrying only his brand new mobile phone and the unreasonable expectation of an immediate cure for his chronic illness. I asked tentatively, “Are you carrying your previous records?”…
A wealthy American student at Goldsmiths in London, Joshua Michals, has been convicted of murdering his girlfriend Zhe Wang, inside her London apartment with a knife after she accused him of giving him a sexually transmitted infection. The murder took place in 2024 when Michals went to Wang’s flat to end the fight they were…
Mumbai: Larsen & Toubro will transfer its real estate business to L&T Realty Properties, a wholly owned subsidiary of the company, for Rs 6,297 crore as part of a restructuring effort. The decision was made at the Monday board meeting held in Muscat, Oman. The real estate business generated revenue of Rs 641 crore during…
Amidst ongoing flight disruptions, the government is weighing the option of cutting IndiGo’s flight schedule by 5%, with plans to redistribute these time slots to other carriers. IndiGo has acknowledged the issues, attributing them to recent duty requirements and changes in their winter travel timetable. NEW DELHI: IndiGo may have its schedule cut by 5%…
NEW DELHI: In a rare decision aimed at facilitating the education of a minor girl, Supreme Court on Monday approved issuance of an SC certificate based on the ‘Adi Dravida’ caste of her mother, who is married to a non-SC person, even though it is yet to adjudicate a bunch of petitions challenging the norm…
Podcaster Jennifer Welch sparks backlash after calling Erika Kirk a grifter and labeling late Charlie Kirk racist (Image via Getty) Podcaster Jennifer Welch strongly criticized Erika Kirk, the widow of late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, during the December 7 episode of the I’ve Had It podcast. Welch accused Erika Kirk of being “an absolute grifter”…
NEW DELHI: Telecom regulator Trai and the department of telecom (DoT) are at loggerheads over fixation of satcom spectrum charges for the companies and other critical matters at a time when satcom players, such as Elon Musk’s Starlink and Sunil Mittal’s Bharti group-backed Eutelsat OneWeb wait for regulatory clarity before beginning commercial services in India,…
HONOLULU: The project director of a new solar telescope in Hawaii that will be the most powerful of its kind hopes scientists will be able to start observations at the facility in three months. The Daniel K Inouye Solar Telescope, at the summit of Haleakalā volcano on Maui, was supposed to open last fall. But…
Jasprit Bumrah is heading into the T20I series against South Africa with several major records within touching distance, adding extra intrigue as India resume white-ball action on Tuesday in Cuttack. India arrive at the five-match contest after a mixed fortnight in international cricket. A bruising 0–2 Test defeat at home was followed by a gripping…
