NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi went from Parliament to Gotham, at least on Instagram, when a playful Batman question landed in his Gen Z-focused “Ask Me Anything” session on Thursday. Asked if he was the masked superhero, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha delivered a tongue-in-cheek reply that quickly caught social media’s attention.Gandhi launched…
Meta has been ordered to pay $567 million in the second phase of New Mexico’s landmark child safety case, bringing total charges to nearly $1 billion for being a “public nuisance.” In a ruling published on Thursday, the Santa Fe district court found that Meta’s platforms are a “significant contributing cause” of a teen mental…
Recently I’ve been lucky enough to get my hands on Nothing’s new CMF Clip Pros – a swanky pair of open-ear earbuds that offer a breezier alternative to the classic in-ear style. While my full-fat, juicy review is pending, upon first impression I already have a few thoughts – most pressingly, can strangers hear what…
Google has released a major update to the Ask Maps feature in Google Maps – users will be able to order food, track real-time transportation information, and more. Ask Maps will now be able to perform complex, multi-step tasks using new agent capabilities. This will, for example, allow users to order takeout from restaurants with…
Researchers from The Australian National University have developed a framework to isolate the causes of quantum decoherence in matter-wave Bell interferometers, a crucial step toward detecting new physics. The work establishes that evaluating the Bell correlation at zero interferometer path difference yields an exact, source-distribution-independent extraction of the Bell amplitude reduction. This source-independent measurement is significant…
TREADMILL stress testing in patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis identified symptoms and indications for aortic valve replacement in approximately 15% of cases, according to a prespecified registry based follow up study. Exercise stress testing is recommended in asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis to uncover symptoms that may influence the timing of intervention. However, its use…
Videos of waterlogged roads, cars stalled axle-deep in flooded underpasses and commuters wading through knee-deep water had flooded social media through the week, along with the season’s usual crop of memes mocking the Millennium City’s drainage. The India Meteorological Department has forecast very heavy rain over the next 24 hours, so the crisis is far…
Andrew Flintoff has stepped down as England Lions head coach after nearly two years in the role, with the former England all-rounder set to begin the next chapter of his coaching career later this year. Flintoff, who took charge of the Lions in September 2024, said he had decided to leave after helping develop England’s…
ODIs are cricket’s laboratory. The third umpire, night cricket, DRS and a host of other innovations were first trialled in this format. The game we have today is played under vastly different playing conditions in almost every aspect to the ones we started with in 1971, when Australia and England played an impromptu limited-overs game…
New Delhi: A total solar eclipse, a planetary alignment, a new moon and the annual Perseid meteor shower will coincide on 12 August, making it one of the busiest days on the 2026 astronomical calendar, according to NASA. The day will begin with a pre-dawn planetary alignment, often referred to as a “planetary parade,” followed…
