Alphabet Inc.’s Google is rolling out upgraded smartphones, watches and earbuds, aiming to take on Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. and offer more ways to use artificial intelligence. Google is touting the products — unveiled weeks ahead of Apple’s newest gadgets — as the best way to experience its latest AI technology. The hardware … Read more
Donald Trump and Elon Musk both made discursive, often fact-free assertions about global heating, including that rising sea levels would create “more oceanfront property” and that there was no urgent need to cut carbon emissions, during an event labeled “the dumbest climate conversation of all time” by one prominent activist. Trump, the Republican US presidential … Read more
Without geography, one would be nowhere. And maps are like campfires — everyone gathers around them. “Cartographical Tales: India through Maps” – a stunning exhibition of unseen historical maps from the 17th century to 1946 offers a rare glimpse into the intricate world of cartography and the evolving geopolitical landscapes of the past. Curated by … Read more
It was never really about cricket. In July 2022, Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams saw the England cricketer turned TV presenter create a new youth team out of nowhere in Preston, Lancashire, persuading a group of listless teens to leave their bedrooms and pick up bats and balls. The artifices of reality TV couldn’t conceal … Read more
As the fleeing Sheikh Hasina Wajed chopped and changed aircraft between Ganabhaban, the Bangladesh Prime Minister’s official residence in Dhaka, and the Indian Air Force base at Hindon in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad, near Delhi, her thoughts may have turned to Lee Kuan Yew’s acerbic comment on her father “the hero who had opposed Pakistan and … Read more
After the Covid affected Olympics in Tokyo, Paris 2024 saw the return of packed stadiums, venues and also photographer enclosures. Among the 1,578 accredited photographers were three covering the Games for the Guardian and Observer. How would I describe photographing the Paris Olympics? Quite simply “c’est magnifique, c’est incroyable.” It was a wonderful Games, an … Read more
Healthcare organizations that communicate information about the work experiences, benefits and perks at their facilities are better able to find the candidates who want to join their teams, said Dr. Iman Abuzeid, CEO and co-founder of Incredible Health, an artificial intelligence-powered healthcare career platform. Abuzeid told Healthcare IT News that data from the company’s fifth State of … Read more
From sightings of ghosts walking backward at Golcon-da Fort after nightfall to the helpless screams of a dead girl in an old haunted Goan Portuguese villa, the story of baby cradles being rocked in the middle of the night in a Rajasthani haveli can spook anybody. The question that lingers is whether paranormal activity really … Read more
New Delhi: LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi during ongoing Monsoon session of Parliament in New Delhi, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (Photo: PTI) 4 min read Last Updated : Aug 13 2024 | 10:46 PM IST Congress has announced a nationwide protest on August 22 to demand a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into … Read more
Leah Williamson pauses and looks around at the girls kitted out in their green Newport Pagnell kit. “I’m 27 now: when I was their age, I didn’t have a girls’ team to join,” she says. “You go back another however many years to when my mum was playing and she had to cut her hair and pretend to be … Read more