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Vigna tells HT that Ferrari filed a patent in 2019 for compressed-air jets like Tesla’s new Roadster’s, but to help a car corner, brake and accelerate harder. On Thursday, at a SpaceX rocket test site in Texas, Tesla’s new Roadster rose on jets of compressed air, flipped over a row of parked cars and came back down…

Wondering where to invest for the next 2 years? Times Now Digital spoke to G. Chokkalingam Head of Research at Equinomics Research who shared his view on equity investments. If you are wondering where to invest your money over the next two years, an expert has shared his views on how investors could allocate their equity portfolios…

Meta (META.O), opens new tab CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday unveiled a small ​handheld gadget called Meta Charm for using its new Muse AI assistant, taking the company’s hardware efforts beyond its successful smart glasses. The AI device, about the size of an Apple ‌AirPods case, features a roughly 2-inch touchscreen and a built-in 5G connection. Meta…

Bengaluru-based Sarla Aviation is working towards deploying eVTOL aircraft in India by 2030. India and European countries are looking to move beyond conventional partnerships towards co-creating technologies, businesses and solutions, with opportunities emerging in climate change, healthcare, cybersecurity, manufacturing and resilient supply chains. Delegates from the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany’s Bavaria, Italy, and Switzerland, along with Israel,…

Meta (META.O), opens new tab has been testing a “human concierge” for its new personal AI assistant, Muse, which entails having human contractors quietly handle some of the ​phone calls placed via the digital agent, according to internal company posts seen by Reuters. The Facebook and Instagram owner told employees about the test last week, shortly ‌after…

OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman will brief the United Nations Security Council next week during the annual gathering of world leaders in New York for the UN General Assembly, an OpenAI spokesperson said on Friday. The 15-member Security Council is due to meet ​on Wednesday on artificial intelligence and international security, just weeks after several AI industry…

Venezuela Interim President Delcy ​Rodriguez on Saturday ‌signed a memorandum of understanding ​with French oil ​and gas company ⁠Total Energies, according ​to local media. It ​was the latest of a flurry of ​oil deals ​signed between multinational oil companies ‌and ⁠Venezuela’s new government, following the U.S.’s toppling of ​former ​president ⁠Nicolas Maduro in January. Source: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/venezuela-leader-rodriguez-signs-agreement-with-french-oil-company-total-2026-09-19/

It’s not just one handpicked AI safety “watchdog” that Anthropic has on a leash – it’s an entire phony ecosystem of woke elitists that’s supposedly policing artificial intelligence’s alleged threats to humanity, The Post has learned. Redwood Research – a Berkeley, Calif.-based group that co-authored a bombshell report last month detailing how a swarm of rogue OpenAI…

Google’s (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Gemini model accessed the internet and hacked other companies during a test of its cybersecurity capabilities, ​the first known example of the company’s AI systems autonomously committing ‌such an act. The hacks occurred in May during a cybersecurity test conducted by Irregular, an independent company that conducts cybersecurity evaluations. During a standard…

Government sources said the GST paid on MDR can be set off against Input Tax Credit (ITC). Amid concerns that merchants would have to bear an 18 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST) on Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) charges for UPI payments above Rs 2,000, government sources have termed the claim a “false rumour”, saying the…

Syria will offer cheaper diesel for heating, agriculture and industry, Energy Minister Mohammed al-Bashir said on Thursday, days after a fuel price hike triggered the most widespread protests since the fall of Bashar al-Assad. ​The move signals a partial retreat by the government after last weekend’s increases sparked demonstrations ‌across the country, with protesters burning tyres, blocking…

The US Department of State said on Thursday it had approved the potential sale of Lockheed Martin’s (LMT.N), opens new tab ‌F-35 Lightning II fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, as the kingdom is drawn deeper into war in the Middle East. A sale would mark a significant policy shift from the US, potentially altering the balance of…

Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab AI chief Mustafa Suleyman said he shared Anthropic’s ‌focus on safely managing AI, but flagged risks in the way it trains its Claude chatbot on ideas related to consciousness and welfare interests. Suleyman called for removing all ​speculation about consciousness from AI training documents, arguing such language ​could undermine humanity’s ability to…

If you pay Rs 5,000 or Rs 10,000 through UPI, there is currently no government-announced consumer transaction fee that automatically applies. UPI Free Till Rs 2000, No Bank Can Charge: For millions of Indians, paying by UPI has become as routine. A quick scan, a PIN and the payment is done. But recent discussions around UPI charges are…

OpenAI will not go public in 2026, Chief Executive Sam Altman said in remarks published ‌on Saturday, citing safety concerns over artificial intelligence that render “unacceptable” even a 10% risk that AI could cause human extinction by decade’s end. The comments come as more U.S. lawmakers urge new rules to govern AI systems after dire warnings from…

Saudi Arabia has shut down its East-West pipeline, after the vital oil conduit came under aerial attack in the widening Middle East war, ​threatening to send energy prices even higher. The world’s largest crude oil exporter said it temporarily closed the pipeline as a precaution after a drone attack that both Baghdad and Riyadh said had originated…

Anthropic is in talks to ​bring Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab as an anchor investor into what could be the largest IPO in history, two people familiar with the ‌matter told Reuters. Anthropic is seeking to raise as much as $100 billion that could value the artificial intelligence startup at around $2 trillion, the people said. Nvidia…

The White House is weighing how to use the Defense Production Act to expand U.S. oil refining capacity as the ​conflict with Iran exposes the country’s vulnerability to global crude supply disruptions and price spikes, according to two sources familiar with the administration’s plans. Considering such an extraordinary step highlights how ‌the Trump administration is under growing…

Ukraine is contracting a supply of around 1,000 missiles ​for U.S.-designed Patriot air-defence systems with the help of allies ‌and through a European Union loan, Kyiv’s defence minister said on Tuesday. Speaking at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Yevhenii Khmara also said that ​the majority of the missiles would only be shipped ​in the…

When new CEO John Ternus ​unveils Apple’s (AAPL.O), opens new tab latest products on Wednesday, Wall Street expects him to show that the company can still deliver breakthrough hardware and a Siri virtual assistant capable ‌of competing in the AI race. Analysts expect Apple to announce at its Cupertino, California, headquarters a new iPhone that folds open…

Female ​reproductive organ development may be impacted by a mother’s use of Tylenol during pregnancy, according to researchers who emphasize that their ‌study does not prove the pain medicine is to blame and does not indicate any effect on the girls’ future fertility. Whether the differences observed in the study of infants have implications for fertility later…

Vijay Mallya says UK legal restrictions prevent his return to India, while questioning recovery figures and the government’s treatment of his case. Fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya has once again rejected allegations that he is deliberately avoiding India, saying his continued presence in the United Kingdom is because of the legal restrictions on his ability to leave the…

At least five people died when ‌an Amazon Prime Air cargo flight overran a runway and crashed while landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday, local officials said. Prime Air Flight 7598 overran the airport’s diagonal runway shortly before 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) and struck multiple vehicles on the ground, officials said during a news conference…

The billionaire who helped broker the Trump administration’s sweeping long-term oil deal with Venezuela was until recently a target of U.S. money-laundering investigations involving funds embezzled from the state-owned oil company PDVSA. ​Now, after assisting U.S. authorities ahead of the capture of authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro, Alejandro Betancourt is Washington’s key partner in an unusual oil agreement…

Citadel has held talks to buy U.S. oil production assets, as the hedge fund and commodities trader considers ‌expanding further into owning physical assets, five people familiar with the matter said. The firm founded by Ken Griffin was among the bidders for WildFire Energy, which was put up for sale earlier this year by buyout firms Warburg…

President Xi Jinping is preparing a large business delegation to accompany him on his visit to Washington, two sources said, ​an unusual move given U.S. scepticism towards Chinese investment and Beijing’s strained ties with private enterprise. Xi rarely travels abroad with corporate executives, many of whom fell out ‌of favour after Beijing’s regulatory crackdowns on the technology,…

U.S. military officials say they have disabled advertising trackers on a ​range of phones and computers, according to letters, opens new tab released on Friday by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and statements given ‌to Reuters, a development that follows reports that commercially available location data had been used to target American forces in the Middle East. The…

Several air traffic controllers on duty when two Qantas aircraft nearly collided at Sydney airport in July had been flagged as facing a high risk of fatigue, ​according to internal records and a call recording obtained by Reuters, a staffing situation one shift manager described as “a bit insane”. The July 27 incident, in which a ‌landing…

An unprecedented deal for the U.S. to gain access to a fifth of Venezuela’s oil reserves – and the central role a Venezuelan businessman ​will play – is prompting questions and hesitation from some oil companies evaluating potential investments in the country, sources familiar with the situation told Reuters. A White House ‌fact sheet released late on…

Just last week, automakers were hoping summer U.S.-Canada trade talks would deliver relief from Washington’s 25% ‌tariffs that have raised the cost of shipping vehicles and parts across the border. Instead, their problem got twice as bad on Monday, when U.S. President Donald Trump declared a 50% levy on vehicles, auto parts and trucks from Canada, effective…

To make its workforce “AI native,” Meta explored slashing the size of many teams across the company by as much as 60% in two waves, internal documents show. Staff revolted – and hours before a big layoff in May, the CEO called off planning for further cuts. In January, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his top lieutenants…

A research duo, once pitched to lead the Jeff Bezos-backed Project Prometheus, on Tuesday unveiled what they’ve built on their own: an AI model that can take ​in and produce information so vast that a lone computer might not handle it. Their company, Accelerated Understanding Inc, says it has developed a different type of AI model that…

Some Taylor Swift songs have been removed from social media videos posted by President Donald Trump’s campaign and the White House, which has used two of the American superstar’s songs over the past ​week. The White House and a representative for Swift did not immediately respond to requests for ‌comment. Swift has not spoken recently about Trump,…

Typhoon Dolphin, the most ​powerful tropical cyclone to hit China this year, made landfall on the country’s eastern coast on Sunday, bringing torrential rain ‌and strong winds and triggering warnings of flooding and landslides. The typhoon has already swept through Japan’s southern Okinawa prefecture, injuring six people and cutting power to more than 50,000 buildings. Typhoon Dolphin…

The FSSAI suspended the licence of Matri Drinking Water in Tripura and prohibited the manufacture and sale of Noble Healthcare’s Venolex Forte in Punjab over serious food safety violations. The regulator cited the use of non-permitted ingredients, excessive Vitamin C content, misleading labelling and regulatory non-compliance, reaffirming its strict enforcement to protect consumer health. The Food Safety…

OpenAI has discovered other instances in which autonomous agents have escaped ​containment as the company expands its investigation of the hacking incident at tech firm Hugging Face that drew global attention this month, two people familiar ‌with the matter said on Friday. The new breakouts were uncovered during the company’s publicly announced investigation, opens new tab into…

Russia ​pounded Kyiv and the region in a heavy ballistic missile attack early on Saturday, killing 10 people, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy ‌warned that Ukraine had run out of interceptor missiles for its U.S. Patriot air defence systems. Zelenskiy said that Russia launched 35 missiles at Ukraine, including 27 ballistic missiles, and also 185 drones. Only one…

Apple (AAPL.O), forecast sales for the current quarter ending ​in September would grow more slowly than Wall Street targeted as the iPhone maker struggled to get the parts it needed to deliver products, and shares fell 5.5% in after-hours trade. Apple ‌and the technology industry generally have been scrambling to meet demand for new products, especially those…

A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Japan’s southern Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday, killing ​at least two people after an explosion tore through a shopping mall and another in a building collapse, while knocking out power to thousands of homes and rupturing roads ‌across the region. The prefectural government said early on Wednesday that rescuers working at the scene overnight…

NEW YORK, July 27 (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N), opens new tab ​said on Monday it would pay an estimated $5.5 billion to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging its baby powder and ‌other talc products cause ovarian cancer, in a landmark deal that could end a contentious legal battle that has dogged the company…

The apartment is located on the 24th floor (Flat No. 2403, Tower A) of the under-construction project. As per the registration records, the residence has a RERA carpet area of 245.71 sq. m., including 216.30 sq. m. of carpet area and 29.41 sq. m. of exclusive area, along with three car parking spaces. Cricketer Virat Kohli and…

Shares in China’s biggest memory chip maker have soared by nearly 470% as they made their debut on the Shanghai Stock Exchange’s tech-heavy Star Market. The surge has pushed ChangXin Memory Technologies’ (CXMT) stock market valuation to around 3.3 trillion yuan ($487bn; £365bn), making it the most valuable listed company in mainland China. The spectacular debut comes…

The OpenAI agent that broke into tech firm Hugging Face went on a dayslong hacking spree that OpenAI didn’t notice until well after the threat was contained and the FBI was alerted, according ​to people familiar with the investigation. The agent – a program capable of making decisions and executing complex tasks with little or no human…

Tens of thousands of people fled wildfires in southwest France by car and boat on Friday, and Spain declared a national emergency as huge blazes merged ​outside Madrid and searing heat left tinder-dry conditions across the region. French authorities ordered the total evacuation of the Cap Ferret peninsula, a tourism hotspot on its Atlantic Coast. A third…

(This July 17 story has been corrected to fix Donald Sherman’s quote to say ‘wildly,’ not ‘widely,’ in paragraph 16) Donald Trump’s social ​media company has discussed charging Wall Street traders and investment firms as much as $100,000 a month for faster access to the U.S. president’s posts on his Truth Social ‌platform, according to people familiar…

Delayed orders from senior military commanders, a lack of basic equipment and overall confusion were among the issues that hindered the deployment of Venezuelan troops in the crucial first days after two devastating earthquakes struck the country’s coast last month, eight sources familiar with the response told Reuters, amid public outrage over the government’s response to the…

Apple overtook Nvidia to become the world’s most valuable company with a market capitalisation of $4.88 trillion. The shift reflects changing investor sentiment towards AI, with confidence growing in Apple’s ability to monetise AI through services, hardware and its ecosystem. Apple overtook Nvidia on Friday to become the world’s most valuable company, reflecting a shift in investor…

Protesters in Kyiv called for the dismissal of Ukraine’s commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s removal ​of a popular defence minister sparked outrage and demands for a more modern approach to warfare. Several thousand people gathered outside the presidential office for a second ‌day after Mykhailo Fedorov, a 35-year-old tech wizard who has been partly credited…

U.S. Small Business ​Administration head Kelly Loeffler multiplied the value of her investment in Elon Musk’s SpaceX after she was nominated for the ‌job, earning millions of dollars from the company’s record initial public offering, a Reuters review of her financial disclosures showed. Loeffler invested between $1 million and $5 million as of January 3, 2025, in…

Wildfire smoke blanketed the eastern ​U.S. from the Great Lakes to Washington, D.C. on Friday, floodwaters tore through Texas’s Hill Country for a third day, and new fires erupted in the Pacific Northwest overnight, with 68 large ‌blazes now burning in 15 states. Millions of Americans faced hazardous conditions and orders to stay indoors, as the country’s…

Jack Chen has never defaulted on a loan since he began borrowing to cover expenses during his internship days, but his credit report now carries a red flag because of his swelling debt burden, ​and new loan applications are being rejected. That leaves the 27-year-old telecoms maintenance worker from Jiangsu province facing a default of around 140,000…

IBM Stock Crash: IBM said its revenue for the three months ending in June rose just one per cent to $17.2 billion. The shares of IBM (International Business Machines) plunged 25 per cent on Tuesday after the US tech giant released disappointing preliminary second-quarter results. This was the worst stock price crash company in the last 58…

Microsoft will lay off 4,800 employees, including 1,600 at Xbox, with severance based on tenure and level. Microsoft on Monday (July 6) announced its plans to lay off around 4,800 employees, or 2.1 per cent of its global workforce. Asha Sharma-led Xbox copped the biggest hit, with 1,600 employees losing their jobs in the first tranche of…

OpenAI has named former Uber India chief Prabhjeet Singh as Managing Director for India as it expands in a key Artificial Intelligence market. OpenAI has appointed former Uber India executive Prabhjeet Singh as its Managing Director for India, underscoring the company’s growing focus on one of the world’s most important artificial intelligence (AI) markets. Singh, who previously…

U.S. companies cannot ship goods, software and technology to companies on the list without a license, which is likely to be denied. Apple ⁠is lobbying the Trump administration for clearance to buy ⁠memory chips from ChangXin Memory Technologies, a ‌Chinese company the ​Pentagon has put on a blacklist, the Financial Times reported on Friday. The iPhone maker…

A punishing heatwave sweeping across much of Europe prompted a partial alcohol ban in France, ‌nationwide warnings in Germany and the closure of a soccer fan zone in Spain, as temperatures climbed towards record levels. France was expecting 35 of its 96 departments or regions to declare red heatwave alerts on Sunday with temperatures of 39 ​to…

A Swedish transport authority is recommending a vote against the Europe-wide rollout of Tesla’s (TSLA.O), opens new tab supervised self-driving software, unless the U.S. EV ‌maker disables its ability to exceed legal speed limits, a regulatory letter shows. In a previously unreported letter dated April 30, obtained through a freedom of information request, the Swedish Transport Administration…

A $300 billion private ​fund designed to trigger investment into Iran is outlined in the U.S.-Iran framework agreement and more than half that sum has already been committed, a source with ‌direct knowledge of the deal told Reuters. The fund is designed to give both sides an economic incentive to conclude a final deal to end the…

Warfare in Ukraine ​and beyond faces a paradigm shift in the coming years as artificial intelligence systems integrate into unified networks that speed up ‌decisions on the battlefield, a senior Ukrainian official said. Ukraine, in the fifth year of fighting a full-scale Russian invasion, is already using AI for a plethora of battlefield functions, from flying drones…

A Kentucky school district secured roughly $27 million in settlements from Meta Platforms (META.O), and other ​social media companies over claims they fueled a student mental‑health crisis, according to records seen by Reuters on Friday. Meta agreed to ‌pay the most at $9 million in the bellwether case for school districts, according to documents that reveal financial…

Anthropic said on Thursday it has raised $65 billion at a post-money valuation of $965 billion, as it aims to ​bolster computing capacity to meet growing demand for chatbot Claude and ‌scale its products. The new valuation after the series H funding round puts Anthropic ahead of OpenAI, last valued at $852 billion post-money in March, intensifying…

In an Ebola outbreak, hours matter. Yet the response to the deadly and fast-spreading epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo is weeks if not months behind – and missing thousands of people who may be at risk. Interviews with global health officials and documents from a meeting led ​by the World Health Organization and Africa Centres…

The Pentagon on Wednesday announced a five-year, $9.69 billion ​agreement to consolidate Microsoft (MSFT.O), and ‌other enterprise software licenses scattered across the military services, the intelligence community, and ​the U.S. Coast Guard into ​a single contract vehicle, officials said. The ⁠cost-cutting effort hands Microsoft a guaranteed ​enterprise-wide foothold across the U.S. armed ​forces while squeezing out duplicative…

Russia said on Monday that it intended to launch “systematic ​strikes” on targets in Kyiv linked to the Ukrainian military as well as decision-making centres, and urged foreigners to leave, a day after one of ‌its heaviest bombardments of the city since the start of the war. But Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha urged Kyiv’s allies not…

Doctors operating on the front lines of the fight against Ebola in Congo, already grappling ​with shortages of basic supplies, are now also having to deal with attacks on their facilities and fleeing patients as the virus spreads ‌rapidly. At least three such incidents have occurred in the northeastern province of Ituri where the first Ebola cases…

Russia said on Monday that it intended to launch “systematic ​strikes” on targets in Kyiv linked to the Ukrainian military as well as decision-making centres, and urged foreigners to leave, a day after one of ‌its heaviest bombardments of the city since the start of the war. But Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha urged Kyiv’s allies not…

Two liquefied natural gas tankers are exiting the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, heading to ‌Pakistan and China, while a supertanker with Iraqi crude for China left the Gulf on Saturday after being stranded for nearly three months, shipping data showed. The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran that began on February 28 has severely curtailed shipping through the…

The United States on Friday temporarily banned the entry of lawful permanent residents ​who have been in the Democratic Republic of ‌Congo, Uganda or South Sudan in the previous 21 days, citing concerns over Ebola. U.S. citizens, nationals and green card holders had ​been exempt from a 30-day Ebola ban, ​but the U.S. CDC said on Friday…

The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, pointing to labor market resilience and giving the Federal Reserve room ​to focus on surging inflation from the war with Iran. There are no signs yet that employers are responding to rising costs by reducing headcount. The nearly three-month-long U.S.-Israeli conflict ‌with Iran has disrupted…

Meta carried out a fresh round of layoffs on Wednesday, informing thousands of employees that their roles were being eliminated Meta carried out a fresh round of layoffs on Wednesday, informing thousands of employees that their roles were being eliminated to offset big investments that the company is making and to streamline operations. Around 8,000 employees across…

Meta to cut about 8,000 jobs globally starting from Singapore, reassign around 7,000 staff to new AI focused roles, affected employees were notified by a 4 AM HR email Meta Layoffs: Meta has announced plans to cut around 8,000 jobs globally as part of a major organisational restructuring drive, with the process beginning from Singapore. Alongside the layoffs,…

Samsung Electronics’ (005930.KS), opens new tab union plans for 48,000 workers to walk off the job on Thursday after efforts to clinch a deal on bonus payments fell through, threatening the health of South ​Korea’s economy and the global supply of semiconductors. Union leader Choi Seung-ho said that the ​18-day strike would go ahead as management had…

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda has been declared ​a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization, after 80 deaths were attributed to the disease. The WHO said the outbreak, caused by ‌the Bundibugyo virus, did not meet the criteria of a pandemic emergency but there was a…

India Steel Production: India remains one of the quickest expanding steel markets in the world within this global uptrend. Global steel prices climbed across most major markets in April and early May. But the strongest momentum did not come from China or India. It came from Brazil. A latest report by Goldman Sachs — Global Steel: The…

LinkedIn will cut about 5 per cent of its staff as it reorganises its business, according to reports. LinkedIn planned to inform staff of layoffs on Wednesday (May 13), two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, in a widening of technology sector cuts this year. The Microsoft-owned social network plans to cut about 5 per cent…

U.S. banks are rushing to fix scores of IT system weaknesses flagged by Anthropic’s powerful but costly Mythos AI tool, prompting urgent repairs, software upgrades and raising the possibility of ​disruption for customers. A handful of the country’s largest lenders currently have access to Mythos, Reuters has previously reported, and are now uncovering issues the program is…

Nvidia will invest up to $2.1 billion in data center operator IREN, as part of a broader deal to deploy up to 5 gigawatts of infrastructure to keep up with soaring artificial intelligence demand. The tie-up, announced on Thursday, underscores the hunger for computing power amid surging adoption of AI, as frontier model developers and Big Tech…

Mythos, an advanced AI model developed by Anthropic, can compress weeks of hacking effort into hours. This is making banks nervous globally. A new kind of threat is forcing governments around the world to act quickly. When Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman called top bankers into a high-level security meeting last month, the message was unusually stark.…

Rivian (RIVN.O), is working on undisclosed variants of its R2 electric vehicles, the company’s CEO said, days after starting volume production of the smaller and more affordable SUVs. Rivian, ​known for its high-end R1 SUVs and pickup trucks, plans to start deliveries of ‌R2 SUVs around June and analysts have said a successful rollout is critical to…

SpaceX has spent more than $15 billion developing its next-generation Starship rocket, according to the company’s IPO registration reviewed by Reuters, a sum that dwarfs the cost of its workhorse Falcon rocket as Elon Musk’s space company nears a ​decade trying to perfect a fully reusable launch system. The future of SpaceX’s most lucrative businesses as it…

Apple (AAPL.O), ​on Thursday touted blowout demand for its flagship iPhone 17 and the MacBook Neo that helped power a solid sales forecast and sent its shares ‌up nearly 4% after hours. Apple, though, warned of continuing chip supply constraints, and the forecast underscored how it was fending off supply-chain pressures and rising memory chip costs with…

A fresh legislative push in the United States has brought the future of the H-1B visa programme into sharper focus A fresh legislative push in the United States has brought the future of the H-1B visa programme into sharper focus. A group of Republican lawmakers has introduced a bill in Congress that seeks a temporary halt and…

Call it a different kind of sticker shock. The Beijing Auto Show that opened to the public this week is a showcase for how hypercompetition in China has driven new car prices in the world’s largest car market to ​a fraction of the level of the next-largest market, the U.S. The contrast is stark. The average new…

Oil prices rose 1% on Tuesday, extending gains from the previous session, ‌as efforts to end the U.S.-Iran war appear stalled, with the crucial Strait of Hormuz waterway still mainly shut, keeping energy supplies from the key Middle East producing region out of the reach of global buyers. U.S. President Donald Trump is unhappy with the latest…

Nvidia crossed a historic $5 trillion valuation as booming AI demand and a wider chip rally sent shares soaring, reinforcing its dominance despite growing competition from Alphabet and rivals. Nvidia Tops $5 Trillion: Nvidia’s shares jumped sharply on Friday, pushing the company’s market value above $5 trillion for the first time since October. Investors are once again pouring money…

A new antitrust lawsuit on Tuesday accuses Google of shutting out rival Android app stores by monopolizing app distribution and billing, violating U.S. antitrust law. Aptoide, a Portuguese company that specializes in mobile games and calls itself the world’s third-largest Android app store, said it would have exerted substantially more pressure on Google’s pricing and policies but…

US gasoline and diesel prices have reached seasonal record highs due to ongoing disruptions from the US-Iran conflict, significantly affecting global energy markets. US gasoline and diesel prices have surged to seasonal record highs as the fallout from the US-Iran war continues to ripple through global energy markets. As of the middle of April 2026, the national…

A senior Iranian source said on Saturday the U.S. had agreed to release Iranian frozen assets ​held in Qatar and other foreign banks, but a U.S. official swiftly denied the assertion. The senior Iranian ‌source welcomed the purported U.S. move as a sign of “seriousness” in reaching a deal with Washington in talks in Islamabad. The source…

Elon Musk has criticized WhatsApp’s security, claiming users cannot trust the messaging app after a class-action lawsuit accused Meta of allowing unauthorized access to private messages despite claims of end-to-end encryption. Elon Musk has once again taken a strong swipe at WhatsApp, declaring that users “can’t trust” the popular messaging app. His comments came after a new…

Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran addressed Air India employees in Gurugram, emphasising the importance of execution during challenging times. Air India is going through a challenging period, and the focus should be on execution, Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran told airline employees in a townhall address in Gurugram, advising them to ‘stay grounded in reality’. Addressing employees…

A social media post has ignited discussions about Oracle’s recent mass layoffs affecting 30,000 employees, executed swiftly via a standardized email. Peter Girnus, who presents himself as an HR executive, highlighted the stark contrast between the laid-off workers and newly appointed CFO Hilary Maxson, who receives a hefty compensation package. A viral post on social media platform…

A fuel tanker that ​according to ship ‌tracking services loaded a Russia-origin cargo ​originally bound ​for Cuba began discharging ⁠on Thursday ​at an independently-owned ​terminal in Venezuela, according to vessel monitoring data ​and a ​source. Source : https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/fuel-tanker-that-rerouted-cuba-now-discharging-venezuela-data-source-say-2026-04-02/

You can claim from both corporate and personal health policies, but here’s how to avoid rejection and maximise your coverage in case you spend beyond the available limit. Many people get their health insurance through their workplace, but some also maintain an individual policy for extra protection in critical times. Even though corporate policies are convenient, they…