Remember Orkut? The scraps, the testimonials, the communities you joined just because they sounded interesting, and the excitement of seeing who had visited your profile? For many Indians, Orkut was their first taste of social media, long before Instagram, Facebook reels and influencer culture became part of everyday life.Now, its founder, Orkut Büyükkökten, wants to…
Virat Kohli has ruled out any possibility of returning to Test cricket, joking during the launch of his new footwear line that he would rather undersell the product than make a comeback to add more runs to his Test tally.The former India captain, who retired from Test cricket last year after scoring 9,230 runs, was…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday announced a $5 billion USD/INR buy-sell swap auction scheduled for May 26 as part of efforts to inject long-term liquidity into the banking system, PTI reported. The move also comes at a time when the rupee has weakened sharply against the US dollar amid continued global uncertainties….
Who is Lyndi? Twitch streamer opens up about alleged abuse in past relationship Twitch streamer Lindsay “Lyndi” has shared a personal account of what she says was a difficult and abusive relationship after the recent Cornell University sexual assault case drew attention online. In a nine-page Google document titled “My side”, Lyndi said she had…
US annual budget gap touches $2 trillion The US government spent nearly $2 trillion more than it collected in the 2026 fiscal year, widening its budget deficit to the higest in five years. Higher debt payments, tariff refunds and increased spending on social benefits and defence contributed to the rise.The shortfall increased by $217 billion…
Feeding astronauts on long-duration missions remains one of the toughest problems in space exploration, since food cannot simply be grown the same way it is on Earth. A team of researchers at Japan’s Okayama University of Science has been investigating whether seafood, one of the oldest and most widely eaten foods on the planet, could…
Tom says he has become used to the smell after cleaning many portable toilets Daniel Tom was 31 when he started Bay Area Sanitation in 2023 with one truck and 100 portable toilets. Two years later, his business had grown to nearly 2,000 toilets and a fleet of 12 vacuum pumper trucks serving events and…
Joe Benton calls for greater transparency from AI companies. Days after Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned, warning that AI companies were “gambling with our lives” in their race to build self-improving superintelligence, another employee from the company’s safety team has also stepped down, raising concerns over the risks posed by increasingly capable AI systems.Joe Benton,…
Five schoolgirls from Kent, aged between 14 and 15, have built a robot with five-metre folding arms to help fight wildfires. Their work has earned them the chance to represent Great Britain at an international robotics competition in South Korea. The team from The Folkestone School for Girls, known as Team Meglabyte, designed the robot…
England’s Jude Bellingham (10) celebrates after scoring his second goal (AP Photo) England survived a hostile atmosphere, a second-half red card and relentless late pressure to defeat co-hosts Mexico 3-2 at the Estadio Azteca on Sunday, booking their place in the FIFA World Cup 2026 quarter-finals. The victory sends the Three Lions into the last…
