FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Feb. 11, 2025. - Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
A federal judge in Washington on Tuesday denied an urgent request to block Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency from firing employees or accessing sensitive records from a half a dozen government agencies.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan...
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Smokey Robinson has shared his opinion on Donald Trump returning to the White House.
The songwriter, 84, who’s known for hits including “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me”, “The Tracks of My Tears” and “I Second That Emotion” admitted he’s already looking forward to Trump’s term being over.
Trump was inaugurated as the 47th US President just one...
FEBRUARY 16, 2025
As the global uncertainty rises, Indians residing in foreign countries are seeking to make a residential real estate purchase in their home country India. The sole goal here is to secure a safe haven amidst global chaos. Purchasing a home in India is a significant decision for Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) who seek to maintain a connection with...
FEBRUARY 16, 2025
Canadian FM Melanie Joly rejected Trump's plans to re-admit Russia into G7. (Reuters/File)
Days after US President Donald Trump proposed to readmit Russia to the Group of Seven nations, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly rejected the idea, saying, “No way this will happen”.
Russia was a member of the G7, then known as G8, but it was excluded from...
FEBRUARY 16, 2025
A U.S. Air Force aircraft landing in Moscow has stirred intense speculation, with many questioning whether it was part of a secret diplomatic mission. The unexpected arrival comes amid ongoing discussions between Washington and Moscow on key global issues, including the Ukraine war.
Why did the U.S. Air Force plane land in Moscow?
The aircraft in question, a Gulfstream...
FEBRUARY 16, 2025
JD Vance described the Online Safety Act as a ‘backslide away from conscience rights’ - REUTERS/Leah Millis
Hundreds of people have been charged with online “speech crimes” amid claims from the Trump administration that civil liberties are under threat in Britain.
Almost 300 people have been charged with spreading illegal “fake news” or sending “threatening communications” since the Online...
FEBRUARY 15, 2025
Privacy campaigners have called Google's new rules on tracking people online "a blatant disregard for user privacy."
Changes which come in on Sunday permit so-called "fingerprinting", which allows online advertisers to collect more data about users including their IP addresses and information about their devices.
Google says this data is already widely used by other companies, and it continues...
FEBRUARY 15, 2025
Apple is finally bringing RCS to iPhones with iOS 18.
Apple released iOS 18.3 in January, and that update brought some bug fixes to all iPhones. But when Apple released iOS 18 in September, that update introduced Rich Communication Services support in Messages to your iPhone.
With RCS messaging, you can enjoy features like typing indicators and the "Delivered" status message while messaging...
FEBRUARY 15, 2025
The RBI defended the collection of financial data of banking users by credit rating companies to prepare credit scores and submitted before the Supreme Court that it was precisely the purpose behind Parliament enacting the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005 and companies do not need consent from the borrowers for this.
Petitioner Surya Prakash, a Bengaluru-based entrepreneur...
FEBRUARY 15, 2025
If you think by having night owl behaviour consistently you are doing good to your health, you are wrong. A large scale study where over 70,000 people were examined for over 8 long years has revealed something very alarming.
The findings of the study were published in the Psychiatry Research journal.
The study findings recommend sleeping by 1am and...
