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Reserve Bank of India (File photo) With the beginning of the new financial year, India’s digital payments landscape is poised for a major security overhaul as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) rolls out stricter authentication norms from April 1.The move comes in response to rising transaction volumes and increasing fraud risks. RBI aims to…
Sai Sudharsan (Image credit: GT/IPL) The T20 game has evolved rapidly. With swashbuckling openers like Abhishek Sharma, young talent Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Priyansh Arya and others making an impact, the format has taken a more aggressive turn. Batters now often walk in with one clear intent — to hit the ball out of the park. However,…
Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon once said that the environment was a “silent casualty of war.” When we say war, few things instantly come to mind. Life during the war, harm to humanity and nature are some of the most crucial aspects of any conflict. How it alters the environment and even the weather is…
Meta had a change of heart just less than 48 hours after the company publicly confirmed to fans that it was pulling the plug on Horizon Worlds for VR. Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth said that Horizon Worlds for Quest will stick around for the “foreseeable future”. On backtracking on the earlier announcement to shut down…
Goldman Sachs is now changing its long-standing practice of conducting large-scale annual layoffs as the companies now opting for a series of smaller job cuts rolling out this year. According to a report by Business Insider, the Wall Street bank will starting trimming the staff in April, with additional cuts expected through summer. Goldman has…
On a dusty stretch beneath the elevated tracks of the Yamuna Bank metro station in Delhi, a classroom quietly takes shape every day. It sits under concrete pillars painted with alphabets and numbers, where the sound of passing trains mixes with the voices of children reciting lessons. What began as a small, improvised effort has…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel and the United States have achieved near-total dominance over Iranian airspace following a series of coordinated military strikes. He added that conflict is also a result of the October 7, 2023 attack.In a video message shared on X in Hebrew, Netanyahu described…
Mitchell Santner, Varun Chakravarthy New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner said on Saturday that New Zealand are aware of the threat posed by Varun Chakravarthy ahead of the final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup against India, even though the spinner has not had a strong tournament so far.New Zealand will face India in the…
OpenAI has amended its Pentagon deal following public backlash over AI surveillance concerns. CEO Sam Altman stated he would refuse unconstitutional orders, and the updated contract now explicitly prohibits intentional domestic surveillance of US persons. The Pentagon also confirmed OpenAI services won’t be used by intelligence agencies like the NSA without further contract changes. OpenAI…
OpenAI is amending its Pentagon deal after critics said the original contract didn’t actually ban AI-powered mass surveillance of Americans. CEO Sam Altman added explicit language prohibiting domestic surveillance—including through commercially purchased data—and confirmed NSA use is off the table for now. He also said he’d “rather go to jail” than follow an unconstitutional order,…
