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West Indies vs Zimbabwe (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: West Indies delivered a crushing performance to beat Zimbabwe by 107 runs in their T20 World Cup Super Eights match in Mumbai, starting their campaign in dominant fashion. With this win, West Indies have overtaken South Africa to go top of the Group 1 points table in…
Amazon has officially overtaken Walmart as the world’s largest company by revenue. In 2025, the e-commerce major reported $717 billion in sales, compared to Walmart’s $713.2 billion for the 12 months ending January 31. The shift ends more than a decade of Walmart holding the top position. However, analysts note that the comparison requires context:…
Leon Draisaitl with the Edmonton Oilers (Via Getty Images) Concern is mounting in Edmonton over the health of Leon Draisaitl after fans noticed the Oilers superstar repeatedly icing his right hand during Germany’s Olympic Games. The injury appears to be lingering from an incident against the Minnesota Wild on January 31.Draisaitl left that game to…
Drawing a practical analogy, the JPMorgan report calls IT firms the ‘plumbers of the technology world’. (AI image) India’s IT sector is witnessing an unprecedented rout with stocks tanking on fears of artificial intelligence making the main roles at technology sector giants redundant. It’s a selloff like never before – but is the situation so…
In 2024, Bangladesh’s global garment exports were $50.9 billion, which is much higher than India’s $16.3 billion. (AI image) The US-Bangladesh trade deal has the Indian textile sector exporters worried? The Donald Trump administration has reduced the tariffs on Bangladesh to 19%, but a clause of zero tariffs on textile exports may hit the Indian…
Shares of Microsoft fell sharply in after-market trading on January 28, despite the company beating earnings expectations for its second quarter. The company’s stock dropped by more than 6% as investors focused less on the earnings beat and more on concerns around the company’s cloud business, Azure. According to a Business Insider report, analysts raised…
Google AI CEO Demis Hassabis has said that the company does not have “any plans” to bring ads in Gemini app. Speaking during an interview in Davos, Hassabis also called rival OpenAI’s recent ChatGPT ad test a premature revenue push. Last week, OpenAI announced that it will begin testing ads in ChatGPT in the coming…
New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips run between the wickets as India’s Kuldeep Yadav looks on. (PTI Photo) INDORE: As India’s hapless bowlers were taken to the cleaners by New Zealand’s centurions Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips on Sunday at the Holkar Stadium here, one man’s poor form emerged as the big worry with…
With visa interview appointments being deferred to March, April or even later, job prospects have become uncertain for some. (AI image) Indian H-1B visa holders are facing a fresh headache! Amidst the Donald Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, existing H-1B visa holders now face the prospect of job loss, salary cuts and local income tax payouts…
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman urges the industry to prioritize containment over alignment in AI development, warning against pursuing superintelligence without first ensuring control. He advocates for a “Humanist Superintelligence” approach, focusing on practical applications like medical AI and clean energy, to maintain human oversight and avoid uncontrolled autonomous systems. Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman…
