Sue Jacquot, better known online as GrammaCrackers, was reportedly swatted while doing a long Minecraft livestream to help raise money for her grandson’s cancer treatment. The 81-year-old Twitch streamer has been live for more than fifteen days trying to beat Minecraft without ending the stream. Her challenge quickly gained attention online because many viewers were […]
Elon Musk agrees with what Jeff Bezos says on philanthropy. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, in his interview with CNBC, said his businesses do more good to the society than his charity works. Elon Musk seemed to have agreed with that. “If I do my job right, the value to society and civilization from my for-profit […]
Zohran Mamdani is starting a brand-new livestream show on Twitch called “Talk with the People.” The first stream will happen on May 21 at 4 PM ET. During the livestream, Mamdani will answer questions from viewers live while talking about city issues and daily life in New York City. The stream will also be shown […]
Air France and Airbus held guilty over deadly 2009 Atlantic flight disaster Air France and Airbus were found guilty of manslaughter by a Paris appeals court on Thursday over the 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447, which killed all 228 people on board after the aircraft plunged into the Atlantic Ocean during a flight […]
Kamala Harris (File photo) TOI correspondent from Washington: After months of secrecy, recrimination, leaks, and intra-party paranoia, the Democratic Party on Thursday released its long-awaited autopsy of the disastrous 2024 presidential campaign that resulted in Kamala Harris losing the election to Donald Trump, turning the post mortem into another debacle. The 192-page review, authored principally […]
A US entrepreneur claimed he was approached by Meta for a role the same week Meta fired 8,000 employees. An American entrepreneur, Zach Wilson, claimed on X that Meta reached out to interview him for a principal role the same week the company decided to fire 8,000 people in a major shake-up attributed to AI. […]
Washington: For years, American commencement (convocation) speakers could safely rely on formulaic speeches involving inspirational cliches, autobiographical struggles, and exhortations to new graduates to “dream big” and not fear failure. In 2026, there’s a new guard rail: mention artificial intelligence at your own risk.Across the United States this commencement season, graduation ceremony speakers invoking AI […]
Indian man, Aman Kumar, arrested by ICE after he was released by California in connection with a hit-and-run. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested an Indian man, Aman Kumar, who was charged with a hit-and-run case, was living in the US illegally and yet the California State released him from jail. Aman Kumar was arrested […]
The upcoming film Dada, based on the life of former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly, continues to generate buzz with fresh casting developments emerging from the film’s sets. After the makers officially announced the project earlier this year with Rajkummar Rao stepping into the lead role, the latest reports suggest that acclaimed Bengali actor Saswata […]
The Saudi Film Commission has raised its cash rebate programme from 40% to up to 60% of eligible expenditures, making it one of the most competitive film production incentives in the world. The announcement was made by CEO Abdullah bin Nasser Al-Qahtani at the Marché du Film during the 79th Cannes Film Festival. Saudi Arabia […]
