America wants AI girlfriends, China wants AI boyfriends – here’s why | World News

There was a book. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. The AI update is this: AI boyfriends are from China, AI girlfriends from America.That line sounds like a meme. It isn’t. It is an accurate description of how two superpowers have ended up exporting very different kinds of digital intimacy, using largely the […]

Harry Potter’s villain Draco Malfoy trends in China’s Lunar New Year celebrations – Here’s why

Draco Malfoy, the scheming schoolboy who served as Harry Potter’s rival in J K Rowling’s fantasy series has emerged as an unlikely mascot for China’s Lunar New Year celebrations, according to Reuters.Images of Malfoy played by actor Tom Felton in the film adaptations, have begun appearing on red festive decorations and merchandise across China, from […]

Epstein files: Did Elon Musk plan to visit Jeffrey’s private island? Here’s what new documents reveal

Tech billionaire Elon Musk seemed to want to visit disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s Caribbean island, documents released by the Justice Department on Friday showed.Musk previously claimed that he rebuffed attempts from Epstein to get him to visit one of the two islands Epstein owned, Great St. James and Little St. James, in the US Virgin […]

Do Americans think China will overtake the US … and their lives would ‘not get worse? Here’s what survey says

At least three-quarters of Americans believed China would eventually overtake the United States in global power and influence, highlighting growing public anxiety over the shifting balance between the world’s two largest economies, a national poll by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace showed. Moreover, nearly 62% said that their lives “would not” get worse if […]

Did Ohio AG candidate claims call to ‘kill Trump’? Here’s what Elliot Forhan said

Democratic Ohio attorney general candidate Elliot Forhan announced a plan to execute President Donald Trump following a hypothetical trial and guilty verdict in a video posted to X on Tuesday. In the viral video, Forhan stated that he would pursue the president’s conviction, resulting in capital punishment. “Hi, this is Elliot Forhan, candidate for Ohio […]

Waiting over: Saudi Arabia opens property ownership applications to non-Saudis, here’s how to apply | World News

Saudi Arabia begins accepting property ownership applications from non-Saudis/Representative Image The waiting is over. Saudi Arabia’s Real Estate General Authority has officially announced that the law allowing non-Saudis to own property entered into force yesterday, January 22. With this, applications are now being accepted through a unified digital platform, marking a decisive shift in how […]

From Red MAGA cap to mocking videos: Here’s how Greenland responds to Donald Trump’s threat

Thousands of demonstrators gathered across Denmark and Greenland on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump’s demand to seize the Arctic island, as he announced new tariffs on several European countries until a deal is reached for his administration to control Greenland.Protesters tried from a red MAGA cap to making a funny video to protests to […]

$700 billion for Greenland? Here’s what we know about selling price of Arctic nation

The United States could have to pay as much as $700 billion, or about Rs 58.1 lakh crore, if it were to achieve President Donald Trump’s goal of buying Greenland, according to three people familiar with the cost estimate.The estimate was generated by scholars and former US officials as part of planning around Trump’s aspiration […]

Viral video claims one immigration lawyer approved 700,000 H-1B visas. Here’s what the records show

A viral video circulating on X made an explosive claim that a single immigration lawyer in Texas has approved hundreds of thousands of H-1B visas, which again angered MAGA base into calling for the suspension of the programme. The video focuses on Dallas-based attorney Chand Parvathaneni and alleges large-scale visa fraud tied to IT “shell […]

Did GrokAI generate sexualised images of minors? Here’s what Elon Musk said

Elon Musk, X’s chief, said that he is unaware of naked underage images being generated by the artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, and added that it doesn’t produce anything illegal. He also said that there are exceptions when adversarial hacking of Grok prompts does something unexpected. “I am not aware of any naked underage images generated […]