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Amazon Alexa credited with saving lives after alerting family to house fire
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue in Maryland said that six members of the family were saved when Amazon’s virtual assistant alerted them to smoke inside their house
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Elon Musk hits out at US professor over emerald mine claims: ‘Idiot and liar’
Elon Musk, according to the US politician and professor, comes from a family that owned an emerald mine in Apartheid South Africa.
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‘Software engineers, do not call’: Matrimonial ad amuses Twitter
One matrimonial ad, seeking a groom who is not a “software engineer”, is currently creating a buzz online.
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Viral: The man who owes his love story to Bengaluru traffic
Bengaluru’s traffic jams may be inconvenient and exhausting for commuters, but one incident proves that something good can come out of them.
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Gen Z is replacing Google with TikTok. Why this is a worrying trend
A new study by NewsGuard has found that one in five TikTok videos contains some sort of misinformation.
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Google accidentally paid Rs 2 crore to a hacker. What happened next
A self-described hacker randomly received $250,000 (approximately Rs 2 crore) from Google last month
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Man struck by lightning while playing PlayStation in living room
Aiden Rowan was using his PlayStation when a bolt of lightning struck him on Monday
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Nokia once sold toilet paper, Sony made cookers: Anand Mahindra shares ‘fascinating’ list
“A fascinating list that shows how entrepreneurs are flexible and ‘pivot’ when opportunity arises,” wrote Anand Mahindra.
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Swiggy agent helps elderly couple in Chennai contact son who met with accident
A Swiggy delivery agent went the extra mile to help an elderly couple in Chennai contact their son in Secunderabad.
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Pakistan collected $40 million from public to build dam, then spent $63 million on advertising it
Rs 9 billion (or $40 million) was raised from the public for the construction of Diamer-Bhasha Dam - but much more was spent advertising it.
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Man tags aviation ministry in complaint about ‘unfair’ iPad price. Their hilarious reply
Instead of tagging the Ministry of Consumer Affairs in his complaint, a Twitter user accidentally tagged the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
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Medical student performs delivery on moving train, parents name baby after her
A final-year medical student helped deliver a baby on a Vishakhapatnam-bound train on Tuesday.
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What will happen to the Kohinoor diamond after Queen Elizabeth’s death?
Hours after Queen Elizabeth II's death was announced, calls to return the Kohinoor diamond to its country of origin grew on social media.
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‘Daily wagers in guise of salaried folk’: Ashneer Grover under fire for remark on hiring in India
Ashneer Grover waded into the controversy Wednesday when he replied to EaseMyTrip co-founder Prashant Pitti’s viral post on Twitter.
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People travel on excavator in flooded Bengaluru. Anand Mahindra responds to video
Footage of people travelling in the bucket of an excavator in the Bellandur area of Bengaluru has gone viral on Twitter.
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After ‘18-hour CEO,’ Pristyn Care co-founder under fire for ‘toxic’ interview practices
A now-deleted LinkedIn post from Pristyn Care co-founder Harsimarbir Singh on "interview hacks" has not gone down well on social media.
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Sourav Ganguly’s copy-paste blunder ‘ruined’ this brand's promotional stunt
Mega Blockbuster was revealed to be nothing but a promotional stunt for e-commerce platform Meesho. This was revealed thanks to a social media blunder from Sourav Ganguly.
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Amazon, Netflix, Apple, Google: Man’s impressive CV is viral, but there’s a catch
Len Markidan’s LinkedIn profile is grabbing eyeballs. It shows he has held positions at Netflix, Amazon and Google, among other big names.
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Man launches site to help singles find half loaves of bread
"I love bread but I can't be eating 20 slices in 3 days," says Prashant Baid, who came up with a website to find half loaves of bread in major Indian cities.
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Olympic swimmer responds to ‘vulgar’ comments on Instagram photo
Olympic swimmer Linda Cerruti has criticised the ‘vulgar’ and ‘sexist’ comments she received on an Instagram picture.
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CEO slammed for telling freshers to work 18 hours a day: ‘Don’t do rona dhona’
“I see a LOT of youngsters who watch random content all over and convince themselves that 'work life balance, spending time with family, rejuvenation bla bla' is important,” wrote Shantanu Deshpande, CEO of Bombay Shaving Company.
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According to Musk, the biggest risk to civilization is not global warming, it is…
Elon Musk thinks global warming is a major risk to civilization, but is it the biggest?
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MrBeast in India: Passerby asks YouTuber for pic. What happened next is hilarious
MrBeast (real name Jimmy Donaldson) landed in India for his first visit to the country earlier this week.
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Watch: IndiGo pilot’s announcement in Punjabi-English – delivered with dash of humour
An IndiGo captain delighted passengers by making the in-flight announcement in a mix of Punjabi and English.
