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Ryanair mocked Elon Musk during an X outage, amid the ongoing exchange over in-flight Wi-Fi. Musk joked about buying the airline and replacing CEO Michael O’Leary with someone named Ryan.
The renewed focus on 2016 gained momentum on TikTok towards the end of 2025. One widely circulated video, posted by user @taybrafang on December 31, featured a montage of visual references from the year, including screenshots of Musical.ly, images of flower crowns, and music charts from that period. Text overlaid on the video read, 'A decade ago TONIGHT.'
A warm moment from Tokyo has captured global attention after Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sang “Happy Birthday” in Italian and surprised Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with a cake during their meeting.
An old 1986 newspaper showing math teachers protesting calculators has gone viral, sparking discussions about how fears of technology and job loss often precede adaptation.
A video of a Tesla Cybertruck arriving in Andhra Pradesh during Sankranti celebrations has gone viral, drawing massive crowds and sparking curiosity online. As Tesla vehicles are not sold in India, users questioned who owned the futuristic pickup.
Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk's children has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s AI company xAI, alleging Grok allowed the creation of nonconsensual explicit deepfake images and caused her emotional distress.
Amid speculation that IPL matches could move out of Bengaluru over safety concerns, RCB has proposed installing hundreds of AI-powered surveillance cameras at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. While the franchise has offered to fund the ₹4.5 crore project, the proposal has sparked mixed reactions online.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani sparked online chatter after saying he wants to install bidets at Gracie Mansion. Netizens praised it as the most ‘desi’ move.
Falgun Binnendijk, currently the Mayor of Heemstede in the Netherlands, was left at Matru Sewa Sangh, a shelter for abandoned children and women, when he was three days old. Official records show he was born on February 10, 1985, to a 21-year-old unmarried woman.
A 50-year-old woman from China’s Jiangsu province was admitted to the ICU after consuming a raw fish gallbladder, believing it would cure her headache. Doctors diagnosed fish gallbladder poisoning and acute liver failure, warning that the toxin can be deadlier than arsenic.
Donald Trump posted the mysterious word on his Truth Social account following his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, leaving social media users confused and speculating about its meaning.
Elon Musk shared a Grok-generated AI video showing him dancing with Tesla’s humanoid robot Optimus, delighting social media users. The fun clip sparked creative remixes online.
James Fishback, running for Florida governor, proposed a 50% tax on OnlyFans creators to support schools and enforce moral standards.
Lalithaa Jewellers head M Kiran Kumar honoured a Chennai sanitation worker after she returned 45 gold coins found on a city road. In a video shared online, Kumar praised her honesty and called her a “gem of Chennai,” triggering widespread appreciation and debate over how integrity should be rewarded.
A Bengaluru gym sparked outrage after a poster using ‘gay’ as an insult was shared on Reddit. Netizens slammed the message as homophobic, illogical and offensive. The post went viral, prompting public criticism.
The account was shared by X user Swapnil Kommawar, who described a conversation with a friend’s younger brother currently enrolled in a degree programme. According to Kommawar, the student works after college hours delivering orders for Zepto to earn money, a decision shaped by the absence of paid internship opportunities.
Passengers onboard an IndiGo flight from Mumbai to Krabi erupted in anger after being kept inside the aircraft for nearly three hours due to operational delays. A viral video shows travellers abusing cabin crew, kicking the aircraft door and chanting slogans, sparking widespread outrage online.
A Kerala engineering student’s attempt to go viral backfires when his fire-spitting, illegally modified car draws Bengaluru traffic police action. Bought for Rs 70,000 and revamped for social media fame, it was fined over Rs 1 lakh after complaints.
The trader may not have been wrong about rising US-Iran tensions, but the clock proved far less forgiving than the geopolitics.
An official graphic asking “Which way, Greenland man?” drew attention not for its artwork, but for how bluntly it framed Washington’s strategic pitch.
The new ground station in Australia strengthens Europe’s ability to stay connected with spacecraft far beyond Earth.
A long-running internet joke about late-night food orders near the Pentagon is doing the rounds again, but it says more about online anxiety than military plans.
The founder of the retreat has not been publicly identified. However, reports state that his family operates a conventional nursing home in Ipoh. Rather than continuing in that line of work, he chose to repurpose land owned by his parents to develop a residential space aimed at young adults.
A wheelchair-bound man was asked to ‘walk home’ after a broken lift stranded him at Worli metro station late at night. With emergency helplines failing and no accessible facilities available, his viral video sparked outrage over poor accessibility for disabled commuters.
Kunal Bahl shared the post on X after coming across an image showing a person walking through a hotel corridor carrying a paper bag of food, which appeared to be from a delivery service. The image resonated widely online, with many users saying it reflected what they regularly observe during hotel stays.
