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Company ‘blocks’ employees from leaving office
Coding Ninjas, a Gurugram-based edtech institute, has issued clarification on a recent incident that saw its employees being ‘locked’ inside the office so that they cannot exit ‘without permission.’
In a series of tweets on Saturday, the…
US fines Microsoft $20 million over child data violations
Microsoft will pay $20 million to settle government charges that it collected personal information from children without their parents’ consent, officials said Monday.
The Federal Trade Commission alleged that from 2015 to 2020 Microsoft…
Apple unveils sleek, $3,500 ‘Vision Pro’ goggles. Will they be what VR has been looking for?
Apple on Monday unveiled a long-rumored headset that will place its users between the virtual and real world, while also testing the technology trendsetter’s ability to popularize new-fangled devices after others failed to capture the…
Nepali guide rescues climber from Everest death zone
A Nepali guide abandoned his client’s Everest summit bid to rescue a Malaysian climber in a deadly mountaineering season that has seen at least twelve deaths.
Gelje Sherpa was guiding a Chinese client to the 8,849-meter (29,032-feet)…
Lebanese crowned No.1 ‘puff-daddies’ as world’s biggest spenders on cigars
Their country’s economy may be collapsing around them, but the Lebanese are still the people most likely to treat themselves to a cigar or two, according to recently released statistics.
A report from Statista Consumer Insights on 2022…
Biden trips, tumbles on Air Force stage
President Joe Biden took a face-first tumble on Thursday after tripping over an obstacle on stage at the Air Force Academy in Colorado, but he appeared unhurt.
Biden, 80, who had delivered the commencement address to graduates of the…
Air New Zealand asks passengers to weigh in before their flights
New Zealand’s national airline is asking passengers to step on the scales before they board international flights.
Air New Zealand says it wants to weigh 10,000 passengers during a month-long survey so pilots can better know the weight…
Venice’s Grand Canal turns bright green due to fluorescein
The spectacular transformation of a stretch of Venice’s Grand Canal to fluorescent green was due to fluorescein, a non-toxic substance used for testing wastewater networks, local authorities said on Monday.
Residents noticed a stretch of…
Light pollution threatens to darken the night sky in 20 years, scientists warn
Light pollution could darken the night sky in just two decades, making stars invisible to the human eye, scientists warned.
Martin Rees, the British astronomer royal, said in an interview with The Guardian that light pollution has…
Google Doodle celebrates the late Saudi novelist Abdelrahman Munif
Google Doodle on Monday celebrated what would have been the 90th birthday of Saudi novelist, journalist and cultural critic Abdelrahman Munif.
Munif was born on May 29, 1933 in Amman, Jordan. In 1952, he moved to Iraq to study law at the…