DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng says his AI company does not follow China’s widely known “996” work culture. His comments come even as some Silicon Valley founders are pushing for longer workweeks to stay competitive. “We generally don’t work overtime,” Wenfeng said, adding that employees are not assigned key performance indicators (KPIs) despite the company’s rapid…
UPI: Government is also expected to prescribe an upper limit on the maximum MDR that can be charged. Will you have to pay for UPI payments going ahead? The government is expected to permit the levy of a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) of 0.25% to 0.4% on UPI transactions above Rs 2,000 made to businesses,…
AI generated image used for representational purpose NEW DELHI: The West Bengal state consumer commission, in an order dated July 30, held a finance company liable for deficiency in service after it seized a woman’s truck without giving prior notice, even though there were no overdue payments on that loan. Holding that the seizure was…
‘I’m M K Stalin’s son’: Udhayanidhi shares photo with father after release NEW DELHI: Senior DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Leader of the Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin on Tuesday hit out at the ruling TVK government after being released from police custody, saying he was not intimidated by his arrest and would continue to fight for…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has acknowledged differences with US President Donald Trump over the implementation of a proposed Gaza peace framework, saying Hamas must be fully disarmed and the Gaza Strip demilitarised before reconstruction can begin.“There are disagreements with President Trump that I don’t hide regarding the recent agreement with Hamas. Hamas must be…
The Bombay High Court directed social media platforms to remove allegedly defamatory deepfakes linking Nitin Gadkari and family to E20. The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted interim relief to Union minister Nitin Gadkari, directing social media intermediaries, including Meta, to take down defamatory deepfakes, AI-generated images and other posts linking him and his family…
A 22-year-old man accused of abduction and sexual assault died after being beaten. HAZARIBAG: A 22-year-old man accused of abducting and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl was allegedly beaten to death by a group of people in Chatra district on Tuesday morning.Late on Tuesday, eight persons were arrested in connection with the lynching case. SP…
Pakistan tightens curbs on foreign media (Reuters image) Pakistan has imposed fresh restrictions on foreign media personnel, requiring journalists working for international news organisations to obtain a No Objection Certificate (NOC) before travelling outside Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi for reporting assignments.The new guidelines, issued by Pakistan’s ministry of information and broadcasting (MoIB), establish a comprehensive…
Footage of the explosion caused by the airstrikes (Photo: X/ @AMK_Mapping) Russian airstrikes on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv killed 14 early on Wednesday morning amid increased attacks on the capital. 27 others were injured as buildings and warehouses got damaged in a massive fire triggered by the strikes. The capital city of Ukraine experienced air…