Oracle layoffs: Read the 6 am email Oracle Leadership reused for its second round of job cuts this year, telling employees ‘today is your last working day’

Oracle’s layoff email, word for word again Oracle’s second mass layoff of 2026 came with a message its employees had already read once. The termination email that reached staff on Monday, signed “Oracle Leadership”, carried the same opening, the same reasoning and the same instructions as the note sent on March 31. Employees who had…

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Ashok Dada: At 80, he still cleans 2 km of village roads every morning: Meet Ashok Dada, who picked up a broom at 10 and has served his West Bengal village for 70 years without a salary

Every morning, while most people his age may prefer to stay indoors and rest, an 80-year-old man in West Bengal steps outside with a broom in his hands. For him, cleaning the roads of his village is not a job but a responsibility he has followed for seven decades. Known as Ashok Dada, he has…

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What happens to your ChatGPT chats when you delete them: How to recover them and other details

ChatGPT users can manage their chat history in different ways. Such actions include the removal of unwanted conversations, archiving the required conversations, and other actions. If a user removes a conversation, it will be deleted from the chat history and scheduled for deletion by OpenAI in 30 days.“Users cannot retrieve deleted conversations through the ChatGPT…

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A teenager who survived childhood cancer started collecting LEGO for the hospital that treated him; his drive has now donated 573 mini-figures and raised $2,575

Sometimes a small act of kindness goes so far that it touches your heart for an entire lifetime. Alexander Ackled-Dold still remembers the little things when he was receiving treatment for leukaemia as a child at Southlake’s pediatric oncology clinic. The teen recounted how the staff were always kind as he was in and out…

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Oracle begins cutting jobs, 3,000 may face the axe in India taking workforce to 27,000; routine Indian IT sector roles face pressure even as GCC hiring is set to grow 9-10%

The latest Oracle cuts come against the backdrop of similar workforce reductions Oracle has started another round of job cuts globally, with industry experts tracking the company estimating that around 10% of its India workforce, or roughly 3,000 employees, could be affected.Business Insider reported that the latest layoffs began on Monday. The company had already…

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An ancient British farming craft faded after World War II; now 2,500 farmers want to revive 1,300km of mature hedgerows to help wildlife and reduce flooding

It’s seeing a revival and how. The ancient craft of hedge laying is back in trend among farmers as they are using the technique dating back to 18th and 19th centuries in order to boost wildlife, capture carbon and help tackle flooding. Hedge laying which restores and revives mature hedges to keep them fresh was…

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A Washington couple claims they spent nearly $300,000 to build a home on their family land; after years of permits and studies, the state demands they surrender 44 acres before construction can begin

In 2021, Tyler Chambers, 59, purchased 66 acres in rural Chelan County, Washington, with his wife, Wendy, planning to construct a home. The land they bought seemed perfect: it was zoned residential, had power, PUD water, fibre and paved-road access, with other homes nearby. Everything looked promising for the small-business owner from a farming family….

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In 2020, a New Orleans project began crushing bottles into sand; six years later, it has diverted 12 million pounds of glass to help rebuild shrinking coastal wetlands

Representative Image (AI-generated) A bottle tossed away in New Orleans does not necessarily have to end its life in a landfill. A project launched in 2020 is giving discarded glass a second purpose; crushing bottles into sand that can be used in coastal restoration. Glass Half Full, founded by Tulane University students Franziska Trautmann and…

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