50 rising startups and tech companies in India
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Reclaiming the Name of the Black Hero Who Inspired ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’
After 42 years of slavery, Josiah Henson escaped to Canada, where he wrote a memoir, founded a school and led others to freedom. But his home long bore the name “Uncle Tom,” to the offense of many.
High school volleyball: Boys’ playoff results and schedule
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS TUESDAY’S RESULTS QUARTERFINALS DIVISION 1Mira Costa d. Tesoro, 25-18, 25-19, 25-23Huntington Beach d. Corona del Mar, 3-0Loyola d. Newport Harbor, 25-16, 25-17, 25-22Redondo Union d. Santa Margarita, 3-2 DIVISION 2 Orange Lutheran d. Fountain Valley, 25-20, 25-14, 25-16St. Margaret’s d. San Clemente, 3-0Camarillo d. Yorba Linda, 3-1Edison d. Arcadia, 3-1…
Aluminum prices are surging. Here’s how companies are handling the costs
A can of Coors Light beer and a Ford F-150 pickup truck. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Brandon Bell | Getty Images Aluminum’s surge to multiyear highs in the wake of the Iran war is creating cost pressures for the businesses that manufacture everything from cars to beer cans. Aluminum on the London Metal Exchange…
Mexico nightclub’s $300 cover charge for US citizens captures popular mood | Mexico
A Mexico City nightclub has gone viral for charging Americans a nearly $300 cover charge, while citizens from any other country pay just $20 for access, and Mexicans and other Latin Americans pay only $14. The Instagram announcement from the nightclub Japan in the Roma Norte neighborhood has been liked over 26,000 times and received…
Chrome’s AI features may be hogging 4GB of your computer storage
Google Chrome may be taking up more of your storage than expected thanks to a large on-device AI model file that, in some cases, is being automatically downloaded to the browser’s system folders. Users who have noticed unexplained drops in their available desktop device storage are now discovering that Chrome is installing a 4GB weights.bin…
Kylie Minogue relives devastating moment she discovered cancer diagnosis
Kylie Minogue has opened up about her 2005 cancer diagnosis in her new documentary, Kylie. The trailer for the Netflix documentary reveals it will delve into the 57-year-old’s breast cancer diagnosis two decades ago and her subsequent battle to recover her health. The trailer shared headlines from when she was diagnosed, along with photos of…
Why the UAE really left Opec
Leaving the oil cartel is not just a commercial decision — it reflects structural changes in global energy markets
Syria’s Suwayda: A new hub for the multibillion-dollar Captagon trade? | Drugs News
Jordanian fighter jets struck what they described as “factories and laboratories” for narcotics in southern Syria on Sunday, highlighting the emergence of Suwayda province as a key hub for the production of Captagon, a highly addictive amphetamine. While the multibillion-dollar Captagon industry was once synonymous with forces linked to the government of former President Bashar…
Colon cancer breakthrough keeps patients cancer-free for nearly 3 years
A new clinical trial suggests that giving immunotherapy before surgery may dramatically improve outcomes for certain colorectal cancer patients. In the NEOPRISM-CRC study, patients treated with a short course of immunotherapy instead of chemotherapy after surgery have remained cancer-free for nearly three years. The trial, led by researchers at UCL and UCLH, found that just nine…