• Six weeks, 969 million voters, 2,600 parties: India’s mammoth election explained

    The world’s most populous country prepares to go to the polls, with Narendra Modi’s BJP the frontrunner in vote that ends on 1 JuneIndia, home to more than 1.4 billion people, will begin its mammoth election on 19 April. The country prides itself on the scale of its parliamentary elections, ensuring that even those in the remotest corners and highest peaks of the vast country are able to cast their vote. Voting machines in such less accessible parts are carried on the backs of horses and...

  • Nepal's Airee makes history by smashing six sixes in an over

    Dipendra Singh Airee, Nepal's big-hitting finisher, entered the record books as the third man to hit six sixes in an over in an international T20 game, achieving the feat in the last over against Qatar in their ACC Men's Premier Cup match in Al Amerat on Saturday.Starting the over on 28 off 15 balls, with Nepal on 174 for 7, Airee smashed medium pacer Kamran Khan for sixes off each delivery to end on 64 from 21, and took Nepal to 210 for 7.That put his name on a list which only had Yuvraj Singh...

  • Minecraft Mob Vote explained

    The Minecraft developers, Mojang, celebrate a yearly vote in the community to select which new mob will be added to the game's next update, and here's all you need to know about it. Minecraft has one of the biggest communities in gaming, and its developers know how to engage with it in a way that they feel part of the game. Mojang holds a yearly vote, where players help choose some of the content for the next game update. So, here's all you need to know about Minecraft's Mob...

  • What is TOPS? The AI metric explained

    As we venture further into a world of technology that's dominated by artificial intelligence, you're going to see manufacturers making some big claims. One AI measurement is "TOPS", and here's our basic explanation of just what it is. If you pay attention to technology product launches, you'll know that companies love to say how much better the performance of their device is than key competitors. Well, AI is everywhere in the tech world right now, so you're likely to see more and more talk of...

  • In Graphic Detail: Pirates on the Horizon

    At around 11:30 a.m. on March 6, 2024, Houthi militants from Yemen fired a ballistic missile at a Barbados-flagged, Liberian-owned bulk carrier transiting the Gulf of Aden, a shipping route between the Arabian and Somali Peninsulas. A large fire broke

  • Abortion laws by state, explained

    Abortion access now is a state-by-state patchwork of laws that is ever-changing as new restrictions take effect.

  • Usher And Diddy's Relationship, Explained

    Amid Diddy's legal troubles, fans are scrutinizing his relationship with Usher, who he mentored in the '90s. What has Usher said about the Bad Boy founder?

  • Explained: France's exit tax

    Planning on leaving France? You may, depending on your circumstances, be charged the 'exit tax'.

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    Fallout: The Series Ending Explained

    With the entire first season of Fallout: The Series now streaming on Prime Video, let's talk about the series finale and how it sets up the future of the TV show.

  • Explainer: What is generative AI, and what does it have to do with books?

    Millicent Weber, Julienne van Loon and Bronwyn Coate write: The term

  • What is ScreenAI: The Google technology explained

    Recently introduced through Google Research, ScreenAI is an exciting new Google technology.  Although still in its research phase, read on to learn more about ScreenAI, how it works and when you might get a chance to try the technology yourself. What is ScreenAI? ScreenAI is described as being a new “vision-language model for user interfaces and infographics that achieves state-of-the-art results on UI and infographics-based tasks.” In other words, ScreenAI is a vision language...

  • Six Golden Rules For Starting With “why?”

    A few days ago, I got to the office late for an appointment. Clients were already waiting, and so was read more Six golden rules for starting with “why?”