Gratifying to see an acknowledgment of our research and opinion from none other than the highest policy making body in the country. 🙏 Hopeful that it leads to a systemic change in regulations and the regulator.

The retina is arguably the most impressive part of the brain. It’s the only part of the brain that faces the world directly - it’s a sensor and processor in one Its consumes 50% more energy per gram than the rest of the brain. 1000:1 compression from retina to optic nerve

Do watch these fantastic documentary-style videos on border roads being built in Ladakh. Stunning visuals and engaging reportage. Big shoutout to Nitin A. Gokhale, amitabh p revi and the rest of the team at StratNewsGlobal for their dedication and hard work. For the uninitiated, the

On this day, Feb. 9, 1881, Fyodor Dostoevsky breathed his last. His dying wish? For his children to be gathered around him and read a story. It was his final lesson to his children, and it is the key to understanding his work. Thread 👇

In the last interview of his life (1996), astronomer Carl Sagan gave an eerily prescient warning of the dangers that come when you cannot ask skeptical scientific questions of those in authority. Watch and ask yourself: was he right?

Winners of the Nobel prize in economics tend to sprinkle their papers with equations. Daniel Kahneman populated his best-­known work with characters and conundrums. His vignettes exposed the seductive mental shortcuts that can warp people’s decisions econ.st/3J4Cqy2 👇

Washington may not fully appreciate how much international politics is changing. Here at Carnegie's Statecraft program, we have a new report examining the world's emerging powers, and the challenges and opportunities they bring to the United States. bit.ly/4aFft0o

Stunning evening view of the Amalfi Coast in Italy.

As you see everything unfolding at Columbia University and other U.S. campuses, I want you to remember one thing: This is not just about Israel. This is about democracy and Western values. Yesterday, a group of American students who are U.S. vets stood up against the pro-Islamic Jihad

BIG BREAKING NEWS : BJP state-wise seat projections from my side (Final - Exit poll) for #Election2024 Now that 70% seats have been voted for and we have data from almost the whole of India, barring smaller states like Delhi, HR & Puj where clear trends are already available,

Today at #GoogleIO we've announced: 🤖 Project Astra: our vision for AI assistants 🎨 Imagen 3 & Veo: our new image and video gen models ♊ Gemini 1.5 Flash: a light-weight multimodal model with long context & 1.5 Pro with 2M tokens... "Tuesday" as we call it Google DeepMind

Incomplete list of atrocities, pogroms, and injustices committed by muslims against Jews in islamic lands between 622 when Mohammad was alive, and 1979: ▪ 622–627: ethnic cleansing of Jews from Mecca and Medina, (Jewish boys were publicly inspected for pubic hair and executed

How ‘Western’ powers are using the #Khalistani trope to create conflict in India, and why? A story in Five Acts Brief thread. (1/11)

The Egyptian mummification process was complex. From brain extraction to linen wrapping, each step was vital for ensuring a successful journey to the afterlife. #Egyptology #mummy #mummification #CanopicJars #embalming ancient-origins.net/news-videos-hi…

Is Europe even relevant anymore? -Or is it only good for Harry Potter, the Louvre and fancy cheese?  Let's take a whimsical jaunt through things that Europe still does quite well… And where it might stand to improve.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/uk-ai… I report for Times of India on how the Bangladesh office of Catholic aid agency CAFOD has been looted and ransacked and how the staff, many Christian had a narrow escape. The mob who ransacked the compound are now illegally trespassing on the site.

Stanford ECON295/CS323 I 2024 I The Age of AI, Eric Schmidt [REUPLOAD] The source video appears to be taken down less than a day since being posted

Satya Nadella For those concerned about negative effect of Deepseek r1 on $NVDA there are not one (Jevons) but two proven paradoxes to be very aware of: 1/ What is the Jevons Paradox in artificial intelligence? Jevons Paradox highlights the complex relationship between efficiency gains and

1. Topological quantum computing is here! This thread explains how Microsoft’s Majorana 1 works and what it will mean for a fault tolerant future. I was invited to Azure Quantum Labs and got to hold this amazing new chip!

9. YouTube Link to today's episode of The Post-Quantum World. It's available on all platforms, featuring an interview with Chetan Nayak from Microsoft, discussing Majorana 1. youtube.com/watch?v=NetIKP…