[This story contains spoilers for the 30-year-old Sleepers.] Nearly 30 years later, Sleepers director Barry Levinson still believes that the discourse surrounding his star-studded drama lost the plot. Based on Lorenzo Carcaterra’s book of the same name, Sleepers begins in the late 1960s, chronicling four teenage friends whose mischievous quest for a free hot dog…
An elderly woman attacked in her Hollywood Hills home by a pair of masked intruders has been identified by neighbors as Budget Rent a Car heiress Margaux Mirkin, according to reports. The two thieves broke into the Lookout Mountain Avenue mansion just before 8:30 p.m. Thursday to find the victim inside, the Los Angeles Police…
Watching a streamer find their way through the digital labyrinth of some spooky game—particularly one with lots of jumpscares—can be as entertaining as playing the game yourself, and it’s that push and pull between being a player and an observer that has surely fed into the moment that indie horror games are having lately. Streamers…
Space Technology on Crop Damage Tool refers to an agricultural analytics solution that uses satellite imagery and artificial intelligence to assess and monitor crop health. By analysing data captured from space, the system can identify early signs of stress, disease, or environmental damage across large farming areas. This enables more accurate and timely interventions compared…
AI may not replace the personal touch or trust of asking a well-traveled friend for their must-visit recommendations in a destination, but new tools can help streamline some tasks and take some of the guesswork out of parts of the travel-planning process, experts say. Whether utilizing AI to track flight and hotel prices, create custom…
ChatGPT experienced an outage, with 91% of users facing issues. OpenAI acknowledged the problem, and the service is now back online with performance back to normal. The TOI Tech team verified the restoration on the website and mobile app. ChatGPT went through an outage. The outage tracking website — Downdetector — has also received reports…
Watching a streamer find their way through the digital labyrinth of some spooky game—particularly one with lots of jumpscares—can be as entertaining as playing the game yourself, and it’s that push and pull between being a player and an observer that has surely fed into the moment that indie horror games are having lately. Streamers…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Navya Jammalamadaka, a 27-year-old software engineer at Microsoft who lives in Redmond, Washington. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I’m still fairly early in my career, but I’ve seen software engineering roles change a lot. I used to go to…
Doordarshan will telecast live the Mangala, Shringaar, Rajbhog, Sandhya, and Shayan Aartis offered to the Ram Lalla idol at the Ayodhya Ram temple on DD National, connecting devotees who can’t visit the temple. National broadcaster Doordarshan has good news for Lord Ram Devotees. Doordarshan has announced that it will telecast live the morning prayers offered…
[This story contains spoilers for the 30-year-old Sleepers.] Nearly 30 years later, Sleepers director Barry Levinson still believes that the discourse surrounding his star-studded drama lost the plot. Based on Lorenzo Carcaterra’s book of the same name, Sleepers begins in the late 1960s, chronicling four teenage friends whose mischievous quest for a free hot dog…
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Government of India has issued an important warning with a severity rating set to ‘High’ for Android users. According to the report, several security flaws have been found within the multiple versions of the Android operating system. The government body has…
Warner Bros. Clint Eastwood started his movie career with a Spaghetti Western remake of a Japanese classic (“A Fistful of Dollars,” which was inspired by “Yojimbo”). But if you ask the man whether his own Westerns should be remade, he’ll tell you to go get your own…
The Metropolitan police have launched investigations into hundreds of officers after using an AI tool built by the controversial tech company Palantir to root out rogue cops. The software was deployed by the Met over the course of a week, surveilling staff members using data the force has ready access to, unearthing rule-breaking ranging from…
Samsung unveiled two new mid-range smartphones — Galaxy A35 5G and Galaxy A55 5G — on Tuesday and now it has revealed the pricing of these two phones via the official website. At the time, the company only revealed the design and specifications of both the smartphones. And, now the official pricing has arrived for…
