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Pricier iPhones? Global memory chip crunch puts spotlight on Apple
5+ hour, 58+ min ago (620+ words) As the global memory chip shortage hits the smartphone market, a key question is echoing from Silicon Valley to Shenzhen: Will Apple raise prices, or sacrifice "profit to gain new customers? The iPhone maker predicted strong sales growth last week,…...
The Hindu Sunday crossword no. 42
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (290+ words) 9 Master taster first had salt (7) 10 One never gets disturbed or upset (7) 11 Old graduate with nurse essentially appears rude (7) 12 Forces hurt in revolt at the outskirts of Sialkot on Sunday (7) 13 Mistress becomes quiet reportedly after boundary (9) 15 Spine showed by police officer…...
Video game stocks slide on Google's AI model that turns prompts into playable worlds
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (338+ words) Shares of videogame "companies fell sharply in afternoon trading on Friday after Alphabet's "Google rolled out its artificial intelligence model capable of creating "interactive digital worlds with simple prompts. Shares "of "Grand Theft Auto" maker Take-Two Interactive fell 10%, online gaming…...
Surging memory chip prices dim outlook for consumer electronics makers
2+ week, 1+ day ago (489+ words) South Korea's Samsung and SK Hynix, and Micron, the world's three largest producers of memory chips, have all said that they were struggling to keep up with demand that boosted their quarterly earnings. That would mark the first annual decline…...
Ubisoft unveils details of big restructuring bet
2+ week, 2+ day ago (709+ words) Published - January 22, 2026 10:06 am IST - Paris, France Ubisoft on Wednesday ended a months-long wait for details of a restructuring the French games giant hopes will power it up to face a competitive market, at the price of a string of cancelled…...
The bushido way: uncovering the nature of samurai
2+ week, 5+ day ago (541+ words) You may know them from movies, manga, anime, and comics. But what about the samurai warriors in reality? Let's take a look at many important factors and characteristics surrounding these retainers. The wordBushi was the term used to refer to…...
The Hindu relaunches its Games section
2+ week, 5+ day ago (127+ words) The Hindu relaunches its Games section'The Hindu At The Hindu Lit for Life festival on Sunday, Nirmala Lakshman, Chairperson, The Hindu Group relaunched The Hindu's Games section on the website and The Hindu app With a more refreshed, modern design…...
The Outer Worlds 2: A large, fun, Obsidian galaxy romp
3+ week, 3+ day ago (376+ words) The Fallout TV series airing right now, giving audiences one of the best games in the series, New Vegas was the brainchild of Obsidian which had a strikingly good year in 2025. Two of its games " Avowed, a Skyrim-like fantasy action…...
Sangam-era musical instruments make a comeback through a sound engineerâs exhibit at VP Hall
4+ week, 9+ hour ago (280+ words) Updated - January 10, 2026 08:56 pm IST - CHENNAI Visitors walking into the restored Victoria Public Hall in Chennai do so with genuine curiosity, which often doubles when they enter the section carrying about 150 musical instruments, including the kinnaram, kokkarai, and kutta tharai.These…...
‘The Thing With Feathers’ movie review: Benedict Cumberbatch’s soul-shredding performance powers this horror-fantasy
4+ week, 1+ day ago (431+ words) Grief is an intensely personal emotion, and people have different ways of coping. The Thing With Feathers, adapted from Max Porter's 2015 debut novella, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, looks at a widower (Benedict Cumberbatch) dealing with the loss of…...