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Earlier this month, xAI signed a major compute deal with Anthropic, pledging billions of dollars a month for exclusive use of the company’s Colossus cluster. It was a coup for both companies, giving xAI some much-needed revenue and helping Anthropic catch up in the never-ending race for compute. But this morning on X, Elon Musk downplayed exactly how much SpaceX had committed to the deal. “SpaceX has not committed to leasing Colossus for years, although it’s possible that may be what happens,” he said, replying to a user. “This is a 180 day lease with 90 day notice mutual cancellation…

Google Pay is overhauling its payment infrastructure for an impending wave of transactions from AI agents.The latest updates introduce the Universal Commerce Protocol and a new server architecture, positioning Google Pay as a central clearinghouse for purchases executed by autonomous agents rather than human users.AI agents – designed to perform tasks like booking flights or ordering supplies – cannot effectively navigate the multi-step, visually-oriented checkout pages built for human interaction. Google is attempting to replace this UI-dependent model with a stable, API-driven backend for machines.This restructuring of Google Pay introduces several components:Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP): This is a new specification…

New Delhi: Indian small businesses recorded their strongest growth since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2025, with four out of five firms reporting expansion, even as rising costs and geopolitical uncertainty continued to pose major challenges, according to CPA Australia’s Asia-Pacific Small Business Survey 2025/26.The survey showed that 80 per cent of Indian small businesses grew in 2025, significantly higher than the Asia-Pacific average of 63 per cent. It also found that 87 per cent of Indian small businesses expect growth in 2026, while 84 per cent anticipate growth in the local economy, making India one of the most optimistic small…

New Delhi: Housing prices rose an average 3-24 per cent annually during the January-March period this year across eight major cities with Bengaluru witnessing maximum appreciation, according to PropTiger.Real estate consultant PropTiger, which is part of listed firm Aurum PropTech tracks primary (first sale) housing market of Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), Pune, and Delhi-NCR.”Property prices across top eight cities sustained a broad-based upcycle in Q1 2026, registering positive year-on-year appreciation underscoring the depth and resilience of underlying demand,” it added.Also read: Ashiana Housing Q4 profit flat at Rs 21 cr, revenue rises to Rs 335…

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New Delhi: The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) completed 10 years of its existence today, marking an institutional transformation with far-reaching implications for credit markets and economic efficiency.Since its enactment in 2016, the resolution process under the Code has facilitated the realisation of over four lakh crore rupees for creditors, emerging as a watershed reform that consolidated and modernised the fragmented insolvency framework in the country.The Ministry of Corporate Affairs revealed that, as of March 2026, 1,419 cases yielded resolution plans. This realisation to the creditors stands at 95 per cent and 167 per cent as against their fair and…

For almost 180 years after France abolished slavery, the Code Noir (Black Code) allowing enslaved humans to be treated as property and worked, beaten, sold, raped or killed, remained in place.On Thursday, the country’s bitterly divided national assembly voted unanimously to repeal it, in a rare show of political unity.The vote, passed by 254-0, puts an end to a 17th century law, signed by King Louis XIV in 1685, which codified the treatment of enslaved people in France’s colonies.It is an important step in acknowledging Paris’s role in slavery and will open the way to possible reparations, an idea floated…

UPPSALA, Sweden — Ukraine will buy 20 new Gripen fighter jets, and Sweden will donate 16 of an older model next year, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said at a joint press conference on Thursday.The two leaders had signed a letter of intent last year paving the way for Sweden to sell up to 150 Saab Gripen model E fighter jets to Ukraine, though deliveries of the newer model are several years away.The planes are ​a priority for Ukraine’s fighter fleet and the country’s defense minister said in May that a deal for Gripen E…

On May 16, 2026, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) was launched as a satirical political collective on social media, sparked by a widely misquoted remark from Chief Justice of India Surya Kant.His comments went viral out of context, morphing into a viral line about “unemployed youth like cockroaches”, which quickly became a rallying cry for a generation already seething over jobs, cost of living, and perceived elitism in power.From meme to mass movementThe CJP began life as a tongue‑in‑cheek “party” with a cheeky online manifesto declaring it “the voice of the lazy and unemployed”, but its timing and aesthetic —…

2 min readNew DelhiUpdated: May 28, 2026 06:37 PM IST The Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education (HPBOSE) has opened registrations for the Class 10th and 12th compartment and improvement examinations 2026, with the exams scheduled to be held in June and July. Interested students can apply for the compartment examination by visiting the official website at hpbose.org. Students can submit their applications by June 1 without incurring a late fee. Applications submitted between June 1 and June 5 will attract a late fee of Rs 1,000. As per the board’s notice, internal assessment and practical marks from the main…