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Quick commerce: The 10-minute challenge: Quick-commerce becomes the villain for neighbourhood kirana stores

Naresh Singh Shekhawat runs a grocery store N’Mart in one of the upscale condominiums of Gurgaon. He had relocated from his home state of Rajasthan to the National Capital Region (NCR) in search of a fresh future and things couldn’t have been better. But everything started going south last year. Sales have halved to Rs 26,000 per day from Rs 50,000. “Now I stock only those items that move daily—I am giving this business two years more,” he says. “I will give it my heart and soul. I will employ extra hands for quick…

This 10-minute Vision Pro guided tour will show you how to use Apple’s $3,499 spatial computing headset

Apple's Vision Pro is finally available for preorder and as part of the big day, the company has shared a brand-new hands-on video that shows people how the headset works, and how they'll interact with it.Prospective buyers can watch the nearly 10-minute video to get a feel for how they will do a variety of things and perform common tasks when they leap into the world of Spatial Computing with the Vision Pro headset.Throughout the video we see a man experiencing the Vision Pro headset for the first time while he's guided…

Google Pixel 6 Pro allegedly overheats, causing burn marks on the heat sink after a 10-minute call

HighlightsPixel 6 Pro reportedly overheated after a 10-minute phone call.The overheating caused burn marks in the phone’s heat sink.Pixel 6 Pro is powered by the first Tensor G3 chipset.The Pixel 6 Pro has reportedly overheated to the extent that it caused damage to the device’s internals. This incident occurred to a Pixel 6 Pro user who shared pictures of the burnt device on Reddit. The device is said to have overheated after a 10-minute phone call. It’s worth noting that the Pixel 6 Pro and Pixel 6 were the first phones…

Spider-Man 2 Gets 10-Minute Gameplay Trailer; Reveals Kraven the Hunter, New Symbiote Suit, More

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 finally got a gameplay trailer during the PlayStation Showcase, held early Thursday. The 10-minute-long demo was hyped up as the biggest reveal at the event and offered an extended look at one of its villains Kraven the Hunter, the ability to glide around town, and Peter Parker's brutish new abilities, courtesy of the Venom Symbiote. Developer Insomniac Games claims that you can seamlessly switch between both Parker and Miles Morales' Spider-Men ‘across a variety of story moments.' A release date has…

10-Minute Scan Enables Detection and Cure of Common Cause of High Blood Pressure

Doctors at Queen Mary University of London, Barts Hospital, and Cambridge University Hospital have developed a new CT scan to detect hormone-producing nodules in a gland, which is found in one-in-twenty people with high blood pressure. The research has been published in the journal Nature Medicine and solves a 60-year-old problem of detecting nodules without a difficult catheter study. The scan, when combined with a urine test, detects a group of patients who can stop all their blood pressure medicines after…

Zomato Instant Not Shutting Down, Will Rebrand 10-Minute Food Delivery Service, Company Says

Zomato is rebranding Instant, its ten-minute food delivery service, and not shutting it down, a company spokesperson said. The statement has come amid reports claiming that the company was planning to close Instant, launched less than a year ago, owing to tough market conditions.However, the spokesperson clarified that it was working on a new menu for the service. "Instant is not shutting down. We are working on a new menu with our partners and rebranding the business. All finishing stations remain intact, and no people…

World’s largest hydrogen-electric aircraft completes 10-minute flight

ZeroAvia flew the world’s largest hydrogen-electric aircraft today in a step forward for sustainable aviation. The 19-seat, twin-engine Dornier 228 plane, fitted with a prototype hydrogen-electric powertrain, completed a 10-minute flight from Cotswold Airport in the UK. It was part of the HyFlyer II project, a government-funded R&D program working to make small passenger planes better for the environment. The powertrain was fueled using “compressed gaseous hydrogen produced with an on-site electrolyzer.” The testing…

10-minute bursts of exercise may boost therapy for PTSD

Studies continue to illuminate the wide-ranging benefits of physical activity when it comes to brain health, and new research has shown how that might include treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Scientists have explored how short bursts of aerobic exercise can augment an existing behavioral therapy used to treat the condition, and demonstrated that it may help alleviate symptoms by boosting plasticity in the brain.Though physical activity is generally understood to be good for us, we've recently seen…

Apple puts a 10-minute cap on receiving AirDrop transfers in China

The iOS 16.1.1 update Apple rolled out in China came with something extra that wasn't included in the release for other regions. According to Bloomberg, it limits the window of time a user can receive files via AirDrop from non-contacts to 10 minutes. Prior to this change, people can choose to get AirDrops from everyone indefinitely.  As the news organization notes, activists and protesters in China have been using AirDrop as a way to circumvent the country's online censorship measures. It was widely used during Hong…

Fast-charging arms latch onto London electric buses for 10-minute top-ups

There are now more than 800 zero-emission buses roaming the streets of London in a bid to cut into the city’s carbon footprint, and the introduction of new fast-charging infrastructure should help speed things along. The move involves the purchase of 20 new electric tram buses, which will rely on cutting-edge fast-charging arms to stay topped up and on the road.As it works toward a decarbonization goal of net-zero by 2030, London has been rolling out not just electric buses but the advanced charging infrastructure to go…