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Zomato: Zomato’s ‘war room’ to take on New Year’s Eve surge stirs work culture debate online

Food-delivery platform Zomato set up a 'war room' on December 31 to handle the ordering frenzy for new year celebrations across the country, which also pushed the company at the center of a work-life balance debate online.Deepinder Goyal, cofounder and chief executive of Zomato, on Sunday shared images from the company's 'war room' showing employees huddled in conference rooms, to take on heightened demand on account of New Year's Eve. "Ready to get (India’s) party started 🤞," his post on X read.Elevate Your Tech Prowess…

tsmc taiwan election: TSMC gets pulled into Taiwan election fray at VP debate

Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC was dragged into the election campaigning fray on Monday as vice presidential candidates argued over the company's overseas investments and whether tensions with China made Taiwan too dangerous a place to invest.The January 13 presidential and parliamentary election is happening as China, which claims Taiwan as its territory, has stepped up military pressure to assert those claims, including staging war games near the island.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

How New York Times lawsuit against OpenAI & Microsoft adds to AI regulation debate

New Delhi: The New York Times (NYT) Wednesday sued ChatGPT creator OpenAI and Microsoft — an investor that owns 49 percent of the former — over “unlawful” use of content protected by US copyright law, a first for a news publication.In the lawsuit filed in a federal court in Manhattan, NYT has argued that, due to its content being used in training the generative AI tools, the latter can “can generate output that recites Times content verbatim, closely summarises it and mimics its expressive style…These tools also wrongly…

Mom Sparks Debate After Returning ‘Ungrateful’ Daughter’s $160 Christmas Present

While it’s true that the holidays are a time of celebration, connection and all that jazz, it’s also very much a strain on one’s wallet’s contents.With that said, you can imagine how much more stressful it would be for a single mom on a tight budget with 3 kids.And it doesn’t help that disappointment adds its own, making what’s supposed to be a magical time into a cluster of bad decisions and hurt. And no, it doesn’t sound like your average, run of the mill Christmas. Stop it.The holiday season is something to look…

Woman Exposing Man Invading Her Space On Plane Sparks Debate On “Flying Etiquette”

Repeatedly being kicked in your chair? Nearly slammed to death by a sudden reclining chair in the front? Your nostrils are under attack by a smelly scent? Your eyes are burning after seeing someone clipping their toenails? Not everyone understands airport and flying etiquette.But this particular passenger has documented an offender of poor manners on board her flight, for the whole TikTok-sphere to see. Taking to her TikTok page, Savannah Sterling, who had the window seat on her flight, shared a clip where she exposed a…

Political debate is rife on TikTok. Politicians? Not so much.

President Joe Biden and the White House regularly post to millions of followers on social media, talking about the economy on Facebook, sharing Christmas decorations on YouTube, showcasing pardoned turkeys on Instagram, posting about infrastructure on X, formerly Twitter. They’re even on Threads. But they aren’t speaking directly to 150 million Americans on TikTok. There’s no official @POTUS, White House or Biden-Harris 2024 account. You’ll find only one of the Republican presidential candidates there — and just 37…

Why new tax credits for clean hydrogen sparked fiery debate

The Biden administration proposed new tax guidelines today aimed at making it cheaper to produce hydrogen as a less-polluting alternative to fossil fuels. The tax credit comes with strict stipulations around using newly constructed sources of clean energy to produce hydrogen, as opposed to more polluting sources.The guidelines elicited strong reactions from clean energy advocates and industry today, some celebrating, others outraged. Some experts said new guardrails are needed to ensure that the Biden administration’s…

Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz Debate GOAT Diss Song, Mixtape, and Animal

Complex'sGOAT TalkFresh off their collaborative album Welcome 2 Collegrove, Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz declare their GOAT rapper, conspiracy theory and Christmas song. This is GOAT Talk, a show where we ask today’s greats to crown their all-time greats. Complex'sGOAT TalkFresh off their collaborative album Welcome 2 Collegrove, Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz declare their GOAT rapper, conspiracy theory and Christmas song. This is GOAT Talk, a show where we ask today’s greats to crown their all-time greats. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE…

Cher ignites a heated debate on her exclusion from Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | Hollywood

American ‘Goddess of Pop’ Cher recently held the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame responsible for excluding from the museum in Cleveland, Ohio. American ‘Goddess of Pop’ Cher recently held the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame responsible for excluding from the museum in Cleveland, Ohio.(AFP) The singer recently appeared on ‘The Kelly Clarkson’ to celebrate her holiday single “DJ Play a Christmas Song” hitting the top of Billboard's Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart. Stay tuned with breaking news on HT Channel on…

DeSantis’ debate boast about COVID study: Wrong, author says

During the Fox News debate between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a study published in the scientific journal the Lancet was highlighted as vindication for the Sunshine State’s loose pandemic policies.As the two traded barbs over who was a “lockdown governor,” DeSantis crowed about his state reopening quickly and said: “In fact, the Lancet just did a study: Florida had a lower standardized COVID death rate than California did” when adjusted for how Florida’s population skews older and has…