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X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, on Tuesday won the dismissal of most of a lawsuit by 17 music publishers that accused it of infringing copyrights on nearly 1,700 songs by letting people post music online without permission.U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger in Nashville, Tennessee said the publishers could not pursue a theory of "comprehensive general liability for infringement" against X, which Musk bought for $44 billion in Oct. 2022.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

Careless scooter or two-wheeler riders on Indian roads are not too hard to find. We have seen several videos online where people riding recklessly have caused accidents and suffered serious injuries. In most cases, the riders escape with injuries, but there have also been cases where they were not lucky enough to have survived. Here we have an incident from Kerala’s Kasargod district where a careless scooter rider attempting to cross the road without looking at oncoming traffic narrowly escapes getting crushed under…

Kids running to the road or crossing roads without looking at oncoming traffic have caused several accidents in the past. In many cases, we have seen kids let go of their parents’ hands and cross the road. This is a common occurrence both in India and other countries. In most cases, the kids who run into the road escape with only minor injuries, but there have been cases where they’ve been seriously injured as well. Here we have a video of a kid who, after getting out of an autorickshaw with its mother,…

A dying thief who confessed to stealing a pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in The Wizard of Oz because he wanted to pull off “one last score” was given no prison time at his sentencing hearing Monday.Terry Jon Martin, 76, stole the slippers in 2005 from the Judy Garland Museum in the late actor’s home town of Grand Rapids, Minnesota. He gave into temptation after an old mob associate told him the shoes had to be adorned with real jewels to justify their $1m insured value, his attorney revealed in a memo to the…

A rainbow lorikeet in mid-flight.Image: sompreaw (Shutterstock)The U.K.’s Colchester Zoo is trying to bring home the least sneaky animal escapee possible: a rainbow lorikeet. The brightly colored bird made its daring getaway last weekend by simply hitching a ride onto a visitor as they were about to leave its enclosure.Would Peter Capaldi Return to Doctor Who?The rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus) is a medium-sized species of parrot native to Australia. Unlike some other colorful birds, both males and females…

Who let the dogs out? Who? Who? Who?Apparently, a dog named King tried when he broke out of his kennel before setting the alarm at his rescue off, creating a ruckus while trying to break himself and his buddies free.At the Lost Our Home Pet Rescue in Tempe, Arizona, USA, an agile husky named King disrupted what had been a peaceful night at the animal shelter.Deciding enough was enough, the clever pup figured out how to break out from his kennel before opening the doors to his shelter and letting himself out.King, a…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Beneath Svalbard's permafrost, millions of cubic meters of methane are trapped—and scientists have now learned that it can migrate beneath the cold seal of the permafrost and escape. A large-scale escape could create a cycle of warming that would send methane emissions skyrocketing: warming thaws the permafrost, causing more gas to escape, allowing more permafrost to thaw and more gas to be…

December 5, 20233 min readA giant iceberg called A23a, which broke off from Antarctica in 1986, is finally moving away from the icy continent after being stuck on the seafloor for decadesBy Harry Baker & LiveScienceStuck on the seafloor for decades, Iceberg A-23A now freely drifts northward toward warmer, iceberg-destroying waters. The world's largest iceberg, A23a, is on the move after being trapped in place off Antarctica's coastline for almost 40 years. The gigantic "ice island," which is three times the size of…

Indian roads are extremely tricky and challenging to drive on, and there are several examples on the internet that prove this. Apart from reckless drivers, jaywalkers, and bikers, there is always a risk of cattle or stray dogs jumping in front of vehicles. Animals have caused accidents on our roads in the past, and here we have a video that shows how a Mahindra Thar driver narrowly escaped from crashing into a Nilgai that suddenly came onto the road. The video has been shared by Explore the Unseen 2.0 on their YouTube…

The number of road accidents reported in India has tremendously increased after the pandemic. Many people who drive or ride in India still lack patience or basic etiquette. Such drivers often create inconvenience for other road users, leading to accidents. This trend might be due to the rising number of road accidents, resulting in an increased preference for Tata cars known for their build quality. There have been several instances where Tata cars have saved the lives of occupants during major accidents. In a video…