Short Story Accused of Being AI-written Goes on to Win Contest's First Prize
"A story widely accused on social media of being written using AI has gone on to win the overall Commonwealth short story prize," reports the Guardian.
In mid-May the story had been selected as a regional winner, but with critics on X and Bluesky "claiming ….
El gran pendulazo del "made in China": cómo la tecnología china ha pasado de ser sinónimo de barata y mala a premium
Todos en algún momento nos hemos sentido decepcionados al encontrarnos la etiqueta ‘Made in China’ en algo que habíamos comprado; es sinónimo de baratija, de producto copiado y de baja calidad, o mejor dicho era. Desde hace unos años China ha dado un empujón ….
Dal palak, el exquisito curry indio de lentejas rojas y espinacas
El dal palak es un curry indio de lentejas y espinacas. Dal es el nombre que reciben en la India las legumbres secas y los guisos especiados que se elaboran con ellas, y palak significa espinaca.
La legumbre habitual es la lenteja roja, conoc….
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra gets a limited-time discount in India
The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, launched in India with a base price of INR139,999, is available at a discount on Samsung's official website.
Samsung launched the Galaxy S26 Ultra in India with three memory options - 12GB/256GB, 12GB/512GB, and 16GB/1TB, priced….
Descubren seis galaxias fusionándose en el universo primitivo
El telescopio espacial James Webb captura un grupo de seis galaxias primitivas en pleno proceso de colisión. El evento, que da lugar a una elíptica gigante, ocurrió cuando el universo tenía apenas el 12% de su edad actual Leer.
Patti Smith: "Si quiero escuchar a alguien inteligente y compasivo, escucho a Pedro Sánchez o al Papa"
La estrella del rock desata su faceta artística en la instalación 'Correspondences' que presenta en el museo LUMA de Arlés. «Sé que en España me queréis mucho, yo también a vosotros», dice Leer.
Ahead of Market: 10 things that will decide stock market action on Monday
Indian stock markets surged on Friday, with Sensex and Nifty posting gains exceeding 0.3%. This upward trend was fueled by a calmer Middle East situation, reduced expectations of US Federal Reserve rate hikes, and positive domestic factors like the India-Japa….
Income tax department slaps notices on foreign investors with no earnings
Foreign investors are receiving unexpected tax notices in India, even for transactions where no profit or dividend was earned. The tax department is initiating reassessment proceedings, questioning the absence of income tax returns for share purchases. Expert….
Ce que l’expatriation fait aux enfants (et aux parents)
Beaucoup de parents qui vivent à l’étranger en famille espèrent que l’exposition à une autre culture sera enrichissante et positive. “Business Insider” et “The Times of India” publient les témoignages de deux mères sur leurs expériences en Asie..
Julian Casablancas Expands on “White Privileged” “American Zionists” Comments in Oxford Speech
The Strokes frontman said his criticism was aimed at "settler style Zionist expansionists."
Julian Casablancas Expands on “White Privileged” “American Zionists” Comments in Oxford Speech
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My husband's behaviour during the World Cup was a sign of his affair. I only realised too late. Don't miss this hidden sign while the football's on: LIZ JONES
It was the 2006 World Cup. I had bought a flatscreen TV in Selfridges expressly so my husband could watch the matches, while I was working every hour god sent..
Las ventas de Foxconn crecen un 34,9% en el primer semestre gracias a la IA
Hon Hai (Foxconn), el mayor fabricante de productos electrónicos del mundo, ingresó 4,64 billones de dólares taiwaneses (unos 159.000 millones de dólares, 147.000 millones de euros) en el primer semestre de 2026, un aumento interanual del 34,9% impulsado por ….
Algo está cambiando definitivamente en la Unión Europea. Lo que hace no tanto tiempo eran mensajes impactantes de figuras como el comisario Stéphane Séjourné o la mismísima Ursula von der Leyen hoy son un mandato a transmitir en los infinitos rinc….
Cómo la despedida del ayatolá Alí Jameneí demostró la unidad de Irán
Expertos señalan que el asesinato del líder supremo mostró a los iraníes que Israel y EE.UU. "no se detienen ante ningún acto bárbaro y terrorista para alcanzar sus objetivos"..
Iranian Commander Warns U.S., Israel Against Attacks as Khamenei Funeral Preparations Underway
Iran Issues Warning to U.S. and Israel Ahead of Khamenei Funeral A senior Iranian commander has warned the United States and Israel against carrying out any attacks during the upcoming funeral processions for former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who ….
Creatine Shows Mixed Results as Potential Depression Treatment, Researchers Say
A systematic review of five randomized controlled trials has found that creatine supplementation produced inconsistent effects on depression symptoms, according to a report published in Brain Medicine on June 30, 2026. Two studies involving women with major d….
The highest mountain on Earth is not the closest mountain to outer space — because the planet bulges outward at the equator, the summit of a volcano in Ecuador called Chimborazo sits farther from the center of the Earth than Mount Everest does, even though Everest is much taller
The specific highest point on the planet Earth, measured by the standard elevation metric of height above mean sea level, is the summit of Mount Everest — the 8,848.86-metre-tall Himalayan peak on the Nepal-Tibet border, first successfully summited by the New….
In 1912, the German meteorologist Alfred Wegener proposed that the continents of the Earth had once been joined and were slowly drifting apart — a theory geologists ridiculed for the next 50 years, until three decades after his death, when new evidence from the ocean floor proved him right
On the evening of Saturday, 6 January 1912, in the meeting hall of the Frankfurt Geological Association, a 31-year-old German meteorologist named Alfred Wegener — an astronomer by original doctoral training, an Arctic explorer by preferred fieldwork, and by t….
During the Second World War, the American company Hormel shipped more than 100 million pounds of canned Spam to Allied soldiers on every front from the Pacific islands to the Soviet Red Army — and after the war, Nikita Khrushchev wrote in his memoirs that without American Spam, the Soviet Union would not have been able to feed its army
In July 1937, the George A. Hormel and Company meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota — under the direction of Jay Hormel, the 44-year-old First World War veteran son of the company’s founder, who had learned commercial canned-ham production from German meatp….
Carolina López-Chacarra estrena su palmarés profesional en Hulencourt Open
El golf español tiene desde este domingo a una nueva ganadora en grandes circuitos. Carolina López-Chacarra se ha proclamado campeona del Hulencourt Women's Open, torneo que esta semana se ha disputado en Bélgica y perteneciente al LET Tour. Ello supone su pr….
'Saca tu Orgullo' pincha en La 1 con un 6,1% y lleva a 'Fiesta' a su mejor dato del año (10,4%)
AUDIENCIAS SÁBADO 4 DE JULIO Por la noche, el encuentro entre Paraguay y Francia barre con un 32,5% y deja sin opciones a los asaltos de 'La Voz Kids' en Antena 3. La 1 lidera sin problemas.'Saca tu Orgullo' pincha en La 1 con un 6,1% y lleva a 'Fiesta' a su ….
Filtración masiva del iPhone 18 Pro: todos los detalles sobre su diseño y hardware
Descubre todos los detalles filtrados del iPhone 18 Pro tras el hackeo a Tata. Vídeos de pruebas de caída, nuevo chip A20 Pro y diseño al descubierto..
Low Cost Chinese Coal Power is Driving a Decisive Advantage Over US AI Businesses
As nations increasingly embrace the 97% cost advantage of Chinese AI, the USA has this brief opportunity to seize back the initiative.
The post Low Cost Chinese Coal Power is Driving a Decisive Advantage Over US AI Businesses appeared first on Watts Up With ….
3 iShares ETFs Crushing the S&P 500 by 30 Points in 2026
Three funds dominate the emerging markets ex-China conversation right now, and each one has put meaningful daylight between itself and the S&P 500 so far thi....
VIDEO EXCLUSIV | Ambasadorul Indiei în România : India și România sunt ca două surori
Manoj Kumar Mohapatra, ambasadorul Indiei în România și Republica Moldova, a vorbit într-un interviu "Ping Pong" despre relația specială dintre India și România, pe care le compară cu niște surori, despre unitatea în diversitate care ține laolaltă 1,4 miliard….
Șase sfere misterioase au apărut pe o plajă. Specialiștii suspectează că vin din spațiu
Autoritățile investighează originea unor sfere argintii misterioase de mari dimensiuni care au ajuns în acest weekend pe o plajă din nordul statului Queensland din Australia..
QANTAS: Does Project Sunrise indicate a more premium, lower-volume international strategy, as Joe Aston says?
In an Australian Financial Review opinion piece over the weekend, Joe Aston, author of The Chairman’s Lounge: The inside story of how Qantas sold us out, argues that Qantas is changing its international strategy. His core argument is that Project Sunrise is n….
No figura entre los miembros de la ONU ni aparece nunca en las noticias. Prácticamente nadie en este lado del globo ha escuchado una sola palabra sobre el lugar, una remotísima isla del Pacífico con la población de un pueblo… Seguir leyendo →.
Not The Average City Girl: Yung Miami Responds To Possible ‘Spend Dat’ Mashup With India .Arie’s ‘Video’, Keri Hilson Clarifies Her Remarks
Yung Miami’s track “Spend Dat,” is undoubtedly causing a stir on the internet and singer India.Arie’s comments about the popular song have just intensified its reach. Now, a remix is potentially in the works bringing the two artists into one another’s worlds.….
Netanyahu Hits JD Vance for Saying the US is Israel’s ‘Only Powerful Ally’: ‘We Have Many, Many Friends’
Jacqui Heinrich confronted Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday with Vice President J.D. Vance's claim that the United States is Israel's "only powerful ally."
The post Netanyahu Hits JD Vance for Saying the US is Israel’s ‘Only Powerful Ally’: ‘We Have Many, Many Frien….
Adolescentă de 16 ani violată în mod repetat de fratele ei mai mare. Agresorul spune că „și-a văzut regretata soție” în sora mai mică
O fată de 16 ani a fost violată în mod repetat de fratele ei mai mare, în vârstă de 38 de ani. Bărbatul a mărturisit fapta într-un interogatoriu la poliție..
2026 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #27
A listing of 29 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, June 28, 2026 thru Sat, July 4, 2026.
Stories we promoted this week, by category:
Climate Change Impacts (11 articles)
India must reshape its export game for a world of climate-focused trade measures
As climate policy gets entangled with trade, geopolitics and industrial policy, aligning the country's with it is crucial. The government should aim to ensure that India's decarbonization efforts are adequately recognized by trade partners..
Nationalization is making a comeback in economic policymaking—here's why
Recent policy considerations across France, the UK and even the US indicate a new pattern emerging that smells a lot like nationalization. With economic uncertainty having upturned old norms, countries seem to be favouring nation-first industrial strategies..
Manu Joseph: What the Siya Goyal case tells us about society’s need to identify motives
Looking for motives in cases of alleged murder is often fruitless since such acts are not rational. Rather, they spring from mental illness—which does not excuse a heinous crime..
The supertanker tycoon making millions on Hormuz shuttle runs
Ga-Hyun Chung, an intensely private Korean shipping tycoon, rocked the tanker industry early this year as his Sinokor Group embarked on an unprecedented buying spree..
Иностранные СМИ указали на важность взятия Константиновки российской армией
Освобождение Россией Константиновки стало важным событием для мировых СМИ и экспертов. Независимые аналитики, а также китайские и индийские СМИ указывают, что город имеет стратегическое значение, он был ключевым пунктом в системе обороны ВСУ..
MasterChef Australia S18E44 1080p HDTV H264-FERENGI
Season 18, Episode 44 – “Mystery Box Challenge: Sanjeev Kapoor”Our Top 9 contestants welcome one of the most famous chefs in India with over 150 cookbooks and 20 million social media followers, it’s Chef Sanjeev Kapoor, here to set a Mystery Box.Links: HOMEPA….
INDIAN NAVAL SHIPS CONCLUDE SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO SINGAPORE
Reinforcing the deep-rooted strategic and maritime partnership between India and Singapore, Indian Naval Ships Udaygiri, Shakti and Kavaratti of the Eastern Fleet led by Rear Admiral Alok Anand, Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet, concluded their port call….
What Countries Eat No Meat? Unveiling Global Vegetarianism The question of what countries eat no meat? doesn’t have a straightforward answer; no country entirely abstains from meat consumption. However, India has the largest population of vegetarians globally….
Who Was the First Female President? Unveiling a Global Timeline The definitive answer to Who was the first female president? is Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka, who became Prime Minister in 1960, holding executive powers equivalent to that of a president i….
EasyJet annonce un "accord de principe" sur une offre de rachat par le fonds Castlelake
La compagnie aérienne britannique EasyJet a annoncé dimanche un "accord de principe" sur les principaux termes financiers d'une offre de rachat par la société d'investissement américaine Castlelake, qui valoriserait l'entreprise à plus de 5 milliards de livre….
Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro Pricing Strategy: Why the Price Increase May Be Smaller Than Expected
The iPhone 18 Pro series is one of the most anticipated smartphone launches of 2026. With rumors swirling around significant component cost increases driven by the AI boom—particularly for advanced RAM and storage—many analysts initially predicted steep price….
Hotel Promo Update: Best Western, Choice, GHA, Hyatt, Radisson & Wyndham July 2026
Here’s a look at bonus points and rate offers for Best Western Rewards, Choice Privileges, World of Hyatt, Global Hotel Alliance, Radisson, and Wyndham Rewards that you can use this July. We have previously covered Hilton Honors, and Marriott Bonvoy, and will….
Nigeria is among eight of the world’s 10 most populous countries absent from the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Discover why these football-mad nations are missing.
Read More: https://punchng.com/nigeria-among-most-populous-wcup-absentees/.
EU awards 89 fully funded Erasmus scholarships to Nigerians
The EU has awarded 89 fully funded Erasmus scholarships to Nigerian students for 2026, reaffirming Nigeria’s top position in Africa for the prestigious pro
Read More: https://punchng.com/eu-awards-89-fully-funded-erasmus-scholarships-to-nigerians/.
Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli's India debuts: Comparing India legends' debut performances to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
How does Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's historic India debut match up against the first international performances of legends Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli? Get the details....
India's next 6ft 5in Test bowling prospect: Gurnoor Brar storms onto red-ball radar with 10-wicket haul vs Sri Lanka A
India continues to find new talent to bolster their talent as India A's latest match against Sri Lanka A saw Gurnoor Brar scalped 10 wickets to demolish the opposition..
'Overwhelmed': Vaibhav Sooryavanshi sends out heartfelt message to fans after historic India debut vs England in Manchester
Read 15-year-old sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's emotional, heartfelt message to cricket fans after his historic record-breaking India debut against England in Manchester..
Gurnoor Brar's 10-wicket match haul powers India A to series-sealing win over Sri Lanka A
Gurnoor Brar's exceptional 10-wicket haul powered India A to a dominant 10-wicket victory over Sri Lanka A in the second unofficial Test, securing a 1-0 series win. Sai Sudharsan's brilliant 168 also anchored India's first innings. This performance serves as ….
Women's T20 World Cup Player of the Tournament winners: Complete list from 2009 to 2026
With Beth Mooney winning the Player of the Tournament of the latest edition of the Women's T20 World Cup, here's a look at the complete list of past winners..
Who has won the most Women's T20 World Cup titles? Full list of champions
Check the complete list of ICC Women's T20 World Cup winners, champions by year, runners-up, and key records ahead of today's historic 2026 final at Lord's..
England football team in Mexico sends message to England women for 2026 Women's T20 World Cup final vs Australia
With England set to face Australia in the finals of the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup, the England football team had a good luck message for the women's side..
World Club T20 Championship could revive Champions League cricket under ICC plans
With franchise cricket being at its most popular, the ICC can finally decide to revive the Champions League Cricket to pit league champions against each other..
Liverpool legend throws coaching credentials into the mix following Thiago comments
Robbie Fowler Liverpool Return Talk Grows After Coaching Staff HintRobbie Fowler has once again stirred debate over a possible return to Liverpool, this time with a short social media reply that said ....
Pipe dreams: Bangladesh surfers chase waves at Asian Games
The headquarters of the Bangladesh Surf Girls and Boys Club is a weather-beaten white shack but, like the seemingly endless beach on which it sits, its members' ambitions stretch far.The youngest club member, 10-year-old Mehedi Hasan, survives alone on the st….
Indian-American History, WordPress, iFixit, More: Sunday ResearchBuzz, July 5, 2026
NEW RESOURCES New India Abroad: ‘250 @ 250’ Indiaspora highlights Indian American community milestones. “Indiaspora on July 2 unveiled a digital collection of 250 milestones celebrating the Indian American community’s contributions as […].
The Race To Rescue 8,000 Sailors Still Stranded Behind Hormuz
By Weilun Soon and Stephen Stapczynski Jul 5, 2026 (Bloomberg) –At anchor in the Persian Gulf, Abhijit Chopra found out about the US-Iran peace deal when his phone lit up with....
Fabian Scheidler: “Europa está desmontando el Estado del bienestar para construir un Estado de guerra”
El ensayista alemán señala cómo los Estados están fomentando la confrontación para legitimar políticas de excepción y un gasto militar desbordado. Resultado: una transferencia masiva de recursos hacia las élites. Lo cuenta en su libro ‘El estado de guerra’.
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Az ausztrál hatóságok jelenleg is vizsgálják annak a hat rejtélyes, nagyméretű gömbnek az eredetét, amelyek a hétvégén sodródtak partra Queensland északi részén. A szakértők feltételezése szerint az objektumok űrszemétből származhatnak, és az Ausztrál Űrügynö….
Thinking of your next adventure? Nepal is a bucket-list destination that blends breathtaking landscapes, rich traditions, and unforgettable experiences. Book Air India flights for €563 return with checked bags included..
11 Best New Movies on Netflix: July 2026’s Freshest Films to Watch
Millie Bobby Brown, Kevin Hart, Kit Connor, and Joe Locke lead the way in movies, specials, and live events streaming on Netflix in July, so be sure to see them thrive in the terrific titles dropping throughout the month..
Monsoon’s first depression roars ashore, sets up week-long rain siege
Massive falls lead to drastic cut in rain deficit - by 23 per cent over Central India and by 13 per cent over entire country - with even more rain forecast this week.
FMCG firms optimistic on demand outlook; expect easing input costs to support margins
Companies like Dabur India, Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL) and Marico have reported strong business momentum in the June quarter and are optimistic over consumption trends.
IIFCL mobilises ₹1,848 cr via bonds, strengthens resource base for infra financing
In line with the policy framework of the government and the Reserve Bank of India, IIFCL said it is also evaluating opportunities to raise funds through ECBs.
Demand rising, India needs 500,000 tonnes refined copper capacity addition every 5 years: ICA
Speaking on the outlook for the ongoing financial year, Karmarkar said copper demand is likely to track overall GDP growth and the association is anticipating at least around 9% growth over 2026.
Prayagraj shows highest unemployment rate, Ahmedabad lowest among million-plus cities
Prayagraj and Patna are among 46 cities with population of 10 lakh or more (million plus) that have unemployment rate more than 20 per cent, while Ahmedabad and Kolkata have the lowest rate with less than 2.5 per cent, a Statistics Ministry report showed..
