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Hey Siri! Help me get Apple out of an AI-shaped hole

Tim Cook’s prayer to the almighty

Apple Inc. employees inside the Apple store ahead of its opening in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Saturday, June 22, 2024. Photographer: Samsul Said/Bloomberg(Bloomberg)

Technology

Published on Jun 24, 2024 08:00 AM IST

The Economist

Remembering Akira Endo, the scientist who revolutionised heart care

Endo’s discovery, which came from a mold like the kind that grows on oranges, marked a significant advance in medicine, yet remains relatively unknown

This undated photo released by Jiji Press on June 11, 2024 shows professor Akira Endo from the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in Tokyo. Endo, the Japanese biochemist whose pioneering research on fungi led to the development of cholesterol-lowering statins, has died at the age of 90, Japanese media reported on June 11, 2024. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP) / Japan OUT(AFP)

Opinion

Published on Jun 24, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByAnirban Mahapatra

Sowing the seeds of a farm-growth revival

Centre should focus on expanding land under irrigation, pushing greater adoption of horticulture by farmers, and raising agri-R&D spending in the country

Amritsar: Farm labourers plant seedlings in a field during sunset on the outskirts of Amritsar, Sunday, June 23, 2024. (PTI Photo)(PTI06_23_2024_000239B)(PTI)

Opinion

Published on Jun 23, 2024 11:23 PM IST

BySiraj Hussain, Shweta Saini

A code for members of the new Lok Sabha

Dialogue between the government and the Opposition is essential for the smooth running of the House.

The Opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) who have been returned may harbour unpleasant memories: Mass suspensions, privilege cases, expulsions, and the denial of opportunities were common threads in the last House(File Photo)(HT_PRINT)

Opinion

Published on Jun 23, 2024 11:04 PM IST

ByPDT Achary

Friends in the neighbourhood

Maritime security cooperation and greater integration with regional economies will help India counter Chinese overtures in South Asia

This handout photograph taken and released on June 22, 2024 by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shaking hands with Bangladesh's counterpart Sheikh Hasina (L) after receiving her at the Presidential Palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on June 22, 2024. (Photo by PIB / AFP) (AFP)

Editorials

Published on Jun 23, 2024 10:33 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Illicit liquor economy points to a social crisis

The easy solution prescribed by many to curtail illicit liquor deaths is prohibition. But does it really work?

(FILES) A relative weeps next to the dead body of a victim who died after consuming toxic illegal alcohol in Kallakurichi district of India's Tamil Nadu state on June 20, 2024. Drinking liquor was acceptable in a south Indian village until at least 47 people died from a fatal poisoning earlier this week after they consumed arrack, a distilled alcoholic drink. (Photo by R. Satish BABU / AFP)(AFP)

Editorials

Published on Jun 23, 2024 10:33 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Ganga needs joint efforts to regain its old strength

This river requires regular, phased dredging from Haridwar to Ganga Sagar.

Kolkata: The setting Sun on an evening, seen from the bank of the River Ganga, in Kolkata, Sunday, June 23, 2024. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra)(PTI06_23_2024_000213B)(PTI)

Opinion

Published on Jun 23, 2024 10:24 PM IST

ByShashi Shekhar

Eye on the Middle East | Drones and deterrence in the Israel-Hezbollah dynamic

Hezbollah's unprecedented drone footage over Israel's Haifa Port represents a strategic shift in the use of drones.

An Israeli fighter jet releases flares, and a drone is seen from Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kreem Hana)(AP)

Analysis

Published on Jun 23, 2024 10:00 AM IST

ByBashir Ali Abbas

How an ancient Buddhist vihara became a multicultural centre of learning

Nalanda, a preeminent centre of Buddhist and Indian learning, was renowned for its integration of Buddhist and Indian educational systems

A view of the ruins of Nalanda in the ancient kingdom of Magadha, now Bihar. (Parwaz Khan /HT PHOTO)

Analysis

Published on Jun 23, 2024 09:00 AM IST

ByValay Singh

Seeing Silicon | Going beyond the Indus

It started as a network for the Indian diaspora in Silicon Valley but The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) of today have global ambitions

Silicon Valley; specifically, the North First Street area of San Jose, looking southbound down Interstate 880 towards downtown San Jose.(Coolcaesar/Wikimedia Commons)

Technology

Published on Jun 23, 2024 08:30 AM IST

ByShweta Taneja

Is the New York Times bestseller list politically biased?

Our investigation suggests it is

The New York Times Headquarters(Getty Images)

Books

Published on Jun 23, 2024 08:00 AM IST

The Economist

Yoga’s health benefits are proven but a competent instructor is crucial

While Hatha Yoga has taken the world by storm, people are less aware that Yoga is an eight-layered philosophy, of which the exercises are only the first part.

Mumbai, Jun 21 (ANI): Western Naval Command personnel perform yoga on the 10th International Day of Yoga, in Mumbai on Friday. (ANI Photo) (Deepak Salvi)

Opinion

Published on Jun 23, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByPavan K Varma

Tech Tonic | Where’s Ilya? He aims for AI smarter than humans, but not dangerous

Sutskever’s start-up, Safe Superintelligence, aims to create what the name suggests – a super-intelligent machine which surpasses anything we’ve seen thus far

Ilya Sutskever speaks during a talk at Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv, Israel.(Reuters)

Technology

Published on Jun 23, 2024 07:00 AM IST

ByVishal Mathur

SP out to counter BJP with their new temple town hero

Awadhesh Prasad won from Faizabad-Ayodhya after addressing local issues, overshadowing the BJP's focus on the temple.

The poll scenario began changing positively for Congress-SP alliance in Uttar Pradesh once Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav decided to contest the 2024 poll and the alliance won 43 of 80 UP seats. (HT FILE)(HT_PRINT)

Opinion

Published on Jun 23, 2024 12:44 AM IST

BySunita Aron

Book Box | Three unexpected ways to introduce yourself

Experimenting with tell-me-about-yourself questions reveals creative ways of connecting with people

Sonya Dutta Choudhury(Sonya Dutta Choudhury)

Books

Published on Jun 23, 2024 12:37 AM IST

BySonya Dutta Choudhury

In TN, where people who cannot afford expensive IMFL turn to bootleg alcohol

In February this year, the M K Stalin-led DMK government increased the price of IMFL available through the state-owned distribution network TASMAC.

Relatives mourn near the mortal remains of people who died after consuming spurious liquor in Kallakurichi in Tamil Nadu on Friday. (PTI)(HT_PRINT)

Analysis

Published on Jun 23, 2024 12:00 AM IST

ByK A Shaji

Phase 6 of Lok Sabha Elections recorded the highest heat stress

55 out of 57 parliamentary constituencies in Phase 6 observed heat stress hours during the polling window, finds analysis

New Delhi, India - May 25, 2024: Voters seen waiting their turn under a makeshift canopy on a hot day at a polling station during the Sixth phase of voting for General Lok Sabha elections , at MC School 64 khamba near Maharaja Ranjeet Singh marg in New Delhi, India, on Saturday, May 25, 2024. (Photo by Raj K Raj/ Hindustan Times)(Hindustan Times)

Environment News

Published on Jun 22, 2024 11:57 PM IST

ByBadri Chatterjee

A look back at the me I used to be: Life Hacks by Charles Assisi

We don’t often see it, but life is defined by transition, that wily sidekick to change. Each phase is a chance to mourn a previous self, or celebrate a new you.

One of the things that makes the series The Bear (2022-) so compelling is that each of its key characters, all chefs, are navigating personal turning points or transitions.

Art and Culture

Updated on Jun 22, 2024 05:24 PM IST

ByCharles Assisi

The drool factor: Swetha Sivakumar on what makes food mouth-watering

Saliva plays a key role. Even though it’s 99% water, that final 1% defines how we taste, how we experience flavour, and what we can eat.

Art and Culture

Updated on Jun 22, 2024 05:21 PM IST

BySwetha Sivakumar

Goodness, is that the time: A look at how languages name hours, colours, numbers

In parts of the world, the day is divided into slabs. Words for hues are limited to just a handful. And directions include realms above and below.

The Hausa (above) and Zarma tribes of West Africa are not known for punctuality, so the day was traditionally simply broken up into chunks. Through recent centuries, amid the rise of Islam here, these chunks came to be linked to the nearest Islamic prayer time. (Africulture / Shutterstock)

Art and Culture

Updated on Jun 22, 2024 05:23 PM IST

ByAdam Jacot de Boinod

The lure of low-brow: Why we love bad movies

Research suggests the lack of emotional investment is a big draw. The stress-free suspense and absurdity also offer an increasingly rare thing: novelty.

A still from Sharknado 2 (2014), set in New York City.

Art and Culture

Updated on Jun 22, 2024 04:03 PM IST

ByAnesha George

Counter stripe: Why are our big cats changing colour?

We have a lot more black tigers, a golden tiger, and all-black wolves. Why? The short answer could be: Us. See how changes to habitats may be at the root.

Assam’s lone golden tiger, at Kaziranga National Park. (Gaurav Ramnarayanan)

Art and Culture

Updated on Jun 22, 2024 05:18 PM IST

ByNatasha Rego

Bachchan, Haasan are set to storm our screens: Anupama Chopra on Kalki, Indian 2

With nearly 120 years of acting experience between them, it is a joy to see these veterans still vital, vibrant and, yes, violent.

Bachchan is a melancholy and brooding Ashwatthama in Kalki 2898 AD.‘They really want to be part of the process. They want to be directed. And they don’t want to do what they’ve done before,’ director Nag Ashwin says, of Bachchan and Haasan.

Art and Culture

Updated on Jun 22, 2024 03:43 PM IST

ByAnupama Chopra

Yemen's powerful tribal leaders are key to jailed Nimisha Priya's release

A unique aspect of Yemen's culture is the significant influence wielded by tribal leaders. Convincing them and gaining favour in a case like this is not easy.

Nimisha Priya, a nurse from Kerala, was sentenced to death by the trial court in Sana’a, Yemen, in 2020, for murdering a Yemeni man. (File)

Analysis

Published on Jun 21, 2024 09:15 PM IST

ByRejimon Kuttappan

Weather Bee | What is the onset of the southwest monsoon?

What did this onset mean and why has it not led to rains in northern India?

A commuter rides on a scooter as monsoon clouds hover over the sky on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, Thursday, June 20, 2024 (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)(AP)

Environment News

Published on Jun 21, 2024 09:10 PM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Mysore pack: Inside a museum of gilded paintings

A businessman has spent nearly four decades collecting Mysore-style paintings. His 600 works are now housed in an old home converted into a museum.

A painting of Bala Mukunda or the child Krishna, from 1892. The rotund toddler was thought to symbolise health and wealth in the royal court of Mysore. (Courtesy Ramsingh Museum)

Art and Culture

Updated on Jun 21, 2024 08:33 PM IST

BySukanya Datta

The larger-than-life legacy of the Pixies: Download Central with Sanjoy Narayan

The ’80s band may not have had a lot of mainstream success, but they’ve influenced generations of rock legends. And they’re still going strong.

The band’s new original, You’re So Impatient, runs just over two minutes and is a tense song about love dynamics between two people, set against the grisly backdrop of a dead shopping mall full of zombies.

Lifestyle

Updated on Jun 21, 2024 07:50 PM IST

ht_print | BySanjoy Narayan

Gilded treasures: Inside a museum of gold-tinted Mysore paintings

Works from this school of art date to the 16th century and the rule of the wealthy Wodeyar kings. See how one man amassed a collection of 600 such canvases.

A painting of Vyasa, Parvati and Ganesh, 1925. Faces were often modelled after members of the Wodeyar family. (Courtesy Ramsingh Museum)

Art and Culture

Updated on Jun 21, 2024 07:07 PM IST

BySukanya Datta

When poisoning is the antidote: How artist are fighting back against AI

New tools are allowing artists to alter their work at the pixel level, to confuse bots and misdirect algorithms. How long can this work? What’s next?

At University of Chicago, researchers have been testing the impact of poisoned datasets on AI-led image generators. Their findings state that even 50 poisoned images can alter the results generated by an AI model. Mix in about 300 poisoned images, they say, and Cubism may blend with anime, or a purse start to resemble a toaster.

Art and Culture

Updated on Jun 21, 2024 07:06 PM IST

ByAnesha George

Art meets invasion: Inside the face-off with AI

This is a battle that began in the ’90s, when programs first began replicating an artist’s style to create new music. K Narayanan writes on the evolving tussle.

Art and Culture

Updated on Jun 21, 2024 05:24 PM IST

ByK Narayanan

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Tim Cook’s prayer to the almighty

Endo’s discovery, which came from a mold like the kind that grows on oranges, marked a significant advance in medicine, yet remains relatively unknown

Centre should focus on expanding land under irrigation, pushing greater adoption of horticulture by farmers, and raising agri-R&D spending in the country

Dialogue between the government and the Opposition is essential for the smooth running of the House.

Maritime security cooperation and greater integration with regional economies will help India counter Chinese overtures in South Asia

The easy solution prescribed by many to curtail illicit liquor deaths is prohibition. But does it really work?

This river requires regular, phased dredging from Haridwar to Ganga Sagar.

Hezbollah's unprecedented drone footage over Israel's Haifa Port represents a strategic shift in the use of drones.

Nalanda, a preeminent centre of Buddhist and Indian learning, was renowned for its integration of Buddhist and Indian educational systems

It started as a network for the Indian diaspora in Silicon Valley but The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) of today have global ambitions

Our investigation suggests it is

While Hatha Yoga has taken the world by storm, people are less aware that Yoga is an eight-layered philosophy, of which the exercises are only the first part.

Sutskever’s start-up, Safe Superintelligence, aims to create what the name suggests – a super-intelligent machine which surpasses anything we’ve seen thus far

Awadhesh Prasad won from Faizabad-Ayodhya after addressing local issues, overshadowing the BJP's focus on the temple.

Experimenting with tell-me-about-yourself questions reveals creative ways of connecting with people

In February this year, the M K Stalin-led DMK government increased the price of IMFL available through the state-owned distribution network TASMAC.

55 out of 57 parliamentary constituencies in Phase 6 observed heat stress hours during the polling window, finds analysis

We don’t often see it, but life is defined by transition, that wily sidekick to change. Each phase is a chance to mourn a previous self, or celebrate a new you.

Saliva plays a key role. Even though it’s 99% water, that final 1% defines how we taste, how we experience flavour, and what we can eat.

In parts of the world, the day is divided into slabs. Words for hues are limited to just a handful. And directions include realms above and below.

Research suggests the lack of emotional investment is a big draw. The stress-free suspense and absurdity also offer an increasingly rare thing: novelty.

We have a lot more black tigers, a golden tiger, and all-black wolves. Why? The short answer could be: Us. See how changes to habitats may be at the root.

With nearly 120 years of acting experience between them, it is a joy to see these veterans still vital, vibrant and, yes, violent.

A unique aspect of Yemen's culture is the significant influence wielded by tribal leaders. Convincing them and gaining favour in a case like this is not easy.

What did this onset mean and why has it not led to rains in northern India?

A businessman has spent nearly four decades collecting Mysore-style paintings. His 600 works are now housed in an old home converted into a museum.

The ’80s band may not have had a lot of mainstream success, but they’ve influenced generations of rock legends. And they’re still going strong.

Works from this school of art date to the 16th century and the rule of the wealthy Wodeyar kings. See how one man amassed a collection of 600 such canvases.

New tools are allowing artists to alter their work at the pixel level, to confuse bots and misdirect algorithms. How long can this work? What’s next?

This is a battle that began in the ’90s, when programs first began replicating an artist’s style to create new music. K Narayanan writes on the evolving tussle.

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