Meet Zhou Qunfei: Once she worked in a glass factory, now she runs a $26 billion company and sits alongside Elon Musk and Tim Cook at China’s state dinner

Zhou Qunfei has one of the most remarkable self-made success stories in the global technology industry. Born into poverty in rural China, she left school as a teenager and worked in factories grinding watch glass to support her family. Decades later, she became the founder of Lens Technology, a company now valued at roughly $26…

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10 countries with highest anaconda population in the world: From Brazil to French Guiana

Anacondas rarely appear far from water. Their range follows flooded plains, swamp forests, slow rivers, and heavy tropical wetlands spread across northern and central South America. The snakes are difficult to track properly because they spend long periods hidden beneath muddy water or thick vegetation, so population estimates shift from one report to another. Even…

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Anurag Kashyap feels lost, is fed up of making films: ‘Obsession with Cannes is only the red carpet, but the festival is beyond that’

Anurag Kashyap, whose films have frequently found a place at the Cannes Film Festival — most recently ‘Kennedy’ in 2023 — has returned to the prestigious event once again. But unlike previous years, the filmmaker is not at Cannes with a movie this time. Instead, he says he is there to understand where cinema is…

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Trisha Krishnan blushes after fan mentions Thalapathy Vijay at Karuppu screening amid dating rumours

Trisha Krishnan once again grabbed attention amid ongoing dating rumours with Vijay after her latest public appearance in Chennai. The actress was seen blushing and smiling when a fan asked her to convey regards to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, further fuelling speculation around their rumoured relationship. Though neither Vijay nor Trisha has addressed the…

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Scientists used AI and high-tech scans in Peru’s Nazca Desert; the result was 303 hidden geoglyphs

Researchers have now used artificial intelligence to overcome the challenges faced by traditional human survey methods. The team from Yamagata University and IBM Research employed deep-learning models to analyse large areas of the Nazca Pampa, a job that would have required decades using conventional aerial observation techniques. Remarkably, the AI (artificial intelligence) managed to identify…

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Quote of the day by Galileo Galilei: “There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.”

Galileo Galilei (Image: Wikipedia) People often assume old quotes survive because they sound wise. Sometimes they survive because they sound uncomfortably accurate.The quote: “There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly” by Galileo Galilei feels like one of those lines.It does not sound poetic. It is not…

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