Guilt by Geography: Cases of acquittal after terrorism prosecutions involving Kashmiris

Guilt by Geography: Cases of acquittal after terrorism prosecutions involving Kashmiris

NEW DELHI: Between the mid-1990s and the early 2020s, several individuals from Jammu and Kashmir were arrested across India on terrorism-related charges and held for years before being acquitted by higher courts, according to documented court records and a recent report examining such cases. The cases, spanning multiple states including Delhi, Rajasthan and Gujarat, involved charges under various counterterrorism laws. …

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You’re over 50 and just got laid off from Big Tech: Here’s what to do next

You’re over 50 and just got laid off from Big Tech: Here’s what to do next

(Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash) My inbox is filled with friends and colleagues looking to discuss life after Big Tech. It’s no surprise that older workers seem to be disproportionately affected by recent layoffs in Seattle as tech companies (Amazon, Meta, Expedia, etc.) are rolling out layoffs driven by over-hiring in the pandemic, the shift to AI and performance-related …

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Four out of every 10 cancer cases can be preventable: WHO

Four out of every 10 cancer cases can be preventable: WHO

Nearly four out of every ten cancer cases around the world could be prevented if people avoided certain major risk factors, including smoking, alcohol consumption, air pollution and some infections, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. According to new research released ahead of World Cancer Day, about 38 percent of all new cancer cases worldwide in 2022, equal to around …

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Apple just made Xcode better for vibe coding

Apple just made Xcode better for vibe coding

Apple has just released Xcode 26.3, and it’s a big step forward in terms of the company’s support of coding agents. The new release expands on the AI features the company introduced with Xcode 26 at WWDC 2025 to give systems like Claude and ChatGPT more robust access to its in-house IDE. With the update, Apple says Claude and OpenAI’s …

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YC startups can now recieve investment in stablecoin | TechCrunch

YC startups can now recieve investment in stablecoin | TechCrunch

All startups accepted into YC will soon have the option to receive their seed checks via stablecoins, crypto YC partner Nemil Dala told The Block. YC’s famous “standard deal” is that it invests $500,000 into startups accepted into its program in exchange for 7% of their companies. Now that deal is hitting the blockchain (Base, Solana, and Ethereum, to be …

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