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Seven years before wildfires tore through opposite ends of the Los Angeles area, the Tubbs Fire in Northern California’s Sonoma County jumped a six-lane freeway and decimated Santa Rosa’s Coffey Park subdivision, a suburban enclave similar to Pacific Palisades and Altadena.The fire destroyed about 5,000 homes in Santa Rosa and the surrounding area in October 2017, with about 1,500 of those in Coffey Park, making it California’s costliest wildfire disaster at the time. Within three years, 80% of Coffey Park’s destroyed homes were fully rebuilt and occupied, according to local officials.The journey was long, uncertain and filled with detours, according…

Oppo and OnePlus are working on a new battery with an impressive 8,000mAh capacity, according to details shared by a tipster. In a post on Weibo, the Chinese microblogging website, user Digital Chat Station (translated from Chinese) claims that the new battery will support 80W SuperVOOC charging, like the company’s existing flagship smartphones. Chinese smartphone makers are racing ahead of their competitors with advanced Silicon Carbon (Si/C) battery technology, and future handsets are expected to arrive with additional improvements.OnePlus, Oppo Testing Si/C Battery With 80W Charging SupportOuga Lab, the combined research and development group that comprises Oppo and OnePlus teams,…

India vice-captain Shubman Gill on Wednesday dethroned Babar Azam of Pakistan from the No. 1 spot in the ICC ODI Rankings for batters on the back of his strong show against England in the recent home series.The ICC issued the latest rankings just ahead of the start of the eight-team Champions Trophy in Karachi with the match between Pakistan and New Zealand.“India right-hander Shubman Gill overtakes former Pakistan captain Babar Azam to become the top ranked ODI batter in the world,” the ICC said. Gill, who scored two fifties and a century in the recent three-match ODI series against England…

Bollywood singer-composer Vishal Dadlani has come to the defense of stand-up comedian Samay Raina amid the controversy surrounding YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia. In an Instagram story, Vishal shared a photo featuring himself, Samay Raina, and Ravi Gupta, expressing his support for Raina during this challenging time.In the photo, Samay is seen playfully feeling Dadlani’s “hairy arm” during the shoot for an episode of India’s Got Latent. This image is part of 20 behind-the-scenes photos shared by The Habitat on January 14. The venue’s official social media account, managed by Raina’s friend Balraj Singh Ghai, described the episode as “epic.” Although the…

If there is a leader in the aerospace industry, SpaceX is it. The company’s Crew Dragon and Cargo Dragon spacecrafts are the current go-to vehicles to deliver astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station.NASA contracts awarded to SpaceX through 2030 alone are worth nearly US$5 billion and include research and development for the Artemis mission to return astronauts to the Moon.Over the past decade, SpaceX has also emerged as a key vendor to the U.S. Department of Defense, seen most recently with a $733.5 million contract for projects such as launching defense satellite networks and contributing to other national security space objectives.As a human geographer, I’m interested in how…

Former OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati launched an AI startup called Thinking Machines Lab on Tuesday, with a team of about 30 leading researchers and engineers from competitors including OpenAI, Meta and Mistral.The latest entrant into the crowded AI startup space wants to build artificial intelligence systems that encode human values and aim at a broader number of applications than rivals, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday.It shows the ability of Murati, a longtime executive at OpenAI, to poach top researchers from her previous employer.Roughly two-thirds of the company comprises former OpenAI employees — including Barret…

What’s in a name? For B9 Beverages, the parent company of Bira Beer, apparently ₹80 crore in losses. Bira 91, India’s popular craft beer brand, faced a massive financial setback after a corporate name change led to months of stalled sales and inventory losses, according to reports. B9 Beverages Ltd, formerly known as B9 Beverages Pvt. Ltd, reported a ₹748 crore net loss in FY24, surpassing its total revenue of ₹638 crore for the year.CompanyValueChange%ChangeWhat went wrong?The name change, which may have seemed like a routine corporate restructuring, triggered a regulatory hurdle—forcing the company to re-register its product labels across…

Aadar Jain and Alekha Advani celebrated their Mehendi ceremony, marking the beginning of their Hindu wedding festivities following their Christian wedding in Goa. The event was attended by close friends and family, including members of the Kapoor family.During the mehndi ceremony, Aadar expressed his deep love for Alekha in a heartfelt speech. He shared, “I have always loved her and I have always wanted to be with her. So she sent me on this long journey of 20 years through timepass. It was worth the wait because I get to marry this beautiful, beautiful woman, who looks like a dream.…

Daily Quiz | Challenger Space Shuttle disasterBarbara R. Morgan was part of the backup crew for the ill-fated mission. She later became the first teacher to go into space.START THE QUIZ 1 / 7 | How many crew members made up the ill-fated trip flight and what was the primary goal of shuttle mission 51-L? Answer : Seven and it was to launch the second Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-B). DID YOU KNOW THE ANSWER? YES NO SHOW ANSWER 2 / 7 | There were two women on board with one being mission specialist Judith Resnik. Name the other…

Google teased several new artificial intelligence (AI) features to Gemini Advanced subscribers on Tuesday. As per the report, these features include an AI video generation tool as well as agentic tools. However, there is no news on when these features could be shipped to users. Meanwhile, the Mountain View-based tech giant is said to be rolling out the Gemini 2.0 Pro Experimental and the Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking AI models to paid subscribers. While adding the new models, the company has also removed the older 1.5 Pro and Flash models from the AI apps.Gemini Advanced Users Reportedly Teased New FeaturesAccording…