India turns to US for LPG, LNG as Gulf supplies falter

Texas White House donated to US in 1972, Lady Bird Johnson lived there until 2007

Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife Lady Bird donated their Texas ranch house, along with roughly 600 acres, to the National Park Service in 1972. However, the couple retained lifetime rights to continue residing on the property. Following Lyndon Johnson's death in 1973, Lady Bird remained at the ranch as her primary residence. She continued living there until her own passing in 2007, more than three decades after the donation. The estate, commonly referred to as the 'Texas White House', was subsequently opened to the public for tours.

Scientists find 79-million-gallon reservoir beneath Yellowstone's Old Faithful

Bitcoin tops $80,000 for first time since May, surges 25% in seven days

Bitcoin crossed the $80,000 mark for the first time since May, continuing a strong upward run. The cryptocurrency extended its seven-day gain to approximately 25%. The milestone reflects a significant rally in Bitcoin's price over a relatively short period. The latest surge pushed Bitcoin back into price territory it had not seen in several months.

Mohandas Pai Opposes CJP's Mass School Inspections, Calls for Proper Reform

Tech veteran and investor Mohandas Pai has criticized the Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) for conducting group inspections at government schools. While acknowledging that India's public school education system is in need of significant reforms, Pai argued that mobilizing large crowds into school premises is not an appropriate method of driving change. His remarks came in direct response to CJP's recent school inspection activities. Pai stressed that meaningful educational reform should be pursued through more structured and constructive approaches rather than mass mobilization.

How to Diagnose and Fix Nginx 502 and 504 Gateway Errors Effectively

Nginx 502 and 504 gateway errors are common but distinct issues: a 502 Bad Gateway occurs when the upstream process crashes or returns an invalid response, while a 504 Gateway Timeout means nginx stopped waiting for a slow backend. The root cause typically lies in the upstream service — such as Node.js, Gunicorn, or PHP-FPM — rather than in nginx itself. Diagnosing the problem starts with checking nginx error logs for phrases like 'connect() failed' or 'upstream timed out', then verifying whether the upstream process is running and accepting connections. For 504 errors, tuning nginx timeout directives and profiling slow database queries or external API calls is recommended, rather than simply raising timeout values. Configuring upstream failure detection in nginx can also help automatically reroute traffic away from unresponsive servers.

CCD Framework Proposes Measured Approach to AI-Driven Cognitive Debt in Software

A concept called Cost of Cognitive Debt (CCD) has been proposed as a middle-ground framework for evaluating where AI agentic workflows can safely be used in software systems. Unlike technical debt, which involves known problems, cognitive debt refers to parts of a system that no human fully understands, making it impossible to even identify whether a problem exists. The framework assigns CCD scores to system components, recommending that critical business logic and core infrastructure remain under human oversight due to their high risk. Less critical, contained parts of a system may tolerate some cognitive debt if the potential gains outweigh the risks of reduced human understanding. The framework also emphasizes that any accepted cognitive debt should come with a plan for eventual repayment, similar to how financial debt is managed responsibly.

Indian Women Hockey Players Urge Government and Corporates to Save Women's HIL

Indian women hockey players have publicly appealed for the survival of the Women's Hockey India League, which faces an uncertain future. The league has played a key role in building confidence among young players and nurturing talent for the national team. However, financial difficulties and insufficient revenues are threatening its continued existence. Players are calling on both corporate entities and the government to step in with support to keep the league running and ensure its long-term success.

AI Is Reshaping Cyber Warfare, Empowering Both Attackers and Defenders

Artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing how cyberattacks are planned and executed, automating tasks that once required significant expertise and time. Recent reports indicate that AI agents are now managing large portions of cyber operations, lowering the barrier for launching sophisticated attacks. However, cybersecurity professionals are also harnessing AI tools to identify vulnerabilities and strengthen defenses more effectively. This creates an escalating arms race, with both hackers and defenders competing to gain the upper hand through AI-driven innovations.

UPI transactions sees over 4,000x jump in 10 yrs

Leaked Microsoft spreadsheet exposes salary and bonus data across divisions

An internal Microsoft spreadsheet has been leaked online, revealing detailed compensation data including base salaries, raises, cash bonuses, and stock awards across employee levels. The data shows a notable pay disparity between divisions, with Cloud and AI employees earning significantly more than their counterparts in Azure and Security. The leak offers a rare glimpse into how one of the world's largest tech companies structures its internal pay. The incident has reignited broader discussions around pay transparency and its role in attracting and retaining talent in the competitive tech industry.

Ensemble and Tuning Method Comparisons Often Measure Luck, Not Performance

A developer writing six posts on ensemble and hyperparameter tuning methods discovered that nearly every comparison produced gains smaller than the random variation caused by changing a single seed. For example, grid search versus random search showed a performance gap of just 0.0008, while the spread across random seeds for the same method reached 0.0098, meaning a single-seed experiment had roughly a coin-flip chance of favoring either approach. Bayesian optimization was the one exception, showing a consistently growing advantage with more trials and far lower variance across seeds than random search. Improper stacking — training the combiner on in-fold predictions — not only inflated scores but actively selected the wrong underlying model. The author concludes that most published comparisons of these techniques are effectively reporting luck attributed to a method's name rather than a genuine performance difference.

Why College Students Should Build at Least One Open-Source Project Before Graduating

A developer-focused essay on DEV Community argues that college students pursuing tech careers should create at least one genuine open-source project before graduating. Unlike typical college assignments that end after a demo or viva, open-source projects can attract real users, contributors, and long-term opportunities. The author contends that a public repository demonstrates how a developer thinks and builds, offering far stronger evidence of skill than a resume listing languages and frameworks. Open source also removes the limited audience of a classroom, allowing a project to be discovered by developers, startups, or researchers anywhere in the world. A well-maintained repository — with clear documentation, issues, pull requests, and a commit history — tells a richer professional story than any two-page resume can.

US sanctions four Indian firms for trading Iranian oil and petrochemicals

The United States has imposed sanctions on four Indian companies for their involvement in trade linked to Iranian oil and petrochemicals. The move is part of Washington's broader effort to cut off Tehran's international revenue sources. Among the sanctioned entities, Sadashiva Overseas and PP Softtech were found to have imported substantial volumes of Iranian petroleum products. A third firm, Prakrutees Infra, was implicated in similar dealings spanning from May 2023 to February 2026. The sanctions reflect the US government's continued campaign against what it describes as Iran's illicit economic networks.

OBC creamy layer case: SC may set up special bench

How to Choose a GDPR-Compliant Cloud Backup Solution for Your Business

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies to cloud backups just as strictly as it does to active data storage, making compliance a legal obligation for any organization handling EU residents' data. Key GDPR articles — including Articles 5, 25, and 32 — require businesses to implement encryption, access controls, privacy-by-design principles, and regular system testing in their backup strategies. Regulators have historically imposed heavier fines on organizations that lost unencrypted data, making AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS 1.2 or higher in transit effectively essential safeguards. Companies must also sign a Data Processing Agreement with their backup provider and ensure data is stored within the EU or covered by approved transfer mechanisms such as Standard Contractual Clauses. Additional requirements include role-based access control, multi-factor authentication, and audit logging to demonstrate ongoing compliance and restrict unauthorized access to backed-up data.

Headscarf not an essential part of Islam: HC

DRDO gives India Inc access to its missile technology; why it's a big deal

South Korea audits 50 firms over luxury corporate homes misused by owners' families

South Korea's tax agency has launched an audit of 50 companies suspected of misusing corporate-owned luxury properties. The firms allegedly allowed owners and their relatives to use these homes for personal benefit rather than business purposes. A prior review had already flagged widespread private use of such corporate residences. The current investigation has been expanded to cover overseas properties and children's educational expenses paid by companies. The probe reflects broader government concerns over tax evasion and violations of property regulations.

A second chance: The uncertainty & struggle behind India's organ transplant boom