TCS issues key statement on Jaipur NEET-PG outage

Do Major World Disasters Share a Common Date? The '26th' Pattern Explored

Several of the world's most devastating tragedies have occurred on the 26th of a month, sparking curiosity about a possible date pattern. The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, which killed over 200,000 people, struck on December 26. The 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, which claimed 166 lives, also unfolded on November 26. Other major catastrophic events have similarly been linked to this calendar date. While the pattern has drawn public attention, experts caution that such coincidences are largely a result of human tendency to find patterns in random data.

PM Modi tells Putin: ‘From endless wars, we should go to end of war’

US PrSM Missiles Linked to 21 Civilian Deaths in Iran's Lamerd Strike

At least 21 civilians were killed on February 28 in strikes on Lamerd, Iran. Reports indicate that US-made Precision Strike Missiles (PrSMs) were used in the attack, with the weapons known to disperse dense tungsten pellets across a wide radius, causing casualties up to 50 metres away. The US military has acknowledged deploying PrSMs in Iranian operations on that date but denied specifically targeting Lamerd. The incident has raised concerns over civilian harm from the use of such area-effect munitions in populated areas.

Tennessee family reclaims historic home and $500K after park promise unfulfilled

A historic Tennessee home and $500,000 were returned to the original owner's family after local authorities failed to establish a public park as stipulated in the will. The property had been donated with the specific condition that it be converted into a public park, a promise that went unmet for over a decade. With officials unable to fulfill their obligation, a court or legal process facilitated the return of both the property and the funds to the heir. The descendant will now take responsibility for repairing and preserving the aging historic structure. The case highlights the challenges municipalities face in managing donated heritage properties and honoring the terms attached to such gifts.

NY Governor Hochul vows to outpace 3D-printed gun workaround tool

Cody Wilson, known for creating the first 3D-printed gun, last week unveiled a tool he calls 'Hochulization,' designed to circumvent a New York law banning 3D-printed firearms. Wilson also used the tool's release to publicly taunt Governor Kathy Hochul. Responding on a recent episode of the Decoder podcast, Hochul made clear she intends to stay ahead of such attempts to undermine state gun laws. She emphasized that 3D-printed guns remain illegal in New York and pledged to act against those who deliberately exploit loopholes in the legislation.

Delhi bus gang rape: Driver, conductor arrested after assaulting 16-year-old girl

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by a bus driver and conductor in the Greater Noida area. The assailants picked her up during a rainstorm before committing the assault. After the crime, the victim was abandoned near Kashmere Gate in Delhi. Police tracked the bus and swiftly apprehended both suspects. The case has drawn comparisons to the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape that had shaken the entire country.

Teen Gang-Raped on Greater Noida Bus; Driver and Conductor Arrested

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by a bus driver and conductor in Greater Noida, in an incident that has drawn comparisons to the 2012 Nirbhaya case. The assailants picked up the minor during a rainstorm before assaulting her over a 43-kilometre stretch with no stops and non-functional CCTV cameras. After the attack, the girl was abandoned near Kashmere Gate in Delhi. Police acted swiftly and apprehended both accused by tracing the bus. The case has highlighted serious security gaps in public transport in the Delhi-NCR region.

Gujarat CM Courts Global Investors Ahead of 11th Vibrant Gujarat Summit

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel addressed the curtain-raiser event for the 11th edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit. He extended a formal invitation to international investors to explore opportunities in the state. Patel highlighted Gujarat's key strengths, including a stable policy environment, skilled youth, and transparent governance. He also emphasized the state's capacity for scale and effective administration as major draws for investment.

Mumbai property registrations reach 14-year August high with 11% annual growth

Mumbai recorded 12,401 property registrations in August, the highest figure for that month in over 14 years. This represents an 11% increase compared to the same period last year. The growth reflects robust demand across both primary and secondary housing markets. Favorable economic conditions and sustained buyer interest have contributed to the market's strong performance. Analysts suggest developers should focus on timely project delivery as they plan new launches to maintain momentum.

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launches Aboard SpaceX Falcon Heavy

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on August 30, 2026. The telescope is named after NASA's first chief astronomer, Nancy Grace Roman. Designed for wide-field astronomy, Roman offers a significantly larger field of view than the Hubble Space Telescope. Its primary mission will involve surveying billions of stars and galaxies across the universe.

What HTTP Response Headers Reveal About Your Site's Security Posture

Before a browser renders any content, a web server exchanges response headers with it — and these headers can expose critical security gaps to anyone who knows how to read them. Key headers like Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS), Content-Security-Policy (CSP), and Set-Cookie attributes determine how well a site defends against common attacks such as man-in-the-middle interception, cross-site scripting, and session hijacking. According to HTTP Archive's 2025 crawl, only about 36% of pages deploy HSTS and just 21.9% send a CSP header, leaving the majority of sites without basic protective layers. Missing or misconfigured headers — such as CSP policies that include 'unsafe-inline' or session cookies lacking HttpOnly — can turn minor vulnerabilities into full account compromises. Developers can audit their own headers in seconds using browser DevTools, making it one of the quickest security checks available.

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MUSTER Framework Limits AI Agent Data Access and Redundant Actions in Enterprise Use

A developer has built an experimental AI framework called MUSTER to address two key risks in enterprise AI agents: excessive access to private data and unnecessary repeated actions when outcomes are uncertain. Rather than granting a central AI agent broad access to all systems, MUSTER keeps each data source isolated, with separate agents for payroll and site-access data operating within their own boundaries, enforced via Google Cloud IAM. Facts are only accepted as authoritative when validated and cryptographically signed by the originating source, while a language model's interpretation alone carries no decision-making authority. The framework also introduces a principle of minimal evidence collection, where the agent stops gathering data once no remaining uncertainty can change the final outcome. In a worked example, MUSTER resolved a payroll dispute for a worker named Ravi by confirming his on-site duration exceeded the policy threshold, issuing a corrected payment without needing to establish an exact figure.

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Three OpenAI API Mistakes That Can Inflate Your Bills Unexpectedly

A developer sharing experience on DEV Community has outlined three common and costly mistakes made when using the OpenAI API in production environments. Leaving max_tokens uncapped and temperature too high can cause simple tasks to consume far more tokens than expected, multiplying costs at scale. Failing to attribute API calls to individual user IDs makes it impossible to track which users are driving expenses or to enforce usage limits. Using powerful, expensive models like GPT-4 for tasks that cheaper alternatives like GPT-3.5-turbo could handle equally well can result in thousands of dollars in unnecessary monthly charges. The author recommends auditing model selection, setting strict token limits, and tracking usage per user from the outset to keep API costs under control.

Scrum vs Kanban debate misses the point: it's about promise size, not method

A software team working on a 10-month project cycled through three agile approaches — Kanban, Strong Ownership, and Scrum — without changing their core ceremonies or tooling. The only variable that shifted was what the author calls 'promise size': the scope of work a single person commits to, ranging from a micro-task to a full page to a story-point-based sprint. The team's choice of approach at each phase was driven purely by their level of certainty about the work ahead, not by coach recommendations or framework ideology. During the first three months, two methods ran simultaneously — developers pulled Kanban tasks while the lead architect worked under Strong Ownership — and no one found it unusual. The author argues that framing agile decisions around estimation granularity, rather than methodology labels, is a more honest and practical way to manage software projects.

Why Skipping AI Output Verification Costs Far More Than the Check Itself

Unverified AI-generated content can fail in five key ways, including hallucinated facts, missing safety steps, inconsistent formatting, wrong tone, and invented code or APIs. A structured verification process — taking roughly three minutes per output — can catch most of these issues before they reach customers or downstream systems. In one real-world case, a B2B SaaS company published an AI-drafted case study containing a fabricated customer quote, leading to a pulled article, weeks of relationship repair, and months of lost trust with nearby accounts. Experts distinguish true verification from a casual read-through, noting that proper checks must confirm factual accuracy, format compliance, tone appropriateness, and source traceability. The core argument is that the cost of not verifying AI output consistently outweighs the minimal time investment required to do it properly.

Why a QMS Checkbox Is Not Enough: Building Compliance Into Daily Work

Medical device companies often treat quality management systems as a documentation exercise, but regulators and auditors are focused on whether the system actually prevents faulty devices from reaching patients. A recurring gap identified in MDR 2017/745 audits is poor traceability — engineers struggle to link incidents, risk assessments, change controls, and device documentation in real time. Standards like ISO 13485 and the MDR define what must be documented but offer little guidance on making those processes usable day-to-day. Experts recommend designing QMS workflows around discoverability, embedding compliance steps directly into engineers' tasks, and keeping risk assessments visibly connected to CAPAs and post-market clinical follow-up. Practical fixes such as structured CAPA templates, one-click traceability checks at change approval, and AI-assisted drafting with mandatory human sign-off can close these gaps without requiring a full system overhaul.

Why AI Tokens Are Becoming the Internet's Strangest New Economic Unit

Artificial intelligence has introduced a new unit of economic measurement — the token — which represents small chunks of text processed by AI models rather than full words or characters. Unlike traditional software pricing based on storage, bandwidth, or subscriptions, AI services charge per token consumed, turning data centers into factories that sell computational language processing. The economics are counterintuitive: a cheaper token can raise overall product costs, a pricier model can reduce total spending, and AI costs are falling even as total industry expenditure rises sharply. Not all tokens carry equal computational weight, as output tokens and those produced after complex reasoning demand far more processing than simple inputs. This shift is fundamentally changing how developers and businesses think about software costs, making the smallest unit of AI output one of the most consequential pricing metrics in modern technology.