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Mint in an interview.“It’s not either-or, it’s both,” Kumar said, referring to the company’s approach of building for emerging AI-driven discovery channels while continuing to strengthen its core in-app shopping experience.On Wednesday, Meesho rolled out a conversational voice assistant, “Vaani” (Hindi for voice), aimed at making online shopping more intuitive for users who prefer conversational, offline-style interactions.The move reflects a broader shift in how the company is thinking about growth – not just in terms of adding new users, but also in how quickly those users become comfortable shopping online.“For us, this goes beyond accessibility. There’s an opportunity to reimagine the shopping experience itself," Kumar said."Such AI-led tools could act as an early enabler, especially for users in tier-II and tier-III markets who may need assistance with language, price comparison and navigation, helping expand the overall addressable market for e-commerce,” said Ankur Bisen, senior partner at The Knowledge Company, a consultant.However, he said that adoption is still at an exploratory stage, with even tech-savvy users continuing to discover use cases.The push comes at a time when e-commerce growth is becoming harder to sustain.

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Like most people, artificial intelligence (AI) is not funny. I check every week. For some time now, I have been asking ChatGPT, and later Claude too, to tell me something funny.

cement division in 2023 after 12 years at BCG. In 2024, Abhishek Malhotra, who has worked at McKinsey and Kearneyover 10 years, joined RPSG Group as president and strategy head.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The end of history’ is a fool’s title. It invites mockery the way a tall poppy invites a scythe.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Budget 2026 arrives at a pivotal moment. With the Income Tax Act, 2025, set to take effect from 1 April 2026, this year’s Budget should focus less on headline-grabbing tax rate changes and more on ensuring a smooth transition to the new law.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru: In the dying days of 2024, Bench Accounting, a Canadian software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup that offered accounting and tax reporting services to small and medium-sized businesses, went belly up. Given its high-profile backers, the shutdown came as a shock.

Steve Jobs was a man of boundless curiosity. The Apple co-founder, who revolutionized personal computing, music, and smartphones, was also a deep thinker with an insatiable hunger for knowledge. But there was one question he could never ask—at least, not in his lifetime. In a 1985 talk in Sweden, Jobs revealed an unusual source of envy: Alexander the Great. The reason? The young conqueror had Aristotle as his personal mentor for over a decade. «I read this, and I became immensely jealous,» Jobs admitted. He could read Aristotle’s works, of course, but what he truly craved was interaction—an opportunity to ask questions and get answers from the philosopher himself. And then, he made a prediction. A bold one. A hope for the future:

Bill Gates, those fears might not be entirely unfounded. Gates has warned that AI will render many jobs obsolete in the coming years, automating roles across multiple industries. But amid the uncertainty, he has identified three professions that will likely survive the AI revolution—at least for now.

The common theme in those defeats was how the seemingly powerful batting and bowling units of KKR and RR failed to fire. While the Rajasthan outfit might offer the excuse of playing on a Hyderabad shirtfront for the malfunction of their bowling unit, the Kolkata side do not have any such cover. It will also be a blot on stand-in skipper Riyan Parag who, at times, looked perplexed on the field about the decisions to be made. The Rahul Dravid-coached side will eye sharper and more intuitive leadership from Parag against KKR.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The most celebrated athletes in the world have one thing in common: an unbreakable mindset. Training your brain to win is as crucial as training your body.

To be experienced in March, this eclipse season will turn long-established stories upside down, compelling people to accept drastic changes in many areas of life.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Drivers are finding they wish the smart technology in their cars was just a bit dumber. Automakers have added new tech features in the 2020s that go beyond the touch screens, assisted-driving systems and companion phone apps that have become ubiquitous in new cars.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 is targeting landing no sooner than 3:34 am US Eastern time (0834 GMT) on Sunday, aiming for a site near Mons Latreille, a volcanic feature in Mare Crisium on the Moon's northeastern near side. «Blue Ghost is ready to take the wheel!» the company posted on X on Saturday evening, adding flight controllers had just initiated a key maneuver that lowers a spacecraft's orbit.

Intuitive Machines, this spacecraft is different. It’s the only privately built lander to have previously touched down on the lunar surface and lived to tell the tale.

SpaceX is set to launch Intuitive Machines’ Athena, a lunar lander, towards the Moon’s south pole. This follows a historic lunar landing by a private company in 2024.