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Events ticketing platform StubHub has filed for an initial public offering of its common stock

Elon Musk, responded to the ongoing controversy over AI bot Grok in India with a laughing emoji. In a post on X, Musk shared a BBC article about the ongoing Grok debate, responding with just a laughing emoji. His reaction comes amid growing scrutiny of the chatbot’s responses, which have sparked heated political debates and drawn attention from India's IT ministry. The government is in touch with social media platform X over recent reports of AI chatbot Grok responding to users' provocation using Hindi slang and abuse. “The government has taken note of this, and we are deeply engaged with X on this issue. We are hoping for speedy action,” a senior government official told ET.

Tencent on Friday night launched the official version of its T1 reasoning model, stepping up competition in China's increasingly crowded artificial intelligence sector. The upgraded T1 model offers faster response times and enhanced capabilities for processing extended text documents, the company said in a post on its official WeChat account. T1 can «keep the content logic clear and the text neat and clean», the post said, while the hallucination rate is «extremely low».

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Next week, Lakmé Fashion Week, in collaboration with the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) and Reliance, will mark its 25th anniversary with a five-day showcase, starting 26 March, at Mumbai’s Jio World Convention Centre. Among the highlights will be AK-OK’s opening show, Satya Paul’s first collection under the new creative direction of Abraham & Thakore, and presentations by artisans-turned-designers from Gujarat.

lithium-ion battery solutions, is set to launch its Initial Public Offering (IPO) on Tuesday, March 25. The company aims to raise up to Rs 63.76 crore at the upper price band, with the shares proposed to be listed on the NSE Emerge platform. The IPO comprises up to 54,03,600 equity shares of face value Rs 10 each, which includes a fresh issue of 43,23,600 equity shares and an offer for sale of 10,80,000 equity shares.

Elon Musk’s X plans to buy back the last remaining piece of debt tied to the buyout of the social network that Wall Street banks have been stuck holding for years, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The repurchase of the roughly $1.2 billion of second-lien debt may be financed in part by the company’s recent equity raise, said the person, who asked not to be identified discussing a private transaction. No final decision has been made, and the plans may change, the person added. The company’s debt repurchase will allow the group of seven banks, led by Morgan Stanley, to shed the riskiest portion of loans that has sat on their balance sheets since they backed the buyout of the platform, formerly known as Twitter Inc., for $44 billion in 2022, a transaction that included debt.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Reliance Industries Ltd-backed JioStar is betting on “unprecedented viewing" for the 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), which kicks off on Saturday night, as the newly merged media entity brings both TV and digital rights under one umbrella. The unified rights ownership marks a reset for IPL distribution, offering scale across platforms without internal competition, Kiran Mani, chief executive officer-digital, JioStar, said in an interview with Mint.

'Baby mama' Ashley St. Clair sued Elon Musk for custody of their son, and he used a brutal tactic to silence her. According to Ashley St. Clair's lawyers, Elon Musk took a cruel step to silence her after she went public and filed a lawsuit against him for custody of their newborn son.

Mutual Fund (MF), ICICI Prudential MF, and Nippon India MF on Friday acquired a 4.12 percent stake in travel distribution firm TBO Tek for Rs 537 crore through open market transactions. TBO Tek is a technology platform engaged in the business of providing services related to tours and travel. A total of 44.72 lakh shares, or 4.12 per cent stake, in TBO Tek were acquired by the three mutual fund houses in three separate transactions on the BSE.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Attempts to build a global auto empire hark back to the 1910s and 1920s, when Henry Ford set up factories in Britain and Germany for the Model T, and General Motors responded by buying foreign carmakers. A century later, this ambition remains at risk of being run off the road.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : Traditional insurance policies have a fixed maturity period. Until these policies mature, policyholders cannot withdraw funds.

ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 has set new benchmarks in viewership, surpassing all previous multi-nation cricket tournaments in India, including the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023. The tournament witnessed a staggering 23% increase in TV ratings, reaffirming cricket’s dominance in the country’s sports landscape.

“If you read the news, it feels like Armageddon,” he told employees in a meeting that lasted past 10 p.m. local time, according to Bloomberg. During the meeting, which was streamed live on his social media platform X, Musk further appealed: “I can’t walk past a TV without seeing a Tesla on fire. I understand if you don’t want to buy our product, but you don’t have to burn it down.” Musk also advised Tesla employees to “hang onto” their stock despite the «rocky moments.» Notably, Tesla shares have plunged more than 40% this year, erasing gains from a stock surge that followed President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Google has introduced two new features, Canvas and Audio Overview, to its Gemini AI platform. The features are aimed at making it easier for users to create, collaborate and learn more efficiently. The updates were announced in a recent blog post by Google. What is Canvas? Canvas is a new interactive workspace within Gemini that lets users create, edit and share content more collaboratively. It can be used to write documents, edit code or work on projects—everything updates in real time.

Balancing Technology, Judiciary Workload, and Legal Ethics for a Better India

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai/New Delhi: A fake job post on LinkedIn forced Nestlé India Ltd chairman and managing director Suresh Narayanan to debunk the scam. The menace, however, is far bigger, as multiple companies have reported such sham advertisements.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru: Hyperlocal grocery delivery platform Zepto is exploring ways to strengthen its cold chain logistics, aiming to enhance quality control and improve gross margins in its perishables category, according to severalindustry executives familiar with the matter. The company has invited individuals and organizations with expertise in the fresh or cold supply chain to collaborate in its drive, as per co-founder and CEO Aadit Palicha's LinkedIn post last week.

Michelle Obama recently shared heartfelt insights on family life and parenting during a candid chat with Kylie Kelce on the Not Gonna Lie podcast. Reflecting on raising daughters Malia, 26, and Sasha, 23, with Barack Obama, she revealed their differing views on family size. While Barack once suggested having a third child, Michelle emphasized feeling “lucky” with their two girls, quipping that adding another might invite chaos. Kylie, pregnant with her fourth child, related to Michelle’s humor about parenting dynamics, especially raising daughters in households dominated by “girl energy.”

Puravankara Ltd, bought Rs 242.1 crore worth of commercial properties totalling more than 104,000 sq ft carpet area in Mumbai’s western suburb Andheri from Rockfort Estate Developers, an HLV Group promoter company. The transaction, concluded on Wednesday, includes a dozen commercial units on the 7th, 8th, and 9th floors of commercial complex Business Park 2 in Marol locality of the suburb. The company had to pay a stamp duty of around Rs 14.5 crore to register the deal. The acquisition provides Puravankara with exclusive access to over 135 car parking slots in the commercial complex, showed documents accessed through data analytics platform CRE Matrix.