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X (formerly known as Twitter) which will be including the removal of date and time stamps from posts in the main timeline, reported Fortune. According to Fortune, this proposal has actually raised concerns among the staff regarding its potential to exacerbate misinformation as most of the users might lack the crucial context about the timing of posts. Tesla CEO Elon Musk believes that eliminating these timestamps could actually enhance the user interface, although at the same time, many employees worry that it could lead to confusion for casual users who typically scroll without clicking through to individual posts. In addition to this change, X plans to implement an $8 sign-up fee for the new users which could begin as early as the month of February, asserted Fortune. This fee aims to combat bots on the platform but has been eventually criticized as an unusual move for a social media service which traditionally relies on ad revenue from free users.

A Real Pain, a film directed by Jesse Eisenberg and starring Kieran Culkin, will be available for streaming on Hulu from January 16.

Brig. Gen. Behrouz Esbati has publicly criticized the nation Russia for allegedly misleading Tehran regarding the military operations in Syria. In a pretty recent speech at a mosque in Tehran, Brig. Gen. Behrouz Esbati claimed that Russia assured Iran that its jets were targeting Syrian rebel positions but were actually bombing open desert areas instead. This stark accusation eventually marks a rare deviation from Iran's typically supportive diplomatic stance towards Russia. Brig. Gen. Behrouz Esbati lamented the significant losses Iran faced due to the fall of the government of Bashar al- Assad while stating that ‘We were defeated, and defeated very badly’. At the same time, he also attributed the part of this failure to internal corruption within the leadership of Syria while indicating that bribery was rampant among high-ranking officials.

Ben Affleck returns to his unharmed Pacific Palisades home after fleeing to his ex-wife Jennifer Garner's home. Although the neighborhood where the actor's «bachelor pad» is located is still vulnerable to potential new fires, it was one of the few locations that survived the tragedy. ALSO READ Malibu: Once dotted with gleaming beachfront villas, now looks like a ghost town; the devastation looks apocalyptic. Here are details

Malibu are revealed. The burnt-out mansions are initially the exception when travelling south through smoky skies along the well-known Malibu coast. They are isolated wrecks that smoulder away in between rows of intact, shining beachfront villas. However, as you approach the Pacific Palisades, the epicentre of the destructive fires in Los Angeles, those little charred ruins turn into irregular groups, followed by an endless line of charred, collapsed houses, as quoted in a report by AFP.

Mercedes-Benz's core car sales fell in 2024, a tough year for the auto industry marked by waning demand in a weak economy, especially in key market China, the German luxury carmaker said on Friday. It sold 1,983,400 cars during the year, down 3% versus 2023, weighed down by a 7% drop in China and a 3% decline in Europe. Annual sales of battery-electric cars (BEV) dropped by 23% to 185,100 vehicles, adding pressure on the carmaker as new, harsher EU CO2 emission reduction targets take effect this year, which could potentially mean costly pooling deals or hefty fines for Mercedes if the BEV sales don't pick up.

Goosebumps: The Vanishing is set for its release on January 10, 2025. Fans of R.L. Stine’s classic stories can expect the entire season to drop at once.

Havana syndrome" injuries reported by some US diplomats and other government personnel, though two agencies now say it remains a possibility. The conclusion comes from a review conducted by seven different intelligence agencies who examined cases of brain injuries and other symptoms reported by American diplomats and other government personnel who have raised questions about the involvement of a foreign adversary. The new assessment was released by US intelligence on Friday. Five intelligence agencies in the review concluded that it is very unlikely that a foreign adversary was behind the incidents, according to a US intelligence official who briefed reporters on the findings on condition of anonymity under rules set out by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Apollo Global Management Inc. is considering taking a substantial stake in a bid by Seven & i's founding Ito family to take the Japanese convenience store operator private, people familiar with the matter said. The US private equity giant is discussing a commitment of as much as ¥1.5 trillion ($9.5 billion) for an equity stake in the plan, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the information isn't public. Under the current proposal, which is subject to change, Apollo would join the Ito family and Itochu Corp., the operator of FamilyMarts in Japan, as key investors. The Ito family is weighing a commitment of around ¥500 billion and Itochu more than ¥1 trillion. Other partners are still negotiating stakes.

fact-checking operations after Meta's shock announcement that it will halt its US programme. Here are the key facts about how the practice has developed and what could lie ahead for the sector. Years of growth

Japan has imposed several previous rounds of sanctions, and the latest step comes a month after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba reaffirmed the country's policy at an online G7 summit in mid-December. «It is Japan's contribution as part of the international effort toward achieving global peace and resolving the problems surrounding Ukraine because of Russian invasion,» Hayashi said.

Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump appeared to have a cordial conversation. However, a professional lip reader told The Post that their laughter and smiles concealed more serious content, as quoted in a report by The NY Post.

Yoon Suk Yeol's security chief resigned Friday, a week after leading a team that blocked an attempt to arrest the impeached president over his short-lived imposition of martial law. Park Chong-jun offered to resign earlier in the day as he appeared for police questioning over alleged obstruction of duties last week. His offer was accepted by Acting President Choi Sang-mok. The resignation comes as the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials, which is leading the probe into Yoon for alleged insurrection, is mulling their next move to take Yoon in custody. Vice chief of the Presidential Security Service team will serve as an acting leader, a PSS official said. It's not immediately clear if the vice chief will cooperate with the probe team's warrant execution. The vice chief has also defied multiple police summons to appear for questioning and has received a third summons to appear before investigators on Saturday, according to Yonhap News.

Jeff Bezos' aerospace venture Blue Origin will at long last attempt to put a rocket into orbit. New Glenn, originally intended to launch as early as 2020, is slated to fly on Sunday out of Cape Canaveral, Florida, during a nearly four-hour launch window. The mission aims to put a Blue Origin test satellite into orbit and then land the rocket's lower portion on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

The five separate fires have so far burned more than 35,000 acres (14,160 hectares) in Los Angeles, the state's fire agency reported. The biggest of the blazes has ripped through almost 20,000 acres of the upscale Pacific Palisades neighborhood, where firefighters said they were starting to get a handle on the fire. By Friday morning six percent of its perimeter was contained — meaning it can't spread any further in that direction.

90-hour work week debate rages, industry leaders Harsh Mariwala, Harsh Goenka and Rajiv Bajaj have weighed in, saying work-life balance is not optional but is essential, and working hard to succeed is not about the hours clocked in. The suggested practise of working for long hours, if at all required to be followed, must start from the top. Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Chairman SN Subrahmanyan had sparked an online outrage with his comments, asking, «how long can you stare at your wife» while advocating a 90-hour work week and suggesting that employees should even give up Sundays. Following his remark, Subrahmanyan's remuneration, which, as per the company's annual report for 2023-24, stood at Rs 51.05 crore and was 534.57 times the median remuneration of the company's employees, has attracted attention from netizens.

SN Subrahmanyan's remarks that he wished employees to work Sundays, CPIML (Liberation) MP Raja Ram Singh on Friday wrote to Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya asking him to penalise any violation of laws on working hours in offices. In a letter to the labour minister, Singh also quoted a statement by Infosys Co-founder Narayana Murthy advocating a 70-hour workweek, and others like Bhavish Aggarwal of Ola and Sajjan Jindal of Jindal Steel Works publicly supporting such a proposal. Subrahmanyan's remarks advocating a 90-hour workweek and working Sundays sparked outrage online. «How long can you stare at your wife,» he is heard saying in a purported video address to employees where he urged them to spend less time at home and more in the office. CPIML (Liberation) leader Singh urged the Union minister to initiate measures to ensure strict enforcement of laws governing working hours.

Donald Trump was formally sentenced Friday in his hush money case, but the judge declined to impose any punishment. The outcome cements Trump’s conviction while freeing him to return to the White House unencumbered by the threat of a jail term or a fine. This makes him the first former US president ever sentenced for a crime. Justice Juan Merchan delivered the decision on Friday, a day after the US Supreme Court rejected an attempt by Trump’s legal team to delay sentencing before the Republican leader’s inauguration on January 20. ALSO READ: Once-in-a-1,60,000-year comet G3 ATLAS to be visible from Earth on this day. It could shine as bright as Venus

Warren Buffett has been making some swift and silent movements at the US stock market in recent while, and he has also let go of some of his major stock holdings in the last couple of months, something that is triggering concerns among US investors, especially those who are still holding those stocks in their investment portfolios.

IRGC) has unveiled the Rezvan which is a sophisticated loitering munition drone during its Great Prophet 19 military exercise, reported Iran International. The drone actually demonstrates Iran's advanced military technological capabilities and strategic positioning in the region. According to Iran International, the Rezvan features remarkable specifications which include a 20 kilometer range and 20 minute operating time. Starting with its launch from a cylindrical container, the suicide drone eventually transmits live video to operators while enabling precise target selection and engagement. IRGC Ground Forces Commander Mohammad Pakpour claimed recent successful simulated attacks against hypothetical enemies during the exercise.