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7 Surprising Similarities Between Hindu Mythology and Greek Legends

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  When reflecting on Hindu mythology and Greek legends, you might picture two completely separate worlds, each with its unique gods, heroes, and epic tales. Nevertheless, if you delve deeper, you will discover some remarkable connections that prompt you to consider whether these ancient cultures were closer in nature than we had thought. 1. The King of Gods: Indra vs. Zeus Both Hindu mythology and Greek legends have a king of the gods who rules over heaven and wields thunder and lightning as their ultimate weapon. In Hinduism, it’s Indra, and in Greek mythology, it’s Zeus. What’s fascinating is how human they are prone to anger, jealousy, and sometimes questionable decisions. Indra uses his thunderbolt, the Vajra, to maintain order, while Zeus’s thunderbolts keep both gods and mortals in line. It’s like these two were cut from the same divine cloth. 2. The Triads of Supreme Power Hinduism includes its sacred triad: Brahma (the creator), Vishnu (the preserver), and Shiva (the destro...

DeepSeek blocks foreign users, requires China phone numbers for registration and download; claims cyberattacks after outage

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  DeepSeek blocks foreign users, requires China phone numbers for registration and download; claims cyberattacks after outage DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup, has restricted new user sign-ups to those with mainland China telephone numbers. Reason: The company is citing "large-scale malicious attacks" on its systems. This comes after a surge in demand following the release of its AI chatbot, which it claims rivals OpenAI's ChatGPT but was developed at a fraction of the cost. DeepSeek's AI Assistant briefly surpassed ChatGPT as the most downloaded free app in the U.S. on Apple's App Store, contributing to a significant drop in U.S. and European tech stock values, as investors reassessed valuations. The company's status page indicated a service incident resolved by 9:32 p.m. China time on Monday (January 27), shortly after its disclosure. The page also showed API issues earlier that day and on Sunday (January 26). This outage was the most significant since DeepS...

US Stock Market: Tech stock tumble exposes market’s vulnerability to megacap dependence; S&P 500 rises, Nasdaq jumps 2%

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  US Stock Market: Tech stock tumble exposes market's vulnerability to megacap dependence; S&P 500 rises, Nasdaq jumps 2% As turbulence grips some of the biggest tech names in the  US stock market , investors are being reminded of one of the key risks underpinning the stock market’s record-setting rally: the heavy  reliance  on a small group of massive companies to drive market gains. Recent developments, particularly the emergence of a low-cost Chinese AI model, have rattled markets and prompted concerns over the future of  artificial intelligence  (AI) investments that have powered stock performance in recent years. The S&P 500 rose by 0.92%, reaching 6,067.70, with  technology  stocks leading the charge across sectors. The Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) jumped over 2%, recovering from a 4.9% drop on Monday. The Nasdaq Composite soared 2.03%, settling at 19,733.59, rebounding from a 3.1% dip the previous day. Meanwhile, the Dow...

Maha Kumbh 2025: India uses AI to stop stampedes at world's biggest gathering

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    to improve India's abysmal crowd management record at large-scale religious events, organisers of the world's largest human gathering, Maha Kumbh 2025, are using artificial intelligence to try to prevent stampedes. Organisers predict up to 400 million pilgrims will visit the Kumbh Mela, a millennia-old sacred show of Hindu piety and ritual bathing that began Monday and runs for six weeks. Deadly crowd crushes are a notorious feature of Indian religious festivals, and the Kumbh Mela, with its unfathomable throngs of devotees, has a grim track record of stampedes. "We want everyone to go back home happily after having fulfilled their spiritual duties," Amit Kumar, a senior police officer heading tech operations in the festival, told AFP. "AI is helping us avoid reaching that critical mass in sensitive places." More than 400 people died after being trampled or drowned at the Kumbh Mela on a single day of the festival in 1954, one of the largest tolls in a c...