GitHub has apologised for the outage that took its platform down for 7 hours and 47 minutes on August 17, and the explanation is unusually blunt. Nobody pushed bad code. Nobody fumbled a configuration change. The platform simply ran out of room.In a blog post published on August 20, Vlad Fedorov wrote that traffic hit…

5.9 million accounts saw the Spider-Man leak on X. Sony still had a record Friday. A high-quality bootleg of Spider-Man: Brand New Day sat in plain sight on X for most of Friday, reaching 5.9 million accounts before Sony managed to get it pulled. The post went up at 6:05 am PT from an account…

Homes in 180 out of 363 local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales were taking longer to sell compared with a year ago. Half of homes across Great Britain are taking longer to sell than a year ago as mortgage-market volatility and uncertainty over borrowing costs prompt buyers to adopt a “wait and see” approach,…

Vladimir Putin-led Russia on Thursday warned that it could strike British military targets “inside and outside Ukraine” in a response to Ukrainian attacks using British-supplied missiles.The warning came from Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova after British Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s visit to Kyiv, where he met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Ukraine’s Independence Day.Zakharova…

Eoin Morgan (Getty Images) Chennai Super Kings could turn to a fresh face in the dugout after ending their long association with Stephen Fleming, and veteran India all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin believes former England captain Eoin Morgan could be a strong contender for the role.The five-time IPL champions recently parted ways with Fleming following a couple…

MNS leader Amit Thackeray warns auto drivers over Hindi use MNS leader Amit Thackeray has warned of action against auto-rickshaw drivers in Maharashtra who speak Hindi or behave rudely.He also questioned the state government’s decision to extend the deadline for a Marathi language requirement.“If it comes to our notice that someone (an auto-rickshaw driver) is…

“Engagement of SPOs is not of a permanent nature but only to take care of a particular contingency,” the HC noted. Srinagar: Only God can save this country if a police officer, of whatever rank, gets frightened by terrorists’ threats and refuses duties, J&K high court has said while dismissing a cop’s petition for reinstatement.“The…

India’s Rs 100 crore income club is no longer as exclusive as it once was. More people are reporting nine-figure incomes in their tax returns, with the number rising to 576 in the 2025-26 assessment year, four times the count recorded five years ago, according to data shared by the government in Parliament on Monday.The…

NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha passed the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026, without a debate and Rajya Sabha couldn’t transact any business Friday, amid sloganeering by opposition members over paper leaks, police crackdown of protesters and Ram temple “theft” issues.The bill was taken up for consideration and passage as soon as Lok Sabha…