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This report is from this week’s “Inside India” newsletter which brings you timely, insightful news and market commentary on the emerging powerhouse. Subscribe here.The big storyIndia rarely ties its foreign policy to a single partner or bloc. But war has a way of forcing choices.The escalating U.S.–Israel war with Iran is now compelling New Delhi to reassess the two major trade corridors it had been quietly developing to cut transit costs and time to Europe — one of its largest trading partners, with whom it recently finalized the “mother of all trade deals.”One route runs north. The International North–South Transport Corridor…

“I remember seeing Jack and Lazaro’s first collection [for Loewe] and Jonathan’s first collection [for Dior], and really starting to mentally be able to play with who can wear these pieces,” she says. Rahmani then negotiated the deal confirming Isla Johnston, who will star in Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming Joan of Arc, as the first Loewe ambassador under the new creative directors.Locking into contractsClients with longer-term deals are typically limited in what else they can wear — how limited depends on exclusivity stipulations in the contract. Oftentimes, brands will explicitly ban talent from wearing their main competitors.Some brands that aren’t explicitly banned…

Elon Musk’s Neuralink and OpenAI-backed Merge Labs are pushing forward with brain–computer interface (BCI) technology in the U.S. Meanwhile, Chinese serial entrepreneur Phoenix Peng is building rival efforts through two startups: NeuroXess, which develops implantable BCI systems, and a second company, Gestala, developing non-invasive ultrasound-based BCIs. Gestala has raised $21.6 million (CN¥150 million) just two months after launching, at a valuation of $100 million to $200 million, founder and CEO Phoenix Peng told TechCrunch. The round, co-led by Guosheng Capital and Dalton Venture with participation from Tsing Song Capital, Gobi Ventures, Fourier Intelligence, Liepin and Seas Capital, was heavily oversubscribed,…

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Defending champion Jack Draper beat five-time champ Novak Djokovic 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) Wednesday night in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open.The 24-year-old Draper, who is coming back after missing eight months due to an arm injury, advanced to the quarterfinal round and will face Daniil Medvedev, who beat Alex Michelsen 6-2, 6-4 in the round of 16 to advance.AdvertisementDjokovic led 6-5 in the third set before Draper rallied and forced a tiebreaker.“I still don’t feel like I’m playing anywhere near the way I want to play,” Draper said. “I came out here…

Humble has teamed up with Frictional Games for a new bundle of PC games that pushed the horror genre forward. The bundle includes the Penumbra Collectors Pack, all four Amnesia titles (The Dark Descent, A Machine for Pigs, The Bunker, and Rebirth), and Soma, which I consider to be its opus in terms of visual aesthetics. All six games are $15 each and redeemable on Steam (buying the same set on Steam would currently cost you $78). Some of the titles work on Mac and Linux, too, and all are at least playable on the Steam Deck.I know, I know…

Last week, Wired’s Miles Klee reported on Grammarly’s AI text editing feature, called “Expert Review” which uses the names of journalists and other literary figures in conjunction with revision advice for writers. These experts—including my Gizmodo colleague Raymond Wong—served as “inspiration,” according to Grammarly. Writers had not been consulted about their inclusion. On Wednesday, the Expert Review feature was pulled. But on that same day, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Grammarly, alleging that the feature “misappropriated” the identities of the figures who ostensibly inspired it. The class in the class action lawsuit currently only has one named member: investigative…

Thanks to Italy, Team USA has avoided an embarrassing first-round elimination in the World Baseball Classic. Italy’s win over Mexico Wednesday night at Daikin Park in Houston (ITA 9, MEX 1) punched the team’s ticket and also USA’s ticket to the quarterfinals. Mexico, which finished third behind Japan and USA in the 2023 WBC, has been eliminated. Team USA will face Canada in the quarterfinals on Friday night as the single-elimination knockout round begins. Here are the final Pool B standings. The top two teams in each of the four pools advance to the quarterfinals, which begin Friday. Italy: 4-0USA: 3-1Mexico: 2-2Great…

New York City has always been a place that people flock to—to live, to work, to visit, or to play. It’s big and exciting, and there’s almost always something happening: a new play, a new exhibit, or a new restaurant opening.According to a 2024 report by venture capital firm SignalFire, NYC experienced a tech boom in 2023, becoming the top destination for people relocating with tech jobs, with around 15 percent of them choosing the Big Apple as their destination.This isn’t the first time the city has seen an influx of technology workers; the 1990s tech boom saw Manhattan’s Flatiron…

A pump jack is seen at sunrise near Bakersfield, California October 14, 2014. Lucy Nicholson | ReutersOil prices surged more than 8% with Brent crude hitting $100 per barrel Thursday, as traders remain unconvinced that release of government stockpiles could offset the massive supply shock triggered by the war in the Middle East.The West Texas Intermediate jumped 8.8% to $95 per barrel, while global benchmark Brent was trading around 8.88% higher at $100, even after the International Energy Agency announced its largest emergency release of crude reserves in history.The IEA said Wednesday that its 32 member countries would release 400 million barrels of…

The qualities of a good sheet set are as subjective as those of a white t-shirt: One person’s airy linen bedding is another’s scratchy nightmare. Which makes investing in a new one a purchase worth spending some time ruminating over—do you run hot or cold? Aesthetically, do you prefer cozy and lived-in or crisp and hotel-like? And where are you on patterns? Turns out, interior designers are just as picky as we are when it comes to sourcing sheets (for both themselves and their clients), so to settle some questions, we went straight to the pros.While our panel of experts…