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A TikTok video usually leads to a new recipe or a dance trend. This one led researchers straight to a brand-new species of fish. Scientists have discovered a new genus and species of underground earthworm eel living beneath the Indo-Gangetic Plain in Bihar, northern India. Named Gangaichthys indonepalicus, it’s the first subterranean eel ever recorded from the Gangetic Basin, and it all started with a random borewell (drilled well) video. The study was published in ZooKeys and led by an international team from the Thackeray Wildlife Foundation, Shivaji University, the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, and the Zoological Survey of India.…

Vertix Holdings Chairman joins the global business educational body’s industry council for 2026-27 term                                                                                                             Abu Dhabi, UAE; August 17, 2026 UAE National business leader Amer Al Ahbabi, Chairman of Vertix Holdings, has been appointed to the Business Influencer Council of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) for the 2026–2027 term. His name appears on the Council roster published by AACSB, alongside members representing Deloitte, PwC, KPMG, SHRM, Harvard Business Publishing, Kyndryl, and The Bank of East Asia. Amer Al Ahbabi, Chairman of Vertix Holdings Founded in 1916, AACSB is the accrediting body whose standards are used…

MelGeek MADE68 Ultra V2 MSRP $219.00 “Pricey, yes, but excellent for gaming, typing, and everything in between.” Pros Excellent typing feel Smooth, stable magnetic switches Rapid Trigger works very well for competitive FPS games Solid CNC aluminum construction Bright, distinctive 360-degree RGB lighting Software is easy to use and highly configurable Cons Very expensive at $219 Wired-only Transparent keycaps make legends hard to read Secondary functions, including F1–F12, are not labled AI Glow feature is inconsistent I have spent years using mechanical keyboards, and Hall Effect switches never really tempted me away from them. I understood the gaming appeal. Adjustable…

Living Well, Travelling Better: How Thailand Is Redefining the Future of Wellness TravelThe world’s most forward-thinking wellness destinations are no longer built around treatments. They are built around transformation. Thailand is leading that shift. luxury wellness resorts in Thailand have seen increasing customers from the Middle East There is a particular kind of traveller who is no longer satisfied with simply visiting a beautiful place. They want to feel it in their body. They want to leave measurably better than they arrived. For this traveller, Thailand is not just a destination. It is beginning to look like a blueprint for…

OnePlus is gearing up for the launch of the OnePlus 16, and if the latest leak holds up, the phone’s display could be its biggest talking point. The screen is tipped to sip less power, last twice as long, and pack thinner bezels all around, a solid trio of upgrades for something you’ll be staring at all day. Does this display actually beat Samsung’s screens? As reported by Notebookcheck, tipster Digital Chat Station wrote on Weibo that OnePlus and BOE have jointly developed a new X4 light-emitting material for the OnePlus 16’s screen. The material is said to sip far…

Dubai, UAE; 17 August 2026 – As the UAE continues to cement its position as one of the world’s leading innovation hubs, the rapid adoption of PropTech solutions is transforming every stage of the real estate lifecycle. Among the technologies driving this evolution, Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) are becoming increasingly important, enabling developers, architects and buyers to visualize projects with greater accuracy, improve collaboration and make more informed decisions before construction begins. The UAE’s PropTech market, valued at approximately AED 2.49 billion in 2025, is expected to grow to around AED 5.95 billion by 2032, representing a compound annual growth…

Every time I switch from any Android phone to a Pixel, there’s one small gesture missing that always annoys me. From a modern Galaxy phone or even a device from Xiaomi, I can double-tap an empty part of the home screen and immediately turn the display off. Samsung has offered a double-tap to turn off the screen since Android 11. On a Pixel, I still have to reach for the power button. To be fair, Google isn’t the only offender, and Motorola’s stock Android phones, like the Razr Fold, also skip such a basic feature. But this might be changing…

53% of Organizations Struggle to Translate Business Context Into AI Despite Rising AI Investment New Alteryx research finds 80% of organizations expect AI spending to increase over the next two years, yet more than half struggle to operationalize the business knowledge AI needs to deliver business value Andy MacMillan, CEO of Alteryx. August 17, 2026 —Alteryx, Inc., an AI-ready data and analytics company, today released its “2026 IT Leader Research: The State of AI Ownership, Agents, and ROI” report, revealing that organizations are entering a new phase of AI maturity where success is no longer defined by AI adoption alone,…

Five different foldable phones in one launch cycle sounds like a lot, at least to me, but that’s reportedly what Samsung has planned for 2027. A new leak lays out a lineup nearly double the size of this year’s three-phone spread.  The Korean giant apparently wants to double down on the wide-format design buyers apparently can’t get enough of. Two of them could share the wide-format, passport-shaped design that broke sales records this year.  What exactly is Samsung planning to release in 2027? According to a new ETnews report shared by leaker Ice Universe, Samsung’s 2027 foldable slate could include…

Apple’s MacBook Neo has quickly become the laptop that inexpensive Windows machines have to answer. Acer’s latest Go Air has apparently decided that the best response is to start ticking off some of the hardware Apple left behind. Acer has launched a new Go Air configuration in China powered by Intel’s recently released Core 5 320 processor. It comes with 12GB of LPDDR5 memory and a 512GB SSD for CNY 5,499, which converts to roughly $815. Global availability for this specific configuration hasn’t been announced, though it appears to be practically identical to the Acer Swift 14 that was showcased…