New York Times acquires popular word game Wordle, to remain ‘free to play’ initially

The popular free online word game – Wordle has been bought by American daily – The New York Times, the publication informed on Monday. The New York Times informed that it listed the purchase price as being in the “low seven figures”, however, it did not disclose specifics, the Associated Press reported. Back on November 1, only 90 […]

Vegan guests served leaves and fruit slices at wedding, netizens call it ‘rude’ & ‘absurd’

In a vegan diet, people eat foods made from plants and it does not involve food that comes from animals including dairy products and eggs. A Twitter user, who goes by the name @nerdzrope has posted a picture of the vegan food that was served at a wedding. One user commented, “That is absurd and rude – […]

Orkut memes flood Twitter as netizens take trip down memory lane; ‘good old days’ – Republic World

Every now and then Twitter is filled with memes and jokes inspired by something that is about to happen or was long forgotten. The popular social media platform was widely remembered among the nostalgia-hit netizens who recalled Orkut with hilarious memes. One user, who emerged with his creative meme called the Orkut era ‘good old days’, whereas […]

Google search trend for ‘Knoll’ surges after it appears on Wordle; Check what it means

Ever since its inception five months ago, the new word game named ‘Wordle’ has kept online game lovers occupied and has now become a sensation. ‘Knoll’ simply means a small hill or mound, a query that drove many netizens to Twitter who vented out their frustration on the micro-blogging site. The new word of the […]

Nick Cannon remembers 5-month-old son month after his death; ‘missing my little dude’

Nick Cannon, who is hosting the popular talk show The Nick Cannon Show, took to his social media to pay a tribute to his infant son, shared with beau Alyssa Scott, who passed away last month. Taking to his Instagram, the 41-year-old rapper shared a picture with his five kids, including his twins Moroccan and Monroe, whom […]

Lata Mangeshkar’s fans trend her name on Twitter; pray for iconic singer’s speedy recovery

The iconic singer was diagnosed with the two diseases about two weeks ago and was admitted to Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai. After experiencing mild symptoms of COVID-19, the Lag Jaa Gale singer was tested positive for coronavirus and subsequently hospitalised on January 9. Following the health update of the legendary singer, her fans have been trending her […]

Thailand’s Health Ministry proposes easing regulations on cannabis use – Republic World

Public Health Ministry’s Food and Drug Administration of Thailand suggests that cannabis should be removed entirely from the list of illegal narcotics and psychotropic substances. As per the reports of AP News, the FDA’s suggestion will be presented to the Narcotics Control Board by the government’s Narcotics Control Committee next week. Public Health Minister Anutin […]

The Elon Musk Effect: Tesla CEO’s top tweets of 2021 that rattled crypto market – Republic World

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is known to rile up the cryptocurrency market with his tweets either causing a steep plunge in the prices or sending them soaring “to the moon”. Throughout the year 2021, the Neuralink and The Boring Company founder who is a space visionary used the microblogging site to share his opinions […]

Markets to move according to Omicron, FIIs and global cues this week, say analysts – Republic World

According to analysts, domestic equities will be mainly driven by global market trends, foreign institutional investors’ movement and developments around the new COVID strain spread. Earlier, the US market suffered a significant drop following the Omicron variant’s spread causing tension among other market investors. “Global markets, Omicron variant, dollar index and FIIs’ behaviour will be […]

Crypto market crash: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin shares fall in value; know why – Republic World

The fall comes after a year of gains and record highs, following changes in many factors from its increase in market cap to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The market capitalisation of the global market cap on Friday stood at $2.32 trillion with almost all major cryptocurrencies witnessing a drop in value. Earlier, Bitcoin and other […]

Samsung Electronics tops Q3 semiconductor market ranking; beats US Intel – Republic World

As per market research by Omdia, the global semiconductor market sales spiked by 7.6% from last quarter, which is around $153.2 billion in the third quarter of 2021. Explaining the cause of the rise in sales, Omdia said that the market saw a good seasonal demand led by strong memory product sales and chip shortages. […]

US Stock market down by 500 pts amid new COVID strain discovery ‘Omicron’ in South Africa

Notably, the drastic effect on the stock market came after South Africa, which has already been facing the burnt of the COVID-19, announced the detection of the new COVID variant in their country. With the detection of the new variant in Gauteng, the country’s most populous province, the World Health Organisation also sent a delegation […]

BTS’ ‘Butter’ dominates Hot Trending Songs Chart for 3rd week, Taylor Swift debuts 2 songs

The track had also ranked Number one on Billboard’s Hot 100 for 10 weeks in the month of June. Billboard‘s Hot Trending Songs Chart tracks global music-related trends and conversations in real-time across Twitter, viewable over either the last 24 hours or the past seven days. According to Billboard, the continued conversation surrounding BTS’ second […]

Why are Cryptocurrency prices falling today? Here’s why the crypto market is going down

Ether also saw a down surge and was trading at 7.88% on discount than its price 24 hours ago. Dogecoin and Shiba Inu also saw a fall and were trading at 5.66% and 4.75% lower respectively. Beijing’s top economic regulator National Development and Reform Commission stated that it will intensify regulations over digital currency mining […]

Karnataka Bitcoin Scam: Min K Sudhakar replies to Cong’s allegations; ‘Nothing to hide’

The investigating team has shared all information with Interpol, ED, and CBI.” He further added that the government will come out with the evidence soon and the allegations made by the opposition are baseless since they have nothing to hide. Earlier in the day, to discuss the upheaval by the opposition in the state, Chief […]