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🎸 End of an Era: Legendary Classic Rock Band Announces Farewell Tour
If you love classic rock, this one stings. The kind of headline that stops you in your tracks: one of the greats is calling it quits. After more than forty years of rattling stadium rafters, topping charts, and racking up hall-of-fame honors, the band has decided it’s time to hang up their touring boots. But the music? Yeah, that’s not going anywhere.
By Shakil Sorkar2 months ago in Journal
🏈 When the Game Gets Too Heavy: Why Marshawn Kneeland’s Death Is a Wake-Up Call for NFL Mental Health
The football world is reeling after the sudden death of Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland at just 24 years old. While investigators are still piecing together what happened, early reports point to suicide. It’s a gut punch—one that’s left teammates, coaches, and fans all asking the same question: how did it come to this?
By Shakil Sorkar2 months ago in Journal
🇪🇺 “Europe Bends the Rules?” How Big Tech Is Shaping the Future of AI Regulation
When the European Union rolled out its Artificial Intelligence Act, the idea was pretty bold. They wanted to set the bar for the whole world—a set of rules to protect people’s rights, keep things transparent, and make sure the most powerful AI tools didn’t run wild.
By Shakil Sorkar2 months ago in Journal
Rising Toll of Unidentified Deaths in Bangladesh: Rivers, Railways, and a Failing System
By Tuhin Sarwar । Dhaka, 07 November 2025 । From the bustling streets of Dhaka to the quiet riverbanks of rural districts, Bangladesh is witnessing an unsettling phenomenon: an increasing number of unidentified and unclaimed bodies appearing in rivers, canals, railway stations, footpaths, and urban dumps. Preliminary data suggests that the rising tide of unclaimed deaths is not merely a humanitarian concern—it reflects systemic vulnerabilities in law enforcement, public safety, and infrastructural oversight.
By Tuhin sarwar2 months ago in Journal
🎙️ “We’re Not Just Voices”: The Human Battle Against AI Dubbing
In a small sound booth in Madrid, Spanish voice actor Lara Jiménez takes a deep breath before her next line. The film is a French romantic comedy being dubbed into Spanish. She’s been working in the industry for over fifteen years — but now, for the first time, she’s competing with a machine.
By Shakil Sorkar2 months ago in Journal
Elon Musk’s XOS Update: When Your Phone Starts Thinking for You
Elon Musk has done it again. Just when people thought X (formerly Twitter) couldn’t get more ambitious, Musk dropped the biggest surprise of the year: XOS, an operating system that transforms your phone into a fully integrated AI assistant — one that listens, learns, and acts, even when the screen is off.
By Shakil Sorkar2 months ago in Journal
Google’s AI Turkey Ad Sparks Debate: The First Thanksgiving Without Humans
Thanksgiving ads usually bring nostalgia — family dinners, laughter, and heartwarming moments. But this year, Google quietly served something very different: an ad made entirely by artificial intelligence.
By Shakil Sorkar2 months ago in Journal
The AI Gold Rush Hits a Wall: Global Markets Tremble Amid Valuation Fears
For months, it felt unstoppable — the AI boom, the endless hype, the soaring stock charts. From Nvidia to OpenAI-backed ventures, the world seemed convinced that artificial intelligence was the golden ticket to the future.
By Shakil Sorkar2 months ago in Journal
The Rise of DIY Healthcare: How At-Home Tests, Wearables, and AI Are Rewriting Medicine
There was a time when healthcare meant waiting rooms, lab coats, and long phone calls just to book an appointment. But in 2025, that system is changing — not because of hospitals, but because of you.
By Shakil Sorkar2 months ago in Journal
When the Internet Forgets: 2 Million News Articles Deleted from AI’s Memory
The internet never forgets — or so we thought. In late 2025, a quiet yet seismic shift took place in the world of artificial intelligence. Common Crawl, the nonprofit that provides one of the largest open datasets used to train AI models like ChatGPT, suddenly deleted over 2 million news articles from its archives.
By Shakil Sorkar2 months ago in Journal
Apple’s Next Revolution: Why the Future Belongs to AI Glasses, Not Vision Pro
Apple doesn’t usually make loud moves. It doesn’t need to. When Apple shifts direction, the world eventually notices — and this time, the whisper is about something far more futuristic than another iPhone update.
By Shakil Sorkar2 months ago in Journal
Why Gen Z Is Opting Out: The Rise of Digital Detox & Offline Living
It’s 2025, and somehow, we’re more connected than ever — but also more tired than ever.Notifications, newsfeeds, and never-ending scrolls have turned our days into a blur of pixels.
By Shakil Sorkar2 months ago in Journal