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Snapchat rolls out friends-only Stories and Spotlight profiles for users under 16
11+ hour, 58+ min ago (22+ words) Younger Snapchat users will soon be able to showcase their creativity in a friends-only environment as the platform tightens privacy protections....
India's Gen Z is reading differently, not less
4+ week, 3+ hour ago (749+ words) (Written by Shivani P Menon) Between deadlines, internships, and endless scrolling, students are still making space for books. The image of college reading may once have been tied to libraries, paperbacks, and annotated classics. In 2026, however, reading habits look noticeably…...
Young Edge | Workshops over weekends: why Pune's Gen Z pays to unwind offline
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (549+ words) Written by Tanushka Rathore On weekends in Pune, a growing number of young people are choosing to spend their time and money not at caf's or malls, but at workshops. From pottery and glass painting to lip gloss-making and bento…...
How India's "invisible' domestic workers are now ruling social media
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (708+ words) In 2024, another star was born out of Farah Khan's kitchen, Dilip. The resident of Bihar became a viral phenomenon not just among celebrities in Mumbai but also in his village, Madhubani. So much so that the filmmaker also visited his…...
CBSE Class 12 board exam paper has a 20-year-old meme in a QR code: What is the "rickroll?
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (469+ words) Students in the 12th grade took to social media on Monday (March 9) to share copies of their annual Mathematics exam paper administered by the CBSE, featuring an innocuous-looking QR code. Scanning it led to what has been described as the "gold…...
Explained: Photographer's suit against Zee, implications for independent creators
6+ mon, 3+ day ago (358+ words) Photographer-filmmaker Ronny Sen is suing Zee Media for broadcasting his footage of the cheetah translocation project without permission, credit, or compensation. The Rs 18 crore suit sheds light on the violation of independent creators" rights and the exploitation of their work…...