The Signal Brief

Why are designer handbags hot again? Looks like, many look at it as an investment tool and not just a luxury or a fashion statement.

In this episode of The Signal Daily, we bring back two timeless stories.

Big fat Indian weddings are not just your friendly neighbourhood aunty's favourite haunt, it's also a thriving industry! After the pandemic lull, it seems that the big budget wedding season is making a comeback! Tune in to The Signal Daily for more!

Musk revealed the new AI-driven humanoid robot Optimus project. Looks like now he wants to dominate the robotic revolution.

Why are football managers complaining about cramped schedules? Because, as per a recent study, injuries in Europe's top 5 leagues increased by 20% last season and cost the clubs more than £500 million.

In India, household savings have significantly declined. Since people mostly worked from home, there weren't many occasions to make any kind of purchases or eat out. However, things changed, and online shopping experienced a boom.

The Indian government wants phone manufacturers in the country to enable NavIC, which stands for Navigation with Indian Constellation. But why? Tune in to find out!

Apple is assembling the latest iPhone 14 series in India. The company has also recently rolled out its IOS 16 update, but one key feature that was supposed to arrive with this update is missing. It's the 'buy now, pay later' feature. What's the hold up?

NASA is working to protect planet earth from an asteroid that it’s hurtling towards us. What is NASA doing? It is sending a programmed robotic spacecraft to collide with an asteroid this evening.

A cheating scandal is brewing in the chess community. The controversy involves speculations around cheating with the help of sex toys, which has also captured the interest of many.

At its "Made on YouTube" event, YouTube introduced a revenue-sharing model for Shorts. Essentially, the model will allow advertising on Shorts while giving video creators 45% of the revenue.

Seven women are suing Tesla for sexual harassment. The lawsuits depict an unsafe working environment for women where slurs, groping, and threats were frequent, and where the human resources division frequently ignored employees' complaints.

In about 10 days, the RBI's new mandate on tokenization of debit and credit cards is set to kick in nationwide and this might actually make your online spending more safe than what it is now.

After Covid-19 pandemic put a 2-year-long pause on the world’s largest beer festival, the 187th edition of Oktoberfest commenced once again from 17 September and will go on until October 3.

After missing four deadlines, the EdTech company, Byju's finally released its audited financial statements on 14 September and the report card is not looking good. In other news, the "champagne of teas" is struggling.

India's first chip factory is coming up in Gujarat. If you remember, in one of our previous episodes, we had talked about the global chip race that comes amid an ongoing chip shortage.

The infamous online community known as Kiwi Farms, which encouraged harassment, has finally disappeared.

With its new emergency-text feature on its latest iPhone 14 series, Apple has become the frontrunner in the emerging market for low-cost satellite phones. So, it's safe to say the race to dominate the satellite smartphone market has begun!

Telegrams aren't extinct in Japan. And Japan is considered to be the third largest telegram market after Russia and Italy.

20 out of the 26 Bollywood releases till September have been flops or unprofitable. That's 77 per cent of the total releases.

Dutch city, Haarlem has now enforced a ban on meat advertisements in what is reportedly the first such action by a city in the world.

The verdict is out and the United Kingdom has a new Prime Minister. Liz Truss is the country's third female prime minister, following Theresa May and Margaret Thatcher.

Our favourite go-to gifting shop, Archies, is reportedly shifting its focus online with the help of its e-commerce website, archiesonline.com. The website will sell items like flowers, cakes, and personalised gifts.

Amazon's "The Rings of Power" broke the OTT platform’s record. The first episode attracted 25 million viewers worldwide and it is also the most most expensive Television series of all time.

20% of Snapchat's global workforce will be laid off as the company battles the worst revenue growth in its history. Why is that? The global economic downturn. In 2022, the whole tech industry appears to be having a hard time.