Passion and overworking are not the same thing. Yet, in the tech world, they are often blurred into one. The tragic death of Pratik Pandey, a 35-year-old Microsoft engineer, has once again put the spotlight on the cost of pushing beyond human limits. What happened at Microsoft’s campus? On 19 August, Pandey swiped into Microsoft’s Mountain View office at 7:50 …
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Software engineer Pratik Pandey was driven to death by the ‘unbearable stress’ of working for Microsoft, his grieving mom has told the Daily Mail. The 35-year-old was toiling until 3am to hit targets and impress bosses ahead of a crucial performance review, according to his shattered family. He had no obvious medical problems, but his parents became so worried they …
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By Jenna West, Joe Buscaglia, Tim Graham and Jeff Zrebiec The rematch of last season’s AFC divisional-round game between the Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills did not disappoint Sunday night, as quarterback Josh Allen and the Bills erased a fourth-quarter 15-point deficit to win 41-40. The game shifted in Buffalo’s favor when Ravens running back Derrick Henry fumbled on Baltimore’s …
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‘The 47-year-old marvel’: How engineers are keeping a 1970s spacecraft alive in interstellar space WION Voyager 1 sends back a signal that changes everything — a discovery so big, even NASA didn’t expect it leravi.org NASA has made it official—Voyager detects a “wall of fire” reaching temperatures of up to 90,000°F beyond the solar system El Adelantado de Segovia ‘The Hydrogen Wall’: Has …
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By JOE HUTCHISON, US NEWS REPORTER Published: 14:18, 4 September 2025 | Updated: 16:35, 4 September 2025 The family of a Microsoft engineer who died while at work are warning that Silicon Valley companies are overworking their employees. Pratik Pandey was found face-down in the early hours of August 20 in Mountain View, California, inside the Microsoft campus, The Palo …
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The Pentagon issued a “letter of concern” to Microsoft documenting a “breach of trust” over the company’s use of China-based engineers to maintain sensitive government computer systems, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced this week. At the same time, …
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The European Space Agency (ESA) is breathing easier after communications with Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) were restored – the spacecraft is currently barreling toward Venus for a gravity-assist flyby on August 31. ESA backs five rockets in Launcher Challenge – only some have exploded READ MORE The probe, which was launched in April 2023, began giving controllers the silent …
Read More »This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Ritvika Nagula, a senior software engineer at Microsoft Azure. She’s worked at the company since 2019. Her employment and promotions were confirmed by Business Insider. This story has been edited for length and clarity. I think I learned the strategy of getting promotions the hard way. When I first joined Microsoft …
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IN A NUTSHELL 🥁 Researchers have developed a humanoid robot that can play complex drum patterns with high precision. ☕ The idea for the Robot Drummer emerged from a casual coffee chat among researchers. 🎵 The robot achieved over 90% precision in genres ranging from jazz to metal. 🤖 The project aims to bring robotic performers to the live music …
Read More »Low Earth orbit, or “LEO,” is convenient, but it’s getting crowded with over 9,000 metric tons of space junk, which raises the risk of a devastating collision that could kill everyone on board an orbital craft. The moon is close but has no breathable air, hardly any atmosphere to protect against deadly space radiation, and nights there can last up to two …
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