Badri Mahabhasya

[Jack @jackcoder0]

Apple is launching the iPhone 18 Pro Max next month. And most people have no idea what's inside it.

Apple's first 2-nanometer chip. A variable aperture camera the first mechanical aperture in iPhone history. Apple's largest-ever battery. A smaller Dynamic Island. Satellite 5G that works beyond emergencies. And Apple's own C2 modem replacing Qualcomm for the first time.

This isn't a spec bump. This is the biggest Pro Max upgrade in 3 years.

The iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and a foldable "iPhone Ultra" are expected to be unveiled in the first half of September, with devices released in the second half of the month.

Apple is planning a major change to its iPhone release cycle this year. The more expensive iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max will launch in fall 2026 alongside a foldable iPhone, but the more affordable iPhone 18 and iPhone 18e won't come out until spring 2027.

That means: if you want a new iPhone this fall you're buying a Pro. The standard iPhone 18 won't arrive until March 2027.

A mobile technology analyst who's tracked every iPhone launch since 2014 told me: "Apple is splitting the lineup for the first time. Pro models in September. Standard models in March. The fall 2026 launch is all-premium the Pro, the Pro Max, and the foldable. Every upgrade this year went to the Pro. If you're upgrading in September, here's everything that's changing."

Here are 12 features coming to the iPhone 18 Pro Max next month 🧵

[Smriti Z Irani @smritiirani]

The tragic beauty of being a mother... 🩶

[xanax @donttouchxanax]

An Indian institute filmed a professor teaching classical physics with no notes, no slides, and a green board. Almost nobody outside India watches it.

This is Classical Physics, lecture 1, taught by V. Balakrishnan at IIT Madras, published free by NPTEL, India's national open courseware programme.

Balakrishnan taught at IIT Madras for decades. Students who sat in that room describe the same thing: the whole subject held in his head, delivered in order, no paper on the podium.

Lecture 1 is the introduction. What classical mechanics claims, where the claims hold, and the exact points where they stop holding and quantum takes over.

Watch how he speaks. Complete sentences, no filler, each idea finished before the next begins. Rare in any lecture hall on any continent.

A physicist I know worked through the whole NPTEL series and rates it above the western courses he paid for.

Free on YouTube, 17 years online, low resolution, no marketing.

The teaching was never concentrated in the famous universities.

[Badri Mahabhasya @badri_m]

@Iyervval Happy birthday @Iyervval

[RAGHUWANSHI 🚩 @Ranjeetraghu_]

@TheFigen_

[Raghu @IndiaTales7]

16. He was injured during an Olympic race. His dad helped him cross the finish line. ❤️

[Grace Gym🏋️‍♀️ @GraceGym_]

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[Aaditya Thackeray @AUThackeray]

What makes @imVkohli special is the way he said, even when there were times he had options and thoughts about there could be better ways to win the @IPL , his heart and soul remained and will always remain with @RCBTweets .

Loyalty.
Everything else can be found.

18 years, of hope, effort and most importantly, loyalty. That’s what made this special!

Well done on winning the 🏆 , but more so on winning everyone’s hearts.

#IPLFinals #IPLFinals2025 #Kohli

[AB de Villiers @ABdeVilliers17]

♥️ 🏆 @RCBTweets

[Badri Mahabhasya @badri_m]

Absolutely crazy how a man who doesn’t know a single sentence in Kannada has stayed loyal to the city for so long and probably brought the happiest day in the history of that city without saying a single word in Kannada except “ee sala cup namde”❤️#ViratKohli #RCB #EeSalaCupNamde

[Bangalore Metro Updates @WF_Watcher]

#ViratKohli𓃵 ❤️

My heart is with Bangalore, my soul is with Bangalore and this is the team I'll play for till the time I play the IPL. Tonight I'll sleep like a baby.

#RCBvsPBKS #RCB

[Badri Mahabhasya @badri_m]

@AMAZlNGNATURE Tasmanian Devil

[Twilight @the_marcoli_boy]

The terrifying beauty of wildlife - A thread🧵

1. Mother was angry because it put its own life in danger.

https://t.co/12ONKZdFuF

[𝐑𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖊𝖔𝖚𝐬 𝐌𝖆𝐲𝖆𝖓𝐤 𝐑𝖆𝐣𝖕𝖚𝖙 @MayankRighteous]

Some bizarre images from the past on Earth🧵

1. Tirupati, India

[Badri Mahabhasya @badri_m]

Demand a Comprehensive Investigation into Suchir Balaji's Death - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/3sZoe5oAKz via @ChangeAUS

[Gabbar @GabbbarSingh]

Still reeling from that Bibek Debroy article. Some thoughts:

1) Old age is hard. More so for the (n-1)th generation. The first generation who won’t have a joint family to see them through their old age.

These are the elders, who produced kids who excelled, and outgrew their home, so they left. It’s like teaching your kid how to ride a cycle, and when they do it finally, they paddle away, focusing on the road, navigating the potholes & hence not turning back, and you look wistfully, until your smile dries up.

2) Good to be prepared. To have no expectations. But such thoughts of invincibility come when you are fit. God knows when you need someone else to help pass stool. All your dignity, your ego, evaporates that day. Then you just wait.

3) Kids who are away, should call their parents often, and not talk about the past, but talk about the mundane, like you are living in the other room. How was the sabji today, was it good? Did the AC service guy come? To at least pretend you are around, and not an emergency flight away.

4) It’s inevitable. Forget this tweet. Enjoy life.

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

The iPhone 16 drops tomorrow.

13 features you don't want to miss:

1/ Tap to Pay Cash

2/ ChatGPT in iPhone

3/ Blocking Apps with Face ID

4/ Redesigned Control Center

5/ Control iPhone with your eyes

6/ Customise what people see when you call.

7/ An all-new Math Notes calculator:

8/ Smart Script

9/ Apple's new Siri: glowing light on activation

10/ Clean Up

11/ Messages via Satellite

12/ New look for app icons

13/ Siri's new text box

[Badri Mahabhasya @badri_m]

@DattaAmeet @BDUTT @BDUTT - Well done on standing up for yourself and for integrity. I’ve always appreciated you for your shows but this one is above else as it’s kudos to your integrity and standing up for what is right! Thank you and be always what you are. You are the finest and for a reason.

[Badri Mahabhasya @badri_m]

#Djokovic

[Badri Mahabhasya @badri_m]

Djokovic wins GOLD!, and the #GoldenSlam. #goatdebate settled forever. He won the Olympics single leggedly, his movement hampered, but his spirit not! His resilience and hunger to win trumped all else. What a match, what a player! @pavyg @Yolitatennis