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San Francisco, Aug 19 (IANS) Cruise, the self-driving car subsidiary of General Motors, has agreed to reduce its fleet after the US regulators told the company to immediately cut its robotaxi fleet by 50 per cent following a crash of one of its EVs with a fire truck.Cruise said it is cutting its San Francisco robotaxi fleet by half, reports said on Saturday.The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is investigating Cruise incidents, and pending the outcome of that, it “reserves the right to suspend or revoke testing and/or deployment permits.”The regulatory agency told Cruise to have no more than…

London, Aug 19 (IANS) Amazon Alexa has been accused of sexism after the voice assistant was unable to reply to a question about the Lionesses’ semi-final victory during the Women’s World Cup.When asked for the result of the England-Australia football match, Alexa said there was no match, reports BBC.Academic Joanne Rodda, a senior lecturer in psychiatry at Kent and Medway Medical School, said it showed “sexism in football was embedded in Alexa”.”When I asked Alexa about the women’s England-Australia football match today it gave me the result,” she was quoted as saying in the report.A company spokesperson was quoted as…

Cruise said it is cutting its San Francisco robotaxi fleet by half, reports said on Saturday.The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is investigating Cruise incidents, and pending the outcome of that, it “reserves the right to suspend or revoke testing and/or deployment permits.”The regulatory agency told Cruise to have no more than 50 driverless vehicles in operation during the day and 150 driverless vehicles in operation at night, till the investigation is complete, TechCrunch reported.”Safety of the traveling public is the California DMV’s top priority. The primary focus of the DMV’s regulations is the safe operation of autonomous vehicles…

The event was organised to pay respect to former Chief Minister late Jagannath Mishra on his fourth death anniversary, which was attended by both Ashok Chaudhary and Samrat Chaudhary who were seen appreciating each other.While addressing the gathering, Samrat Chaudhary said: “There aren’t many differences between me and Ashok Ji. If you merge both the names, it becomes ‘Samrat Ashok’. We also share the same surname.“My relationship with Ashok Ji goes back a long time. I was the youngest minister in Bihar government in 1998-99. After that, Ashok Ji also became a minister. We may be in different political parties,…

The incident happened at a village under the limits of Angar police station.The robbers struck the house when the woman and her daughter-in-law were only present there.They held the women at gunpoint and robbed Rs 2 lakh. Besides cash, they also took away jewellery worth lakhs of rupees.While the robbers were gathering the valuables, one woman tried to resist them. The robbers, however, overpowered her and raped her.Her daughter-in-law, by mustering some courage, managed to raise an alarm.Soon, neighbours assembled at their place. However, by then, the robbers fled the spot.”The victim has been admitted to the emergency ward of…

The yet-to-be-named mascot duo will be used to promote the upcoming World Cups, including the men’s ODI World Cup to be held in India in October-November this year.As the excitement builds for the highly-anticipated ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, the ICC announced the introduction of the perpetual characters with an aim to engage and entertain cricket fans and will become an ever-present fixture at ICC events, with fans now allowed to help contribute to the naming process of the mascots. Unveiled on Saturday at an event in Gurugram, India attended by ICC Under-19 Women’s and Men’s winning captains Shafali Verma…

The Governor has appointed M.R Seetharam, Umashree and H.P Sudham Das as MLCs.Umashree is a close confidante of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and represents Teradal constituency in Bagalkot district. She became a minister for Women and Child Development in the Siddaramaiah led government between 2013 and 2018.She was for MLC post under artiste quota.M.R Seetharam is a former minister, entrepreneur and educationist. Sources say that he is highly resourceful and also close to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. He was considered for the MLC post under the quota reserved for persons who have contributed to education.Sudham Das is the son of former MLA…

When asked for the result of the England-Australia football match, Alexa said there was no match, reports BBC.Academic Joanne Rodda, a senior lecturer in psychiatry at Kent and Medway Medical School, said it showed “sexism in football was embedded in Alexa”.”When I asked Alexa about the women’s England-Australia football match today it gave me the result,” she was quoted as saying in the report.A company spokesperson was quoted as saying that this was an error that has been fixed.Dr Rodda said it was “pretty sad that after almost a decade of Alexa, it’s only today that the AI algorithm has…

The accused has been identified as Samson Sachdeva, a resident of Kishangarh village in South-West district, the police said, adding that he was previously found involved in seven cases.According to the police, a complaint was received in which the complainant alleged thatsomeone had stolen his mobile phone from the Hauz Khas Metro station. After two days, when he got a new SIM card and a phone, he came to know that somebody had transferred Rs 4,49,477 from the four credit cards linked to the Paytm app installed on his stolen phone.During investigation, the accused was identified after his location was…

Young forward Mumtaz Khan (60′) was the lone goal-scorer for India while Marie Hahn (9′), Carolin Seidel (37′) and Lena Keller (58’) scored a goal each for Germany in the well-contested match. Germany began the match on a strong note with Hahn Marie (9’) scoring a goal in the ninth minute of the game after successfully converting a penalty corner and putting India on the back foot.Following that, India upped the ante in search of an equaliser, testing Germany’s defence but were unable to find the back of the net as the first half ended with Germany leading 1-0. India…