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Scientists at the Technical University of Berlin in Germany investigated whether humans are more likely to relax, letting their colleagues (robots) do the work instead, in a process called social loafing, when they work with robots.“Working together can motivate people to perform well but it can also lead to a loss of motivation because the individual contribution is not as visible,” said first author Dietlind Helene Cymek, from the varsity.“We were interested in whether we could also find such motivational effects when the team partner is a robot,” she added, in the paper published in the Frontiers in Robotics and…

The project is targeted to be set up by FY 2029-30 in which the Central financial assistance at 40 per cent of the project cost which works out to Rs 8,309.48 crore, according to an official statement issued after the CCEA meeting.The project will create a state-of-the-art inter-state transmission infrastructure to link the Ladakh green energy project to the National Grid.”Keeping in view the complex terrain, adverse climatic conditions and defence sensitivities of Ladakh region, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited will be the implementing agency for this project. A state-of-the-art Voltage Source Converter based High Voltage Direct Current system…

Pune, Oct 18 (IANS) Having won their first three matches with ease, the Rohit Sharma-led Indian team will be hoping to avoid the banana peel when it takes on Bangladesh in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium, here on Thursday.India are the world No. 1 in ICC Rankings and have made a superb start in the World Cup with comprehensive victories against Australia, Afghanistan and arch-rivals Pakistan. They are leading the points table along with New Zealand with six points, occupying the top spot based on a better net run rate.Bangladesh are…

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 18 (IANS) The scenic hill station, 80 kms from the Kerala’s capital city at Ponmudi, will play host an exhilarating display of mountain biking as the 28th Senior and 14th Junior Asian Mountain Bike Championships will be held from October 26 to 29. It is one of the largest gatherings of mountain biking enthusiasts in Asia and a total of 20 teams from across Asia will aim for glory in this highly anticipated championship besides 250 athletes and team officials and delegates will be present.Incidentally, the top rider in the elite category will get direct qualification for Olympic…

New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Domestic automotive infotainment brand Woodman on Wednesday launched the “X9” lag-free navigation Android stereo for in-car entertainment, navigation, and connectivity solutions. Priced at Rs 21,999, the Woodman X9 is available for purchase at the company’s official website. The Woodman X9 houses an Octa-Core ARM Cortex A55 processor, clocked at a rapid 1.6 GHz, ensuring swift and responsive performance.Backed by 2GB of RAM, and a spacious 32GB of ROM, users will have ample speed and storage for their apps and multimedia needs, the company said.The stereo comes equipped with a 4G SIM slot and 5GHz Wi-Fi…

New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) IT major IBM on Wednesday signed three MoUs with three entities engaged with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to advance and accelerate innovation in AI, semiconductor and quantum technology for the country.In a fillip to the IndiaAI initiative, the company will establish a world-class national AI Innovation Platform (AIIP) to focus on AI training, ecosystem development, and integrating advanced foundation models and generative AI capabilities with access to the IBM watsonx AI and data platform.The firm will cooperate with the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) for establishing a research centre that catalyses the…

New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Microsoft-backed OpenAI has formally launched its internet-browsing feature to generative AI chatbot ChatGPT.‘Browse with Bing’ is now out of Beta and is officially available to all Plus and Enterprise subscribers.“Browsing, which we re-launched a few weeks ago, is moving out of beta. Plus and Enterprise users no longer need to switch the beta toggle to use browse, and are able to choose ‘Browse with Bing’ from the GPT-4 model selector,” the company said in an update.OpenAI has also integrated DALL-E 3 with ChatGPT, allowing it to respond to user requests with images.“From a simple sentence…

ThePLB has been namely approved for railway employees like track maintainer, loco pilots, train managers (guards), station masters, supervisors, technicians, technician helpers, pointsman, ministerial staff and other Group ‘C’ staff (excluding RPF/RPSF personnel).In recognition of this excellent performance by the Railway staff, the Centre has approved payment of PLB of Rs 1968.87 crore to 11,07,346 railway employees.The performance of Indian Railways in 2022-2023 was very good, official sources said. The Railways loaded a record cargo of 1509 million tonnes and carried nearly 6.5 billion passengers.Many factors contributed to this record performance, including improvement in infrastructure due to infusion of record…

The poster shows the ‘Thirumanam Ennum Nikkah’ actor in a black suit, similar to the one worn by lawyers as he is carrying a briefcase in his hand while extending his hand out, almost as if reaching for something, in what appears to be like a philosophical allegory for him trying to grab his future.All the while reaching out for the thing he seeks, he is escaping as many hands from below are trying to grab him, trying to pull him down and throw him to the ground.The trailer for the show will unveil much more, though ‘Label’ had released…

As JSP is a constituent of BJP-led NDA, union minister and BJP state president G. Kishan Reddy and party MP K. Laxman suggested that both the parties together contest the elections.Jana Sena said in a statement that clarity is likely in a couple of days about both the parties together contesting the elections.Pawan Kalyan conveyed the sentiments of Telangana leaders of Jana Sena to the BJP leaders. He recalled that in 2014 he had campaigned for TDP and BJP candidates in Andhra Pradesh and on the request of BJP leadership did not contest Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections.Pawan Kalyan…