APRIL 14, 2023
A solar plasma "waterfall" was spotted on the sun recently. More odd solar phenomena has been seen recently as the sun nears a peak of activity. - Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau
An astrophotographer captured a structure that looked like a plasma waterfall on the sun.
The structure is believed to be around 60,000-miles-tall.
This is the latest in...
APRIL 14, 2023
OpenAI hired a team of experts to examine whether GPT-4 could present prejudiced responses or assist illegal activities. Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images
A professor hired by OpenAI to test GPT-4 said people could use it to do "dangerous chemistry."
He was one of 50 experts hired by OpenAI last year to examine the risks of GPT-4.
...
APRIL 13, 2023
Josh Harris, speaking to the media in 2019, has a tentative agreement to purchase the Washington Commanders. (Matt Rourke/AP)
An investment group led by Josh Harris reached a preliminary agreement to purchase the Washington Commanders from owner Daniel Snyder, according to three people with direct knowledge of the sale process.
Harris’s group would buy the team from Snyder for...
APRIL 13, 2023
The allowances of IPL chairman has also been bracketed in the office-bearers’ category. Twitter@BCCI
The increase in allowances doled out to the BCCI office bearers was tabled in the Apex Council meeting on Sunday but came into effect last October.
New Delhi: An office bearer of the all-powerful BCCI will now be paid a daily allowance of US$1000...
APRIL 13, 2023
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held a telephonic conversation with UK's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
During the phone conversations, the two leaders reviewed the progress on a number of bilateral issues, particularly in trade and economic sectors. The Prime Minister also sought progress on the return of economic offenders.
"PM Modi raised the issue of...
APRIL 13, 2023
Fort Lauderdale experienced the rainiest day in its history Wednesday – a 1-in-1,000-year rainfall event – sparking a flash flood emergency in Broward County that has prompted emergency rescues, forced drivers to abandon cars, shuttered schools and shut down the airport through 5 a.m. Friday. And more rain is on the way.
The region recorded widespread rainfall totals...
APRIL 13, 2023
Finding a remote job is getting more and more difficult.
Openings are tapering off, and companies are outsourcing some remote positions overseas.
10% to 20% of US service support jobs could move overseas over the next decade.
Landing a remote job could become more and more challenging.
That's because competition for remote work in the US remains fierce,...
APRIL 12, 2023
A group of Indian startups, represented by the Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF), has petitioned the Delhi High Court to suspend Google's new in-app billing fee system, known as the User Choice Billing system (UCB) until the Competition Commission of India (CCI) investigates the tech giant for alleged non-compliance with its directives. The startups argue that...
APRIL 12, 2023
India's retail inflation moderated further to 5.66 percent in March from 6.44 percent in the previous month, data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) showed on Wednesday.
In January 2023, India’s headline inflation based on consumer price index (CPI) had jumped to a three-month-high of 6.52 percent from 5.7 percent in December 2022.
The Reserve...
APRIL 12, 2023
Kolkata Underwater Metro Rail Station.
Metro Railway General Manager P Uday Kumar Reddy travelled from Mahakaran station in Kolkata to Howrah Maidan station of the East-West Metro corridor in the rake.
Later, another rake also reached Howrah Maidan station by the same route.
Terming it a 'historic event', the Metro general manager said, "Trial runs between Howrah Maidan and Esplanade...
