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Openwashing /ō-pən-wä-shĭng/ An accusation against some AI companies that they are using the «open source» label too loosely.

heavy rains in Afghanistan have triggered flash floods, raising the death toll to 84 in the country’s north following weeks of devastating torrents that had already left hundreds dead and missing, a Taliban spokesman said Sunday. The new round of heavy rains and floods hit four districts in Faryab province Saturday night, leaving 66 dead, five injured and eight missing. Another 18 people had died in floods on Friday, said Esmatullah Moradi, spokesman for the provincial governor in Faryab.

Lok Sabha elections, being conducted in seven phases, continue with Phase 5 on Monday, May 20. This phase will see 695 candidates contesting in eight states and Union Territories. The Election Commission (EC) announced the poll schedule on March 16, with voting spanning from April 19 to June 1, and vote counting set for June 4. The elections aim to elect 543 members to the 18th Lok Sabha. The Lok Sabha, India's lower house of Parliament, comprises 545 seats, with elections held for 543 of them. The final two members are nominated. Schools, colleges shut on polling day As the nation prepares for Phase 5, the Election Commission has emphasized the importance of safety and smooth electoral operations. Schools and colleges will be closed on polling day to ensure the security of students, teachers, and staff. Many educational institutions serve as polling stations, and their closure facilitates the smooth conduct of elections without disrupting regular academic activities.

Lok Sabha election 2024 will take place on May 20, covering 49 constituencies across eight states and Union territories. Polling stations will open at 7 am and close at 6 pm on Monday. In this phase, voters from the following areas will cast their ballots: Uttar Pradesh: 14 constituencies (Mohanlalganj, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Amethi, Jalaun, Jhansi, Hamirpur, Banda, Fatehpur, Kaushambi, Barabanki, Faizabad, Kaiserganj, Gonda)

Elon Musk and Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin launched SpaceX's satellite internet service for the nation's health sector on Sunday, aiming to improve access in remote parts of the sprawling archipelago. Musk, the billionaire head of SpaceX and Tesla, arrived on the Indonesian resort island of Bali by private jet before attending the launch ceremony at a community health centre in the provincial capital, Denpasar.

DCCDL's rental income from office buildings increased 7 per cent annually to Rs 3,460 crore in the last fiscal, driven by rent appreciation and expansion of the asset portfolio. DLF Cyber City Developers Ltd (DCCDL) is a joint venture between DLF Ltd and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC. DLF holds nearly 67 per cent stake in the JV firm. DCCDL has an operational rental portfolio of 41.9 million square feet, of which 37.9 million square feet area is office space and 4 million square feet retail real estate.

Sanjiv Puri, Chairman and Managing Director of ITC, has assumed office as the president of the Confederation of Indian Industry for 2024-25, the chamber said on Sunday. He takes over from R Dinesh, Chairman of TVS Supply Chain Solutions. Puri heads ITC Ltd, a conglomerate with businesses in FMCG, hotels, paperboards & packaging, agribusiness, and IT. He is also the Chairman of ITC Infotech India Ltd, its subsidiaries in the UK and US, and Surya Nepal Private Ltd.

Nigeria has sparked controversy within the British royal family. Royal expert Tom Quinn told The Mirror that the visit, which included traditional elements of a royal tour such as receptions, school visits, and meetings with wounded soldiers and the disabled, has left Prince William and King Charles “absolutely furious." Despite stepping back from royal duties in 2020, the couple's actions during the trip have caused considerable consternation among senior royals, as it closely resembled an official royal tour.

The first outsider to take the helm of investing giant Vanguard Group is the son of Tanzanian immigrants who didn’t attend college but wanted to ensure their three children did. Salim Ramji grew up in British Columbia and spent summers working in the grocery store his father ran. During the school year, he debated.

Monday in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024. This marks the final polling process in the state, which has been conducted over five phases: April 19, April 26, May 7, May 13, and May 20. Vote counting is scheduled for June 4.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal holding a protest at the BJP headquarters over the arrest of Bibhav Kumar in the Swati Maliwal alleged assault case on Sunday, Congress leader Salman Khurshid said it is not easy to give a direct challenge to the Prime Minister. «It is not easy to give a direct challenge to a Prime Minister and he (Arvind Kejriwal) is doing that. The thoughts and emotions that are in his and his party workers' minds, common people have the same thoughts and emotions. He will get support from many people. It is now interesting to see how PM Modi will react to this,» Khurshid told ANI. Meanwhile, security has been tightened outside BJP headquarters in Delhi in view of the protest by Aam Aadmi Party leaders and workers here.

Red Hat sees India as among the world's high-growing markets, and the country's expanding enterprise base and technical innovation capabilities offer exciting prospects for the IBM-owned company, its CEO Matt Hicks has said. Weighing in on the larger debate of AI and its impact on tech sector jobs and salaries, Hicks told PTI that artificial intelligence, «if done well», will trigger massive value creation and spawn new industries beyond anyone's imagination. Red Hat — the enterprise open-source solutions company that IBM bought in 2019 for about USD 35 billion, marking its biggest acquisition ever — is working with a «great» foundation base in India and is at an exciting point where the company is amplifying capabilities with technology roles.

This article is part of Global News’ Home School series, which provides Canadians the basics they need to know about the housing market that were not taught in school.

Annabelle Havill spends at least $500 a month maintaining the three close friendships she made since moving to a new town two years ago with her husband and two children. That covers parties, book clubs and casual wine nights, averaging about $170 a friend. Fortunately, they reciprocate.

Bengaluru: Tata Consultancy Services Ltd and Infosys, India's top two IT services exporters, have seen the share of Gen Z employees as a percentage of their total headcount plunge to the lowest in five years and a decade, respectively, showed an ET analysis. The share of Gen Z employees — or those aged 30 and under — fell by about 5 percentage points last fiscal at Bengaluru-based Infosys, and by over 2.5 percentage points at Mumbai-based TCS. The trend underscores a tepid IT hiring climate amid industry turbulence, which have impacted onboarding of young talent the most.

parental leave policies, in a nod to changing family structures and an increasingly diverse work environment, as companies seek to foster inclusion, spur women’s workforce participation and attract and retain talent from varied backgrounds. Such policies, being implemented under heads such as parental, adoption, supporting caregiver, foster and kinship, are designed to support parents — including biological, LGBTQIA+, adoptive and surrogate – challenging traditional gender roles and enabling everyone to participate equally in childcare.

Ajay S Shriram, Chairman and Senior Managing Director, DCM Shriram Limited, opened up about family businesses and emphasised that the enterprise needs to balance its approach like trustees for the next generation. He added that family businesses are world-class due to their innovation and the supportive ecosystem in which they operate.

Ed Dwight, the first Black man to train to be an astronaut decades ago, never actually made it to space. An astronaut candidate in the early 1960s, he became a celebrity in the Black community, landing on the covers of Jet and Ebony magazines as a trailblazing pilot. But the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ultimately never selected him.

government has shown its desire to create a pool of domestic capital for new age businesses but it needs to increase financial support to the startup ecosystem, said Kunal Bahl, cofounder of Titan Capital and founder of Snapdeal said on Saturday. “One of the things that this government has done, which is tremendously good, is setting up the Fund of Funds…The Sidbi-sponsored Fund of Funds has now invested in 140 domestic funds. They started with Rs 10,000 crore; they now have Rs 15,000 crore because the value of investments of the funds that they've invested in have grown that much in that period,” said Bahl at the CII Annual Business Summit.

Vilangu, a police procedural set in a village near Trichy with its narrative marred by caste, culture and politics, is one of the better web series to come out of south India. In an interview to YouTube channel Galatta Plus last year, its writer-director, Prasanth Pandiyaraj, elaborated on the challenges facing long-form series creators in the south. He mentioned “Mumbai" at least three times.

OpenAI launched GPT-4o («o» for «omni»), a new version of the artificial intelligence (AI) system powering the popular ChatGPT chatbot. GPT-4o is promoted as a step towards more natural engagement with AI. According to the demonstration video, it can have voice conversations with users in near real-time, exhibiting human-like personality and behaviour. This emphasis on personality is likely to be a point of contention. In OpenAI's demos, GPT-4o sounds friendly, empathetic and engaging. It tells «spontaneous» jokes, giggles, flirts and even sings. The AI system also shows it can respond to users' body language and emotional tone.