Author: Rahul M

Bengaluru: Arguing that Bengaluru’s Mahadevapura alone has more than 25,000 undocumented immigrants from Bangladesh who are stealing employment opportunities of the local youth, the area’s BJP unit has announced the launch of a survey from Sunday to identify and send illegal immigrants back to their home country.The drive is led by Mahadevapura Task Force, a volunteer-driven group headlined by former minister Aravind Limbavali, whose wife Manjula is BJP MLA from the constituency.Aravind, in a video message, has appealed to Mahadevapura residents to join the campaign against the infiltrators. “Our war room is actively receiving information about several such individuals (illegal…

A group of Microsoft investors is pressuring the company to assess how effectively it identifies customers who misuse its artificial intelligence tools, a push that follows reports detailing the Israeli military’s use of Microsoft software during its war in Gaza.  The shareholder resolution, which could be voted on at the company’s annual meeting in December, asks the board to commission a public report disclosing more on how Microsoft prevents its products from being used in ways that violate human rights or international humanitarian law.  Microsoft employees have been protesting software sales to the Israel Defense Forces and other government entities,…

Bengaluru: A deputy commissioner of police (DCP) has alleged that a bank sold him a mortgaged flat without disclosing a loan against it raised by its previous owner from another financial institution.The flat at Kaggalipura was sold to him by Jana Small Finance Bank two years ago, but Swarna Bharathi Sahakara Bank seized it, citing its mortgage status.DCP (City Armed Reserve-west) VC Gopala Reddy, said in his complaint to Central Crime Branch (CCB) police on July 7 that he purchased flat on the fourth floor of Sri Shankara Meadows through an e-auction by Jana Bank on July 24, 2023, by…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Sand and dust storms affect about 330 million people in over 150 countries and are taking an increasing toll on health, economies and the environment, the U.N. World Meteorological Organization says.“About 2 billion tons of dust are emitted yearly, equivalent to 300 Great Pyramids of Giza” in Egypt, the organization’s U.N. representative, Laura Paterson, told the General Assembly.More than 80% of the world’s dust comes from the deserts in North Africa and the Middle East, she said, but it has a global impact because the particles can travel hundreds and even thousands of kilometers (miles) across…

Bengaluru: Noted mathematician and Fields Medal recipient Manjul Bhargava Friday said within the next year or two, artificial intelligence (AI) systems will likely be capable of accurately solving undergraduate-level science problems.Speaking at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) convocation in Bengaluru, Bhargava acknowledged the current limitations of AI in mathematics and science, pointing out how large language models often produce incorrect yet confidently worded answers. “However, AI is getting better every day,” Bhargava said. Having tested some of the latest versions of language models not yet released to public, he said he was confident that future AI tools would be…

A new study utilizes compact neural networks to uncover the underlying mechanisms behind human decision-making. Scientists have long studied how people and animals make decisions, often looking at how recent experiences and trial-and-error shape behavior. But traditional models may miss key aspects of how decisions are made, largely because they assume individuals always try to […]

Netflix Season 3 of Netflix’s “Squid Game” may have proven to be a controversial outing — Looper called it a disappointing ending for an inventive story in our review — but the fact remains that the South Korean horror thriller series is one of the biggest TV phenomenons of all time, and will be marching into the TV afterlife with legions of fans around the world to remember it. If you’re among those fans and are now itching for something to fill the dalgona-sized hole in your heart left by the conclusion of…

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has recently rolled out a scheme to provide daily nutritious meals to around 4,000-5,000 stray dogs across the city’s eight zones. Branded ‘Kukkir Tihar’, the program is a one-year pilot, extendable by another year based on its success. The BBMP said the initiative is part of its larger ‘One Health’ program, which also includes vaccination and animal birth control (ABC) efforts. Civic officials said the program, estimated to cost Rs 2.8-2.9 crore annually, is aimed at curbing stray dog aggression, reducing bite cases – which currently range between 500 and 1,500 per month –…

A one-man judicial commission constituted by the Karnataka government in the wake of the Bengaluru cricket stadium stampede submitted its report to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday. Justice (retd) John Michael D’Cunha had been appointed by the state government to probe the stampede that led to the deaths of 11 people on June 4. The Justice D’Cunha commission had been tasked with investigating the lapses in planning, coordination, and crowd management during the stampede and was given a month to submit a report to the Congress government headed by CM Siddaramaiah. Story continues below this ad After accepting the report…

Despite James Gunn’s “Superman” being yet another reboot of the character for the big screen, the film isn’t taking the typical origin story route. Instead, the movie meets up with the titular Kryptonian already being quite a ways into his journey as the defender of Earth, and with that, the film’s cast contains a rather large number of other heroes and villains — more than we’re used to seeing in a typical superhero movie universe’s starting point. One of those heroes is Metamorpho, the Element Man, whose comic book origins go back to the…