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Biden condemns ‘un-American’ misinformation about federal storm response as Hurricane Milton nears Florida Source link

South Africa registered a commanding 80-run win in a Women’s T20 World Cup match vs Scotland.© X (formerly Twitter) South Africa dominated Scotland in all departments of the game to register a commanding 80-run win in a Women’s T20 World Cup match in Dubai on Wednesday. Batting first, South Africa posted a strong 166 for five in the allotted 20 overs. In reply, the Scots failed miserably with the bat and were all out for 86 in 17.5 overs. Only two Scotland batters could reach double digits, reflecting their woes. Nonkululeko Mlaba (3/12) was the most successful bowler…

1 min read Last Updated : Oct 10 2024 | 12:36 AM IST There is a lot of action among leading central banks with the US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank, among others, deciding to cut interest rates. The Reserve Bank of India has now changed the stance, but not yet cut the policy repo rate. There is an expectation that the Indian central bank will start cutting interest rates from the December policy review – the last policy review meeting chaired by Governor Shaktikanta Das before his current term ends.  Click here to connect with us on WhatsApp…

Illustration: Ajay Mohanty3 min read Last Updated : Oct 10 2024 | 1:03 AM IST Three days before it is opened for applicants, the internship scheme portal has registered around 50,000 opportunities across sectors, according to sources in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. While 130 companies, including Jubilant Foodworks, Eicher Motors Ltd, Larsen & Toubro Ltd, Tech Mahindra, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, Bajaj Finance, and Muthoot Finance, have posted internship opportunities, many more are in the process of identifying available positions internally before registering on the portal. Click here to connect with us on WhatsApp The Ministry…

President Joe Biden on Wednesday slammed former President Donald Trump for what he called an “onslaught of lies” about the federal response to Hurricane Helene and preparation for Hurricane Milton.”Over the last few weeks, there has been a reckless, irresponsible, and relentless promotion of disinformation and outright lies that are disturbing people,” Biden said as he gathered officials at the White House to discuss the back-to-back storms.”It’s undermining confidence in the incredible rescue and recovery work that has already been taken and will continue to be taken, and it’s harmful to those who need help the most,” Biden continued. “There…

The phrase “practice makes perfect” is usually reserved for humans, but it’s also a great maxim for robots newly deployed in unfamiliar environments.Picture a robot arriving in a warehouse. It comes packaged with the skills it was trained on, like placing an object, and now it needs to pick items from a shelf it’s not familiar with. At first, the machine struggles with this, since it needs to get acquainted with its new surroundings. To improve, the robot will need to understand which skills within an overall task it needs improvement on, then specialize (or parameterize) that action.A human onsite…

No. 2 Ohio State at No. 3 Oregon is an even matchup on paper. One intangible would appear to favor the Ducks.The Big Ten is now a coast-to-coast conference with its expansion to 18 teams, and early indicators show travel takes a toll.Teams playing at opponents at least two time zones away are a combined 1-8 in conference games. Indiana, from the Eastern time zone, won on the road against UCLA for the only victory. Among last week’s losers: Michigan at Washington and Southern California at Minnesota.Ohio State coach Ryan Day said he and his staff don’t consider the time…

Updated Women’s T20 World Cup Points Table: The Indian women’s cricket team finally showed great intent as they thrashed Sri Lanka by massive 82 runs in their third match of the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup. After losing to New Zealand in the first match, things had become tricky for the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side. But with back-to-back wins against Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the side’s semi-final chances have received a boost. Before the match against Sri Lanka, India were fourth in Group A with two points from two matches and a run-rate of -1.217. (Women’s T20 World Cup…

AI can help solve some of the world’s biggest challenges — whether climate change, cancer or national security — U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm emphasized today during her remarks at the AI for Science, Energy and Security session at the NVIDIA AI Summit, in Washington, D.C. Granholm went on to highlight the pivotal role AI is playing in tackling major national challenges, from energy innovation to bolstering national security. “We need to use AI for both offense and defense — offense to solve these big problems and defense to make sure the bad guys are not using AI for…

While it’s still hours away from making landfall and has yet to cause any damage, Hurricane Milton is already rewriting the record books, officials said.”I think for the west-central coast of Florida, this has the potential to be the most impactful hurricane we’ve seen in living memory, given the scope of the impacts from the storm surge,” Mike Brennan, director of the National Hurricane Center, told ABC News.Milton is forecast to make landfall between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET Wednesday near Sarasota as a Category 3 hurricane with wind gusts of over 100 mph. On Wednesday afternoon, Milton was…