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via Lucasfilm Star Wars has always been quite strict about the divide between the Light and Dark sides of the Force. Aggressive and violent powers like tossing lightning and choking people are always seen as a path to corruption. Sure, you might fling some electricity at your opponent with the noblest of intentions, but it won’t be long until you’re wielding a red lightsaber, wearing a black hood, cackling evilly, and getting all wrinkly. The vast Star Wars extended universe has regularly tried to showcase…

Jim Brown, regarded by many as the greatest football player of all time who quit the game at the height of his career and became a successful Hollywood actor and influential activist at the peak of the civil rights era, has died at his home in Los Angeles.Brown died late Thursday at 87. His wife Monique was by his side, a family spokeswoman said. A multitalented athlete cast in the mold of the legendary Jim Thorpe — he’s in three halls of fame — Brown was known best as a football player. Perhaps the football player. A…

Published By: Paras YadavLast Updated: May 13, 2023, 13:30 ISTImage used for Representation. (Photo: IANS)As per the sources, discussions were held to reinforce infrastructure, with a focus on managing high traffic volume during peak hours and expanding capacityTo ensure that there is no congestion at major airports, the civil aviation ministry on Friday asked airport operators to carry out a thorough internal analysis of their throughput and space requirements in order to boost infrastructure for hassle-free travel,…

US officials on Tuesday warned financial firms and others that use of artificial intelligence (AI) can heighten the risk of bias and civil rights violations and signalled they are policing marketplaces for such discrimination. Increased reliance on automated systems in sectors including lending, employment and housing threatens to exacerbate discrimination based on race, disabilities and other factors, the heads of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Justice Department's civil rights unit, Federal Trade Commission…

Harry Belafonte, the iconic singer, actor, and ardent supporter of the civil rights movement, has died, The New York Times reports. He was 96 years old.Belafonte passed away from congestive heart failure on Tuesday at his home in Manhattan, per his spokesman, Ken Sunshine. Belafonte was born on March 1, 1927, where he was raised by his parents who were Caribbean immigrants.He joined the Navy during World War II, and began pursuing acting after he was discharged. Belafonte studied drama in the same workshop as Walter…

Harry Belafonte, the award-winning entertainer who fueled an international calypso craze in the 1950s with his version of the “Banana Boat Song” and whose long career in show business paralleled his off-stage role as a civil rights activist and globe-trotting humanitarian, has died in New York.Belafonte, who squeezed so much into his decades-long career that it was difficult to fathom it all, died at his Manhattan home Tuesday of congestive heart failure, his longtime spokesman Ken Sunshine said Tuesday. His wife Pamela…

Chinese battery giant CATL unveiled a condensed matter battery that it said could supply enough energy to power electric passenger aircraft for civil aviation use. The battery, a type of semi-solid state product with condensed electrolyte and new anode and separator materials, will have an energy density of 500 Watt hours per kilogramme (Wh/kg), according to Wu Kai, CATL's Scientist in Chief, speaking to reporters at the Shanghai auto show. The company is working with unspecified partners to ensure the battery is…

 Leaders of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday the agency would pursue companies who misuse artificial intelligence to violate laws against discrimination or be deceptive.The sudden popularity of Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT this year has prompted calls for regulation amid concerns around the world about the possible use of the innovation for wrongdoing even as companies are seeking ways to use it to enhance efficiency. In a congressional hearing, FTC Chair Lina Khan and Commissioners Rebecca…

Image used for representative purpose onlyLeaders of the US Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday the agency would pursue companies who misuse artificial intelligence to violate laws against discrimination or be deceptive. The sudden popularity of Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT this year has prompted calls for regulation amid concerns around the world about the possible use of the innovation for wrongdoing even as companies are seeking ways to use it to enhance efficiency. In a congressional hearing, FTC Chair Lina…

Leaders of the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Tuesday the agency would pursue companies who misuse artificial intelligence to violate laws against discrimination or be deceptive.The sudden popularity of Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT this year has prompted calls for regulation amid concerns around the world about the possible use of the innovation for wrongdoing even as companies are seeking ways to use it to enhance efficiency.In a congressional hearing, FTC Chair Lina Khan and Commissioners Rebecca…