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Los Angeles, Jan 7 (PTI) After it was announced that "Barbie" will compete for a best adapted screenplay nomination at the 96th Academy Awards despite campaigning for original screenplay, filmmaker Judd Apatow says it's an insult to the writers to say they were working off "existing material". HT Image Greta Gerwig directed "Barbie" from a script she co-wrote with her husband and frequent collaborator Noah Baumbach. Fronted by Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, the film grossed over USD 1 billion at worldwide…

From left: Vlad Dumitru, Werner Lienhart and Lisa Strasser from the Institute of Engineering Geodesy and Measurement Systems at TU Graz. Credit: Lunghammer - TU Graz By changes in the wavelength of light pulses in fiber optic cables, researchers at TU Graz can measure where rockfalls, landslides, fires and earthquakes are taking place. …

Parental Advisory Explicit Content Twitch is adopting a new range of labels and tags with which it hopes creators can better classify mature content on their respective channels — The new tags, which are live on the platform right now, are the latest step in the company’s efforts to improve community safety on the popular streaming service. Initially, the site had a catch-all “Mature Content” label, but the new tags hope to be a little more specific as to what audience members can expect when visiting one of the…

The Finance Ministry is considering classifying online gaming into categories of skill and chance, and levying a differential rate of GST, an official said.Online games where winning is dependent on a certain outcome or is in the nature of betting or gambling would attract 28 percent Goods and Services Tax (GST), while those which involve some amount of skill could be taxed at a lower 18 percent.A final decision on the taxation on online gaming would be taken by the GST Council in its next meeting, which is likely in May…

Classify document entities using LayoutLM ModelPhoto by Scott Graham on UnsplashVisually-rich Document Understanding (VrDU) aims to extract structured information from the business documents (scanned images or PDFs). This is essential for a variety of applications:Utilising the current invoice template while onboarding to the new financial applicationAuto-filling customer and product meta data from digital documents (scanned image or PDF) during onboarding to the new financial applicationCreating a transaction in the…

Three government officials say India is working on a policy to classify economic activities and technologies into sustainable and non-sustainable categories to help investors looking for green projects. Under the proposal, similar to the Green Taxonomy pioneered by the European Union (EU), the government will certify sustainable activities, which it hopes will attract more funds and give investors an extra layer of comfort, said the three government officials, who did not want to be named because they were not authorised…

A beginner’s guide to quantum machine learningUsed with permission, sourceNature isn’t classical, dammit, and if you want to make a simulation of nature, you’d better make it quantum mechanical!- Richard FeynmanQuantum computers are a new type of advanced computer that relies on the laws of quantum mechanics to solve problems that classical computers would find impossible to solve. We are now entering a thrilling era where quantum computers are growing to be powerful and performant enough to complete tasks in a fraction…

Scientists have created a platform that identifies, defines, and describes the whole suit of the entire planet’s ecosystem for the first time.The research will help improve biodiversity conservation.An international multidisciplinary team of scientists led by University of New South Wales researchers has created the world’s first complete classification of ecosystems across land, rivers and wetlands, and oceans. The ecological typology will allow for better coordinated and effective protection of biodiversity, which is…

Photo by Tamara Gak on UnsplashNATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSINGLearn a helpful tool to overcome challenges in analyzing textsThe children were sitting in circle on the floor.“The flat hat has a number and a label that says parrots and battercakes” — one of the kids screamedEvery single child starts laughing.“Nooooo, it was the black cat is under the table and it eats carrots and pancakes” — another child repliedI realized only then that they were playing telephone (or broken telephone as we call it in Argentina).Human…

The US Department of Labor has proposed a new regulation that could make it harder for companies like Uber and Lyft to classify gig workers as independent contractors. Under the proposed rule, gig workers could gain new benefits and protections, including minimum wage and overtime.To determine whether a worker should be classified as an employee or independent contractor, the DOL now says it will use the “department’s approach with courts’ FLSA interpretation and the economic reality test,” which considers how long an…