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Just over a month ago a hard-hitting report about misogyny in music was published by the UK parliamentary women and equalities committee. The report contained personal accounts that showed not only that inequality is still pervasive in the world of classical music, but that women are enduring an unacceptable level of sexual abuse and harassment, often being silenced with non-disclosure agreements to protect those in power.Like so many of my colleagues, at first I did not recognise this version of our beloved profession,…

Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest car manufacturer, announced the Rock N Road 4×4 Masters competition for Jimny owners in India last month. The manufacturer has now announced the completion of the North zone qualifying leg of the competition. Rock N Road comprises a series of off-road driving competitions designed to bring Jimny enthusiasts together with the aim of successfully completing an off-road adventure over two days. Special stages are included to test driving skills in off-road conditions. The winners of…

Image: Games WorkshopGames Workshop’s cavalcade of miniatures are meant to be thrown against each other on the dice-driven fields of tabletop warfare, but for some of the company’s most ardent fans, it’s making those miniatures look as gorgeous as possible that is the real heart of the hobby—and there’s no better reminder of that than the Golden Demon painting competition.This year’s Warhammer Fest recently played host to the second Golden Demon competition of 2023, giving UK and European-based miniatures artists a chance…

The Kaggle BlueprintsAn article series analyzing Kaggle competitions’ winning solutions for lessons we can apply to our own data science projectsThe Kaggle Blueprints (Image by the author)If you ask any successful Kaggler what tips they have to improve your data science skill set, they all have the same answer. They will tell you to study the top solutions of completed Kaggle competitions.Kaggle is a platform for data science competitions for various types of problems. Competitors compete by building Machine Learning…

Scientists report that the AI system AlphaCode can achieve average human-level performance in solving programming contests.AlphaCode – a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) system for developing computer code developed by DeepMind – can achieve average human-level performance in solving programming contests, researchers report.The development of an AI-assisted coding platform capable of creating coding programs in response to a high-level description of the problem the code needs to solve could significantly impact…

One of the best parts of modern Pokémon games is the ability to interact with other players around the world. In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet there's a Battle Stadium feature with casual battles, ranked battles, and soon there will also be online competitions. Here's what you need to know to start battling! Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: How to unlock the Battle Stadium(Image credit: iMore)You will need to complete the opening tutorial before the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Battle Stadium becomes available. You must also have…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Skateboarding continues to be unkempt, subversive and tacitly political despite inclusion in mainstream competitions like the Olympics, experts have said. The "discordance" between skateboarding's ethos and capitalism raises questions about its continued incorporation into competitive sports, a new…

Infinite free resources await youPhoto by Dino Reichmuth on UnsplashKaggle is a website that hosts online machine learning competitions, with or without prizes. It allows users to share their code mainly as Jupyter notebooks. It has a plethora of datasets and even courses for machine learning and data science. Infinite free resources await youPhoto by Dino Reichmuth on UnsplashKaggle is a website that hosts online machine learning competitions, with or without prizes. It allows users to share their code mainly as…

Signage for the NFL Pro Bowl is seen at Allegiant Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)Chase Stevens | Las Vegas Review-journal | Getty ImagesThe NFL said it is eliminating the Pro Bowl in favor of a week's worth of skill competitions and a flag football game. In what's now called "The Pro Bowl Games," players from both conferences will showcase their football and non-football talents in a weeklong series of competitive events,…

Competitions are always fun as they bring out the best in you and help you explore newer and fresher areas. Along the same lines, robotics competitions have always succeeded in bringing people from different groups, cultures, and diversity across the globe together. There are numerous such competitions held every year. Here is the list of top 10 robotics competitions students should participate in 2022. Zero Robotics tournament This is one robotics competition the candidates are required to achieve certain…